맹물생각

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..

But it was just an 8 x 10 picture of Uncle Charlie.그런데 그건 8 x 10 크기의 찰리 삼촌 사진이었다.I guess I didn't do a good job of hiding my disappointment, and Mom got mad. 난 나의 실망을 숨기는 데 솜시가 없는 것 같았고, 엄마는 화가 나셨다.All I can say is, I'm glad I'm still a kid, becuase if I had to act happy about the kinds of gifts grown-ups get, I don't think I could pull if off.내가 할 수 있는 말은 내가 아직 아이라 기쁘다는 것이다. 왜냐하면 만약 내가 어른들처럼 선물..

The rest of the relatives started showing up around 11:00, and Uncle Charlie came at noon.오전 11시쯤 나머지 친척들이 나타나기 시작했고, 찰리 삼촌은 12시에 왔다.Uncle Charlie brought a big trash bag full of gifts, and he pulled my present out of the top of the bag.찰리 삼촌은 선물로 가득 찬 큰 쓰레기봉투를 가지고 왔고, 나의 선물을 봉투 제일 위에서 꺼냈다.The package was the exact right size and shape to be a Twisted Wizard game, so I knew Uncle Charlie came th..

I gave Manny a toy helicopter and I gave Rodrick a book about rock bands.나는 매니에게 장난감 헬리콥터를 주었고, 로드릭에게는 락백드에 관한 책을 주었다. Rodrick gave me a book, too, but of course he didn't wrap it. 로드릭도 나에게 책을 주었지만 당연히 포장은 하지 않았다.The book he got me was"Best of L'il Cutie.".로드릭이 나한테 준 책은 "Best of L'il Cutie"였다. "L'il Cutie" is the worst comic in the newspaper, and Rodrick knows how much I hate it. 'L'il Cutie'는 신..

But Manny made out like a bandit.그러나 매니는 제대로 한 몫을 잡았다. He got EVERY single thing he circled in the catalogue, no lie.매니가 책자에 동그라미를 친 장난감을 하나도 빠짐없이 다 받았다. 거짓말이 아니다.So I'll bet he's glad he didn't listen to me.매니는 분명 내 말을 듣지 않길 잘했다고 할 것이다.I did find a couple things with my name on them, but they were mostly books and socks and stuff like that.난 내 이름이 있는 몇 개를 찾았는데, 거의 책들과 양말, 그런 것들이었다.I opened my ..

Because imagine if all you got at Christmas was a wool sweater.왜냐하면 크리스마스에 받은 선물이 울 스웨터뿐이라고 상상해 보라.I'm sure our Giving Tree guy will throw his sweater in the trash, along with the ten cans of yams we sent his way during the Thanksgiving Food Drive.우리의 Giving Tree guy가 추수감사절 푸드 드라이브 동안 우리가 기부한 마 통조림 10개랑 같이 그의 스웨터를 던져 버릴것이라고 확신한다.ChristmasWhen I woke up this morning and went downstairs, there we..

That's how I ended up in the emergency room two weeks later with a pink Barbie shoe stuck up my nose.2주 후에 핑크 바비의 신발이 내 코에 박혀서 결국 난 응급실에 가게 된 것이다. And believe me, Rodrick has never let me hear the end of THAT.정말이지, 로드릭은 이 일을 귀가 닳도록 계속 이야기 한다.ThursdayTonight me and Mom went out to get a gift for the Giving Tree at church. 오늘밤 나와 엄마는 'Giving Tree'에 줄 선물을 사러 나갔다.The Giving Tree is basically a Secre..

On Christmas, when Uncle Charlie gave me my gift, it was NOT what I asked for.크리스마스에 찰리 삼촌 나한테 내 선물을 줄 때, 내가 요청했던 것이 아니었다.He must've walked into the toy store and picked up the first thing he saw that had the word "Barbie" on it.그는 장난감 가게로 들어가서 "Barbie"어가 써 있는 첫번째로 본 것을 집어 온 것이 틀림없다.So if you ever see a picture of me where I'm holding a Beach Fun Barbie, now at least you know the whole story.그래서..

I just thought it would be a really awesome fort for my toysoldiers.난 단지 바비 인형의 집이 진짜 내 장난감 병정들의 멋있는 요새가 될것이라고 생각했다.When Mom and Dad saw my wish list that year, they got in a big fight over it. 엄마와 아빠가 그 해 나의 위시 리스트를 봤을 때, 엄마 아빠는 그것 때문에 크게 싸우셨다.Dad said there was no way he was getting me a doll's house, but Mom said it was healthy for me to "experiment" with whatever kind of toys I wanted to pla..

So I decided to step in and give him some good big-brotherly advice.그래서 내가 나서서 매니에게 형으로써 좋은 조언을 하기로 결심했다.I told him that if he circled stuff that was too expensive, he was going to end up with a bunch of clothes for Christmas. 난 그에게 만약에 너무 비싼 물건에 동그라미를 친다면 결국 크리스마스 옷을 받게 될 것이라고 말했다.I said he should just pick three or four mediup-priced gifts so he would end up with a couple of things he actually..