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(p.130)Rowley was hyping his present

I forgot to get a gift for Rowley, so I just slapped a bow on the "L'il Cutie" book Rodrick gave me.난 라일리에게 선물을 준비하는 것을 잊었었다. 그래서 로드릭한테 받은 L'il Cutie책에 대충 리본을 묶었다. And that seemed to do the trick.그런데 그 선물은 먹힌 것 같다.Rowley''s parents have a lot of money, so I can always count on them for a good gift.라일리의 부모님은 돈이 많아서 난 언제나 그분들에게는 좋은 선물을 기대한다.But Rowley said that this year he picked out my gift hims..

(p.129)I kind of decided to throw in the towel for this Christmas

I had to explain that you need a game system and a TV to play Twisted Wizard, so the game was totally useless to him.난 엄마한테 Twisted Wizard 게임을 하려면, 게임기하고 텔레비젼이 필요하다고 설명했다. 그러니까 그 게임은 완전히 그에게 쓸모 없었다.Even though my Christmas was not going that great, I'm sure it was going a whole lot worse for the Giving Tree guy.비록 나의 크리스마스가 그렇게 훌륭하게 진행되지 않았지만, Giving Tree guy에겐 훨씬 더 최악이었을 것이라 확신한다.I kind of dec..

(p.128)I figured it out

And then I figured it out, I told Mom there must have been some kind of mix-up, and I got the Giving Tree guy's gift, and he got mine.그리고 나서 난 알아냈다. 난 엄마한테 뭔가 착오가 있었떤 것이 틀림없다고 말했다. 그리고 난 Giving Tree guy의 선물을 받고, 그는 나의 선물을 받게 된 것이다.Mom said she used the same kind of wrapping pater for both of our gifts, so she must've written the wrong names on the tags.엄마는 엄마가 우리의 선물을 같은 포장지를 사용해서 이름표에 일믕르 잘못 적은..

(p.127)Mom pulled the same "big box" trick on me last year

The box was way too big for Twisted Wizard, but Mom pulled the same "big box" trick on me last year when she got me a memory card for my video game system.게임이라면 박스가 너무 컸다. 하지만 작년에 엄마는 내 비디오 게임기용 메모리 카드를 선물하면서, 이번처럼 커다란 상자로 나를 놀린 적이 있었다.So I ripped open the package and pulled out my present. 그래서 나는 포장을 뜯고, 내 선물을 꺼냈다.Only this wasn't Twisted Wizard, either.Twisted Wizard도 아니었고,It was a giant red a..

(p.126)That thing must have cost a fortune.

That thing must have cost a fortune.그 물건은 분명히 엄청나게 비쌌을 것이다. I didn't have the heart to tell Dad that I kind of lost interest in the whole weight-lifting thing When the wrestling unit ended last week. 난 아빠에게 지난 주에 레슬링 수업이 끝났을 때, 역시 운동에 대한 관심을 좀 잃었다고 말할 자신이 없었다. So I just said "thanks" instead.그래서 대신에 난 고맙다고 말했다.I think Dad was expecting me to drop down and start doing some reps or something, but ..

(p.125)I went up to my room to take a break for a while.

I went up to my room to take a break for a while. 난 내 방으로 올라가서 잠시 쉬었다.A couple minutes later, Dad knocked on my door. 몇 분 후에, 아빠는 내 문을 두드렸다.He told me he had my gift for me out in the garage, and the reaoson it was out there was because it was too big to wrap.아빠는 내 선물을 차고에 놓았다고 말했다. 밖에 있는 이유는 포장을 하기에 너무 크기때문이란다.And when I walked down to the garage, there was brane-new weight set.그래서 내가 차고로 내려갔을..