17-THE LUCKY CHARM

THE LUCKY CHARM Just then, Benjamin began squeaking. "I have a magnet, Uncle Geronimo!" he cried. He proudly held up his lucky charm. It was a refrigerator magnet shaped like a small piece of cheese. I'm not sure why Benjamin thought the magnet was lucky, but he carried it with him everywhere. He brought it with him to Squeaking School, to the dentist, and even when he got his fur cut at Sniprat the Barber. Thea stuck the lucky charm to the compass. Then she checked the needle.

幸运符就在这时，本杰明开始尖叫起来。 “我有一块磁铁，杰罗尼莫叔叔!” 他骄傲地举起他的幸运符。 那是一块形状像一小块奶酪的冰箱磁铁。 我不知道本杰明为什么认为磁铁是幸运的，但他走到哪里都带着它。 他上吱吱学校，看牙医，甚至在理发师剪毛的时候，都带着它。 西娅把幸运符贴在指南针上。 然后她检查了针。

"There!" she said, satisfied. "From now on, the compass will point toward Ho-hum Island!" We decided to hide in a huge silver trunk filled with maps. Seconds later, I heard a noise. I lifted the trunk's lid just enough to spot Tomcat Jack. He took one look at the compass and began bouncing around like a basketball with whiskers. Meeeeooooowwwww!!! "We are off course! Hurry, everybody to their posts!" he screeched.

“好了!”她满意地说。 “从今以后，罗盘将指向嗬嗬岛!”我们决定藏在一个装满地图的银色大箱子里。 几秒钟后，我听到了响声。 我掀开后备箱的盖子，刚好看见雄猫杰克。 他看了一眼指南针，开始像一个长着胡须的篮球一样跳来跳去。 Meeeeooooowwwww ! !“我们偏离航线了!”快，大家回到岗位上去!”他尖叫道。