11. Calling the Cops

Chapter 11 Calling the Cops Bradley put his finger to his lips and pointed toward the ceiling. He led the other kids into the hallway. They walked down to the kitchen. "What's the new plan?" Lucy asked. "We have to call Officer Fallon," Bradley said. "Who's he?" asked Lucy. "The chief of police," Nate told her. "Bradley, Officer Fallon will think you're joking," Brian said. "When you say aliens, he'll just laugh!"

第十一章报警布拉德利把手指放在嘴唇上，指着天花板。 他把其他孩子领进走廊。 他们走到厨房。 “新计划是什么？”露西问。 “我们必须打电话给法伦警官，”布拉德利说。 “他是谁？”露茜问。“警察局长，”内特告诉她。 “布拉德利，法伦警官会以为你在开玩笑，”布莱恩说。 “当你说外星人的时候，他只会笑！”

"How do you know?" Bradley asked. "A lot of grown-ups believe in aliens. It says so in my book." "Okay," Brian said. "But you're talking to him, not me." Bradley looked up the phone number and dialed. "Officer Fallon?" he said. "This is Bradley Pinto." Then Bradley told Officer Fallon the whole story. "Yes, sir, we will," Bradley said after listening for a minute. He hung up the phone. "What did he say?" Lucy asked. "Did he believe you?" Brian asked. "I don't know," Bradley said. "He said to keep the attic door locked and wait till he gets here." The four kids sat at the kitchen table. "Some of that cake would be nice," Nate commented. "Forget it," Brian muttered.

“你怎么知道的？”布拉德利问。 “很多成年人都相信外星人的存在。 我的书里是这么说的。”“好吧，”布莱恩说。 “但你是在跟他说话，不是我。” 布拉德利查了查电话号码，拨了号。 “法伦警官？”他说。 “我是布拉德利·平托。”然后布拉德利告诉了法伦警官整个故事。 “是的，先生，我们会的，”布拉德利听了一分钟后说。 他挂断了电话。“他说什么？”露西问。 “他相信你吗？”布莱恩问。 “我不知道，”布拉德利说。 “他说要把阁楼的门锁上，等他来。” 四个孩子坐在厨房的桌子旁。 “吃点蛋糕会很不错，”内特评论道。 “算了吧，”布莱恩咕哝道。

Two minutes later they heard a siren. Nate peeked out the window. "The cops are here!" he said. The kids grabbed their coats and ran outside. They almost bumped into Officer Fallon and Officer Keene. "Have Josh and the others shown up yet?" Officer Keene asked the kids. They all shook their heads. Just then a fire engine roared into the yard. There were three firefighters in rubber suits and hard hats. "Hey, Chief!" the man driving the engine yelled at Officer Fallon. "Where do you want the ladder?" Officer Fallon looked at the twins. "Which one of you is Bradley?" "I am," Bradley said. "That's Brian." "I can never tell you two apart," Officer Fallon said.

两分钟后，他们听到了警笛声。 内特从窗户往外偷看。 “警察来了！”他说。 孩子们抓起外套跑了出去。 他们差点撞到法伦警官和基恩警官。 “乔什和其他人来了吗？”基恩警官问孩子们。 他们都摇了摇头。 就在这时，一辆消防车呼啸着开进了院子。 有三个消防员穿着橡胶服，戴着安全帽。 “嘿，警长！”开车的人对法伦警官喊道。 “你想把梯子放在哪里？”法伦警官看着这对双胞胎。 “你们谁是布拉德利？”“是的，”布拉德利说。 “这是布莱恩。”“我永远分不清你们俩，”法伦警官说。

"I have a tooth missing," Brian said. He proudly showed off his gap. "Bradley, where's the attic window?" Officer Fallon asked. Bradley pointed to the top window in the house. "That one," he said. "Put the ladder there," Officer Fallon told the firefighter. "Got it!" the man said. He backed the fire engine closer to the house. The ladder began rising until the top was right outside the attic window. "Incoming car, Chief," said Officer Keene. Brian and Bradley's parents pulled into the yard.

“我缺了一颗牙，”布莱恩说。 他骄傲地炫耀他的落差。 “布拉德利，阁楼的窗户在哪里？”法伦警官问。 布拉德利指着房子最上面的窗户。 “那个，”他说。“把梯子放在那里，”法伦警官告诉消防员。 “明白了！”那人说。他把消防车倒向离房子更近的地方。 梯子开始上升，直到顶部刚好在阁楼的窗户外面。 “车来了，长官，”基恩警官说。 布赖恩和布拉德利的父母把车开进了院子。

"It's Mom and Dad!" yelled Brian. The twins' parents leaped out of their truck. "What's happening?" their dad asked. "Is the house on fire?" their mom cried. One of the firefighters had climbed up the ladder. "Hey, Chief," he yelled down. "Should I smash this window?" "No!" Officer Fallon yelled. "What have you kids been up to?" the twins' father asked. "There are aliens hiding in the attic," Nate said, grinning. "Is this a joke?" the twins' mother asked. She looked around. "And where are the big kids?" "It's not a joke, Mom," Bradley said. "I told you about the aliens, remember?" Bradley's mother looked at him. "I know you did, hon," she said. "But I thought you were kidding around." "Well, I wasn't!" Bradley said. "A spaceship landed in our yard last night, and they stole Josh

“是爸爸妈妈！”布赖恩喊道。 双胞胎的父母从卡车里跳了出来。 “发生什么事了？”爸爸问。 “房子着火了吗？”他们的妈妈喊道。 一名消防员爬上了梯子。 “嘿，头儿，”他大声喊道。 “我应该打碎这扇窗户吗？”“不!”法伦警官喊道。 “你们两个孩子在忙什么呢？”双胞胎的父亲问道。 “有外星人藏在阁楼里，”内特笑着说。 “这是在开玩笑吗？”双胞胎的母亲问道。 她环顾四周。“大孩子们呢？”“这不是开玩笑，妈妈，”布拉德利说。 “我跟你说过外星人的事，记得吗？”布拉德利的妈妈看着他。 “我知道，亲爱的，”她说。 “但我以为你是在开玩笑呢。” “嗯，我没有！”布拉德利说。 “一艘宇宙飞船昨晚降落在我们的院子里，他们偷走了乔希

and Dink and Ruth Rose!" Bradley's parents looked at each other. "And they took Polly and Pal," Nate chirped. "They're gonna eat 'em!" Just then Officer Fallon walked over. "Officer Fallon, what exactly is going on?" Bradley's father asked. "I got a call from Bradley here, saying the older kids—and your pets—had disappeared," Officer Fallon told Mr. and Mrs. Pinto. "Bradley told me he and his friends actually saw some aliens." "One was green and one was yellow!" Bradley said. "They were peeking in the kitchen windows!" "Great," his dad muttered. "I go to Ellie's Diner for breakfast and my family goes crazy!" He glared at his twin sons. "If this is some joke, you two are grounded. Forever!" "Can we please go inside?" the twins' mother said. "The neighbors will think Green Lawn is being attacked!"

还有丁克和露丝·罗斯！”布拉德利的父母面面相觑。 “他们带走了波莉和帕尔，”内特叽叽喳喳地说。 “他们会吃掉他们的！”就在这时，法伦警官走了过来。 “法伦警官，到底发生了什么事？”布拉德利的父亲问。 “我接到布拉德利打来的电话，说大一点的孩子——还有你们的宠物——不见了，”法伦警官告诉平托夫妇。 “布拉德利告诉我，他和他的朋友们真的看到了一些外星人。” “一个是绿色的，一个是黄色的！”布拉德利说。 “他们从厨房的窗户往里偷看！”“太好了，”他爸爸喃喃地说。 “我去埃莉餐厅吃早餐，我的家人都疯了！”他怒视着他的双胞胎儿子。 “如果这是开玩笑的话，你们俩被禁足了。 永远!”“我们能进去吗？”双胞胎的母亲说。 “邻居们会以为‘绿草坪’被袭击了！”