13-THE MYSTERIOUS NAIL

THE MYSTERIOUS NAIL We decided to explore the entire castle. "We'll catch that ghost," said Thea. "That is... if Mr. Scaredy Pants is right and there really is a ghost." I chewed my whiskers. "I'm telling you for the last time. I saw it! I saw a ghost!!!!!!" I squeaked at the top of my lungs. Thea pulled out her camera. "All right, all right," she smirked, "Don't have a squeak attack. Now, where did you see that RAT SKELETON? I could take a couple of pictures of that." I led them into the kitchen. Then I looked anxiously into the big pot.

神秘的钉子我们决定探索整个城堡。 “我们会抓住那个鬼的。”西娅说。 “这是……如果胆小鬼先生是对的，真的有鬼的话。” 我咬着胡须。“我最后一次告诉你。 我看到了!我看见鬼了!!!!!!”我扯着嗓子尖叫起来。 西娅拿出她的相机。 “好吧，好吧，”她得意地笑着说，“别吱吱叫了。 你在哪儿看到那具老鼠骨架的? 我可以拍几张照片。” 我把他们领进了厨房。 然后，我焦急地看着那个大罐子。

"See, the mouse bone was here..." I began. But the pot was now empty. How strange! I ran toward the closet and opened it wide. The SKELETON had vanished!!! I was shocked. "But... but... it was right here..." I mumbled. Thea snorted. Trap put his paw on my forehead. "Hmmmm. You're feeling a bit warm, Cousinkins," he

“看，老鼠骨头在这里……” 我开始。但是罐子现在空了。 多么奇怪!我跑向壁橱，把它打开。 骷髅消失了!!我很震惊。 “但是……但是…它就在这儿……” 我咕哝道。西娅哼了一声。陷阱把爪子放在我的额头上。 “嗯。你觉得有点热，表兄妹们，”他说

joked. "Maybe you're coming down with something. We'd better get you to a hospital. You know, one of those hospitals with bars on the windows and patients who see flying cheeses." He collapsed in a fit of giggles. He really cracks himself up. I wanted to crack him over the head, but before I could even try, Benjamin grabbed my paw. He showed me a nail in the upper part of the closet. "Um, see that nail, Uncle Geronimo?" he whispered. "There could have been something hanging from it, just like you said. I believe you." Without another word, he pulled out a pad of paper. Then he began to jot down some notes.

开玩笑说。“也许你得了什么病。 我们最好送你去医院。 你知道的，就是那种窗户上有铁栏的医院，病人会看到飞起来的奶酪。” 他在一阵咯咯的笑声中倒下了。 他真的笑坏了。 我想敲他的头，但还没等我动手，本杰明就抓住了我的爪子。 他指给我看壁橱上部的一颗钉子。 “嗯，看到那个钉子了吗，杰罗尼莫叔叔?”他低声说。 “就像你说的，上面可能挂着什么东西。 我相信你。”他二话没说，掏出一叠纸。 然后他开始做笔记。