10. Ellie’s Surprise

Chapter 10 Ellie's Surprise A lot of things happened at once: Pal barked at the puppy. Bradley grabbed the puppy. The door slammed shut. The puppy licked Bradley's face.

很多事情同时发生了：帕尔朝小狗汪汪叫。 布拉德利抓住了小狗。 门砰地关上了。小狗舔了舔布拉德利的脸。

Whispering came from behind Dink's bedroom door. Then the door opened again. "Come on in," Dink said. Bradley, Brian, Nate, Lucy, and Pal walked into Dink's room. Josh was sprawled on Dink's bed. Ruth Rose sat on the other. Dink went and sat on the floor under a cage. Dink's guinea pig, Loretta, was in the cage, standing on her hind legs. "Um, I took the puppy from your room," Ruth Rose said. "And I helped her," Dink said. "We snuck upstairs while all you guys were in the living room." "We know," Brian said. "I found some snow from Ruth Rose's boot." "Why did you take our puppy?" Bradley asked. The puppy licked his chin. "He's not your puppy," Ruth Rose said. "He's mine. I got him from Mrs. Wong two days ago." "You adopted a puppy?" Nate asked his sister. "But you already have a cat!" Ruth Rose grinned at Nate. "The puppy is for you," she said. "Merry Christmas, little bro."

从丁克卧室的门后传来窃窃私语。 然后门又开了。 “进来吧，”丁克说。布拉德利、布莱恩、内特、露西和帕尔走进丁克的房间。 乔希四肢伸开躺在丁克的床上。 露丝·罗斯坐在另一边。 丁克走过去坐在笼子下面的地板上。 丁克的豚鼠洛丽塔在笼子里，用后腿站立着。 “嗯，我从你房间里拿走了小狗，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我帮助了她，”丁克说。 “你们都在客厅的时候，我们偷偷溜上楼去了。” “我们知道，”布莱恩说。“我从露丝·罗斯的靴子里找到了一些雪。” “你为什么带走我们的小狗？”布拉德利问。 小狗舔他的下巴。 “他不是你的小狗，”露丝·罗斯说。 “他是我的。两天前我从黄太太那里得到的。” “你收养了一只小狗？”内特问他的妹妹。 “但是你已经有一只猫了！”露丝·罗斯朝内特咧嘴一笑。 “这只小狗是给你的，”她说。 “圣诞快乐，小兄弟。”

Nate blinked. "You got me a puppy?" Ruth Rose nodded. She had a big grin on her face. Nate ran across the room and gave Ruth Rose a hug. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose were smiling. Bradley handed the puppy to Nate. "But we found him in the snow, in front of Furry Feet," Bradley said. "How did he get there?"

内特眨了眨眼睛。“你给我买了一只小狗？”露丝·罗斯点点头。 她脸上挂着灿烂的笑容。 内特跑过房间，给了露丝一个拥抱。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯在微笑。 布拉德利把小狗递给内特。 布拉德利说：“但我们在雪地里发现了它，就在毛茸茸的脚前面。” “他是怎么到那儿去的？”

Ruth Rose made room for Nate and the puppy next to her on the bed. "Dink and Josh and I went into Mrs. Wong's store to find you a puppy," she said. "Officer Fallon and Jimmy were there, looking at the ferrets." "They knew you got a puppy?" Brian asked. Ruth Rose nodded. "I picked this one because of his feet looking like socks. I always give Nate socks for Christmas! But I knew if I brought the puppy home, Nate would find out," she said. "I asked Mrs. Wong if I could leave the puppy in her store until Christmas morning. But she said no— she was going to Florida." "We tried to call her," Bradley said. "Anyway, Officer Fallon said he'd keep the puppy and bring it to our house on Christmas morning," Ruth Rose went on. "But then Officer Fallon called us and said the puppy ran away," Dink said. "He and Jimmy went out looking for it. So did Josh and Ruth Rose and I." "But how did you know we found the puppy?" Lucy asked.

露丝·罗斯在床上为内特和她旁边的小狗腾出了空间。 “丁克、乔希和我去黄太太的店里给你找一只小狗，”她说。 “法伦警官和吉米当时在那里，看着那些雪貂。” “他们知道你养了一只小狗？”布莱恩问。 露丝·罗斯点点头。“我选这个是因为他的脚看起来像袜子。 我总是在圣诞节送内特袜子！但我知道如果我把小狗带回家，内特会发现的，”她说。 “我问黄太太，我能不能把小狗留在她的店里，直到圣诞节早上。 但她说不行——她要去佛罗里达。” “我们试着给她打电话，”布拉德利说。 “不管怎样，法伦警官说他会留下这只小狗，并在圣诞节早上把它带到我们家，”露丝·罗斯继续说。 丁克说：“但后来法伦警官打电话给我们，说小狗跑掉了。” 他和吉米出去找了。 乔什、露丝·罗斯和我也是。” “但你怎么知道我们找到了小狗？”露西问。

Ruth Rose laughed. "Nate told us," she said. "He came home when Dink and Josh and I were getting ready to go out searching again." "Oh my gosh, you're right!" Nate said. "I just ran in and said, 'We found a puppy outside Mrs. Wong's and it's at Bradley and Brian's house!'" Ruth Rose nudged her brother. "I almost told you the truth about the puppy right then," she said. "But I decided to wait till Christmas." "Then we called Officer Fallon so he wouldn't worry," Josh said. "And we made a plan to have Dink and me sneak up to Bradley and Brian's room and get the puppy," Ruth Rose said to her brother. "I wanted to give him to you on Christmas morning." "So when we heard the door slam, that was you and Dink leaving with the puppy?" Bradley asked. Ruth Rose nodded. "My job was keeping the family busy downstairs," Josh said. "And it worked!" Pal put his big paws on Nate's knees and licked the puppy's foot. Nate set the puppy on the floor, and the two dogs sniffed each other.

露丝·罗斯笑了。“内特告诉我们的，”她说。 “他回家的时候，丁克、乔希和我正准备再次外出寻找。” “哦，天哪，你说得对！”内特说。 “我只是跑进去说，‘我们在黄太太家外面发现了一只小狗，它在布拉德利和布莱恩家！’”露丝·罗斯轻轻地推了推她哥哥。 “我当时差点就把小狗的事告诉你了，”她说。 “但我决定等到圣诞节。” “然后我们打电话给法伦警官，让他不要担心，”乔希说。 “我们计划让丁克和我偷偷溜到布拉德利和布莱恩的房间，把小狗带回来，”露丝·罗斯对她哥哥说。 “我想在圣诞节的早晨把他送给你。” “所以当我们听到关上门的声音时，是你和丁克带着小狗离开的吗？”布拉德利问。 露丝·罗斯点点头。“我的工作是让楼下的家人忙个不停，”乔希说。 “而且成功了！”帕尔把他的大爪子放在内特的膝盖上，舔了舔小狗的脚。 内特把小狗放在地板上，两只狗互相嗅了嗅。

"This is the best present I ever got for Christmas," he said. "I'm naming him Socks!" Lucy jumped up. "Oh, I just remembered something!" She hurried out of the room, and they could hear her running down the stairs. A minute later, she ran back up the stairs. She came into the room holding a paper bag tied with a red ribbon. "It's a present from Ellie, remember?"

“这是我收到的最好的圣诞礼物，”他说。 “我要给他起名叫袜子！”露茜跳了起来。 “哦，我刚想起一件事！”她匆匆走出房间，他们能听到她跑下楼梯的声音。 一分钟后，她跑回楼上。 她拿着一个用红丝带系着的纸袋走进了房间。 “这是艾莉送你的礼物，记得吗？”