小屁孩日记

星期天Sunday

曼尼或許没什么真实的朋友，不过他可不缺想象出来的朋友。我都数不清了，我记得的名字有乔伊、彼提、丹尼、查尔斯、崔柏、另一个查尔斯、内崔柏、小吉姆和约翰尼·切达。 Manny may not have a real friend， but he has a bunch of imaginary ones. Ive kind of lost count of them all， but the names I can remember are Joey， Petey， Danny， Charles Tribble， The Other Charles Tribble， Tiny Jim， and Johnny Cheddar.

我不知道曼尼是怎么想出这些虚构人物来的，不过我可没开玩笑，对他而言，这些朋友是真实存在的。有一次曼尼带他的虚构朋友们去采购，老妈被指将查尔斯·崔柏落在冷冻食品货架附近了，为此闹得不可开交。I dont know how Manny came up with all those fake friends， but believe me， to him theyre real. One time Manny took all his imaginary friends to the grocery store and had a total meltdown when Mom supposedly left Charles Tribble behind in the frozen foods aisle.

有时候我也在想，曼尼编出这么多虚构朋友是不是为了饭后能多吃点甜点。Sometimes I wonder if Manny made up his imaginary friends so he could get stuff like extra dessert after dinner.

老妈说如果我们告诉曼尼他那堆所谓的朋友是虚构的，他会“精神受创”。所以我们只好睁一只眼闭一只眼。Mom says if we tell Manny his so-called friends arent real， he could be “traumatized.” So we just have to go along with it.

我只求他赶紧过了这个阶段，因为情况越来越离谱了。有时候我得等曼尼所有的虚构朋友都上完厕所我才能进洗手间。I just hope he grows out of this soon， because its getting kind of ridiculous. Sometimes I have to wait until all of Mannys imaginary friends are done using the bathroom before I can get in.