Eli joined the weather club because he liked watching the sky. On his first day, Miss Ramos gave him a chart of clouds. "Draw what you see after lunch," she said. Eli held the paper tightly and nodded.
伊莱喜欢观察天空，所以加入了天气小组。第一天，拉莫斯老师给了他一张云朵图表。“午饭后把你看到的画下来，”她说。伊莱紧紧拿着纸，点了点头。
At noon, the sky was full of long white streaks. Eli drew them carefully, but his pencil broke. When he looked up again, the streaks had changed shape. He frowned. The weather was already moving, and his chart was not ready.
中午，天空布满了长长的白色条纹。伊莱认真地画着，铅笔却断了。等他再抬头时，那些条纹已经变了形状。他皱起眉头。天气一直在变，他的图表却还没画好。
A gust lifted the corner of Eli's chart and pulled it across the playground. Eli chased it past the swings, but the wind was faster. Two classmates joined the chase. The paper danced over a bench and landed in a puddle.
一阵风掀起伊莱图表的边角，把它吹过操场。伊莱追着它跑过秋千，可风更快。两个同学也加入了追赶。那张纸在长椅上空飞舞，最后落进了一个水坑。
Eli stared at the wet paper. His careful drawing had become a gray blur. Then one classmate, Ada, picked it up. "We can make a new one together," she said. Eli wiped his hands on his shirt and felt his worry begin to shrink.
伊莱盯着湿透的纸。他认真画的图变成了一团灰色的模糊痕迹。这时，同学艾达把它捡了起来。“我们可以一起做一张新的，”她说。伊莱在衬衫上擦了擦手，觉得心里的担忧开始变小。
After lunch, the clouds grew dark, and a light rain fell on the playground. The class picnic moved under the covered walkway. Eli watched the rain with the new chart in his hands. He wrote, "The sky changed again."
午饭后，云层变暗了，操场上落下了小雨。班级野餐改在有顶的走廊下进行。伊莱拿着新图表，看着外面的雨。他写道：“天空又变了。”
Then the rain stopped, and a rainbow curved above the school. Everyone pointed and cheered. Eli added a bright arc to his chart and drew the class beneath it. When Miss Ramos asked what he had learned, he said, "The sky can surprise you, so watch closely."
后来雨停了，一道彩虹弯弯地挂在学校上空。大家指着彩虹欢呼。伊莱在图表上添了一道明亮的弧线，又在下面画了全班同学。拉莫斯老师问他学到了什么，他说：“天空会给人惊喜，所以要仔细看。”