9. Aliens in the Attic

Chapter 9 Aliens in the Attic Bradley dragged the other kids into the hallway. He closed the bedroom door quietly. He motioned for them all to follow him into the bathroom. He shut that door, too. "What's going on?" Brian asked. "The aliens are hiding in the attic!" Bradley said. "They have Pal up there!" "How do you know?" Lucy asked.

第九章阁楼上的外星人布拉德利把其他孩子拖进走廊。 他轻轻地关上了卧室的门。 他示意他们都跟着他进浴室。 他也关上了那扇门。“发生什么事了？”布莱恩问。 “外星人躲在阁楼里！”布拉德利说。 “他们把帕尔关在那儿了！”“你怎么知道的？”露西问。

"Because Pal must have dropped his hot dog down through the ceiling heat vent," Bradley said. "It landed on Brian's bed." "Oh my gosh!" Brian said. "Bradley's right! You know that red Christmas thing they threw over my head? Mom stores all the Christmas stuff in the attic!" The four kids looked up at the bathroom ceiling. "Do you think they can hear us?" asked Lucy. "There's no vent in here," Bradley said. "We don't even know if aliens have ears," Nate said. Everyone just looked at him. "Well, maybe they don't," insisted Nate. "Guys, we need to focus!" Lucy said. "What if we write them a note telling them we want to swap for our families?" "But the creepos in the attic don't have our families," Brian reminded them all. "Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose called us from a spaceship."

“因为帕尔一定是把他的热狗从天花板的通风口掉下去了，”布拉德利说。 “它落在了布莱恩的床上。” “我的天哪！”布莱恩说。“布拉德利的吧!你知道他们扔在我头上的那个红色圣诞礼物吗？ 妈妈把所有的圣诞用品都放在阁楼上！”四个孩子抬头看着浴室的天花板。 “你觉得他们能听到我们吗？”露茜问。 “这里没有通风口，”布拉德利说。 “我们甚至不知道外星人是否有耳朵，”内特说。 每个人都看着他。 “嗯，也许他们不知道，”内特坚持说。 “伙计们，我们得集中精神！”露西说。 “如果我们给他们写张纸条，告诉他们我们想用家人来交换呢？”“但是阁楼上的那些讨厌鬼没有我们的家人，”布莱恩提醒他们。 “丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯从宇宙飞船上给我们打电话。”

"Yeah, but maybe the guys in the attic can beam our message to the spaceship," Bradley said. "Write the note, Lucy." Lucy dashed out of the bathroom. She was back in two minutes with paper and a pencil. "I locked the attic door," she said. Lucy wrote in her best printing: Dear space people, We have you surrounded. Please give us back Polly, Pal, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. If you do, we will let you go. Your Earth friends, Lucy, Nate, Brian, and Bradley She showed the other kids the note.

“是的，但也许阁楼上的人可以把我们的信息传送到宇宙飞船上，”布拉德利说。 “写纸条，露茜。”露西冲出浴室。 她两分钟后拿着纸和笔回来了。 “我把阁楼的门锁上了，”她说。 露西用她最好的印刷体写道：亲爱的太空人，我们包围了你们。 请把波莉、帕尔、丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯还给我们。 如果你做了，我们就放你走。 你的地球朋友，露西，内特，布莱恩和布拉德利她给其他孩子看那张纸条。

"'We will let you go'?" Brian said. "We don't have them. They have us!" "Well, maybe they don't know that," Lucy said. Nate took the note from Lucy. "'Your Earth friends'?" he read. "Lucy, these guys are kidnappers from outer space! They're our enemies!" "Well, it doesn't hurt to be nice," Lucy said. "What if they can't read English?" Nate asked. "Spaceships go everywhere," Lucy answered. "Aliens must know a bunch of languages." Nate grinned and started to giggle. Bradley slapped his hand over his friend's mouth. "Hey, wait a second," Brian said. "Why did the spaceship take off and leave two of their guys here?" "Maybe so no one would see the ship," Bradley said. "It's probably just riding around up there, watching our house." "Yeah, and they left their guys here to kidnap us," Nate said. "Then they'd signal the spaceship

“‘我们会放你走的’？”布莱恩说。 “我们没有。他们抓住我们了！”“嗯，也许他们不知道。”露茜说。 内特从露西手里接过纸条。 “‘你的地球朋友’？”他念道。 “露西，这些家伙是来自外太空的绑架者！”他们是我们的敌人！”“好吧，友善一点也无妨。”露茜说。 “如果他们不懂英语怎么办？”内特问道。 “宇宙飞船到哪儿都去。”露茜回答。 “外星人一定懂很多语言。” 内特咧嘴一笑，开始咯咯地笑起来。 布拉德利用手捂住他朋友的嘴。 “嘿，等一下，”布莱恩说。 “为什么飞船起飞了，把他们的两个人留在了这里？”“也许这样就没人会看到这艘船了，”布拉德利说。 “它可能只是骑在上面，看着我们的房子。” “是的，他们把人留在这里绑架我们，”内特说。 “然后他们会给宇宙飞船发信号

to come back and pick us up." "Guys, I just thought of something else," Brian said. "What if it's not just us? What if the aliens grabbed a lot of people, not just our families? They could have taken people from all over Green Lawn. That spaceship could be filled with our neighbors!" "Nah, we'd have heard about it on TV," Bradley said. "Brad, we haven't even turned the TV on yet this morning," Brian said. "For all we know, the whole town has disappeared. We could be the only ones left!"

回来接我们。” “伙计们，我刚想到别的东西，”布莱恩说。 “如果不仅仅是我们呢？” 如果外星人抓走了很多人，而不仅仅是我们的家人呢？ 他们可以把绿草坪上的人都带走。 那艘宇宙飞船可以装满我们的邻居！”“不，我们在电视上听说过，”布拉德利说。 “布拉德，我们今天早上还没开电视呢，”布莱恩说。 “据我们所知，整个城镇都消失了。 可能只剩下我们了！”