Back in the third and fourth grades she used to clown around（周围的小丑） with her brothers in the branches（组织，机构） or peel（脱落，剥落） big chunks（厚厚的一块） of bark（树皮） off so they could slide down（滑落） the crook（弯曲） in its trunk（树干）. It seemed like they were playing in it whenever my mom took us somewhere in the car. Juli'd be swinging（荡秋千） from the branches, ready to fall and break every bone（骨头） in her body, while we were waiting at the stoplight（红绿灯）, and my mom would shake her head and say, "Don't you ever climb that tree like that, do you hear me, Bryce? I never want to see you doing that! You either,Lynetta. That is much too dangerous."
My sister would roll her eyes and say,"As if," while I'd slump（大幅下降） beneath（在...下面） the window and pray the light to change before Juli squealed （尖叫） my name for the world to hear.
I did try to climb it once in the fifth grade. It was the day after Juli had rescued（营救） my kite（风筝） from its mutant（变异的） toyeating foliage（树叶）. She climbed miles up to get my kite, and when she came down, she was actually very cool about it. She didn't hold my kite hostage（抵押物） and stick her lips（嘴） out like I was afraid she might. She just handed it over and then back away.
I was relieved（宽慰的）, but I alse felt like a weenie（蠢货）. When I'd seen where my kite was trapped（困住）, I was sure it was a goner（将死之人，无望的人）. Not Juli, She scrambled up and got it down in no time. Man, it was embarrassing.
简意：
时间回到三年级和四年级，朱莉和他哥哥在我们这个圈子里成为了异类。他们把树皮扒下一大块，方便他们在树上滑下来。感觉每次妈妈带我出门时，他们都在那里玩。当妈妈看到朱莉利用树枝荡秋千的时候，她很严肃的告诉我和姐姐，千万不要这么做，太危险了。
姐姐眼珠转了几圈，慢悠悠的回答到：“好的”。不过我突然把脑袋沉到车窗下面，心里还在祈祷赶紧绿灯，我不想听到朱莉大喊大叫我名字，似乎想要全世界都听到。
不过到了五年级，有那么一次，我却试着爬了一次那棵树。因为我的风筝落在树上，然而我无能为力，最后还是朱莉爬上树帮我取下来的，她觉得自己棒极了。她没有为难我，而是直接把风筝给了我，让我松了一口气。但是，你们懂的，这对一个男人来说，可耻之极。
