2. Where Is Mrs. Wong

Chapter 2 Where Is Mrs. Wong? "Oh my gosh!" Bradley said. He picked up the puppy. It shivered in his arms. "How did you get here?" The puppy was golden brown all over except for its feet. They were white, as if the puppy were wearing four little socks.

第二章王太太在哪里？ “我的天哪！”布拉德利说。 他抱起小狗。它在他怀里颤抖着。 “你怎么到这儿来的？”这只小狗除了脚外，全身都是金棕色。 它们是白色的，好像小狗穿了四只小袜子。

Brian, Nate, and Lucy petted the puppy's head. It licked their fingers. The puppy had a red ribbon tied around its neck. "Look, there's a tag on it!" Lucy said. She got closer and tried to read what was written on the tag. "It just says TO and FROM," she said. "The rest is missing." "Somebody ripped it in half," Brian said. "Maybe the puppy chewed off the bottom half," Nate suggested. The puppy was trembling in Bradley's arms. "It's shivering," Bradley said. "Let's take it to my house." He stuck the puppy inside his jacket and zipped it up. Nate took another look through the window. "I wonder who feeds the animals when Mrs. Wong is on vacation," he said. "Good question," Lucy said. She rubbed some snow from a corner of the window. A note had been taped to the inside of the glass. The note said: AWAY UNTIL JAN. 1. FOR EMERGENCIES, CALL 860-555-0505. —MARY WONG

布莱恩、内特和露西抚摸着小狗的头。 它舔着他们的手指。小狗的脖子上系着一条红丝带。 “看，上面有个标签！”露西说。 她走近一些，想看看标签上写的是什么。 “上面只写着TO和FROM，”她说。 “其余的都不见了。”“有人把它撕成了两半，”布莱恩说。 “也许小狗咬掉了下半部分，”内特暗示道。 小狗在布拉德利的怀里颤抖着。 “它在颤抖，”布拉德利说。 “我们把它带到我家去吧。” 他把小狗塞进夹克里，拉上拉链。 内特又透过窗户看了一眼。 “我想知道黄太太度假时谁来喂动物，”他说。 “问得好。”露茜说。 她从窗户一角擦去一些雪。 一张纸条被贴在玻璃里面。 纸条上写着：1月10日离开。 1. 紧急情况请拨打860-555-0505。 玛丽王

"We should call her," Bradley said. "If someone bought this puppy from Furry Feet, she can tell us who it is!" "Come on. We can use Ellie's phone," Brian suggested. "We should write the number down," Nate said.

“我们应该给她打电话，”布拉德利说。 “如果有人从毛脚买了这只小狗，她可以告诉我们是谁！”“来吧。 我们可以用艾莉的电话，”布莱恩建议道。 “我们应该把数字写下来，”内特说。

"No problem," Brian said. He tapped the side of his head. "I have it locked inside my incredible memory." Brian took Pal's leash from his brother, and they all trooped over to Ellie's Diner. "Hey, kids," Ellie said when she saw them. "What are you doing out and about on Christmas Eve?" "Look what we found in front of Furry Feet!" Bradley said. He unzipped his jacket, and the puppy's head popped out. "It was just curled up there, outside the door." "For goodness' sake!" Ellie exclaimed. She took the puppy and hugged it against her chest. "Are you hungry, sweetie?" "Yes," Nate said. Everyone laughed. "I meant the puppy," Ellie said. She read the tag. "Gracious, this little guy is supposed to be a Christmas present!" "That's what we think, too," Lucy said. Ellie set the puppy on the floor and put a little chopped meat in a dish. The puppy gobbled it up in three seconds.

“没问题，”布莱恩说。他轻轻地拍了拍自己的头。 “我把它锁在了我不可思议的记忆里。” 布莱恩把帕尔的皮带从他哥哥手里拿过来，他们成群结队地来到埃莉餐厅。 “嘿，孩子们，”埃莉看到他们时说。 “平安夜你在外面干什么？”“看我们在毛脚前面发现了什么！”布拉德利说。 他拉开夹克的拉链，小狗的头探了出来。 “它就蜷缩在那里，在门外。” “看在上帝的份上！”艾莉喊道。 她把小狗抱在胸前。 “你饿了吗，亲爱的？”“是的，”内特说。 每个人都笑了。“我是说小狗，”艾莉说。 她看了看标签。“天哪，这小家伙应该是圣诞礼物！”“我们也是这么想的。”露茜说。 埃莉把小狗放在地板上，在盘子里放了一点碎肉。 小狗三秒钟就把它吃光了。

"I'll give it some of Pal's food when we get home," Bradley said. "But can we borrow a quarter to use your pay phone? Mrs. Wong left a phone number for emergencies. We want to ask her if she knows who adopted the puppy." "Do you think it was one of the puppies from her store?" Ellie asked. "We don't know," Brian said. "But that's where it was." Ellie handed Brian a quarter, and he stepped inside the phone booth. He plunked the quarter into the coin slot and dialed the number he had memorized. The other kids waited outside the booth, watching Brian talk. He hung up and stepped outside the booth. "It's Mrs. Wong's nephew, Leonard," he said. "He's watching the store while she's on vacation. He's coming over."

“我们回家后，我会给它一些Pal的食物，”布拉德利说。 “但是我们可以借两毛五用你的付费电话吗？” 黄太太留下了紧急情况的电话号码。 我们想问她是否知道是谁收养了这只小狗。” “你觉得是她店里的一只小狗吗？”艾莉问道。 “我们不知道，”布莱恩说。 “但它就在那里。” 埃莉递给布莱恩一枚25美分的硬币，他走进了电话亭。 他把25分硬币扔进投币口，拨了他记住的号码。 其他孩子等在卡座外面，看着布莱恩说话。 他挂了电话，走出电话亭。 “是黄太太的侄子伦纳德，”他说。 “她去度假时，他在照看商店。 他过来了。”

Ellie poured four mugs of hot chocolate and set them on a table. "Put something warm inside your tummies while you're waiting," she said. The kids thanked Ellie and sat down. They sipped the chocolate and warmed their hands on the mugs. "I wonder who's supposed to get the puppy for Christmas," Lucy said. "Some kid, probably," Nate said. He looked at the clock over Ellie's counter. "And Christmas

艾莉倒了四杯热巧克力，放在桌子上。 “在等待的时候，在肚子里放点暖和的东西，”她说。 孩子们谢过艾莉，坐了下来。 他们抿了一口巧克力，在杯子上暖了暖手。 “我想知道谁应该得到这只小狗作为圣诞礼物，”露西说。 “可能是某个孩子，”内特说。 他看了看艾莉柜台上的钟。 “和圣诞节