025 神奇的整理机

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Later my mom bought us hot chocolate from the bookstore café

后来，妈妈从书店咖啡馆给我们买了热巧克力。

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It was cozy to sit in the café, watching people through the window as they hurried past

坐在咖啡馆里很舒适，透过窗户看着人们匆匆走过。

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By the time we headed home, it was dusk

等我们回家的时候，已是黄昏。

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All the lights were coming on in the city

城市里的灯都亮了起来。

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" You're so quiet, Iggy," said Molly as we walked along

“伊吉，你好安静啊，”我们走着时莫莉说。

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" I'm thinking," I told her

“我在思考，”我告诉她。

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I was thinking about what Mrs. Mackey, the author, had said about plots

我在想作家麦基夫人说过的关于情节的话。

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I was also thinking about inventing something to help Molly sleep

我也在想发明个什么东西来帮助莫莉入睡。

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" I'm thinking too!" Caswell announced

“我也在想呢！”卡斯韦尔宣布。

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" I'm thinking that I want pizza for dinner."

“我在想晚饭想吃披萨。”

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" We can have pizza," said Lucy

"我们可以吃披萨," 露西说。

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" I'll put it in the oven when we get home."

"等我们到家，我就把它放进烤箱。"

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" You're a really good cook, Lucy," said Caswell happily

"你真是个好厨师，露西," 卡斯韦尔高兴地说。

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Molly looked at me and rolled her eyes

莫莉看着我，翻了个白眼。

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She didn't think a " really good cook " just put a frozen pizza in the oven

她不觉得一个"好厨师"只是把冷冻披萨放进烤箱而已。

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Back in Molly's apartment, Molly and I brainstormed ideas for our story's plot again

回到莫莉的公寓，我和莫莉又一次为故事情节头脑风暴。

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This time we managed to create a long list of possible plots

这次我们总算列出了一长串可能的情节。

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" This is good progress, Iggy,"

"进展不错，伊吉,"

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said Molly, looking at our ideas with satisfaction

莫莉看着我们的点子，满意地说。

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The next day in school we didn't work on our stories

第二天在学校，我们没有继续写故事。

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Instead Mrs. Romano made a sudden announcement

但罗曼诺夫人突然宣布了一件事。

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" Okay, class," she said." Please open your desks

“好了，同学们，”她说，“请打开你们的课桌。

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It's Desk Inspection time!"

检查课桌的时间到了！”

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Everyone groaned. Mrs. Romano believes that fourth-graders should keep their desks really neat

大家发出一片哀叹。罗曼诺夫人认为四年级学生应该把课桌保持得很整洁。

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But almost none of my classmates followed that rule

但我的同学们几乎没有人遵守这条规则。

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And now Mrs. Romano frowned as she walked around the room

现在罗曼诺夫人一边在教室里走动，一边皱起了眉头。

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" Your desks are very messy!" she said

“你们的课桌太乱了！”她说。

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" There is no excuse for messiness!"

“没有理由邋遢！”

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Jake raised his hand

杰克举起了手。

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" I like my desk messy," he said

“我喜欢我的课桌乱，”他说。

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" Me too," Ruby chimed in." It's cozy that way."

“我也是，”露比附和道，“那样很舒服。”

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We all nodded, but Mrs. Romano kept frowning and shaking her head

我们都点了点头，但罗曼诺夫人还是皱着眉头摇头。

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" There is nothing cozy about a cluttered desk," she said

“一张凌乱的书桌可没什么好舒服的，”她说。

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" Or a cluttered room

“凌乱的房间也一样。

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Both are signs of a cluttered mind."

两者都是思维混乱的表现。”

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I wondered what Mrs. Romano would say if she could see inside my mind

我心想，要是罗曼诺夫人能看到我的脑袋里面，她会怎么说。

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It must be a real mess with all my incredible ideas!

那里面肯定一团糟，全是我的奇妙点子！

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It was at that moment that I got an idea for another invention — one that would help kids everywhere

就在那一刻，我有了另一个发明的点子——一个能帮助所有孩子的发明。

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I could invent an Amazing Mess-Pusher!

我可以发明一个神奇的凌乱推扫器！

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It would clean a room instantly

它能瞬间打扫干净一个房间。

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No kid anywhere in the world would ever have to clean a room again

世界上再也不会有任何一个孩子需要打扫房间了。

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I could even make a miniature one for cleaning desks!

我甚至可以做一个迷你版用来清理课桌！

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Later I drew a picture of what my Amazing Mess-Pusher would look like

后来，我画了一张我设想中的“神奇的杂物推进器”的样子。

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Then I showed it to other kids during gym class

然后我在体育课上把它拿给其他孩子看。

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We had to stand in line to practice rope-climbing, so there was lots of time

我们得排队等着练习爬绳，所以有很多时间。

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" You use the Amazing Mess-Pusher to push all your junk to a corner of the room," I explained

我解释说：“你用这个神奇的杂物推进器，把你所有的杂物都推到房间的一个角落里。”

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" It's fast and easy to use."

“它用起来又快又简单。”

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" I want one of those!" said Evan

“我想要一个！”埃文说。

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" Me too," said Ruby

“我也是。”露比说。

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" First I have to make it," I said

我说：“我得先把它做出来。”

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" Then I'll try it and see how it works."

“然后我会试试看它效果怎么样。”

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That day after school Molly and I made an Amazing Mess-Pusher

那天放学后，我和莫莉做了一个“神奇的杂物推进器”。

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We used the handle of a broken broom I found in the cupboard

我们用了一根我在储物柜里找到的破扫把的把手。

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Next we tied a dustpan to it

接下来，我们把一个簸箕绑在了上面。

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Tate came into the kitchen while we were trying it out

我们正在试用的时候，泰特走进了厨房。

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" What's that thing?" he asked

他问：“那是什么东西？”

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" It's an Amazing Mess-Pusher," Molly informed him

“这是一个‘神奇的杂物推进器’。”莫莉告诉他。

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" Iggy invented it."

“是伊吉发明的。”

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" Cool," said Tate

“酷！”泰特说。

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I couldn't believe it

我简直不敢相信。

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Tate actually called one of my inventions cool!

泰特居然说我的一个发明很酷！

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But then Tate flashed a grin at me

但接着，泰特朝我咧嘴一笑。

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" I know, Iggy!

“我知道了，伊吉！

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You can use the Amazing Mess-Pusher to push the mess in your room out the window!"

你可以用这个‘神奇的杂物推进器’把你房间里的杂物推出窗外！”