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I still couldn't think of an invention to help Molly

我还是想不出一个能帮助莫莉的发明。

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I did suddenly get an idea for the ending of our story though

不过，我倒是突然想到了我们故事的结局。

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It happened when I was pouring myself some Crunchy Oats cereal on Wednesday morning

事情发生在一个周三的早晨，当时我正给自己倒一些嘎嘣脆燕麦片。

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I shook the last few crumbs into my bowl

我把最后一点碎屑也抖进了碗里。

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I tried to get a new box from the cupboard, but I couldn't reach it

我想从橱柜里拿一盒新的，可我够不着。

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Even when I stood on a stool, the box was just out of reach

即使我站在凳子上，还是差一点点够不到那个盒子。

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" Mom, I can't reach the cereal!" I called

“妈妈，我够不到麦片！”我喊道。

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My mom was in the living room, putting on her coat

妈妈在客厅里，正在穿外套。

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" I'm late for work, Iggy," she said

“我上班要迟到了，伊吉，”她说。

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" Please ask your brother to help."

“请你找哥哥帮忙吧。”

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" He won't do it!" I said." He never helps me."

“他不会做的！”我说，“他从不帮我。”

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I don't think my mom heard me, because she said good-bye and hurried out the door

我觉得妈妈没听见我的话，因为她说了再见就匆匆出门了。

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" You took the last chocolate granola bar," said Tate, staring at me

“你拿走了最后一块巧克力燕麦棒，”泰特盯着我说。

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" And now you're eating all the Crunchy Oats!"

“现在你又把所有的脆脆燕麦片都吃光了！”

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" There's a brand-new box," I started to say

“有一盒全新的，”我开口说道。

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" But I can't..."

“可我够不着……”

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To my surprise, Tate smiled at me

令我惊讶的是，泰特对我笑了笑。

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" I'm just kidding," he said

“我只是开玩笑，”他说。

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" I'll get the cereal for you."

“我帮你拿麦片。”

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Tate reached up and grabbed the box of Crunchy Oats cereal

泰特伸手够到那盒脆脆燕麦片，拿了下来。

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" Gee, thanks!" I said

“哎呀，谢谢！”我说。

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" All you have to do is ask," said Tate

“你只要开口问就行了。”泰特说。

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" What?" I blinked in surprise

“什么？”我惊讶地眨了眨眼。

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All you have to do is ask?

只要开口问就行了？

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That was it!

就是这样！

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The boy in our story could ask the giant vacuum to give his brother back

我们故事里的男孩可以让巨型吸尘器把他哥哥还回来。

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The giant vacuum was friendly and gentle

那个巨型吸尘器既友好又温和。

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The vacuum would be happy to return Jack's stuff, along with his big brother

吸尘器会很乐意把杰克的东西连同他的哥哥一起还回去。

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And Jack would be happy to have his big brother around again

而杰克也会很高兴他哥哥又能陪在身边了。

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Just like me

就和我一样。

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Once in a while anyway

偶尔帮一下而已。

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Molly loved my plan for our story ending

莫莉很喜欢我给故事结局想的办法。

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We titled our last chapter " Just Ask."

我们把最后一章的标题定为“开口问就好”。

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As we wrote the final words, I got the best idea ever — the one I'd been hoping to get

写下最后几个字时，我突然有了个绝妙的主意——正是我一直盼着的那个。

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" Why don't you tell Lucy you can't sleep because of the monster show?" I said to Molly

“你为什么不告诉露西，你睡不着是因为那个怪物节目呢？”我对莫莉说。

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" Then just ask her if she and Caswell can watch something different."

“然后直接问问她，她和卡斯韦尔能不能看点别的。”

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" Just ask?" echoed Molly

“开口问？”莫莉重复道。

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She shook her head

她摇了摇头。

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" But that would be admitting I'm a big baby."

“可那样就等于承认我是个胆小鬼了。”

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" No," I said," it would be telling Lucy that you don't like monster shows."

“不，”我说，“那是告诉露西你不喜欢看怪物节目。”

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Molly looked thoughtful

莫莉若有所思。

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" Just ask?" she repeated one more time

“开口问？”她又重复了一遍。

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I nodded." Yep. Just ask."

我点点头：“对。开口问就行。”

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And that is exactly what Molly did

莫莉也正是这么做的。

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She didn't feel like a baby either because Lucy just shrugged and said," Sure."

她也一点不觉得丢人，因为露西只是耸耸肩，说了声“好啊”。

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And Caswell said," I'm sick of Monster Madness anyway."

卡斯韦尔也说：“反正我也看腻《怪物狂潮》了。”

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After that Molly started sleeping better

从那以后，莫莉睡得踏实多了。

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And Lucy started thinking up stuff for all of us to do after school

露西也开始琢磨放学后我们大家一起做点什么。

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We played games and read books

我们玩游戏、读书。

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We went to the playground and even made a homemade pizza together!

我们去游乐场，甚至还一起做了个自制披萨！

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A few weeks later our own books were printed and placed in the school library

几周后，我们自己的书印好了，摆进了学校图书馆。

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Molly and I were there one day when a second-grade class came in

有一天我和莫莉在那儿时，一个二年级的班级走了进来。

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The kids started looking for good books to read

孩子们开始找好看的书来读。

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I saw a little girl pick up Jack and the Giant Vacuum

我看见一个小女孩拿起了《杰克与巨型吸尘器》。

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It was the book that Molly and I had written!

那就是我和莫莉写的那本书！

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" This book looks really good!" the little girl said to her friend

“这本书看起来真不错！”小女孩对她的朋友说。

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And then she sat down and read the whole story!

然后她坐下来，读完了整个故事！

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" Wow," I thought, watching her

“哇，”我看着她，心想。

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A lot of my inventions, like the Enchanting Cherries bubble bath, turned into big disasters

我的好多发明，比如那个“魔力樱桃”泡泡浴，最后都演变成大灾难。

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But this time, with Molly's help, I had invented something pretty cool — a real page-turner!

但这一次，在莫莉的帮助下，我发明了个挺酷的东西——一本真正的“精彩故事”！