5. Brian Hears a Splash

Chapter 5 Brian Hears a Splash The kids thanked Mrs. Fallon and walked back to the sidewalk. Bradley opened his jacket. He handed the puppy to Nate. "You want to carry him next?" Nate grinned. "Sure!" He slipped the puppy inside his coat.

孩子们谢过法伦太太，回到人行道上。 布拉德利打开他的夹克。 他把小狗递给内特。 “下一个你要抱他吗？”内特咧嘴一笑。 “当然!”他把小狗塞进大衣里。

They headed back to Main Street. With Pal leading, they hiked past the elementary school to Eagle Lane. "Can you take the puppy to your house?" Bradley asked Nate. "I'd like to, but Tiger might have a fit," he said. "So would my mom and my sister!" "Let's take him to our house," Brian said. "Pal can play with him, so he won't be lonely." "That's right," Lucy said. "If it hadn't been for Pal's nose, the puppy would still be out in the cold." The kids walked into the kitchen at Bradley and Brian's house. Bradley saw a note on the table: Out shopping. See you soon. Have a snack. —Mom A bowl of tangerines sat on the table, and the kids each took one. They sat down to peel them. Nate put the puppy on the floor with Pal and poured some of Pal's food into a bowl. The puppy

他们回到了主街。 在帕尔的带领下，他们穿过小学来到鹰巷。 “你能把小狗带到你家吗？”布拉德利问内特。 他说：“我很想去，但是老虎可能会发脾气。” “我妈妈和妹妹也会！”“我们把他带到我们家吧，”布莱恩说。 “朋友可以和他一起玩，这样他就不会孤单了。” “没错。”露茜说。 “如果不是因为帕尔的鼻子，这只小狗现在还在外面受冻。” 孩子们走进布拉德利和布莱恩家的厨房。 布拉德利看到桌子上有一张纸条：外出购物。 再见。吃点零食。 妈妈桌上放着一碗橘子，孩子们每人拿了一个。 他们坐下来削皮。 内特把小狗和帕尔一起放在地板上，把帕尔的一些食物倒进碗里。 这只小狗

raced to the bowl and began eating. "What should we do with him?" Brian asked, pointing at the puppy's wagging tail. "We have to find his real home!" Lucy said. "Before tomorrow." "I know that," Brian said. "I meant right now." "I'll get a box for him to sleep in," Bradley said.

跑到碗边开始吃。 “我们该拿他怎么办？”布莱恩指着小狗摇摆的尾巴问道。 “我们必须找到他真正的家！”露西说。 “在明天之前。”“我知道，”布莱恩说。 “我是说现在。”“我去拿个盒子给他睡，”布拉德利说。

"What about Mom?" Brian asked, grinning. "She's always telling us, 'No more animals!'" Bradley grinned back. "Mom won't find out. We'll hide him, then figure out where the puppy belongs before she even knows he's here." "But how are we going to figure it out?" Nate asked. "TO and FROM are still a mystery." "I'll try calling Mrs. Wong again," Brian said. "If the puppy came from her shop, she can tell us who adopted him. If she does, we'll just bring the puppy where he belongs. Mystery solved!" Brian pulled the napkin from his back pocket. "Leonard wrote the number down." He dialed the number. "It's ringing," he whispered to the kids in the kitchen. Then he said, "Hello, Mrs. Wong? This is Brian Pinto in Green Lawn. We found a puppy, and we think it came from your store! We're trying to find—" Brian held the phone away from his ear and looked at it. Then he put it back to his ear. "Mrs. Wong? Are you there?" Brian hung up.

“那妈妈呢？”布莱恩咧嘴笑着问。 “她总是告诉我们，‘不要再养动物了！’”布拉德利咧嘴一笑。 “妈妈不会发现的。我们把他藏起来，然后在她知道他在这里之前找出小狗的归属。” “但是我们要怎么弄清楚呢？”内特问道。 “TO和FROM仍然是个谜。” “我再给黄太太打个电话，”布莱恩说。 “如果这只小狗来自她的商店，她可以告诉我们是谁收养了它。 如果她愿意，我们就把小狗带到它该去的地方。 谜团解开了!”布莱恩从后口袋里掏出餐巾。 “莱纳德把号码写下来了。” 他拨了这个号码。“它在响。”他在厨房里小声对孩子们说。 然后他说：“你好，黄太太？ 我是Green Lawn的Brian Pinto。 我们找到了一只小狗，我们认为它来自你的商店！我们正试图找到——”布莱恩把手机从耳边拿开，看着它。 然后他把它放回耳朵上。 “黄太太?你在吗？”布莱恩挂了电话。

"What happened?" Bradley asked. "I heard a splash," Brian said. "Then nothing." "Maybe she jumped into the water," Lucy said. "Or she dropped her cell phone in the water," Bradley suggested. "She's scuba diving!" Nate said. "Maybe a shark swallowed Mrs. Wong and her cell phone!" The four kids looked at each other. "We have to hide the puppy before Mom and Dad get home," Bradley said. "Maybe we should walk around town and ask everybody we see if they lost a puppy," Lucy said. "Let's call the police station," Brian said. He was still standing next to the phone. "If someone lost this little guy, they might have reported it." "Good idea!" Lucy said. "In my hometown, the police have a special officer in charge of finding lost pets." Brian dialed the police station. "This is Brian Pinto," he said into the phone. "My friends and I found a puppy on Main Street. Do you know if anybody lost one?" Brian listened. "We brought him home," he said. "On Farm Lane."

“发生什么事了?”布拉德利问。 “我听到水花飞溅的声音，”布莱恩说。 “那么。”“也许她跳进水里去了。”露茜说。 “或者她把手机掉进水里了，”布拉德利猜测道。 “她在潜水！”内特说。 “也许是鲨鱼吞了黄太太和她的手机！”四个孩子面面相觑。 “我们必须在爸爸妈妈回家之前把小狗藏起来，”布拉德利说。 露西说：“也许我们应该在镇上四处走走，问问我们看到的每个人，他们是否丢了一只小狗。” “我们给警察局打电话吧，”布莱恩说。 他仍然站在电话旁边。 “如果有人丢了这个小家伙，他们可能会报告的。” “好主意!”露西说。“在我的家乡，警方有一名专门负责寻找丢失宠物的官员。” 布莱恩给警察局打了电话。 “我是布莱恩·平托，”他对着电话说。 “我和朋友们在大街上发现了一只小狗。 你知道有人丢了吗？”布莱恩听。 “我们把他带回家了，”他说。 “在农场巷。”

He listened again. "He might be a Christmas present for someone," he said. He explained about the tag. "Okay, we will. Thank you," Brian said before he hung up. "We will what?" Bradley asked his twin. "The dispatcher says we should put pictures of the puppy on telephone poles and in stores," Brian said. "On Christmas Eve?" Nate asked. He looked out the window. "It's snowing again, and it'll be dark pretty soon." Lucy nodded. "People are sitting around their Christmas trees," she said. "No one's out looking at telephone poles!" They all gazed at the puppy, curled up on the rug next to Pal. "I guess we keep him till Mrs. Wong gets back from Florida," Bradley said. "You mean if she gets back," Nate said. "She might be in a shark's belly!" Bradley sighed. "I'll look in the basement for a box," he said.

他又听了一遍。“他可能是送给某人的圣诞礼物，”他说。 他解释了标签的事。 “好吧，我们会的。谢谢。”布莱恩挂电话前说。 “我们会怎样？”布拉德利问他的孪生兄弟。 “调度员说我们应该把小狗的照片贴在电线杆上和商店里，”布莱恩说。 “平安夜？”内特问道。 他向窗外望去。“又下雪了，天很快就要黑了。” 露西点点头。“人们围坐在圣诞树旁，”她说。 “没人出去看电线杆！”他们都盯着小狗，它蜷缩在帕尔旁边的地毯上。 “我想我们应该把他养到黄太太从佛罗里达回来，”布拉德利说。 “你是说如果她回来，”内特说。 “她可能在鲨鱼肚子里！”布拉德利叹了口气。 “我去地下室找个盒子，”他说。