2014-10-17

【Aiden in English】

        Sleepovers are the ultimate party experience. There's plenty of time for fun activities, and everyone has an amazing time.

        So today, I live through one night at Robbie's house. Robbie is a great friend of mine. He and I are always seen together. During the 3rd grade, I used to walk over to Robbie while everyone was writing an essay or doing a project. Unfortunately, the teacher made sure that Robbie and I were never in the same class ever again. Even so, that didn't affect our friendship the tiniest bit. And here I am at Robbie's spectacularly crazy sleepover slumber birthday bash. Just to fill you in, Robbie's parties are legendary. The wildest stories come true here, and everyone who goes comes back with a memory of a lifetime.

        This year, Robbie's parents barbequed a cuisine of cheeseburger sliders and hot dogs in the backyard, the traditional food that tasted good. With my stomach stuffed with beef, the party guests went inside to watch the 2014 version of Godzilla. I loved it, but something tells me that everyone was too busy on their cell phones and DS.

        Next came the thing I'd always wanted to do, Roasting Marshmallows. For the past two years I have been here, Robbie always said that we would roast marshmallows, but never really followed that promise through. Finally, Robbie took out the fire pit and turned it on. Flames danced among a wood trunk located at the center of the pit. Everyone grabbed a pitchfork-like thing and jabbed a marshmallow on to each point. Then, they stuck them into the fires. I have never, ever, ever, ever, roasted a marshmallow in my entire life, but that was about to change. So I grabbed a pitchfork, stuck two marshmallows on, and steadied it over the flames. Immediately, a disaster struck. I started to divert my attention elsewhere, and let the pitchfork over deep into the depths of the blazing fiery pit. Just like a magical wand, the marshmallows lit on fire. While my poor, sweet treats were being burned, I had deeply dove into the conversation bouncing around the fire. By the time I saw Robbie take his marshmallows out of the flames, it was far too late. My marshmallows were basically compacted ash and sugar. I jerked them out and inspected the two failures. I guess it wasn't so bad for the first attempt.

        This was where things got crazy as it got eleven o'clock. Everyone was in their sleeping bags, and the lights went out in the basement. As soon as Robbie's mom left, we all started blabbing on about stuff making jokes and everything that didn't involve sleeping. When Robbie's mom returned, it seemed as if someone duct-taped our mouths close. Again, right after she left us alone, the whole room filled with whispering voices. Eventually we fell asleep but it wasn't until after everyone played another hour of video games.

        The next morning, we awoke and ate some delicious chocolate chip pancakes with syrup. This party was a blast. As much as I didn't get enough sleep, I wanted more. However, it looks as if I'll need to wait another long boring year.

【紅霞譯文】

        跟朋友過夜狂歡堪稱上乘聚會形式，因為時間充裕，人們得以好好湊在一起暢所欲為。

        今晚我要在羅比家過夜。羅比是我的鐵杆朋友，彼此形影不離。三年級同窗時，每當遇到寫作或研習功課時，我經常湊到他跟前聊上幾句，結果招致老師的不滿。打那以後我倆沒再當過同班同學。但“好漢識好漢，惺惺惜惺惺”，咱哥們的兄弟情誼絲毫未受到半點影響，這不，我又一次親臨羅比家參加他的生日狂歡慶典。告訴你吧，羅比搞的聚會一向有口皆碑，想幹什麼就幹什麼，令人終生難忘。

        今年羅比的父母在自家後院燒烤了美味傳統食物——小起司堡三明治和熱狗，我塞滿了一肚子牛肉，隨後進屋與所有來客一起觀看2014年新版電影《哥斯拉》，我倒挺喜歡這部片子，可其他傢伙各忙各的，不是撥弄手機，就是玩任天堂DS遊戲。

        下面要做的事情是我個人一直期盼做的--烤棉花糖。過去兩年裡每當我來作客，羅比滿口答應要烤棉花糖吃，但光放空炮從未兌現。這回羅比搬出爐子說干就干，火苗在爐中央柴禾之間跳來舞去，大家手拿類似叉子模樣的玩藝扎向棉花糖兩頭，然後架在火上烘烤。長這麼大，我可從來沒烤過任何東西，但馬上將成為歷史。我抓住杈子，連叉了兩個棉花糖，然後好好地放到火上，沒想到這會導致漏洞發生。不知咋的，杈子竟然掉進了爐內，棉花糖像着了魔似地立刻燃燒起來，我那可憐的甜點被付之一炬。當時我正在爐邊侃大山，等我看見羅比取出他自己的那份，才發覺為時過晚。我翻了翻灰燼，看一看這兩個倒霉的東西。第一次動手實踐，精神可嘉。

        重頭戲還在後頭。眼下已到夜裡十一點鐘，我們個個鑽進睡袋，這時地下室的燈也已關掉。羅比媽媽剛走，我們便相互開起玩笑，想到什麼說什麼，毫無一點困勁。羅比媽媽再度返回查房，大家的嘴巴好像一下子都被牛皮膠帶封住似的；等她離開以後，屋內又唧唧喳喳熱鬧起來，我們至少玩了個把鐘頭的視頻遊戲才進入夢鄉。

        第二天早晨醒來，香噴噴的糖漿拌巧克力塊薄麵餅正合胃口，這個聚會簡直無以倫比。除了缺覺之外，我希望能多搞幾次；然而沒有一年半載歲月蹉跎，舊夢難再重溫。