9 The Great Grizzly Bear Mystery

The Great GRIZZLY BEAR Mystery WHAT SPECIES OF ANIMAL do you think would make the world's very worst pet? This is the story of two children who were determined to bring one of the most terrifying animals on earth into their home.

你认为哪种动物会成为世界上最糟糕的宠物？ 这是两个孩子的故事，他们决定把地球上最可怕的动物之一带回家。

A GRIZZLY BEAR. What happened next may surprise you. Let me begin this tale by introducing you to the two children. They were twins: a girl and a boy named Lois and Mylo. They lived with their two fathers in a windmill at the top of a hill. From there they had a view of a deep, dark forest below. Now, the children always whined and whined and whined about not having a pet. All the other children in their local village had them. There were dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets and mice. One child even had a hawk! So Lois and Mylo pleaded and pleaded with their fathers. One they called Daddy, and the other they called Papa.

一只灰熊。接下来发生的事情可能会让你大吃一惊。 让我从向你介绍这两个孩子开始这个故事。 他们是一对双胞胎：一个女孩和一个男孩，分别叫露易丝和迈洛。 他们和两位父亲住在山顶上的一座风车里。 从那里他们可以看到下面一片漆黑的森林。 现在，孩子们总是抱怨，抱怨，抱怨没有宠物。 他们村里的其他孩子都有。 有狗、猫、兔子、雪貂和老鼠。 一个孩子甚至养了一只鹰！于是，露易丝和迈洛再三恳求他们的父亲。 一个叫爸爸，另一个叫爸爸。

"Why can't we have a pet, Daddy?" begged Lois. "It's not fair!" added Mylo. It was the first thing they spoke about when they woke up in the morning and the last thing when they went to bed at night. All day, every day, they went on and on and on about having a pet. In the end, their fathers were driven bananas. So, one evening when the children had been pleading nonstop for several hours, they finally caved in. "ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!" snapped Daddy. "YOU CAN HAVE A PET!" added Papa. "YES!" cried the twins, hugging each other. They fell silent for a moment. "Peace at last!" exclaimed Daddy. "But which pet shall we get?" asked Lois excitedly. "OH! Any animal you like!" replied Daddy. "Just no more going on about it!" added Papa. This proved to be a huge mistake. And I mean HUGE! The twins looked at each other in disbelief. "Any animal we like, Daddy?" asked Lois. "Any one!" he replied. "Promise, Papa?" said Mylo.

“为什么我们不能养宠物呢，爸爸？”露易丝恳求道。 “这不公平！”迈洛补充道。 这是他们早上醒来的第一件事，晚上睡觉的最后一件事。 一整天，每一天，他们不停地说要养宠物。 最后，他们的父亲被逼疯了。 所以，一天晚上，孩子们不停地恳求了几个小时，他们终于屈服了。 “好吧!好吧！”爸爸厉声说。 “你可以养宠物！”爸爸补充说。 “是的！”双胞胎互相拥抱着叫道。 他们沉默了一会儿。 “终于和平了！”爸爸叫道。 “但是我们该养哪只宠物呢？”露易丝兴奋地问。 “哦!任何你喜欢的动物！”爸爸回答。 “别再提这件事了！”爸爸补充说。 事实证明，这是一个巨大的错误。 我的意思是巨大！这对双胞胎难以置信地面面相觑。 “有我们喜欢的动物吗，爸爸？”露易丝问。 “随便一个！”他回答。“答应吗，爸爸？”迈洛说。

"WE PROMISE!" declared Papa. "YES!" exclaimed the twins. Then they tumbled up the long, winding staircase to their bedroom at the very top of the windmill. As they could have any pet they chose, it seemed silly to pick an animal so many other children had, like a dog or a cat or a mouse. So together they sat on the rug and searched for inspiration in their favourite book, The BIG book of BLOODCURDLING BEASTS. Like many children, the twins were far more interested in the scary animals than the nice ones. "The killer whale is one of the deadliest creatures on Earth!" read Lois. "Well, let's get one of those, then!" exclaimed Mylo. "Where are we going to keep it?" "In the bath, of course!"

“我们保证！”爸爸宣布。 “是的！”双胞胎叫道。 然后，他们摇摇晃晃地爬上长长的螺旋楼梯，来到了他们在风车顶端的卧室。 因为他们可以选择任何宠物，所以选择其他很多孩子都有的动物，比如狗、猫或老鼠，似乎很愚蠢。 于是，他们一起坐在地毯上，从他们最喜欢的书《可怕的野兽》中寻找灵感。 和许多孩子一样，这对双胞胎对可怕的动物比对可爱的动物更感兴趣。 “虎鲸是地球上最致命的生物之一！”露易丝读道。 “好吧，那我们就买一个吧！”迈洛叫道。 “我们把它放在哪儿呢？”“当然是在浴缸里！”

"What about bath time? I am not sharing a bath with a great big whale!" said the said. That was the end of that. No killer whale. "LOOK!" exclaimed Mylo. "It says here that hippopotamuses kill more people every year than sharks!" "Wow! Let's get one, then! But, hang on, who would pick up the hippo dung?" asked Lois. That was the end of that. No hippopotamus. "I know! I know! I know!" cried Lois, snatching the book back. "We should get a crocodile!" "Who would clean its teeth?" asked Mylo. That was the end of that. No crocodile. The twins were running out of ideas when they turned to the final page in

“洗澡时间呢？”我才不要和一条大鲸鱼一起洗澡呢！” 就这样结束了。没有虎鲸。 “看！”迈洛叫道。“这里说河马每年杀死的人比鲨鱼还多！”“哇!那我们就买一个吧！但是，等等，谁会捡河马的粪便呢？”露易丝问。 就这样结束了。没有河马。 “我知道!我知道!我知道！”露易丝嚷道，一把抢过书。 “我们应该养条鳄鱼！”“谁会帮它清洁牙齿呢？”迈洛问。 就这样结束了。没有鳄鱼。 当这对双胞胎翻到最后一页时，他们已经没有主意了