04-GERONIMO, DO THIS! GERONIMO, DO THAT!

GERONIMO, Do THIS! GERONIMO, Do THAT! Grandfather William eyed us with pride. "My dear, dear family," he said, "Hold on to your tails. We're about to save more money than Scrooge Rat during the holidays! Let's see... first, Geronimo can sort the mail and sweep the floors starting at five in the morning. During the day, Geronimo can also WRITE THE ARTICLES, take them to the printer, answer the phone, make photocopies, go to the post office, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera." I held up my paw in protest. "Wait a minute. Geronimo, do this! Geronimo, do that! Why do I have to do it all?"

杰罗尼莫，照做!杰罗尼莫，照做!威廉爷爷骄傲地看着我们。 “我亲爱的，亲爱的家人，”他说，“抓住你们的尾巴。 我们将在假期里比斯克鲁奇鼠省更多的钱!让我们看看… 首先，Geronimo可以在早上5点开始分拣邮件和扫地。 白天，Geronimo还可以写文章，把文章送到打印机那里，接电话，复印，去邮局，等等，等等，等等。” 我举起爪子以示抗议。 “等一下。杰罗尼莫，照做!杰罗尼莫，照做!为什么这些都要我来做?”

Grandfather William just shook his head sadly. "Well, cry me a river of cheese," he said. "Geronimo, I'm surprised at you! Why can't you be more like your unselfish little sister?" He then began to explain how Thea would be in charge of interviewing all of New Mouse City's VIRs (Very Important Rodents). She would be going to parties and hanging out with celebrity mice while I swept up mouse hairs! I was FUMING. But there was no sense squeaking about it. Thea was Grandfather's darling, and that was that. To prove my point, my sister twirled around the office, showing off her new designer fur jacket. "Do you like it, Grandfather?" she asked. "I charged it to the paper. After all, I need to look fashionable in my position."

威廉爷爷只是悲伤地摇了摇头。 “好吧，让我哭成一条奶酪河，”他说。 “杰罗尼莫，我对你感到惊讶!”你为什么不能像你无私的小妹妹那样呢?”然后他开始解释西娅将如何负责采访新老鼠城的所有VIRs(非常重要的啮齿动物)。 她会去参加派对，和名人老鼠一起玩，而我却在清理老鼠的毛发!我气坏了。 但是说出来是没有意义的。 西娅是祖父的宝贝，仅此而已。 为了证明我的观点，我妹妹在办公室里转来转去，炫耀她新买的名牌皮夹克。 “你喜欢吗，爷爷?”她问。 “我把钱记在报纸上了。 毕竟，我需要在我的职位上看起来很时尚。”

Grandfather William beamed at her with pride. "Of course, my dear, sweet Thea!" he agreed. "You charge anything you want to the paper!" My sister threw me a smug smile. I bit my tongue. "So much for economize. economize. economize!" I muttered under my breath. Just then, Trap passed Grandfather a basket full of sandwiches. "They're your favorite, Grandfather, blue cheese with extra garlic and red-hot chili peppers!" Grandfather licked his whiskers and began nibbling away on a sandwich. "This really hits the spot!" he declared. "What would I do without you, my dear grandson?"

威廉祖父骄傲地对她微笑。 “当然，我亲爱的、可爱的西娅!”他同意了。 “报纸想收多少就收多少!”我妹妹对我得意地笑了笑。 我咬到了舌头。“节约到此为止。 节约。节约!”我低声嘀咕着。 就在这时，特拉普递给爷爷一个装满三明治的篮子。 “这是你的最爱，爷爷，蓝纹奶酪加大蒜和红辣椒!”祖父舔了舔胡须，开始啃一块三明治。 “这真是正中要害!”他宣称。 “没有你我该怎么办，我亲爱的孙子?”

Trap winked at me and announced, "Grandfather has hired me to be his personal cook!" This was ridiculous! I was getting hotter than a bag of cheese popcorn in a microwave. Who would help me run the paper? At that moment, I felt a tug on the sleeve of my jacket. It was my young nephew Benjamin. "Uncle Geronimo, guess what?" he beamed. "Great-grandfather William has hired me to be his personal assistant!" Grandfather stroked Ben's tiny ears. "AH, THE FAMILY, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE FAMILY! THE STILTON FAMILY, THAT IS..." I snorted. I could see I was the workmouse of the family. nkledc. It looked like I would be the only one doing any work!

特拉普向我眨了眨眼，宣布:“爷爷雇我做他的私人厨师!”这太荒唐了!我比微波炉里的一袋芝士爆米花还热。 谁会帮我经营报纸? 就在那一刻，我感到有人在拽我的夹克袖子。 那是我年轻的侄子本杰明。 “杰罗尼莫叔叔，你猜怎么着?”他笑道。 “曾祖父威廉雇我做他的私人助理!”爷爷抚摸着本的小耳朵。 “啊，家庭，没有什么比得上家庭!”斯蒂尔顿一家，就是……” 我哼了一声。我看得出我是家里的工作鼠。 看起来好像只有我一个人在干活!

Suddenly, Grandfather whirled around toward me. Uh-oh. What next? Maybe he'd ask me to sharpen all of the pencils by paw. Or maybe he'd want me to chop up twigs to make our own paper. "Geronimo, it seems you are not happy with your duties," he began. Here it comes, I groaned silently. "Well, I've got a little Surprise for you, Grandson," he continued. He stuck a DC plane ticket under my snout. "Here you are! I'm sending you on a little trip. That's right. A trip far away from Mouse Island. You're going to Egypt to do a special report on the pyramids!" I could hardly believe it. I felt like a new mouse! I hate traveling, but I've always wanted to see the pyramids! It was a dream come true!

突然，祖父向我转过身来。 哦。下一个什么?也许他会让我用爪子削铅笔。 或者他想让我砍树枝来做我们自己的纸。 “杰罗尼莫，看来你对自己的职责并不满意，”他开始说。 它来了，我默默地呻吟着。 “嗯，我有一个小惊喜要给你，孙子，”他继续说。 他把华盛顿特区的机票塞在我鼻子底下。 “给你!”我要送你去旅行。 这是正确的。一次远离老鼠岛的旅行。 你要去埃及做一个关于金字塔的特别报道!”我简直不敢相信。 我感觉自己像一只新的老鼠!我讨厌旅行，但我一直想去看金字塔!这是一个梦想成真!

I stared at the tickets. "Thank you, Grandfather," I said, gasping. "When do I leave?" He put his snout right up to my ear. "NOW!" he screamed. My ear was ringing again. But this time I didn't care. I was off to Egypt!

我盯着票看。“谢谢你，爷爷。”我喘着气说。 “我什么时候走?”他把鼻子凑近我的耳朵。 “现在!”他尖叫道。我的耳朵又响了。 但这次我不在乎了。 我要去埃及了!