15-A SCARLET SILK CAPE

A SCARLET SILK CAPE We left the castle through the sewers. Then we crept around to the front. It was night. and the castle looked dark and spooky. We knocked at the door. The hunchback greeted us. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" he grumbled. I tried to look very professional. "Are you looking for help by any chance?" I said. "We're looking for work." The shrimpy mouse smirked and let us in. "IAMCOINCTOCALLTHEYOUNCCOUNTESS! WAITHERE IN THE HALL!" he instructed.

我们从下水道离开了城堡。 然后我们绕到前面。 那是晚上。城堡看起来又黑又吓人。 我们敲了敲门。驼背向我们打招呼。 “你想要什么?”他抱怨道。 我尽量让自己看起来很专业。 “你是在寻求帮助吗?”我说。 “我们在找工作。”小老鼠傻笑着让我们进去了。 “IAMCOINCTOCALLTHEYOUNCCOUNTESS !在大厅里等着!”他指示道。

A few seconds later, I heard a rustling sound. I turned around, and the young countess was already beside me! How could she get there so fast? I wondered. I could tell Thea was just as puzzled as I was by the rodent's speedy entrance. Meanwhile, Snobella was looking us over carefully. She patted our fur. She checked our teeth. She looked in our ears and waved a paw in front of our eyes. I'm surprised she didn't ask us to walk a straight line or sing a song. Eventually, she seemed satisfied, though, because she waved us on. "YOU two can go put on your uniforms," she said to Benjamin and me. Then she pointed at Thea. "You can follow me," she told my sister You will iron my wrap, sew the hem of my scarlet silk cape, and curl and powder my wig. Then you will polish the

几秒钟后，我听到沙沙声。 我转过身来，年轻的伯爵夫人已经在我身边了!她怎么能这么快就到那儿? 我想知道。我看得出西娅和我一样，对这只啮齿动物的快速进入感到困惑。 与此同时，斯诺贝拉正仔细地打量着我们。 她拍拍我们的皮毛。她检查了我们的牙齿。 她看着我们的耳朵，在我们眼前挥舞着一只爪子。 我很惊讶她没有让我们走直线或唱歌。 最后，她似乎很满意，因为她挥手让我们继续。 “你们两个可以去穿上制服了，”她对本杰明和我说。 然后她指着西娅。“你可以跟我来，”她对我妹妹说，“你会熨我的披肩，缝我猩红色丝绸斗篷的边，给我的假发卷卷，上粉。” 然后你会擦亮

buckles of my silk shoes and well. the list goes on and on. There are just so many things for you to do before the ball!" She gave a smug little wave before scampering off to her room. My sister shot me a murderous look. I pretended I hadn't seen it. I knew she would never let me hear the end of this one. But I couldn't worry about it now. I quickly followed the sneering hunchback down the dark hallway.

我的丝绸鞋的扣和井。 这样的例子不胜枚举。在舞会之前，你要做的事情太多了!”她得意地轻轻挥了挥手，然后跑回了自己的房间。 我姐姐狠狠地瞪了我一眼。 我假装没看见。 我就知道她不会让我听完这个故事的。 但现在我不能再担心了。 我飞快地跟着那个讥笑的驼背人穿过黑暗的走廊。