Dear Arizona,

　　親愛的亞利桑那：

　　My brother is so lucky. Good stuff is always happening to him. Do you believe in luck? And if so, how can I get more of it?

　　我的兄弟運(yùn)氣特別好，常有好事發(fā)生在他身上。你相信運(yùn)氣嗎？如果真有運(yùn)氣，我怎樣才能得到更多一些呢？

　　—Looking for Luck in Louisiana

　　——身在路易斯安那尋找好運(yùn)的人

　　Dear Looking,

　　親愛的運(yùn)氣尋覓者：

　　I was eating breakfast with one hand, petting my cat, Cow, with the other, and reading the back of the cereal box, when—“YOUCH!” I screamed. “Why’d you pinch me?”

　　我當(dāng)時(shí)正一手吃早餐，一手愛撫著我的貓“牛牛”，同時(shí)在看燕麥片盒子背面的信息。就在這時(shí)——“哎呦”，我尖叫起來，“你干嘛捏我？”

　　“You’re not wearing green,” said my little brother, Tex. “Everyone knows you get pinched if you don’t wear green on Saint Patrick’s Day!”

　　“因?yàn)槟銢]穿綠色衣服，”我的小弟弟特克斯說，“人人都知道如果在圣帕特里克節(jié)里不穿綠色衣服就會被捏！”

　　“It’s true,” said my little sister, Indi.

　　“這是真的！”我的小妹妹英蒂說。

　　I was mostly mad about getting pinched, but also a tiny bit glad about being reminded that it was Saint Patrick’s Day.

　　我對自己被掐感到非常生氣，但有一點(diǎn)兒值得高興的是，這提醒了我今天是圣帕特里克節(jié)。

　　I panicked. “What am I going to do? I don’t have time to change. I’ll get pinched all day long!”

　　我驚慌失措：“我該怎么辦？我沒時(shí)間換衣服了。一整天我都會被人捏的！”

　　“Well,” Tex said, taking the old green baseball cap off his head, “you could borrow my lucky hat.”

　　“好吧，”特克斯從他頭上摘下那頂綠色的舊棒球帽，說，“你可以借我的幸運(yùn)帽。”