小屁孩日记

Who Stole My Snacks

谁偷了我的零食

Tuesday 周二

Tonight I realized ALL of my current problems can be traced back to when someone in my family started stealing the lunch snacks. So I decided to catch the thief once and for all.

今天晚上我才意识到，最近我的所有麻烦都拜家里的午餐零食大盗所赐，我下定决心要把他揪出来，一了百了。

I knew Mom had gone grocery shopping over the weekend, so there was a fresh supply of snacks in the laundry room. That meant the snack thief was pretty much guaranteed to strike.

我知道老妈周末刚去杂货商店买了东西，洗衣间里有了一批新零食。那就是说，零食大盗很有可能又要下手。

After dinner I went in the laundry room and turned off the light.

Then I climbed in an empty basket and waited.

晚饭后我走进洗衣间，关上灯，接着我爬进一个空的篮子里，守株待兔。

Key points

current 目前的 thief小偷 grocery食品杂货铺 basket篮子

About a half hour later, someone came in the room and turned on the light, so I hid under a towel. But it turns out it was just Mom.

大概过了半小时，有人进来开了灯，因此我藏到了一条毛巾下面。原来是老妈进来了。

I stayed perfectly still while she got clothes out of the dryer. Mom didn‛t notice me in there, and

she dumped the clothes from the dryer right into the bin where I was hiding.

老妈从干衣机里拿出衣服，我一动不动。老妈一点也没注意到篮子里的我，她径直把烘干的衣服扔进我藏身的篮子里。

Then she walked out of the room, and I waited some more. I was seriously ready to wait there all night if that‛s what it took.

然后她就走了，我还在等。我做了充分的心理准备，准备在那里等一个晚上，如果需要的话。

Key points

hide躲藏 turn out结果是……notice注意 dryer烘干机

But the clothes from the dryer were really warm, and I started feeling a little drowsy.And before I knew it, I was asleep.

不过干衣机新鲜出炉的衣服真暖和，我开始觉得昏昏欲睡。我还没反应过来，就已经睡着了。

I don‛t know how many hours I slept, but what I DO know is that I woke up to the sound of crinkling cellophane.

我不知道自己睡了多长时间，但我知道自己被玻璃纸发出的声音吵醒了。

When I heard the sound of chewing,I turned on my flashlight and caught the thief red-handed.

我一听到嚼东西的声音，立马打开手电筒，当场把贼逮了个正着。

It was Dad! Man, I should have known it was him from the start. When it comes to junk food, he‛s a total ADDICT.

是老爸！天啊，我应该打一开始就想到他。说到垃圾食品，他完全是个瘾君子。

Key points

drowsy昏昏欲睡的 cellophane玻璃纸（用于包装） chew咀嚼fl ashlight手电筒 red-handed当场

I started to give Dad a piece of my mind, but he cut me off. He wasn‛t interested in talking about why he was stealing our lunch snacks. What he WAS interested in talking about was what the heck I was doing buried in a pile of Mom‛s underwear in the middle of the night.

我正想开口狠狠教训老爸一顿，但他打断了我的话。他没兴趣和我谈他为什么要偷我们的午餐零食，他所关心的是我大半夜躲在一堆老妈的内衣内裤下面究竟在干什么。

Right at that moment, we heard Mom coming down the stairs.

就在那一瞬间，我们听见老妈下楼的声音。

I think me and Dad realized how bad the situation looked for both of us, so we each just grabbed as many oatmeal creams as we could carry and made a run for it.

我想我和老爸都反应过来了，此刻我们两个说不清道不明的样子看起来有多么的狼狈。于是我们都大肆掠夺燕麦片，能拿多少就拿多少，然后逃之夭夭。

THE END

Key points

give sb. a piece of one's mind指责 bury隐藏underwear内衣；内裤 grab抓住；夺取oatmeal燕麦片