小屁孩日記

星期天Sunday

曼尼或許沒什么真實的朋友，不過他可不缺想象出來的朋友。我都數不清了，我記得的名字有喬伊、彼提、丹尼、查爾斯、崔柏、另一個查爾斯、內崔柏、小吉姆和約翰尼·切達。Manny may not have a real friend,but hehasa bunch of imaginary ones.I’ve kind of lost count of them all,but the names I can remember are Joey,Petey,Danny,Charles Tribble,The Other Charles Tribble,Tiny Jim,and Johnny Cheddar.

我不知道曼尼是怎么想出這些虛構人物來的，不過我可沒開玩笑，對他而言，這些朋友是真實存在的。有一次曼尼帶他的虛構朋友們去采購，老媽被指將查爾斯·崔柏落在冷凍食品貨架附近了，為此鬧得不可開交。I don’t know how Manny came up with all those fake friends,but believe me,to him they’re real.One time Manny took all his imaginary friends to the grocery store and had a total meltdown when Mom supposedly left Charles Tribble behind in the frozen foods aisle.

有時候我也在想，曼尼編出這么多虛構朋友是不是為了飯后能多吃點甜點。Sometimes I wonder if Manny made up his imaginary friends so he could get stuff like extra dessert after dinner.

老媽說如果我們告訴曼尼他那堆所謂的朋友是虛構的，他會“精神受創”。所以我們只好睜一只眼閉一只眼。Mom says if we tell Manny his so-called friends aren’treal,he could be“traumatized.”So we just have to go along with it.

我只求他趕緊過了這個階段，因為情況越來越離譜了。有時候我得等曼尼所有的虛構朋友都上完廁所我才能進洗手間。I just hope he grows out of this soon,because it’s getting kind of ridiculous.Sometimes I have to wait until all of Manny’s imaginary friends are done using the bathroom before I can get in.