18-DAY 3：WEDNESDAY

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY "Today is a day of rest!" shouted Penelope the next morning. As usual, she had woken us up with a bucketful of icy water. "Today we will build a tree house," Penelope continued. "Stilton, you'll be the first one to climb that tree over there!" She pointed to a tree. It wasn't just any old tree. It was the tallest tree I had ever seen in my life! Up, up, up it went. I got dizzy JUST looking aT IT. "I c-can't climb that t-t-tree!" I stammered. "I'M AFRAID OF HEIGHTS!" Just then, a small paw tapped my shoulder. It was Suzie Squeakers. "Don't worry," she whispered. "I'm a friend of Pinky Pick. She sent me along

第二天早上，佩内洛普喊道:“今天是休息日!” 像往常一样，她用一桶冰水把我们叫醒。 “今天我们要建一个树屋，”佩内洛普继续说。 “斯蒂尔顿，你将是第一个爬上那边那棵树的人!”她指着一棵树。 这不是一棵普通的老树。 这是我一生中见过的最高的树!向上，向上，向上。 我一看就头晕。 “我——我——我爬不上那棵树!”我结结巴巴地说。 “我恐高!”就在这时，一只小爪子拍了拍我的肩膀。 是苏西·斯奎克斯。“别担心，”她小声说。 “我是Pinky Pick的朋友。 她派我来的

to help you." Suzie handed me a pink envelope. It was a letter from Pinky. Have I told you about Pinky Pick? She's a young assistant at my office. I'm sure you can guess Pinky's favorite color. It's pink, of course! Pinky has pink sneakers and rides a pink bicycle to work. She will only write on pink paper and loves squeaking on her pink cell phone. I guess

来帮助你。”苏西递给我一个粉红色的信封。 这是一封Pinky的信。 我跟你说过Pinky Pick吗? 她是我办公室的年轻助理。 我相信你能猜出Pinky最喜欢的颜色。 当然是粉色的!Pinky穿着粉红色的运动鞋，骑着粉红色的自行车去上班。 她只会在粉红色的纸上写字，喜欢在粉红色的手机上吱吱叫。 我猜

you could say Pinky is sort of hung up on the color pink. One winter, she lost her favorite pink mittens. She had to wear blue ones instead. Poor Pinky cried for weeks! Now I bent over Pinky's letter. Suzie winked at me. When Penelope wasn't looking, she began to follow me up the tree. Immediately, I felt faint. "Don't look down!" Suzie advised. It was good advice. If I didn't look down, I couldn't tell how high up we had climbed. I breathed a sigh of relief. This was no big deal. We were only a few feet off the ground. I probably could have jumped down if I'd

你可以说Pinky有点迷恋粉色。 有一年冬天，她弄丢了她最喜欢的粉色连指手套。 她只好换上蓝色的。 可怜的Pinky哭了好几个星期!现在我弯下腰去看Pinky的信。 苏西对我眨了眨眼睛。趁佩内洛普不注意的时候，她开始跟着我上了树。 我立刻感到头晕。 “别往下看!”苏西建议。 这是个好建议。如果我不往下看，我不知道我们爬了多高。 我松了一口气。 这没什么大不了的。我们离地面只有几英尺。 我可能会跳下去，如果我

wanted to. I pretended I was climbing up the steps to my mouse hole. Oh, it would be so nice to be home! Home with my cheese-filled fridge. Home with my treasured books. I glanced down at my paws. Big mistake. No, I wasn't at home. Far from it. I was up so high even Penelope Poisonfur looked harmless. My head began to spin. I was going to fall! Newspaper headlines flashed before my eyes. Geronimo Stilton Killed in a Terrible Fall! Jungle Terrorizes Publisher! Stilton's Last Squeak! Just then, someone grabbed my tail. It was Suzie. "It's okay!" she shrieked. "I got you!" I was so happy I could have jumped for

想。我假装在爬台阶到我的老鼠洞。 哦，要是能回家就好了!带着装满奶酪的冰箱回家。 带着我珍爱的书回家。 我低头看了看自己的爪子。 大错误。不，我不在家。 远非如此。我高高在上，就连佩内洛普·沃东弗看起来都是无害的。 我开始头晕目眩。我要掉下去了!报纸的标题在我眼前一闪而过。 杰罗尼莫·斯蒂尔顿摔死!丛林恐吓出版商!斯蒂尔顿最后一声尖叫!就在这时，有人抓住了我的尾巴。 是苏西。“没事的!”她尖叫道。 “我抓到你了!”我很高兴我能跳下去

joy. Luckily, I remembered where I was just in time. I was happy, but I wasn't a cheesehead. I wasn't about to let go of that tree! At last, we came to a very long branch with thick leaves. "This is the perfect spot to build our shelter," announced Suzie. Together we built a ladder out of some tree limbs. Before long, our tree house was looking great. I was so proud of myself and my new friends. And best of all, I realized being up so high wasn't that scary after all. "Not bad for a bunch of city mice," Penelope admitted when we were finished. "Not bad at all..." That night I dreamed that Pinky Pick was winking at me. "What do you say, BOSS?" she squeaked. "Can I have that pink computer now? Can I, Boss?"

欢乐。幸运的是，我及时记起了我在哪里。 我很开心，但我不是个笨蛋。 我没打算放开那棵树!最后，我们来到了一根长着厚厚的叶子的树枝前。 “这是我们建造庇护所的最佳地点，”苏茜宣布。 我们一起用一些树枝搭了一个梯子。 不久，我们的树屋看起来很棒。 我为自己和我的新朋友们感到骄傲。 最棒的是，我意识到站在这么高的地方并没有那么可怕。 “对一群城市老鼠来说还不错，”我们吃完饭后，佩内洛普承认。 “还不错……”那天晚上我梦见Pinky Pick对我使眼色。 “你说什么，老板?”她尖声说。 “我现在可以拥有那台粉红色的电脑吗?” 我可以吗，老板?”