主日学校的交易

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Sunday morning came, and Tom had to get ready for Sunday school. 星期天早上到了，汤姆得准备去主日学了。

Mary helped him wash, though it took several tries to get the dirt 玛丽帮他洗漱，尽管费了好几次劲才把污垢

off his neck and ears. 从他脖子和耳朵上洗掉。

As a reward for learning his Bible verses at last, 作为他终于学会圣经经文的奖励，

Mary gave him a brand new pocket knife. 玛丽给了他一把崭新的小刀。

Tom was so happy, he almost shook the house with joy. 汤姆高兴得差点把房子都震塌了。

The knife could hardly cut anything, 这把刀几乎什么都切不动，

but it was a real Barlow, and that made it a treasure to him. 但它是一把真正的巴洛刀，这让它对他来说弥足珍贵。

Tom hated Sunday school, but he had to go. 汤姆讨厌主日学，但他不得不去。

He put on his other clothes, which made him look neat but feel very uncomfortable. 他穿上另一套衣服，这让他看起来很整洁，但感觉很不舒服。

He hated the feeling of clean clothes and tight shoes. 他讨厌干净衣服和紧绷鞋子的感觉。

At the church door, Tom stopped a few of his friends. 在教堂门口，汤姆拦住了几个朋友。

He began to trade his little treasures, 他开始用他的小宝贝进行交换，

the things he had won from the whitewashing, for colored tickets. 那些他从粉刷墙壁中赢得的东西，来换取彩色票。

In this school, students earned blue tickets for learning verses. 在这所学校里，学生们通过学习经文获得蓝色票。

Ten blue tickets made a red one, and ten red ones made a yellow one. 十张蓝色票可以换一张红色票，十张红色票可以换一张黄色票。

For ten yellow tickets, the leader gave a Bible to the student. 集齐十张黄色票，负责人就会给学生一本圣经。

It was a rare prize that usually took two years of hard work. 这是一种罕见的奖品，通常需要两年的努力才能获得。

Tom did not want to learn 2,000 verses, 汤姆不想学习2000节经文，

but he badly wanted the glory of the prize. 但他非常渴望获得这份奖品的荣耀。

By the time the bells rang, Tom had enough tickets to claim a Bible. 钟声响起时，汤姆已经有足够的票来领取一本圣经了。

He had traded away his marbles and fishhooks. 他已经把他的弹珠和鱼钩都换掉了。

He walked into the church, ready to shock everyone with his sudden success. 他走进教堂，准备用他突如其来的成功震惊所有人。