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(p.112)I noticed Patty Farrell standing in the wings.

The song is only about three minutes long, but to me it felt like an hour and a half.노래는 오직 3분 길이이지만, 나에게는 한 시간 반같이 느껴졌다. I was just praying the curtains would go down so we could hop off the stage.난 단지 커튼이 내려와서 우리가 무대를 뛰어 내려가길 기도하고 있었다.That's when I noticed Patty Farrell standing in the wings.그 때 난 패티 패렐이 대기하고 서 있는 것을 알았을 때이다. And if looks could kill, us Trees would be dead.그래서 눈길만으로 죽일 수 있다면..

(p.111)the three of us were just standing there, not saying a word.

I guess they must've thought I knew something that they didn't, so they stopped singing, too.그들은 내가 그들이 하지 않는 뭔가를 알고 있다고 생각한 게 틀림없다. 그래서 그들도 노래 부르는 것을 멈췄다.Now the three of us were just standing there, not saying a word.이제 나무 세 그루는 한 마디 말도 안하고 그냥 거기에 서 있었다. Mrs Norton must have thought we forgot the words to the song, because she came over to the side of the stage and whispered the rest of the ly..

(p.110)Rodrick wouldn't have anything to hold over my head.

I knew that if I sang the song and Rodrick recorded it he would keep the tape forever and use it to humilate me for the rest of my life.내가 노래를 부르면 로드릭이 녹화를 할 것이다. 그는 녹화 테잎을 영원히 가지고 있으면서 평생동안 나를 창피를 줄 것이다.I didn't know what to do, so when the time came to start singing, I just kept my mouth shut.나는 뭘 해야 할지 모르겠다. 그래서 노래를 부를 시간에, 난 내 입을 닫고 있었다.For a few seconds there, things went OK. I figured that..

(p.109)the major embarrassment was still on the way.

Great. I have been able to keep that nickname quiet for five years, and now all of a sudden the whole town knew it.잘됐네. 5년 동안 내 별명은 비밀이었는데 이제 갑자기 마을 전체가 알게 된 것이다.I could feel about 300 pairs of eyeballs pointed my way.나는 300쌍의 눈동자가 나를 향해 있는 것을 느낄 수 있었다.So I did some quick and ad-libbing and I was able to deflect the embarrassment over to Archii Kelly.그래서 난 좀 빠른 애드립을 했고, 그 곤란한 상황을 아키켈리에서 돌릴 수 있었다..