17-CHEESE SLICES

CHEESE SLICES That night, Thea stayed up very late. I wondered what my sister had up her sleeve this time. You just never know with that mouse. Early the next morning, while we were having breakfast, Thea arrived, out of breath. "Hooray! i did it!" she cried, waving the map. Trap jumped. "Do you have to scream so early in the morning?" he shouted. "You know I'm not awake until I've had my cup of steamed cheese (two sugars, hold the milk). Now, what is it?" Thea jumped onto the table and cleared her throat. "I have discovered..." she

那天晚上，西娅熬夜到很晚。 我想知道我妹妹这次又有什么锦囊妙计。 你永远不知道那只老鼠会怎么样。 第二天一大早，我们正在吃早饭，西娅来了，上气不接下气。 “万岁!我做到了!”她喊道，挥舞着地图。 陷阱跳。“你非得一大早尖叫吗?”他喊道。 “你知道，我要喝完那杯蒸奶酪(两块糖，拿着牛奶)才能醒来。 现在，是什么事?”西娅跳上桌子，清了清嗓子。 “我发现了……”她说

began. "Drumroll, please." "What??" shouted Trap, grabbing her by the tail. Thea shot Trap a smug smile. "First I determined our position, using the astrolabe. Then I checked it with a triangulation... and worked out the logarithm...." "ASTROLAMP? STRANGULATION? CONGARHYTHM?" snorted Trap. "Do you mind speaking English? I hate it when you use such big words!" My sister pointed to the map. "First we have to head north toward More Water Bay. Then we go around What's the Point Peak and head toward molehill Mountain. There we'll find the Fleariddenfur River. We follow the river to Hard as Nails Hill. And from there, it should be as easy as pie to find the Emerald Eye!"

开始了。“请击鼓声。” “什么——?”特拉普喊道，一把抓住她的尾巴。 西娅得意地笑了笑。 “首先，我用星盘确定了我们的位置。 然后我用三角测量法检查了一下…… 然后算出了对数...." “ASTROLAMP ?绞窄? 康格瑞斯?” “你介意说英语吗?” 我讨厌你用这么大的词!”我妹妹指着地图。 “首先，我们得向北去莫尔水湾。 然后我们绕过什么点峰，向鼹鼠山走去。 在那里我们会找到弗利登弗河。 我们沿着河走到硬如钉子山。 从那里，找到翡翠眼应该易如反掌!”

At the mention of the word emerald, Trap put his arm around Thea. "Oh, my little cousin, let me be the first to congratulate you." He beamed. "Did anyone ever tell you that you are a real genius? So where did you say the treasure is exactly?" Thea snorted. "What is the matter with you? Are your eyes covered with cheese slices? Look here at the map," she squeaked, flapping it under Trap's snout. "There is an X on it as big as the moon over Mouse Island!" Trap just smiled and stroked Thea's paw. "My dear, sweet, kind, beautiful, charming

听到翡翠这个词，特拉普伸出胳膊搂住了西娅。 “哦，我的小表弟，让我第一个向你祝贺吧。” 他微笑着。“有人告诉过你，你是一个真正的天才吗?” 那么，你刚才说宝藏到底在哪里?”西娅哼了一声。 “你怎么啦?” 你的眼睛被奶酪片覆盖了吗? 看这张地图。”她尖声说，在特拉普的鼻子底下拍打着地图。 “上面有一个X，和老鼠岛上的月亮一样大!”特拉普只是微笑着抚摸着西娅的爪子。 “我亲爱的，甜蜜的，善良的，美丽的，迷人的

little cousin," he said. "I suggest we leave tomorrow morning, no, maybe tonight. As a matter of fact, I could be ready to leave Right now!" "Wait a minute, wait a minute," I jumped in. "We have to map out our route, calculate the times and the stages of our trip." Trap was getting more and more frantic. "What times... what stages? This sly mouse here has already organized everything. We are leaving and that's that!" he squeaked. Then he and Thea put their heads together and began discussing the details of the journey. Of all the nerve! It seemed as if I was already left out! Meanwhile, my nephew sat munching the last Cheesy Chew with a dreamy expression on his face. "Treasure, real honest-to-goodmouse treasure..." he murmured.

小表弟，”他说。“我建议我们明天早上离开，不，也许今晚就走。 事实上，我现在就可以准备离开了!”“等一下，等一下，”我插嘴说。 “我们必须规划好路线，计算好时间和旅程的各个阶段。” 特拉普越来越疯狂了。 “什么*……什么阶段? 这只狡猾的老鼠已经安排好了一切。 我们要走了，就这样!”他尖声说。 然后他和西娅把头凑在一起，开始讨论旅行的细节。 胆子真大!好像我已经被排除在外了!与此同时，我的侄子坐在那里嚼着最后一块奶酪，脸上带着梦幻般的表情。 “宝藏，真正的老实老实的老鼠宝藏……” 他低声说道。