7. The Trade

Chapter 7 The Trade "Capture them?" Brian squeaked. "You mean to keep for pets?" Nate asked. "Cool!" "I'm not touching any aliens!" Brian said. "They could have space cooties!" "What do we do with them?" Bradley asked. Lucy closed the book. "We trade them for Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose," she said. "And Polly and Pal." The three boys stared at Lucy.

第七章交易“抓住他们？”布莱恩发出“吱吱”的响声。 “你是说养当宠物？”内特问道。 “酷!”“我没有碰任何外星人！”布莱恩说。 “他们可能有太空虱子！”“我们拿它们怎么办？”布拉德利问。 露西合上书。“我们用他们交换丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯，”她说。 “还有波莉和帕尔。”三个男孩盯着露西。

Brian's mouth fell open. Nate started to laugh. "I think it's a great idea!" Bradley said. Nate stopped laughing. "How do you catch an alien?" he asked. "We leave a trail of food, then trap them," Lucy said. "We have a skunk trap in the barn!" Bradley said. "The aliens are too big," Lucy said. Then she grinned. "But we could trap them in that closet!" "I think this is crazy!" Brian said. "Is this what kids do in California?" Lucy shook her head. "No, but I saw it in a TV movie," she said. "The kids doing it left some food out. The aliens followed the food right into a closet. Slam! They were caught!" "Then what happened?" Nate asked with wide eyes. "I don't know," Lucy said with a shrug. "My dad made me go to bed."

布莱恩张大了嘴。内特笑了起来。 “我觉得这是个好主意！”布拉德利说。 内特停止了笑。“你怎么抓外星人？”他问。 “我们留下食物的痕迹，然后困住它们。”露西说。 “谷仓里有个捕臭鼬的陷阱！”布拉德利说。 “外星人太大了，”露西说。 然后她笑了。“但我们可以把他们困在那个壁橱里！”“我觉得这太疯狂了！”布莱恩说。 “这是加州的孩子们做的事吗？”露茜摇了摇头。 “没有，但我在电视电影里看过，”她说。 “做这件事的孩子们留下了一些食物。 外星人跟着食物进了一个壁橱。 大满贯!他们被抓住了！”“然后发生了什么？”内特睁大眼睛问道。 “我不知道。”露茜耸耸肩说。 “我爸爸让我上床睡觉。”

"Great," Brian said. "We trap some aliens in our closet. Then they breathe fire and burn the house down!" "They're not dragons," Nate said. "They're just cute little people from another planet." "Cute little monsters that eat kids and pets," mumbled Brian. "Let's go check the fridge for bait," Bradley said. "Any minute now I'm gonna wake up from this dream," Brian said. The kids followed Bradley to the kitchen. He pulled open the refrigerator door. "Let's see, milk, grapes, cheese, yogurt…" "How about that chocolate cake?" Nate asked. "No way!" Brian said. "That's for our dessert tonight. I'm not sharing it with any guys from Planet Nutso!" Lucy pulled out the bowl of green grapes. "Aliens like grapes?" Nate asked.

“太好了，”布莱恩说。“我们把一些外星人困在壁橱里。 然后他们喷火，把房子烧了！”“它们不是龙，”内特说。 “他们只是来自另一个星球的可爱小人。” “可爱的小怪物，吃小孩和宠物，”布莱恩咕哝道。 “我们去冰箱里找找诱饵吧，”布拉德利说。 “现在我随时都可能从这个梦中醒来，”布莱恩说。 孩子们跟着布拉德利来到厨房。 他拉开冰箱门。 “让我想想，牛奶、葡萄、奶酪、酸奶……”“那块巧克力蛋糕怎么样？”内特问道。 “不可能!”布莱恩说。“这是我们今晚的甜点。 我不会和任何来自疯狂星球的人分享的！”露西拿出一碗绿葡萄。 “外星人喜欢葡萄？”内特问道。

Lucy began making a grape trail on the floor. "I don't know," she said. "But maybe green aliens like green food." Bradley opened the door to the closet under the stairs. Lucy placed grapes so they led right into the dark space. She put the rest of the grapes inside. "Now we hide," she said. "If they go in, we lock the door." The kids hid behind the sofa in the living room. "Um, we forgot one thing," Bradley said. "What?" Nate asked. "We locked all the doors," Bradley said. "How are the aliens supposed to get in the house?" "Oops," Lucy said.

露西开始在地板上留下葡萄的痕迹。 “我不知道，”她说。“但也许绿色外星人喜欢绿色食品。” 布拉德利打开了通往楼梯下壁橱的门。 露西放上葡萄，让它们直接通向黑暗的空间。 她把剩下的葡萄放进去。 “现在我们躲起来，”她说。“如果他们进去，我们就锁上门。” 孩子们躲在客厅的沙发后面。 “嗯，我们忘了一件事，”布拉德利说。 “什么?”内特问道。“我们把所有的门都锁上了，”布拉德利说。 “外星人怎么可能进到房子里？”“哎呀。”露茜说。

She dashed into the kitchen, opened the door, then ran back. "Come on, little guys. Come and get it," Bradley whispered. "I need to use the bathroom," Brian announced. "Shhh," Bradley said. "Aliens have excellent hearing." "Brad, I have to go!" Brian said. He scooted toward the bathroom. Lucy, Nate, and Bradley waited. And waited. The next thing they heard was quiet footsteps.

她冲进厨房，打开门，然后又跑了回来。 “来吧，小家伙们。来拿吧，”布拉德利低声说。 “我要上厕所，”布莱恩说。 “嘘，”布拉德利说。“外星人的听力很好。” “布拉德，我得走了！”布莱恩说。 他快步向浴室走去。 露西、内特和布拉德利等着。 等着。接下来他们听到的是安静的脚步声。