Book 1 Charly Did It

Charly Did It

查理做到了

Okay, it's true. I admit it. I did a lot of things when I was younger that maybe I shouldn't have. Like when I put a dead goldfish into Dr. Green's fish tank. I never thought the other kids in the waiting room would scream, " Dead fish! " so loud. And how was I to know that their screaming would get babies crying, moms all jittery, and nurses jumping around like, well, fish out of water.

好的，这是真的。我承认。我年轻的时候做了很多可能不该做的事情。比如我把一条死金鱼放进格林医生的鱼缸里。我从没想过等候室里的其他孩子会那么大声地尖叫，“死鱼!” 。我怎么知道他们的叫喊会让婴儿哭泣，妈妈们全都瑟瑟发抖，护士们跳来跳去，像水里的鱼一样呢。

And, technically, it wasn't my fault that the fish tank got knocked over-spilling fishy water and little fishy castles all over the carpet. Then again, you might have done the same thing if you wanted to find out whether a dead fish floats upside down or right side up. (It actually floats on its side, which I'll tell you to keep you from making the same mistake I did. )

而且，从技术上讲，鱼缸倒了不是我的错--鱼缸里的水和小鱼城倒在了地毯上。但想想看，如果你想知道死鱼是仰面还是正面浮动，你或许也会做同样的事情。 (实际上，它是侧着浮动的，我告诉你这个以防你犯和我一样的错误。)

Remember, also, that I did that back when I was nine. Now I am ten and in fourth grade, so I have become mature and responsible. Well, that's what my Dad says he wants me to try to be, especially now with it being a new year. By the way, if you want to be mature, you can say it like Gattie, my Great Aunt Tess: “ ma-toor, " which rhymes with door; not “ ma-chewer, " which rhymes with sewer. That's how she said it the other day when she came over for tea. “ Please, Charlemagne, if you want to be treated like a young lady, you must act ma-toor. "

记得，我是在九岁的时候做的那件事情。现在我十岁了，读四年级了，因此我已经变得成熟和负责任。好吧，这就是我爸爸说他希望我尝试成为的样子，尤其是现在是新的一年。 顺便说一句，如果你想成熟一点，你可以像我的姨婆苔丝盖蒂一样说:“ma-toor”,与“door”押韵;不是“ma-chewer”，与“sewer”押韵。她前几天来喝茶的时候就是这么说的。“请，查理曼，如果你想被当做一个小淑女来对待，你必须表现得更成熟些。”

First off, I don't want to be a young lady for at least another 20 or 30 years. Secondly, I don't like tea, except for the cookies that go with it. The third thing is that I hate that name Charlemagne! I didn't pick it; my parents did. That name is like . . . drinking tea out of little white cups with your pinkie out. Come to think of it, my third thing should have been my first. But I'm stuck with the name Charlemagne, which I guess I might end up using in 20 or 30 years. I did pick my nickname from it: Charly. That name is more like dunking cookies into hot cocoa, which I adore.

首先，我至少还要20年或30年才愿意成为一位年轻女士。其次，我不喜欢茶，除了伴随着它的饼干。第三件事是我讨厌那个名字查理曼! 我不是自己选的，是我父母选的。那个名字就像是用小白杯子喝茶，还要竖起小指一样。现在想想，第三件事应该是第一件事。但是我现在只能用查理曼这个名字，也许20或30年后我会用它。我从中选了我的昵称:查理。这个名字更像是在热可可里蘸饼干，我很喜欢。

But let's get back to being mature, any way you say it. It started this morning when Dad came down to breakfast in a grumpy mood. When I asked him what was the matter, he said, " I got up on the wrong side of the bed. " That's my Dad for you, always saying these sayings that I don't understand. I never even knew there was a right side of a bed. So, I went to Dad's room to investigate.

但让我们回归成熟吧，不管你怎么说。这是今天早上，当爸爸心情不好地做早餐开始的。当我问他怎么了时，他说:“我起床的时候没选好方向。”这就是我爸爸，总是说一些我不理解的话语。我甚至不知道床有右边和左边之分。所以，我去了爸爸的房间调查。