You’re the Best, Jame s你是最棒的，詹姆斯

William Hogh　游余

It’s all white.

I sat inside and looked out thewindow. The only color that broke thewhite line was James and the other kidsfrom school. They were up on the hill infront of the school and just 400 metersaway. The hill was the highest in town.Every kid went there on winter days. Thatincluded1 James.

James was my best friend. We bothwent to the 4th Grade at the same school.James was out there and waved2 at me. Ijust wanted to jump out the window andrun up the hill. But I was grounded3.

I was not allowed4 to go outside myhouse. And the word“house”didn’t meana lot. I lived in a “house”or maybe anant’s house. It was very small. Thereweren’t any toys， snacks or story books.

到處一片雪白。

我坐在屋里看著窗外。唯一打破白茫茫一片的顏色是詹姆斯和學校里其他的孩子。他們在學校前面的小山上，離我只有400 米遠。這座山是城里最高的。每個孩子冬天都會去那里。其中包括詹姆斯。

詹姆斯是我最好的朋友。我們在同一所學校上四年級。詹姆斯在外面向我揮手，我只想跳出窗戶往山上跑。但我被禁足了。

我不許走出家門。“房子”這個詞并沒有什么意義。我住在一所“房子”里，或者可能是螞蟻的房子，它很小，沒有玩具、零食或故事書。

I did not even have my own room. I onlyhad an old bed and a curtain5 was the onlything that could give me some privacy6. So， Ijust sat and looked out the window.

The snow looked tempting7. All thekids were having so much fun. I could heartheir happy crying and see the smiles ontheir faces.

And then I couldn’t help it anymore.I took the chance and jumped out thewindow. And there I was， outside in mypajamas and too long socks， on the firstwinter’s day of the whole year. Ishivered8. It was so cold. I just wanted togo inside， again.

But my mother would not be happy ifshe found out that I had been out. Afterall， it was me and James who broke thewindow that got me grounded. I was goingto be so sick， but it was worth9 it. I had agreat time with James. And when I cameinside， Mum was sitting in the chair andlooked mad.

She asked me where I had been. Ididn’t tell the truth. I said I had been inmy room the whole time. She asked howthat was possible10 because she just heardme coming through the door.

我甚至沒有自己的房間。我只有一張舊床，窗簾是唯一能給我一點私人空間的東西。所以，我只是坐著看著窗外。

雪看起來很吸引人。所有的孩子都玩得很開心。我能聽到他們快樂的喊聲，看到他們臉上的笑容。

然后我再也忍不住了。我抓住機會從窗戶跳了出去。一年中的第一個冬日，我就在外面，穿著睡衣和過長的襪子，瑟瑟發抖。天氣太冷了，我只想回到屋里。

但是如果我媽媽發現我出去了，她一定會不高興的。畢竟，是我和詹姆斯打碎了窗戶，才導致我被禁足的。我會病得很重，但這是值得的。我和詹姆斯在一起度過了一段美好的時光。當我進屋的時候，媽媽坐在椅子上，看起來很生氣。

她問我去了哪里。我沒有說實話。我說我一直在房間里。她問怎么可能，因為她剛剛聽到我從門口進來。

So I got grounded for another weekwith snow outside， just waiting for me. ButI didn’t jump out the window this time. Ifelt really bored then. And out of nowheremy mom shouted.

“Sebastian， James is here.”

“Tell him I’m grounded，”I shoutedback.

“Well，heiscomingupnow，”Momsaid.

James came in the door with a smileon his face.

“What are you doing here？”I askedwith surprise. I thought he was playingwith other kids.

“Well， I got you grounded in the firstplace，”he answered with a bigger smile.“So I’m sleeping here this week.”That isto say， I could play with James inthe house.

“You’re the best，James，” I said happily.“And so areyou， Mum.”

所以我又被禁足了一個星期，外面的雪在等著我。但這次我沒有從窗戶跳出去。我那時覺得很無聊，突然我媽媽喊我。

“塞巴斯蒂安，詹姆斯來了。”

“ 告訴他我被禁足了。”我喊道。

“嗯，他現在上來了。”媽媽說。

詹姆斯面帶著微笑走了進來。“你在這里干什么？”我驚訝地問道。我還以為他在和其他孩子玩兒呢。

“嗯，一開始就是我害得你被禁足了。”他笑著回答，“所以我這周睡在你家。”也就是說，我可以和詹姆斯在家里一起玩啦。

“你是最棒的，詹姆斯。”我高興地說，“你也是，媽媽。”

（英語原文選自：bedtime.com）