03-WHAT A HEAT WAVE!

WHAT A HEAT WAVE! When we reached the office, Pinky took off. "Catch you later, Popsicle!" she CALLED OUT before she disappeared. I hung my head. What did I do to deserve that mouse? She was so irritating. She was so obnoxious. She could drive a perfectly normal rodent to eat rat poison! Of course, you are probably wondering why I put up with Pinky. After all, I am her boss. But there is one thing I didn't tell you about Pinky. She is a genius. Yes, an honest-to-goodmouse genius! Last year, Pinky came

多么炎热的天气啊!当我们到达办公室时，Pinky离开了。 “回头见，冰棒!”她在消失之前喊道。 我垂下了头。我到底做了什么，配得上那只老鼠? 她太烦人了。她太讨厌了。 她能让一只完全正常的啮齿动物吃老鼠药!当然，你可能想知道我为什么要忍受Pinky。 毕竟，我是她的老板。但有件关于Pinky的事我没告诉你。 她是个天才。是的，一个真正的老鼠天才!去年，Pinky来了

up with an idea for a magazine for young mice. She called it Fur Kids only. Now it is the most popular magazine for mouslets in New Mouse City. Pinky's just a teenager, but she's one of the brainiest rodents I know! After Pinky left, I pushed open the door to my office. What a heat wave! I could hardly breathe. Even my whiskers were sweating. I turned the dial on the AIR CONDITIONER. But it must have gotten stuck. A blast of icy air hit me in the snout. within minutes, I was freezing my tail off.

为小老鼠做一本杂志。 她称它为“儿童专用”。 现在它是新老鼠城最受老鼠欢迎的杂志。 Pinky只是一个十几岁的孩子，但她是我认识的最聪明的啮齿动物之一!Pinky走后，我推开办公室的门。 多么炎热的天气啊!我几乎无法呼吸。 连我的胡子都在冒汗。 我拨动了空调的旋钮。 但它一定是卡住了。 一阵冷风打在我的鼻子上。 几分钟后，我的尾巴就冻僵了。

The wall thermometer read thirty degrees below zero! It was colder than the time I tried skiing on the slopes of Ratrun Mountain. At least then, I was able to take breaks at the Cozytail Lodge. My secretary, Mousella, found me shivering in a corner of the room. She shook her head. "Mr. Stilton, you'll catch your death in here," she scolded. I switched off the air conditioner. I wasn't about to freeze to death right before my vacation. Five minutes later, it was boiling again. The HEAT melted the icicles on my whiskers. I groaned. My good silk tie was soaked. I was a mess. Upset, I called the air-conditioner rat. "There must be something wrong with this machine," I explained. "What's the problem?" he smirked. "If

墙上的温度计是零下三十度!这比我在拉特伦山的斜坡上滑雪时还要冷。 至少那时，我可以在科兹泰特旅馆休息一下。 我的秘书Mousella发现我在房间的一个角落里瑟瑟发抖。 她摇了摇头。“斯蒂尔顿先生，你会在这里送命的，”她责备道。 我关掉了空调。 我可不想在度假前被冻死。 五分钟后，水又沸腾了。 高温融化了我胡须上的冰柱。 我呻吟着。我的好丝质领带湿透了。 我当时一团糟。心烦意乱，我叫空调老鼠。 “这台机器一定出了毛病，”我解释说。 “有什么问题吗?”他傻笑着说。 “如果

you're hot, you switch it on. If you're cold, just switch it off!" I chewed my whiskers to keep from screaming. Cheese niblets! I couldn't wait for my vacation.... I switched on an old copper fan my grandfather WILLIAM SHORTPAWS had hung from the ceiling. Grandfather was the founder of The Rodent's Gazette. Years ago, he ran the business with an iron paw. He was known for being the cheapest mouse in the pack, which is why he was nicknamed CHEAP MOUSE WILLY! He only brushed his teeth once a

你很热，你就打开它。 如果你觉得冷，就把它关掉!”我咬着胡须不让自己尖叫。 奶酪的玉米!我不能等待我的假期.... 我打开祖父威廉·短爪从天花板上挂下来的一把旧铜扇。 祖父是《啮齿动物公报》的创始人。 几年前，他铁腕经营着这家公司。 他以最便宜的老鼠而闻名，这就是为什么他被昵称为廉价老鼠威利!他每天只刷一次牙

week to save money on toothpaste. As soon as I switched on the fan, papers began to fly all over the place. "Mousella! HEEEELP!" I squeaked in a panic. My secretary ran into the office. Paper rained down like giant snowflakes. Mousella shook her head. "How did you manage to make such a MESS?"

一周来节省牙膏的钱。 我一打开电扇，纸就飞得到处都是。 “Mousella !救命啊!”我惊慌地尖叫起来。 我的秘书跑进了办公室。 纸像巨大的雪花一样落下。 鼠塞拉摇了摇头。“你是怎么弄得这么乱的?”

she yelled. But she helped me put the place back in order. By now, I was really sweating. It was hotter than the kitchen of the Greasy Rat Café in the summertime. Cheese niblets! I couldn't wait for my vacation. Just then, I remembered something. My grandfather always kept a small personal-sized fan in the cellar. I raced down to find it. Back in my office, I set it up away from the papers on my desk. Then I switched it on. AH, RELIEF! I was as cool as a cheddar cheese log in my megahuge fridge!

她喊道。但她帮我把这里整理好了。 到现在为止，我真的出汗了。 这里比夏天油腻老鼠咖啡馆的厨房还要热。 奶酪的玉米!我等不及我的假期了。 就在这时，我想起了一件事。 我祖父总是在地下室里放一把个人用的小扇子。 我跑下去找它。回到办公室，我把它放在远离桌子上文件的地方。 然后我把它打开。啊,解脱!我就像巨型冰箱里的切达奶酪一样酷!