Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Doink Doink, doink. Doink, doink, doink, doink. It sounded like stones bouncing off something metal. I jumped up from my nap and ran outside. That's when I saw Barbara's brand-new, shiny, green barbecue being pelted by rocks. Dozens of them. They were coming from the tomato patch. Doink doink doinkdoinkdoinkdoink doinkdoinkdoinkdoink doinkdoinkdoinkdoink doinkdoinkdoinkdoink. I ran as fast as I could toward the patch and took a couple of hits myself. That's where I found two clumps of grass hurling pebbles at the back deck.

第九章唐克唐克，唐克。 咚，咚，咚，咚，咚。 听起来像是石头在金属上反弹。 我从午睡中跳起来跑到外面。 就在那时，我看到芭芭拉崭新的，闪亮的绿色烤肉被石头砸了。 有几十个。他们是从番茄地里来的。 顿顿顿顿，顿顿顿顿，顿顿顿顿。 我以最快的速度向那块补丁跑去，自己也挨了几下。 就在那里，我发现两丛草在后面的甲板上扔鹅卵石。

"What are you doing?" I yelled. I grabbed the bag of rocks with my teeth and dragged it away from them. And then I tripped—over an old, green shoe. "Calm down! What on Earth is wrong with you?" I asked. Poppy and Sweetie looked like they had been spit out by the lawn mower. Sugar came running across the yard with the hose. "WE'RE COMING FOR YOU, MOM!! WE WON'T LET THE ALIENS TAKE YOU!" She aimed the hose directly at the front of the giant, round barbecue. The water came out fast and hard and quickly knocked it over.

“你在干什么？”我喊道。 我用牙齿抓住那袋石头，把它从他们身边拖走。 然后我被一只旧的绿鞋绊倒了。 “冷静下来!你到底怎么了？”我问。 波比和小甜甜看起来就像被割草机吐出来的一样。 糖拿着水管跑过院子。 “我们来找你了，妈妈！！”我们不会让外星人带走你的！”她把水管对准了那个巨大的圆形烤肉架的前面。 水又快又硬，很快就把它打翻了。

"GIVE ME BACK MY MOTHER, YOU CHICKEN-STEALING ALIENS!" The back door swung open with a giant squeak. The chicks all lay down flat in the grass. Excellent camouflage, I noticed. I hightailed it out of there. Dumb squirrel was standing right in the middle of it all, frozen. Poor kid stuck out like a... dumb squirrel. Barbara ran out of the house. Her brand-new, green barbecue grill was on the ground, surrounded by hot dogs and smoking charcoal. "You pesky squirrel!" she hollered. "Get out of here!!" She picked up the hose, gave Tail a good spray. The water exposed the chicks in the grass, too, but Barbara was too distracted by the small fire that was threatening her potted begonias.

“把我妈妈还给我，你们这些偷鸡的外星人！”后门啪的一声打开了。 小鸡都平躺在草地上。 很好的伪装，我注意到了。 我飞快地离开了那里。 那只笨松鼠就站在中间，冻僵了。 可怜的孩子像个… 愚蠢的松鼠。芭芭拉跑出了房子。 她崭新的绿色烧烤架放在地上，周围是热狗和冒着烟的木炭。 “你这讨厌的松鼠！” “滚出去！！”她拿起水管，给尾巴狠狠地喷了一喷。 水也把草地上的小鸡暴露了出来，但芭芭拉被小火弄得心烦意乱，那火正威胁着她盆栽的秋海棠。