内容提要:
Junie B. Jones是著名儿童文学家Barbara Park的代表作之一,作者用生动幽默诙谐的笔调描绘出了一个小女孩Junie. B. Jones从幼稚园到一年级的大事记。
作者笔下的小女孩天真聪明，又对万事万物充满了好奇心，偶尔还会有些小淘气，这次Junie. B. Jones为了学校的宠物日操碎了心。老师不让带小猫或小狗，只能带照片去，但是我们的主人公不想只带照片去，我们来看看聪明的小女孩会想出什么好方法呢？又会有谁来帮助她呢？
Chapter 1 Pet Day
My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except I don’t like Beatrice. I just like B and that’s all.
And guess what else?
B rhymes with P. And P stands for pet. And pet reminds me of what happened at my school today.
First, I was sitting at my table doing my work.
Then all of a sudden, my teacher stood up. And she clapped her loud hands together.
Her name is Mrs. She has another name, too. But I just like Mrs. and that’s all.
“Boys and girls! May I have your attention, please?” she said. “I’ve got some very exciting news. Next week is National Pet Week. And to help celebrate our wonderful pets, Room Nine is going to have Pet Day!”
I springed up from my chair real thrilled.
“HURRAY, PEOPLE! HURRAY! HURRAY! WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PET DAY!” I shouted.
My feet skipped all around the room. ’Cause they wanted to spread the news, that’s why!
“PET DAY! WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PET DAY, CHARLOTTE!” I hollered.
“PET DAY! WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PET DAY, JAMAL!”
“PET DAY! WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PET DAY, YOU MEANIE JIM I HATE!”
Just then, Mrs. grabbed me by my s’penders.
S’penders is the grownup word for the straps that hold your pants up.
I looked around very worried.
“Yeah, only here’s the problem,” I said. “If you pull off the s’penders—boom—the pants fall down.”
Mrs. did a frown at me.
“Sit…down…right…now,” she said real scary.
I did a gulp.
“Will do,” I said.
Then I hurried up back to my seat. And Mrs. went to the front of the room again.
She told us all the rules about Pet Day.
She said that Pet Day will be next Monday. And if you have a cat or a dog, you can bring in his picture. And Mrs. will hang it on the bulletin board.
“But please, boys and girls…no cats or dogs at school, okay?” she said. “The only animals you can bring to school are pets in cages.”
I springed up again.
“Whew! That was a close one!” I said. “’Cause I have a dog named Tickle! And at first, I thought I could only bring in his picture. But now I will bring him in a dog cage!”
Mrs. shook her head.
“No, Junie B. I’m afraid you didn’t understand. No dogs or cats will be allowed at school at all. Not even if you bring them in cages. I’m going to decorate a special bulletin board for all the dog and cat pictures.”