009 蓝丝带

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Sparky raced past the judges

斯帕基飞快地从评委们身边跑过。

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" Sparky, come back!" yelled Jenny

“斯帕基，回来！”珍妮大喊道。

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Josh tried to grab Sparky

乔什试图抓住斯帕基。

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But the hamster was so slippery from soap and water, he slipped through Josh's fingers

但是那只仓鼠因为肥皂和水变得滑溜溜的，从乔什的指缝间溜走了。

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Then Sparky ran toward a judge — the one who was wearing my magic thinking box!

然后斯帕基跑向了一位评委——就是那位戴着我魔法思考盒的评委！

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The judge sneezed loudly." Ah-choo!"

那位评委大声打了个喷嚏。“阿嚏！”

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She sneezed so hard that the box flew off her head

她打喷嚏太用力，以至于盒子从她头上飞了出去。

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It landed right on top of Sparky!

它正好落在了斯帕基身上！

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Sparky was scared

斯帕基吓坏了。

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He didn't like being trapped in a dark box

它不喜欢被困在黑暗的盒子里。

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So he ran faster than ever

于是他比以前跑得更快了。

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" Ha-ha! Look at that box!"

“哈哈！看那个盒子！”

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One of the kids laughed

一个孩子笑了起来。

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" It has legs!"

“它长腿了！”

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The boy was right

那男孩说得对。

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Sparky's legs stuck out as the box moved across the floor

盒子滑过地板时，斯帕基的腿露在外面。

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It looked like the box was running all by itself!

看起来就像是盒子在自己跑！

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Soon all the kids were laughing as Sparky raced around the big room

很快，当斯帕基在大房间里到处乱跑时，所有的孩子都笑了起来。

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Even the judges laughed

连评委们都笑了。

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The judge who had tried out my magic thinking box laughed the hardest of all

那位试过我魔法思考盒的评委笑得最厉害。

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Sparky raced under a table and knocked it over

斯帕基钻到一张桌子底下，把它撞倒了。

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Finally Josh caught up with him, and he lifted the magic thinking box off his hamster

乔什终于追上了他，然后把魔法思考盒从仓鼠身上拿了起来。

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" Sparky!" he said." I'm so glad I caught you!"

“斯帕基！”他说，“我太高兴了，总算抓到你了！”

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I ran up to Josh, and a group of kids followed me

我跑到乔什跟前，一群孩子也跟着我。

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" I bet I know what Sparky was thinking," I said

“我敢打赌我知道斯帕基在想什么，”我说。

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" What?" a bunch of kids asked

“是什么？”一群孩子问道。

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" Sparky was probably thinking,' Help! Get me out of this box!'"

“斯帕基大概在想，‘救命！快把我从这盒子里弄出去！’”

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Some kids laughed, but I sighed

有些孩子笑了，但我却叹了口气。

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I might be right about Sparky's thoughts, but I wasn't going to win a prize

关于斯帕基的想法，我可能猜对了，但我赢不了奖了。

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I hadn't even had a chance to show the judges how my invention worked

我甚至都没机会向评委们展示我的发明是如何运作的。

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Soon it was time for the judges to choose the winners

很快，评委们要选出获胜者了。

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One judge announced third prize

一位评委宣布了三等奖。

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A boy who had invented a bicycle fan to keep him cool on hot days won that

获得三等奖的是一个男孩，他发明了自行车风扇，能在热天里给自己降温。

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Next the judge announced second prize

接着，评委宣布了二等奖。

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" This prize goes to Susie Johnson for inventing a new use for old CDs — wearing them as earrings!"

“这个奖颁给苏茜·约翰逊，她为旧CD找到了新用途——当耳环戴！”

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All the kids clapped as Susie went up to claim the red ribbon

苏茜上去领取红色绶带时，所有的孩子都鼓掌祝贺。

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Everyone waited for the judge to announce first prize

大家等着评委宣布一等奖。

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" First prize and one hundred dollars goes to Jenny Chen for her hamster bath!"

“一等奖和一百美元奖金颁给珍妮·陈，因为她的仓鼠洗澡盆！”

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The kids shouted and whistled as Jenny accepted the money

珍妮接过奖金时，孩子们大声欢呼、吹口哨。

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The judge put a big blue ribbon on Sparky's cage

评委把一条大大的蓝绶带系在斯帕基的笼子上。

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I was happy for Jenny

我为珍妮感到高兴。

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She deserved to win

她获奖是实至名归。

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But I was sad for me

但我为自己感到难过。

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It was clear that I wasn't a very good inventor

显然我不是一个很好的发明家。

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I hadn't even won third prize

我甚至都没得到三等奖。

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When we got back to our apartment building, I told my mom about the Invention Convention

当我们回到公寓楼时，我告诉了妈妈关于发明大会的事。

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" Jenny won first prize and one hundred dollars," I said

“珍妮得了一等奖，还赢了一百美元，”我说。

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" That's wonderful!" Mom said

“太棒了！”妈妈说。

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" I know," I said

“我知道，”我说。

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I looked down

我低下了头。

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" But I was hoping to win so you wouldn't have to rob a bank."

“但我本来希望能赢，这样你就不用去抢银行了。”

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" What?" Mom looked totally shocked

“什么？”妈妈看起来非常震惊。

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Tate came out of our room to see what was going on

泰特从我们房间出来看发生了什么事。

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" Wait a minute, Iggy!" Mom said

“等等，伊吉！”妈妈说。

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" I'm thrilled Jenny won

“珍妮赢了，我很高兴。

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But what did you say about me robbing a bank?"

但你刚才说我抢银行是怎么回事？”

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" Don't listen to Iggy, Mom," said Tate

“别听伊吉的，妈妈，”泰特说。

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" He's just inventing stories."

“他只是在编故事。”

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" But I heard you on the phone," I said to Mom

“但我听到你在电话里说的，”我对妈妈说。

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" You said you would have to rob a bank!"

“你说你可能得去抢银行！”

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My mom frowned, trying to recall what I was talking about

妈妈皱起眉头，试图回想我在说什么。

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" Oh, I remember!" she said at last

“哦，我想起来了！”她终于说。

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Then she looked at me and sighed

然后她看着我，叹了口气。

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" Iggy," she said." You'd better sit down

“伊吉，”她说。“你最好坐下来。

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You too, Tate."

你也一样，泰特。”

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" Uh-oh," I thought

“哎呀，”我想。

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We were about to find out something

我们就要知道些什么了。

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And it sounded like it was something bad

而且听起来像是什么坏事。