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。

我坐在屋里看着窗外。唯一打破白茫茫一片的颜色是詹姆斯和学校里其他的孩子。他们在学校前面的小山上，离我只有400 米远。这座山是城里最高的。每个孩子冬天都会去那里。其中包括詹姆斯。

詹姆斯是我最好的朋友。我们在同一所学校上四年级。詹姆斯在外面向我挥手，我只想跳出窗户往山上跑。但我被禁足了。

我不许走出家门。“房子”这个词并没有什么意义。我住在一所“房子”里，或者可能是蚂蚁的房子，它很小，没有玩具、零食或故事书。

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.

我甚至没有自己的房间。我只有一张旧床，窗帘是唯一能给我一点私人空间的东西。所以，我只是坐着看着窗外。

雪看起来很吸引人。所有的孩子都玩得很开心。我能听到他们快乐的喊声，看到他们脸上的笑容。

然后我再也忍不住了。我抓住机会从窗户跳了出去。一年中的第一个冬日，我就在外面，穿着睡衣和过长的袜子，瑟瑟发抖。天气太冷了，我只想回到屋里。

但是如果我妈妈发现我出去了，她一定会不高兴的。毕竟，是我和詹姆斯打碎了窗户，才导致我被禁足的。我会病得很重，但这是值得的。我和詹姆斯在一起度过了一段美好的时光。当我进屋的时候，妈妈坐在椅子上，看起来很生气。

她问我去了哪里。我没有说实话。我说我一直在房间里。她问怎么可能，因为她刚刚听到我从门口进来。

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个星期，外面的雪在等着我。但这次我没有从窗户跳出去。我那时觉得很无聊，突然我妈妈喊我。

“塞巴斯蒂安，詹姆斯来了。”

“ 告诉他我被禁足了。”我喊道。

“嗯，他现在上来了。”妈妈说。

詹姆斯面带着微笑走了进来。“你在这里干什么？”我惊讶地问道。我还以为他在和其他孩子玩儿呢。

“嗯，一开始就是我害得你被禁足了。”他笑着回答，“所以我这周睡在你家。”也就是说，我可以和詹姆斯在家里一起玩啦。

“你是最棒的，詹姆斯。”我高兴地说，“你也是，妈妈。”

（英语原文选自：bedtime.com）