4. Phone Home

Chapter 4 Phone Home Just then the telephone rang in the hall. Bradley ran to answer it. "Hello?" he said. "Josh, is that you?" The other kids hurried over. They pressed their ears close to the phone so they could hear. "Josh, I can hardly hear you!" Bradley yelled into the phone. "Where are Dink and Ruth Rose?" "They're here with me!" everyone heard Josh say. "Polly's here, too." "But where are you?" Bradley asked.

正在这时，大厅里的电话铃响了。 布拉德利跑去接电话。“喂?”他说。 “乔希，是你吗？”其他孩子都匆匆赶了过来。 他们把耳朵凑近电话，以便听得清。 “乔希，我几乎听不见你说话！”布拉德利对着电话喊道。 “丁克和露丝·罗斯在哪儿？”“他们和我在一起！”每个人都听到乔希说。 “波莉也在这儿。”“可你在哪儿？”布拉德利问。

"Aliens got us!" Josh answered. "We're in a spaceship!" Then the line went dead. The four kids stared at each other. Lucy's eyes were as big as meatballs. Brian was tugging on his red hair. Nate shook his head. "This has to be a joke," he said. "Josh sounded far away," Bradley said. "Wait a minute!" Lucy yelled. "How could he call you from space? Do spaceships have phones?" "Josh never goes anywhere without his cell phone," Bradley said. "I still think it's a trick," Nate said. He grabbed the telephone. "Who are you calling?" Lucy asked. "Ruth Rose," Nate said. "I saw her put her cell phone in her pocket." The four kids sat in a circle on the floor. Nate dialed his sister's number.

“外星人把我们抓走了！”杰克回答。 “我们在宇宙飞船里！”然后电话断了。 四个孩子面面相觑。 露西的眼睛大得像肉丸子。 布莱恩在拉扯他的红头发。 内特摇了摇头。“这肯定是个玩笑，”他说。 “乔什的声音听起来很远，”布拉德利说。 “等一下！”露西喊道。 “他怎么能从太空给你打电话呢？” 宇宙飞船上有手机吗？”“乔希去任何地方都带着手机，”布拉德利说。 “我仍然认为这是个骗局，”内特说。 他抓起电话。“你给谁打电话？”露西问。 “露丝·罗斯，”内特说。“我看见她把手机放在口袋里。” 四个孩子在地板上坐成一圈。 内特拨通了他妹妹的电话。

Everyone leaned toward the phone. "It's ringing!" Nate whispered. Then they all heard Ruth Rose's voice. "…little people with… feet… don't know what… we're going… try call… again.…" Then they heard something roaring, then nothing. "Oh my gosh!" Bradley said. "What should we do?" Nate started to giggle. "We're home alone!" he said. "This isn't funny," Lucy said. "And we're not alone. We have each other. Besides, Pal is here." "He is?" Brian said. "Where?" "Oh no!" Bradley screeched. The four kids pounded down the stairs. They yelled, "PAL! COME, PAL!" as they ran. "You guys split up and search the house!" Brian said. "I'll look outside." Bradley, Nate, and Lucy looked in every corner of the house.

每个人都靠向电话。 “这是响了!”内特低声说。 然后他们都听到了露丝·罗斯的声音。 “……长着……脚……不知道……我们要……再打……电话。”然后他们听到什么东西在咆哮，然后什么也没有。 “我的天哪！”布拉德利说。 “我们该怎么办？”内特开始咯咯地笑。 “我们独自在家！”他说。 “这一点也不好笑。”露茜说。 我们并不孤单。我们拥有彼此。 再说，伙计在这儿。”“他是?”布莱恩说。 “在哪里?”“哦,不!”布拉德利尖叫声。 四个孩子嗵嗵嗵地走下楼梯。 他们喊道：“朋友！来吧，朋友！”他们边跑边说。 “你们分头搜查房子！”布莱恩说。 “我去外面看看。”布拉德利、内特和露西找遍了房子的每个角落。

They checked all the closets. They peeked into kitchen cupboards and under chairs and in the basement and up the chimney. Pal was gone.

他们检查了所有的壁橱。 他们偷看厨房的橱柜、椅子下、地下室和烟囱。 朋友走了。