Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 Lydia reacted first. She gasped and turned to run. "Stop!" Abbi whispered harshly. "Don't run!" The adults noticed the stricken faces of the friends. Arthur slowly looked back and spotted their feline guest. "Oh. Oh my. Steph, are you getting this?" "On it, Boss." Steph raised the camera immediately, aiming it at the cougar. Abbi couldn't look away from the large cat. It was both beautiful and scary. The animal wasn't very tall. But it was long, and its

丽迪雅第一个反应过来。 她喘着气转身要跑。 “住手!”阿比严厉地小声说。 “别跑!”大人们注意到朋友们痛苦的面孔。 阿瑟慢慢地回头看，发现了他们的猫客人。 “哦。哦,我的。斯蒂芬，你听到了吗？”“这就去，老板。” 库里立刻举起相机，对准那只美洲狮。 阿比无法把目光从那只大猫身上移开。 它既美丽又可怕。 这只动物不是很高。 但它很长，而且它

tail looked powerful! Its fur was the same tawny-brown color as the tuft she had found near the fake claw marks. And its gaze as it looked around was sharp. Abbi felt as if the cougar was sizing all of them up. From the corner of her eye, Abbi saw Lydia tense as if about to run. Poor Lydia was so scared! Abbi reached out and grabbed her friend's arm. "You can't run! Cats like to chase. It might think you're prey!"

尾巴看起来很强大！它的毛和她在假爪痕附近发现的那簇毛是一样的茶褐色。 它环顾四周，目光锐利。 阿比觉得这只美洲狮好像在打量他们所有人。 阿比从眼角看到莉迪亚紧张得好像要跑。 可怜的莉迪亚吓坏了！阿比伸出手抓住她朋友的胳膊。 “你跑不了！”猫喜欢追逐。 它可能以为你是猎物！”

"Then what do we do?" Lydia cried. "Arthur," Abbi whispered urgently. "Cougars don't like to eat humans, right?" "What?" He was still distracted by the surprising animal in front of them, but he nodded. "Ah, yes. Attacks on humans are very rare. Unless the animal feels cornered or threatened." Daniel swallowed hard. "Cornered like by a bunch of people staring at it?" Even the Wild Whereabouts crew seemed stunned. They really hadn't expected to find any cougars here! The whole thing had been a sham, from the paw prints to the inhuman screams through the megaphone. The megaphone! Abbi had an idea. "Daniel, yell into the megaphone!" Her friend snapped his head toward her. "Do what?"

“那我们怎么办呢？”丽迪雅哭了。 “亚瑟。”阿比急切地小声说。 “美洲狮不喜欢吃人，对吧？”“什么?”他仍然被眼前那只奇怪的动物弄得心烦意乱，但他点点头。 “啊,是的。对人类的攻击非常罕见。 除非动物感到走投无路或受到威胁。” 丹尼尔使劲咽了口气。“就像被一群人盯着看一样，被逼得走投无路？”就连《荒野行踪》剧组成员似乎都惊呆了。 他们真没想到会在这里找到美洲狮！整件事都是假的，从爪印到扩音器里传来的惨叫。 扩音器!阿比有了一个主意。 “丹尼尔，对着扩音器喊！”她的朋友朝她猛地一摇头。 “做什么?”

The cougar startled at Daniel's raised voice. It was nervous! Arthur must have noticed the same thing because he said, "She's right, Daniel. We have to scare it away!" After a moment, Daniel nodded once and took a deep breath. He brought the megaphone to his mouth and screamed as loudly as he could. Abbi joined in, too, and Lydia followed her lead. Soon all six of them were shouting— Daniel's voice the loudest, thanks to the megaphone! The cougar's eyes darted around at them in confusion and fear, and it took off running into the woods. They all breathed a sigh of relief. Lydia sat down and steadied herself with one hand on the ground. "I take back what I said about stakeouts being boring," she said. "I like boring." Suddenly Arthur started laughing. "I can't believe it! There really was a cougar in these

美洲狮被丹尼尔提高的声音吓了一跳。 它很紧张！阿瑟一定也注意到了同样的事情，因为他说：“她说得对，丹尼尔。 我们得把它吓跑！”过了一会儿，丹尼尔点了点头，深吸了一口气。 他把扩音器凑到嘴边，尽可能大声地尖叫起来。 艾比也加入进来，丽迪雅也跟着。 很快，他们六个人都喊了起来——丹尼尔的声音最大，这多亏了扩音器！美洲狮的眼睛在困惑和恐惧中扫视着他们，然后跑进了树林。 他们都松了一口气。 莉迪亚坐下来，一只手放在地上稳住自己。 “我收回我说过的监视很无聊的话，”她说。 “我喜欢无聊。”阿瑟突然笑了起来。 “我真不敢相信！这里面真的有一只美洲狮

woods. We actually found one!" Daniel walked over to Amy and passed her the megaphone. "Does this mean the show will be saved?" he asked. Arthur put a hand on Daniel's shoulder. "I don't know, little nature expert. But you three —and that wonderful cougar—have reminded me that staying on the air isn't what's most important. Finding these animals and bringing attention to the dangers they face: that's why

树林。我们真的找到了一个！”丹尼尔走向艾米，把扩音器递给她。 “这是否意味着这部剧将被拯救？”他问道。 阿瑟把手放在丹尼尔的肩膀上。 “我不知道，小自然专家。 但你们三个——还有那个了不起的熟女——提醒了我，上节目并不是最重要的。 找到这些动物，让人们注意到它们面临的危险，这就是原因

we do this work. Thank you for reminding me of that." The host of Wild Whereabouts turned to his crew. "I want to say I'm sorry to both of you, too. I should never have put either of you in this position." Amy smiled warmly, while Steph just clapped a hand on his back.

我们做这项工作。谢谢你提醒我这一点。” 《荒野行踪》的主持人转向他的船员。 “我也想对你们俩说对不起。 我不应该把你们俩置于这种境地。” 艾米热情地笑了，而斯蒂芬只是拍拍他的背。