10. Mop Swap

Chapter 10 Mop Swap "Don't panic," Lucy said. "Let's just give the aliens the note and see what happens." "Not me!" Brian said. "I can still feel their yucky fingers all over me!" Lucy folded the note neatly in half. "I'll do it," she said. "What, you're just gonna open the attic door and walk up there?" Nate asked. "What if they keep you, too?" "I'm not afraid of aliens!" Lucy said. "I'll just… I don't have a good idea."

第十章换拖把“别慌，”露茜说。 “让我们把纸条给外星人，看看会发生什么。” “不是我!”布莱恩说。“我还能感觉到他们恶心的手指在我身上摸来摸去！”露西把纸条整齐地对折起来。 “我来吧，”她说。“怎么，你就打算打开阁楼的门，走上去吗？”内特问道。 “如果他们把你也留下怎么办？”“我不怕外星人！”露西说。 “我只是……我没有一个好主意。”

Bradley reached behind the door for a mop. "I do," he said. "We can stick the note up through the ceiling vent on this." "Brad, the ceiling is too high," Brian said. "Lucy can stand on my bed," Bradley told his brother. The kids trooped back to the bedroom. Bradley gave Lucy some tape. Lucy stuck the note to the end of the mop. Then she stood on the bed. The vent was right over her head. "Ready?" Lucy whispered. The three boys looked up and nodded. Lucy poked the mop handle through one of the holes in the vent. She held it there. Lucy looked down at the three boys with big eyes. "I feel something," she whispered. They all heard a sound. It was the tape being removed from the handle. Lucy lowered the mop.

布拉德利伸手到门后拿拖把。 “是的，”他说。“我们可以把纸条从天花板的通风口贴上去。” “布拉德，天花板太高了，”布莱恩说。 “露西可以站在我的床上，”布拉德利告诉他的哥哥。 孩子们成群结队地回到卧室。 布拉德利给了露西一些磁带。 露西把纸条贴在拖把的末端。 然后她站在床上。 通风口就在她头上。 “准备好了吗?”露西小声说。三个男孩抬起头点了点头。 露西把拖把把手伸进通风口的一个洞里。 她拿着它。露西睁大眼睛俯视着这三个男孩。 “我感觉到了什么，”她低声说。 他们都听到了一个声音。是把胶带从手柄上取下来的。 露西放下拖把。

The note was gone! "Now what?" Nate asked. "I don't know," Lucy said. "I guess we—" Suddenly they heard loud thumping noises over their heads. Then they heard screeching, like fingernails on a blackboard. "Run for your life!" Brian yelled. "They're mad at us!" He dove back under his bed. Nate charged into the closet and slammed the door. Lucy and Bradley stayed where they were, looking up. The noises from above their heads stopped. Tiny pieces of paper fell from the vent like snowflakes. They landed on Lucy and Bradley.

纸条不见了！“现在什么?”内特问道。 “我不知道。”露茜说。 “我想我们——”突然，他们听到头顶上有很大的砰砰声。 然后他们听到刺耳的尖叫声，就像指甲划过黑板一样。 “快逃命！”布莱恩喊道。 “他们在生我们的气！”他回到床底下。 内特冲进壁橱，砰地关上了门。 露西和布拉德利站在原地，抬起头来。 他们头顶上的噪音停止了。 小纸片像雪花一样从通风口落了下来。 他们落在露西和布拉德利身上。

Lucy grabbed some of the pieces. "It's my note!" she said. "They tore it up," Bradley said. Brian poked his head out from under the bed. "I guess that means they don't want to swap," he

露西抓了一些碎片。 “这是我的便条！”她说。“他们把它撕碎了，”布拉德利说。 布莱恩从床底下探出头来。 “我猜这意味着他们不想交换，”他说

said. Bradley opened his closet door. "Come on out, Nate," he said. "Now I'm getting mad!" Lucy said. "That was totally rude!" "Guys, my parents will be home pretty soon," Brian said. "How do we tell them that Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose have been kidnapped by aliens?" "Don't forget Polly and Pal," Nate added. "I think it's time for a new plan," Bradley said.

说。布拉德利打开了壁橱的门。 “出来吧，内特，”他说。 “现在我要发疯了！”露西说。 “这太无礼了！”“伙计们，我父母很快就回来了，”布莱恩说。 “我们怎么告诉他们丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯被外星人绑架了？”“别忘了波莉和帕尔，”内特补充说。 “我认为是时候制定一个新计划了，”布拉德利说。