7. There’s No Place Like Home

7 There's No Place Like Home The next day was the last of their vacation. Calamity was off at a rodeo, and the Lambchops were enjoying the park as a family. Many interesting activities filled the day, but Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop noticed the boys seemed subdued. "It's the lack of fresh vegetables and fruits, George," Mrs. Lambchop fretted back at the campsite that afternoon. "I dare say you're right, dear," Mr. Lambchop said. "You know the boys so well." Just as they were packing up, a park ranger strode into their camp. "Why, hello there, Bob," Mrs. Lambchop greeted him, remembering how he felt about his name.

第二天是他们假期的最后一天。 “灾难”去看牛仔竞技表演了，小羊羔一家人在公园里玩得很开心。 这一天有许多有趣的活动，但兰彻先生和太太注意到孩子们似乎很压抑。 “乔治，这是因为缺乏新鲜蔬菜和水果，”那天下午，兰普切太太回到营地后烦恼地说。 “我敢说你是对的，亲爱的，”兰彻先生说。 “你太了解这些男孩了。” 就在他们收拾行李的时候，一个公园管理员大步走进了他们的营地。 “嗨，你好，鲍勃，”兰彻太太向他打招呼，想起了他对自己名字的感觉。

"Hello, Lambchops all," Ranger Bob said. "Sure are sorry to see you folks go." "We've had a grand time," Mr. Lambchop told him. "Worth every penny of our admission fees!" "That's what I'm here about," said Ranger Bob. "Your brave son Stanley paid his fee like everyone else, and given what a hero he was, something doesn't seem right about that. I'm here to refund that fee, with the park's gratitude!"

“你们好，小羊们，”护林员鲍勃说。 “看到你们走了，我真的很难过。” “我们玩得很开心，”兰切普告诉他。 “每一分钱的入场费都物有所值!”“这就是我来这里的原因，”护林员鲍勃说。 “你勇敢的儿子史丹利和其他人一样缴纳了学费，考虑到他是个英雄，这似乎有些不对劲。 我是来退还这笔费用的，并向公园表示感谢!”

"Excuse me," Stanley interrupted politely, "but my brother was a hero, too. If it weren't for him being out there, I would never have grabbed on to the face of that rock." "I can see how that is," agreed the ranger. "Two heroes, two refunds it is!" Then Ranger Bob personally affixed the Mount Rushmore State Park sticker to the rear window of

“对不起，”斯坦利礼貌地打断他的话，“我哥哥也是个英雄。 如果不是他在那里，我永远不会抓住那块岩石的表面。” “我明白这是怎么回事，”护林员同意道。 “两个英雄，两个退款!”然后护林员鲍勃亲自把拉什莫尔山州立公园的贴纸贴在后车窗上

the Lambchops' car, and bade them a safe trip home. Mrs. Lambchop looked into the car, overstuffed once more. "I'm sorry, boys, but…" "No," said Stanley. "Arthur can have the space. You can mail me home. I don't mind." So the Lambchops drove to the nearest post office and slipped their elder son into a large mailing envelope, along with the rest of the graham crackers, a slice of American cheese, and a deck of cards. "Insurance?" asked the postmaster. Mr. Lambchop chuckled as if the postmaster had made a good joke. "No need. There's no finer postal system in the world. I say, if you can't trust the United States Postal Service to deliver a package safely, then whom can you trust?" Mrs. Lambchop asked that the envelope be marked Fragile, but Stanley was horrified at that suggestion. He did allow the postmaster to stamp Do Not Bend, however.

并祝他们一路平安回家。 兰切普太太往车里看了看，肚子又胀了。 “对不起，孩子们，但是……”“不，”斯坦利说。 “亚瑟可以拥有这个空间。 你可以寄我回家。我不介意。” 于是，小羊羔一家开车到最近的邮局，把大儿子塞进一个大信封里，连同剩下的全麦饼干、一片美国奶酪和一副纸牌。 “保险?”邮政局长问。 兰勃切先生咯咯地笑了起来，好像邮政局长开了个好玩笑似的。 “不需要。没有比这更好的邮政系统了。 我说，如果你不能相信美国邮政服务能安全投递包裹，那你还能相信谁呢?”兰切普太太要求在信封上标明易碎，但斯坦利被这个建议吓坏了。 然而，他确实允许邮政局长盖上“不要弯曲”的邮票。

And then the four Lambchops made their way home from South Dakota: three of them in a car, and one in postal trucks and planes.

然后四只小羊从南达科塔州回家:其中三只在一辆汽车里，一只在邮政卡车和飞机上。

Stanley arrived home first, refreshed by his restful trip, and helped unpack the car when his weary family appeared. "It's always good to get away," Mr. Lambchop noted with a sigh. "But…" "But it's always good to get back home," finished his wife. Then Stanley and Arthur hurried to their room to unpack, while their parents tended to the stack of mail that had piled up.

斯坦利第一个回到家，这趟轻松的旅行让他精神抖擞，当疲惫的家人出现时，他帮忙打开了车里的东西。 “出去走走总是好的，”兰切普叹了口气说。 “但是回家总是好的，”他的妻子接着说。 然后斯坦利和阿瑟赶紧回到自己的房间打开行李，他们的父母则在处理堆积起来的那堆邮件。