036 笑话热线

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My mom grabbed the poker with Oliver's shoe and pulled it out of the fire

妈妈用火钳钩住奥利弗的鞋，把它从火里拉了出来。

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The shoe was no longer in flames, but it was still smoking

鞋子不再燃烧了，但仍在冒烟。

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My mom hurried to the kitchen sink and ran water over the shoe

妈妈急忙跑到厨房水槽边，用水冲洗鞋子。

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Now Oliver's shoe was burned and wet

这下，奥利弗的鞋子被烧焦了，还湿透了。

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Oliver started yelling

奥利弗开始大喊大叫。

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" Iggy ruined my shoe!"

“伊吉毁了我的鞋子！”

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" Wow, Iggy," Tate murmured." You really messed up."

“哇，伊吉，”泰特嘀咕道，“你真是闯大祸了。”

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" I was only trying to invent a shoe warmer," I said

“我只是想发明一个鞋子加热器。”我说。

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" Inventors are always thinking of new ideas."

“发明家总是在想新点子嘛。”

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" Well, you're going to have to think in your room for a while," Mom said, frowning

“好吧，那你得回自己房间思考一会儿了。”妈妈皱着眉头说。

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" And I want you to apologize to Oliver."

“还有，我要你向奥利弗道歉。”

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" Sorry," I mumbled

“对不起，”我嘟囔道。

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Oliver just stared down at his ruined shoe

奥利弗只是低头盯着他那双被毁掉的鞋。

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In my room I thought about what a bad attitude everyone had

在房间里，我想着大家的态度有多糟糕。

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Well, not everyone

好吧，不是所有人。

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But Tate had a bad attitude

但泰特态度很糟糕。

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He didn't have to say I messed up

他没必要说我搞砸了。

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And Oliver. He had a terrible attitude about visiting us

还有奥利弗。他对于来我们家做客的态度真是糟糕透了。

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I sighed." Wouldn't it be great," I thought," if there was something that could change people's attitudes?"

我叹了口气。“要是有什么东西能改变人们的态度，那不是太棒了吗？”我想。

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That's when I got an idea for a new invention — an Amazing Attitude Adjuster!

就在这时，我有了一个新发明的点子——神奇态度调节器！

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What a great idea!

真是个好主意！

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With inventions, you have to figure out how they will actually work

对于发明，你得想清楚它们究竟会怎么运作。

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That's the hard part

那才是难的部分。

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That was what had gone wrong with my shoe-warmer invention

我的暖鞋器发明就是在这上面出了错。

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I hadn't thought about it enough

我之前想得不够多。

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But this time I was going to think a lot

但这一次我要多想。

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I would invent the perfect attitude adjuster!

我要发明出完美的态度调节器！

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By the time Mom said I could come out of my room, I felt happy again

等妈妈说我可以出房间的时候，我又觉得开心了。

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For me, an idea for a new invention is the best attitude adjuster ever

对我来说，一个新发明的点子就是最好的态度调节器。

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Josh, Jenny, and Molly had gone home

乔什、珍妮和莫莉都回家了。

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Tate was doing his homework on the computer

泰特正在电脑上做作业。

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Oliver was walking around the apartment with his burned shoe half on

奥利弗在公寓里走来走去，脚上半趿拉着那只烧焦的鞋。

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It had shrunk in the fire, and now it didn't fit on his foot

鞋在火里缩水了，现在完全不合脚。

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" My foot hurts in this shoe!" he complained, stomping around

“穿这鞋我脚疼！”他抱怨道，一边跺着脚走来走去。

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" Well, why don't you take it off?" I asked

“那你为什么不脱掉呢？”我问。

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" I can't take it off," said Oliver

“我不能脱，”奥利弗说。

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" I might get a splinter in my foot from these wood floors."

“可能会被这木地板扎到脚。”

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I let out a loud sigh

我大声叹了口气。

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Now Oliver was complaining about things that hadn't even happened yet!

奥利弗现在居然在抱怨还没发生的事！

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Tate looked up

泰特抬起了头。

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" Why did the boy bury his flashlight?" he asked Oliver, winking at me

“那个男孩为什么埋了他的手电筒？”他问奥利弗，朝我眨了眨眼。

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" I don't know," said Oliver." Why?"

“我不知道，”奥利弗说。“为什么？”

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" Because," said Tate," the batteries were dead."

“因为，”泰特说，“电池没电了。”

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I started laughing

我开始笑起来。

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" Ha-ha! Get it? Oliver?" I said

“哈哈！懂了吗？奥利弗？”我说。

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" The flashlight's batteries were dead so the boy buried the flashlight!"

“手电筒的电池没电了，所以男孩埋了手电筒！”

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Oliver stopped stomping

奥利弗停止了跺脚。

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" That's funny!" he said, grinning

“真好笑！”他咧嘴笑了，说道。

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" Tell me another joke."

“再给我讲个笑话。”

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Tate told Oliver another joke, and Oliver burst out laughing

泰特又给奥利弗讲了个笑话，奥利弗放声大笑起来。

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When I went into the kitchen, Mom greeted me with a smile

我走进厨房时，妈妈微笑着迎接我。

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" Tate's joke seemed to cheer up Oliver."

“泰特的笑话好像让奥利弗开心起来了。”

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I remembered something my grandfather told me once

我想起祖父曾对我说过的一件事。

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He said when he was growing up, there was a service called Dial-a-Joke

他说他小时候，有一种叫“笑话热线”的服务。

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You could call a special number on the telephone

你可以打一个特别的电话号码。

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A recording would come on and tell you a joke

会有一段录音播放，给你讲个笑话。

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My grandfather said that calling Dial-a-Joke always put him in a great mood

我祖父说，打那个“笑话热线”总能让他心情好起来。

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" Hmm...," I thought

“嗯……，”我心想。

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I was pretty sure that Molly had an old toy telephone

我很确定莫莉有一个旧的玩具电话。

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It had an old-fashioned wheel for dialing

它有一个老式的拨号转盘。

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If I could use it to tell jokes, I could change people's attitudes

如果我能用它来讲笑话，我就能改变大家的心态。

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I could make them laugh and feel happy!

我能让他们开心大笑起来！

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" Wow, Iggy!" I told myself

“哇，伊吉！”我对自己说。

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" That is a fantastic idea!"

“那真是个绝妙的主意！”

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It was more than that — it was an award-winning idea

那不止绝妙——那是个能拿大奖的主意。

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A " get into the Inventor's Hall of Fame " idea!

一个能“进入发明家名人堂”的主意！

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And cranky Oliver had helped me think of it!

而且，还是坏脾气的奥利弗帮我想出来的！