11-WATER UNDER THE BOOKS

WATER UNDER THE BOOKS At eleven o'clock that evening, the phone rang. It was the paper's storemouse, PACKRAT PETE. "Mr. Stilton!" he screamed in my ear. "A bus crashed into the hydrant right in front of The Rodent's Gazette Building. Our warehouse is FLOODED. All the books are getting soaked. It's an absolute disaster!" I couldn't believe it. My luck was worse than a mouse who's been cornered by a black cat! I raced to the warehouse in a panic. The water was pouring in so fast, even a sewer rat would have trouble riding the waves.

书下的水那天晚上十一点，电话响了。 这是报纸的储藏鼠，收货鼠皮特。 “斯蒂尔顿先生!”他在我耳边尖叫。 “一辆公共汽车撞上了《啮齿动物公报》大楼前面的消防栓。 我们的仓库被淹了。所有的书都湿透了。 这绝对是一场灾难!”我简直不敢相信。 我的运气比被黑猫逼到墙角的老鼠还糟!我惊慌失措地跑向仓库。 水涌得如此之快，即使是下水道里的老鼠也很难驾驭海浪。

"Quick! We have to move the books somewhere dry!" I shouted to the workmice. I put on a pair of blue overalls. Then I raced next door to TUTTI FRUTTI. It's a shop that sells cheese-flavored ice cream, owned by my good friend LICKETY SPLITZ. Lickety lives in a one-bedroom hole right above his shop. He likes to be close to his ice cream. He also likes to eat it. Lickety has a big, round belly. He says his belly is a free advertisement for his delicious ice creams. Have you ever tasted CHEESE-FLAVORED ice cream? It's one of my favorite treats. But I didn't have time to think about ice cream now. I had work to do. Lickety said it was okay to store the books in his place. We worked through the night, moving box after box. At last, we were done.

“快!我们得把书搬到干燥的地方去!”我对老鼠们喊道。 我穿上了一条蓝色工装裤。 然后我跑到隔壁的TUTTI FRUTTI。 这是一家卖奶酪味冰淇淋的店，老板是我的好朋友利基蒂·斯普利茨。 利基蒂住在他店楼上的一间单间房里。 他喜欢靠近他的冰淇淋。 他也喜欢吃它。利基蒂有一个又大又圆的肚子。 他说他的肚子是他美味冰淇淋的免费广告。 你吃过奶酪味的冰淇淋吗? 这是我最喜欢的食物之一。 但我现在没有时间考虑冰淇淋了。 我有工作要做。利奇说可以把书放在他那里。 我们工作了一整夜，搬了一个又一个箱子。 最后，我们做完了。

"Thank you, Lickety," I said. "You are a true friend." Lickety waved his paw. "Don't mention it," he squeaked. Then he gave me a free double-scoop ice cream cone. It was extra-sharp cheddar with a cherry on top. Yum! My favorite! Normally, I don't eat ice cream cones for breakfast. But this was a special treat. Plus, it was the first day of my vacation. Suddenly, I jumped to my paws. "My vacation!" I cried. I glanced at my watch. It was already ten o'clock. "Cheese Niblets! I've missed my plane again!" I raced to the travel agency.

“谢谢你，利基蒂，”我说。 “你是一个真正的朋友。”利基蒂挥舞着他的爪子。 “别客气。”他尖声说。 然后他给了我一个免费的双球冰淇淋蛋筒。 那是加了樱桃的特级切达干酪。 Yum !我最喜欢的!通常我早餐不吃甜筒。 但这是一次特殊的款待。 而且，这是我假期的第一天。 突然，我跳了起来。 “我的假期!”我哭了。我瞥了一眼手表。 已经十点钟了。 “奶酪的玉米!我又错过飞机了!”我跑到旅行社。