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Manny finally made his way to the front of the car and got the keys, but instead of opening the door to let us in, he started the engine. Then he fiddled with the knob on the stereo until he found a radio station he liked. THE ITSY-BITSY SPIDER CLIMBED UP THE WATERSPOUT Mom and Dad were pounding on the windows, trying to get Manny to open the door. But then Manny put the car in DRIVE. I think until then everyone had forgotten that Manny had been trying to run away, because we never would've made the mistake of letting him in the van by himself if we had remembered.

曼尼终于走到车前拿了钥匙，但他没有打开车门让我们进去，而是发动了引擎。 然后他拨弄着音响上的旋钮，直到找到一个他喜欢的电台。 小蜘蛛爬上了水龙卷爸爸妈妈不停地敲窗户，想让曼尼开门。 但后来曼尼把车开到了驾驶区。 我想在那之前，大家都忘了曼尼想要逃跑，因为如果我们记得的话，我们就不会犯这样的错误，让他一个人上了车。

Luckily, Manny wasn't tall enough to reach the gas pedal, because if he could, he would've been long gone. I think Manny knew his escape plan was foiled, at least for now. Mom finally convinced him to unlock the doors and let us in. Once we got going again, I started seeing some familiar sights out the window, because we were basically retracing our path back home. We were coming up on the town where we spent the first night of the trip, and when we passed by the motel we'd stayed in, I saw the CRAZIEST thing.

幸运的是，曼尼不够高，够不到油门踏板，因为如果他够得着，他早就跑远了。 我想曼尼知道他的逃跑计划被挫败了，至少现在是这样。 妈妈终于说服他打开门，让我们进去了。 当我们再次上路时，我开始看到窗外一些熟悉的景象，因为我们基本上是在沿着回家的路往回走。 我们来到了旅途中第一个晚上我们住过的小镇，当我们经过我们住过的汽车旅馆时，我看到了最疯狂的事情。

There was a purple van in the parking lot. I told Dad, and he pulled over. We took a closer look at the van, and sure enough, it was the one that belonged to the Beardos. That meant they were staying at THIS motel, and were probably using Mom and Dad's credit cards to PAY for it. We parked our car at the side of the building. Dad said he was gonna call the cops, so he got out to use the phone at the front desk.

停车场停着一辆紫色货车。 我告诉了爸爸，他把车停在路边。 我们仔细看了看那辆车，果然是比尔多家的那辆。 这意味着他们住在这家汽车旅馆，而且很可能是用父母的信用卡支付的。 我们把车停在大楼的边上。 爸爸说他要报警，所以他下车用了前台的电话。

But thirty seconds later Dad came running back to the car. He said he saw the Beardos leaving their room to go down to the pool, and it looked like their door was left open. Mom said we should stick with the plan and call the police, but Dad said that before we did, we should do a little investigation of our OWN. So we ALL got out and followed Dad to the Beardos' room. Just like he said, the door was open a crack. Dad nudged it open a little WIDER, and we peeked inside to see if anything of ours was sitting in plain view.

但30秒后，爸爸跑回了车旁。 他说他看见毕尔多一家离开他们的房间去了游泳池，看起来他们的门是开着的。 妈妈说我们应该按照计划去报警，但爸爸说在报警之前，我们应该自己做一个小调查。 于是我们都下了车，跟着爸爸来到了比尔多的房间。 就像他说的，门开了一条缝。 爸爸把门开得更大一些，我们偷偷地往里面看，看看有没有我们的东西放在里面。

But we couldn't see any of our stuff from where we were standing. Mom seemed pretty uneasy about what we were doing, but then Dad pushed the door ALL the way open, and there was no turning back.

但是从我们站的地方看不见我们的东西。 妈妈似乎对我们的所作所为感到很不安，但后来爸爸把门全部推开了，再也没有回头的余地。

We couldn't find anything of ours, so if the Beardos DID have any of our stuff, they probably carried it with them to the pool. But as long as we had the run of their room, we decided to take full advantage of it. I figured it was OK since we were the ones paying for it. I think Mom felt we were setting a bad example for Manny, so she took him out to the car. But the rest of us weren't finished. Me and Rodrick took turns using the bathroom while Dad stood watch at the door. Then he went in and told us to be lookouts for HIM.

我们什么也没找到，所以如果毕尔多一家真有我们的东西，他们很可能把东西带到泳池里去了。 但只要我们还能使用他们的房间，我们就决定充分利用它。 我觉得没关系，因为我们是付钱的人。 我觉得妈妈觉得我们给曼尼树立了不好的榜样，所以她带他去了车里。 但我们其他人还没说完。 我和罗德里克轮流上厕所，爸爸站在门口看着。 然后他走了进去，叫我们留神他。