12. Aliens Appear

Chapter 12 Aliens Appear Everyone crowded into the kitchen. "Who wants to tell us what's going on?" the boys' father asked. Brian pointed at his brother. "Him. He started it all!" "I did not!" Bradley said. "I know what we saw last night!" "And what did you see, hon?" his mother asked. "Lights from a spaceship," Bradley said. "I think."

第十二章外星人出现大家都挤进了厨房。 “谁想告诉我们发生了什么事？”男孩们的父亲问道。 布莱恩指着他的弟弟。 ”他。他挑起了这一切！”“我没有！”布拉德利说。 “我知道我们昨晚看到了什么！”“你看到了什么，亲爱的？”妈妈问。 “宇宙飞船发出的光，”布拉德利说。 “我认为”。

"And then what happened?" Bradley's father asked. Bradley and the other kids told the whole story. They tried not to leave anything out. They told about: the circle in the snow and the footprints and the printout from Josh's computer and the faces in the window and the noises in the attic and the phone calls from space and the rubber hot dog on the bed and the ripped-up note. When the story was over, the boys' parents and the officers had their mouths open. Finally, Mrs. Pinto stood up. "Officer Fallon, will you please go into my attic and get those aliens?" she asked. "Yes, ma'am!" Officer Fallon said. "You're backup, Officer Keene." "Yes, sir!" Officer Keene said.

“然后发生了什么？”布拉德利的父亲问。 布拉德利和其他孩子讲了整个故事。 他们尽量不遗漏任何东西。 他们谈到：雪地上的圆圈、脚印、乔什电脑上的打印结果、窗户上的面孔、阁楼上的噪音、来自太空的电话、床上的橡胶热狗和被撕破的纸条。 故事讲完后，男孩们的父母和警官们都张大了嘴巴。 最后，平托太太站了起来。 “法伦警官，你能去我的阁楼把那些外星人找来吗？”她问道。 “是的,女士!”法伦警官说。 “你是后援，基恩警官。” “是的,先生!”基恩警官说。

"What should we do?" Bradley asked. "Just sit and wait," his mother said. "This should be very interesting." "You might think about your punishment if this is all a prank," his father said. "But, Dad, we all saw the aliens!" Bradley said. Just then Officer Fallon entered the room. He was carrying a green alien in his two large hands. Only it wasn't a real alien. It was a green sweater stuffed with newspapers. Painted toilet paper tubes were the arms and legs. Macaroni was glued on to look like teeth. A long string dangled from around its neck. Officer Keene was right behind, holding the yellow alien. "Hey, that's my very favorite golf sweater!" Bradley's father said. "We found something else up there," Officer Fallon said. He stepped aside. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose stood behind him. Their faces were red. Pal sat at

“我们该怎么办？”布拉德利问。 “坐着等着吧，”他妈妈说。 “这应该非常有趣。” “如果这一切都是恶作剧，你应该考虑一下你的惩罚，”他的父亲说。 “但是，爸爸，我们都看到外星人了！”布拉德利说。 就在这时，法伦警官走进了房间。 他的两只大手拿着一个绿色的外星人。 只不过它不是一个真正的外星人。 那是一件塞满报纸的绿色毛衣。 涂了彩的厕纸管是胳膊和腿。 通心粉被粘在一起，看起来像牙齿。 它的脖子上挂着一根长长的绳子。 基恩警官就在后面，抓着那个黄色外星人。 “嘿，那是我最喜欢的高尔夫毛衣！”布拉德利的父亲说。 “我们在上面发现了别的东西，”法伦说。 他站到一边。丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯站在他身后。 他们的脸都红了。帕尔坐在

Josh's feet, smiling at all the people. "Hey, you're supposed to be in a spaceship!" Nate yelled. "No, you're supposed to be in charge of the younger kids," the boys' father said. He gave Josh a stern look.

乔希的脚，微笑着看着所有的人。 “嘿，你应该在宇宙飞船里！”内特喊道。 “不，你应该负责照看年幼的孩子，”男孩们的父亲说。 他严厉地看了乔希一眼。

"We were in charge," Josh said. "Sort of. I mean, we were in the attic." "You were up there the whole time?" Bradley said. "We can explain," Josh said. "I can hardly wait," his father said. He crossed his arms. "Excuse me, but I think we'll leave you folks now," Officer Fallon said. "I'll tell the firefighters to take off, too." "Right behind you," Officer Keene said. "Thank you both," the boys' mother told the officers. She turned to the older kids again. "We're listening." "It all started when Nate sent those postcards to Dink, Josh, and me," Ruth Rose said. "What postcards?" Mr. Pinto asked. "It was just a joke," Nate said. "The cards said they had won a million dollars in a contest." "I decided to get back at him," Josh said. "We all did," Dink said.

“我们说了算，”乔希说。 ”的。我是说，我们当时在阁楼上。” “你一直都在上面？”布拉德利说。 “我们可以解释，”乔希说。 “我都等不及了，”他父亲说。 他交叉双臂。“对不起，我想我们现在要离开你们了，”法伦警官说。 “我也会告诉消防队员起飞。” “我就在你后面，”基恩警官说。 “谢谢你们俩，”孩子们的母亲对警官们说。 她又转向大一点的孩子们。 “我们听。”“一切都是从内特寄明信片给丁克、乔希和我开始的，”露丝·罗斯说。 “什么明信片?”平托先生问。 “这只是一个玩笑，”内特说。 “卡片上说他们在一次比赛中赢得了一百万美元。” “我决定报复他，”乔希说。 “我们都这么做了，”丁克说。

"I read Bradley's book about UFOs," Josh continued. "That's where I got the idea to pretend we were abducted by aliens." "It was my idea to get Lucky O'Leary to help," Dink added. "He drove his snowmobile over last night to make the circle in the snow." "I knew I saw moving lights!" Bradley said, beaming. "Dink and Ruth Rose hid in the barn," Josh said. "They dangled those make-believe aliens out the window. I lit them up with a spotlight from the attic. Then I pounded on the floor to wake up the twins." "And hiding Polly in our garage was my idea," Ruth Rose said. "We carved potatoes to make those little footprints in the snow," Dink added. "What about that paper we read from your computer?" Brian asked. Josh grinned. "I wrote it myself." "We knew all the parents were meeting for breakfast, so we planned it for today," Ruth Rose

“我读了布拉德利关于不明飞行物的书，”乔希继续说。 “所以我才有了假装我们被外星人绑架的想法。” 丁克补充说：“让拉吉·奥利里帮忙是我的主意。” “他昨晚开着雪地摩托在雪地里转了一圈。” “我知道我看到了移动的灯光！”布拉德利笑着说。 “丁克和露丝·罗斯躲在谷仓里，”乔希说。 “他们把那些虚构的外星人扔到窗外。 我用阁楼上的聚光灯照亮了它们。 然后我使劲敲地板，把双胞胎叫醒。” “把波莉藏在车库里是我的主意，”露丝·罗斯说。 丁克补充说：“我们雕刻土豆，在雪地上留下那些小脚印。” “那我们从你电脑里读到的那篇论文呢？”布莱恩问。 杰克笑了。“我自己写的。” “我们知道所有的家长都要一起吃早餐，所以我们计划今天吃。”露丝·罗斯说