Mom always had this habit of asking me how something felt on a scale of one to ten.(54p)
I would hold up my fingers to show her how much it was hurting.(54p)
After that, we got into the habit of doing the one-to-ten scale for anything that hurt, like if I just had a plain old throat, she'd ask: "One to ten?"(54p)
The's even better than I hoped for.(54p)
*padawan 견습생 = apprentice
You've been so quiet all night long.(57p)
I'm as much to blame for sending you to school as she is.(58p)
I've got some work to do anyway.(59p)
Mom and Dad had always taken turns putting me to bed. I know it was a little babyish of me to still need them to do that, but that's just how it was with us.(59p)
Never a dull moment.(59p) 숨쉴새도 없이 바쁘다. 지루할 틈이 없어요.
+) There’s never a dull moment when John’s around.
존이 가까이 있으면 한 순간도 따분할 새가 없다. +) Never a dull moment, that's what I love. 따분한 순간이 없는 것, 그걸 제가 엄청 좋아합니다
We were about halfway through The hobbit.(59p)
*straggle 제멋대로 자라나다, 낙오되다, 처지다
They had crossed the enchanted stream; but beyond it the path seemed to straggle on just as before, and in the forest they could see no change.(59p)
"Why do I have to be so ugly, Mommy." I whispered.
"No, baby, you're not..."
"I know I am."
She kissed me all over my face. She kissed my eyes that came down too far. She kissed my cheeks that looked punched in. She kissed my tortoise mouth.
She said soft words that I know were meant to help me, but words can't change my face.(60p)
They would take the longest way around me to avoid bumping into me in any way, like I had some germ they could catch, like my face was contagious.(61p)
*go around (소문이) 돌다, (전염병이) 유행하다, 여러 사람에게 돌아가다
And I knew after the first couple of days that word had gotten around about me, because every once in a while I'd catch a kid elbowing his friend as they passed me, or talking behind their hands as I walked by them.(61p)
Actually, I prefer not to even try to imagine it.(61p)
I don't bite. = I won't bite. 안잡아먹어. 해치지 않으니 두려워마.