11. Kathy and D.J. 凯西和D.F. 铅笔

Down on the playground Kathy was singing her favorite song.

"Wayside School is falling down,

falling down, falling down. Wayside School is falling down, my fair lady,

"Kids go splat as they hit the ground,

hit the ground, hit the ground. Kids go splat as they hit the ground, my fair lady."

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D. J. was walking across the playground with his head down.

"Hi, Dr. Jolly," said Louis. Louis called D.J. "Doctor Jolly" because he was always smiling.

But now D.J.'s smile was upside down. He looked up at Louis.

Louis had never seen such a sad face. "What's wrong?" he asked.

D.J. just shook his head, then looked back down at the ground and sadly walked away.

Louis felt like crying.

"Hey, Louis, what's wrong with D.J.?" asked Ron.

"He's so sad!" said Deedee.

"I don't know," said Louis, shaking his head. "Hey, you guys want to play kickball?"

"No thanks," said Deedee. "I can't have fun when D.J. is unhappy."

"Me neither," said Ron.

Across the playground, all the children quit their games when they saw D.J. Nobody could have fun when D.J. looked so sad.

Except Kathy! She sang:

"Broken bones and blood and gore¹, blood and gore, blood and gore. Broken bones and blood and gore, my fair lady.

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"We don't have no school no more,

school no more, school no more. We don't have no school no more, my fair lady."

The bell rang. D.J. sadly looked up at the school and sighed.

"Hey, Deej, snap out of it," said Myron.

D.J. stared through his friend.

"You want to walk up the stairs with us, Dojo?" asked Dameon.

D.J. shook his head. "I need to be alone," he mumbled².

Dameon and Myron looked at each other, then started up the stairs, leaving their sad friend behind.

D.J. headed on up, but stopped halfway³ between the ninth and tenth floors and sat down. He lowered his face into his hands and cried.

A moment later someone burst out laughing.

D.J. opened his eyes and saw Kathy standing⁴ over him.

"You shouldn't sit on the stairs, Dumb Jerk!" said Kathy with glee. "I almost kicked you in the head."

Kathy always called D.J. "Dumb Jerk."

She didn't like D.J. because he was always smiling. Now she was glad to see him so sad.

"Hi, Kathy," said D.J.

She plopped down on the stair next to him. "What

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happened?" she asked. "Did your dog die?" She laughed.

D. J. shook his head.

"Are your parents getting divorced?" she asked hopefully. "Did your house burn down?"

"No," said D.J. "My great-grandfather gave me a gold watch. It was over a hundred years old. I brought it to school today and-"

"You lost it!" Kathy exclaimed with delight.

D.J. sadly nodded.

Kathy laughed. "Oh boy, are you going to get in trouble!" She rubbed her hands together. "Your parents will ground you forever!"

"No, my parents never punish me," said D.J. "They know I learn from my mistakes."

"Oh," said Kathy, a little disappointed. "But your great-grandfather will hate you!" she said. "And hell never give you another present for the rest of your life. Not even for your birthday!"

"No, he loves me no matter what I do," said D.J. "He likes people, not things."

Again Kathy was disappointed. "But the watch was worth a lot of money," she tried. "And you'll have to pay for it out of your allowance." She laughed triumphantly⁵, sure she had gotten him this time.

"I don't get an allowance," said D.J. "I don't like money."

Kathy frowned. Still, she knew there had to be

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some reason why he was sad about losing the watch. "You'll never know what time it is!" she squawked.

"So?" asked D.J. "Time isn't real."

Kathy didn't know what D.J. meant by that, but she didn't care. "Well, if you don't know what time it is," she told him, "you'll miss all your favorite television shows."

"I don't have a favorite television show," said D.J. "I never watch television." He thought a moment. "I'm not sure if we have a TV in our house or not. Maybe there's one in a closet somewhere."

Kathy glared at him. "Well, then how come you're so sad you lost that dumb watch?" she demanded.

"I'm afraid a bird might think it's food and choke on it," said D.J.

"Is that all?" shrieked⁶ Kathy.

D.J. smiled. "I guess you're right," he said. "A bird probably wouldn't choke. In fact, maybe he could use it to make a nest. I hope so, don't you?" He hopped⁷ to his feet. "Thanks for talking to me, Kathy. I feel a lot better now. You're a good friend."

He hurried up to Mrs. Jewls's room, taking the stairs two and three at a time.

As D.J.'s smile turned up, Kathy's smile turned down. She followed up after him, grumbling⁸ to herself. "He doesn't like money. He doesn't worry about time. He never watches television. Why is he always so happy?"

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Everyone in Mrs. Jewls's class cheered when they saw D. J. enter the room smiling.

Kathy walked in behind him frowning.

Mrs. Jewls was getting ready to show a movie. She gave D. J. a piece of black construction paper.

"Hey, look!" exclaimed Myron. "Oddly found a watch!"

Oddly, the bird, dropped the watch on the windowsill.

Kathy couldn't believe it! "It's D.J.'s," she griped.

Myron gave the watch to D. J.

"Here, you can have it, Kathy," said D.J. with a big smile. "It's worth a lot of money, and this way you won't miss any of your favorite television shows."

Kathy took the watch from him and put it around her wrist. "It'll probably make my skin turn green," she groused⁹.

Mrs. Jewls started the movie projector¹⁰. Stephen turned off the lights. Dameon pulled down the shades. D.J. held the piece of black construction paper under his nose, because his smile was so bright.

1 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

2 mumbled   

含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
• George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。

3 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 triumphantly   

ad.得意洋洋地；得胜地；成功地

参考例句：

• The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
• Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。

6 shrieked   

v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
• Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城

7 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

8 grumbling   

adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的

参考例句：

• She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work. 她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
• We didn't hear any grumbling about the food. 我们没听到过对食物的抱怨。

9 groused   

v.抱怨，发牢骚( grouse的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• When they groused about the parking regulations, they did it with good humor. 他们总是非常幽默地表达对泊车规定的不满。 来自辞典例句
• It was a sad end to her career but she never groused. 这是她事业的不幸结局，但她从不抱怨。 来自辞典例句

10 projector   

n.投影机，放映机，幻灯机

参考例句：

• There is a new projector in my office.我的办公室里有一架新的幻灯机。
• How long will it take to set up the projector?把这个放映机安放好需要多长时间？