05-THE SILVER CLAW

THE SILVER CLAW Thea grabbed the binoculars. "Who is firing at us?" cried my sister. "Cheese niblets! That's not an island. It's a pirate ship. And those are cats!" "Cats?" we all squeaked, terrified. Then another shot shredded our balloon. Down we went. We held on to the basket of the balloon for dear life as we hit the water. "Thea, Benjamin, Trap ... are you still alive?" I whispered. I paddled desperately, trying to stay afloat. A lifeboat was approaching. A large black-and-white cat stood at the front.

银爪西娅抓起双筒望远镜。 “谁在向我们开枪?”我妹妹叫道。 “奶酪的玉米!那不是一个岛。 这是一艘海盗船。那些是猫!”“猫?”我们都吓得尖叫起来。 接着，又一枪把气球撕碎了。 我们下去了。当我们落水时，我们紧紧地抓住气球的篮子。 “西娅、本杰明、特拉普……你还活着吗?”我低声说。 我拼命地划桨，试图浮在水面上。 一艘救生艇正在靠近。 一只黑白相间的大猫站在前面。

"Faster, faster, you fools!" he meowed to the cats pulling the oars. Soon the boat pulled up beside us. The big cat plucked us out of the water. "Mice!" he cried gleefully. "How purrfect!" Licking their whiskers, the pirates threw us into the lifeboat and rowed us back to their ship. It was called The Silver Claw. Except for the black sails, the whole ship was covered in polished silver. It shone brightly under the sun.

“快点，快点，你们这些傻瓜!”他对拉桨的猫喵喵地叫道。 不久，小船就停在了我们旁边。 那只大猫把我们从水里拉了出来。 “老鼠!”他高兴地叫道。 “多么purrfect !”海盗们舔着胡须，把我们扔进救生艇，划回他们的船上。 它被称为银爪。 除了黑帆外，整艘船都被擦得锃亮的银罩着。 它在阳光下闪闪发光。