7. The Giant Pink Box

Chapter 7 The Giant Pink Box But the kids never made it. As they passed Polly's stall, the door flew open. A bunch of people burst out of the stall, yelling, "SURPRISE!" Pal was suddenly there, running in circles and barking like mad. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose began throwing streamers and confetti all over Lucy. "HAPPY

第7章巨大的粉红盒子但是孩子们没能成功。 当他们经过波莉的摊位时，门突然开了。 一群人从摊位里冲出来，大喊：“惊喜！”帕尔突然出现了，绕着圈子跑，疯狂地吠叫。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯开始往露西身上扔彩带和五彩纸屑。 “快乐

BIRTHDAY, LUCY!" everyone yelled. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Bradley's mouth fell open. Brian's mouth fell open. Nate's mouth fell open. Lucy began to cry. Everyone gathered around Lucy, giving her birthday hugs. Officer Fallon was there, and Mr. Linkletter. Even he was smiling at Lucy. Ellie was there, and Mrs. Wong, with her tall nephew, Leonard. Josh was grinning like a monkey, standing with Dink and Ruth Rose. Bradley looked at his parents and Dink's and Nate's parents. "You tricked us!" he said. "Yes, we did," his mother said. "And it was fun!" "I thought this was supposed to be a New Year's Eve party," Brian said. "It is, but it's also for Lucy's birthday!" her aunt said. "We're celebrating both." "Cool!" Nate said. "So why is she crying?" "I know why," Ruth Rose said. "She misses her parents. Right, Lucy?"

生日，露西！” “生日快乐!”新年快乐！”布拉德利张大了嘴。 布莱恩张大了嘴。内特张大了嘴。 露西哭了起来。大家都围在露西身边，给她生日的拥抱。 法伦警官在场，还有林克莱特先生。 就连他也在对露茜微笑。 埃莉、黄太太和她高大的侄子伦纳德也在那里。 乔希和丁克、露丝·罗斯站在一起，笑得像只猴子。 布拉德利看着他的父母，丁克的父母和内特的父母。 “你骗了我们！”他说。 “是的，我们做了，”他的母亲说。 “而且很有趣！”“我以为这应该是一个新年前夜的聚会，”布莱恩说。 “是的，但这也是给露茜过生日的礼物！” “我们两者都要庆祝。”“酷!”内特说。 “那她为什么哭呢？”“我知道为什么，”露丝·罗斯说。 “她想念她的父母。吧,露西?”

Lucy nodded. She tried to smile, but the tears kept coming. "Well, she'll feel better when she opens her present," Bradley's mother said, pointing at the tall pink box. "Here are some scissors. Cut the paper, Lucy." Lucy took the scissors and walked up to the pink present. It was three feet taller than she was. "Where should I cut?" she asked. "It's so big!" "Let me help you," Josh said. He stepped over and made a big rip right in the middle. Then Dink and Ruth Rose came over. They began ripping all the paper. Underneath was cardboard, and they tore that off, too. Then Lucy screamed. Out of the ripped box stepped a tall man in a cowboy hat. The woman with him no longer wore the ski mask. "Mommy! Daddy!" Lucy yelled. "You came!"

露西点点头。她试图微笑，但眼泪不停地流。 “嗯，当她打开礼物的时候，她会感觉好些的，”布拉德利的妈妈指着那个高高的粉色盒子说。 “这里有一些剪刀。把纸剪下来，露茜。” 露西拿起剪刀，走向粉红色的礼物。 它比她高三英尺。 “我应该在哪里剪？”她问。 “好大啊！”“让我来帮你。”乔希说。 他走了过去，在正中间撕开了一个大口子。 然后丁克和露丝·罗斯过来了。 他们开始撕所有的纸。 下面是硬纸板，他们也把它撕掉了。 然后露茜尖叫起来。一个戴着牛仔帽的高个子男人从破盒子里走了出来。 和他在一起的女人不再戴滑雪面罩了。 “妈妈!爸爸!”露西喊道。 “你来!”

Everyone in the barn began whistling and laughing and yelling, "Happy birthday, Lucy!" "Of course we came!" Lucy's mother said. "We would never miss your birthday!" Lucy's father scooped Lucy up and gave her a big hug. "I guess I can stop limping now," he said. "Well, I'll be a kangaroo's cousin," Nate said. "It was them all the time!" "We had fun leading you kids all over town," Lucy's mother said. "And everybody knew?" Bradley asked. "We certainly knew," Mr. Linkletter said. "But we love keeping secrets in Green Lawn!" "The only ones who were clueless were you four!" Josh said. "Dink and Ruth Rose and I knew all week!" "We got to go to the airport yesterday to pick up your parents," Ruth Rose told Lucy. "But… but… so there was never a burglar at all?" Nate said. He looked at Mrs. Wong. "No one stole your laptop?" "Oh, someone took it all right," Mrs. Wong said. "My big, sweet nephew took my laptop to be

谷仓里的每个人都开始吹口哨，笑着大喊：“生日快乐，露茜！”“我们当然来了！”露西的妈妈说。 “我们永远不会错过你的生日！”露西的父亲把露西抱起来，给了她一个大大的拥抱。 “我想我现在可以不再跛行了，”他说。 “好吧，我就当袋鼠的表哥吧，”内特说。 “一直都是他们！”露西的妈妈说：“我们很高兴带着你们这些孩子满城跑。” “大家都知道吗？”布拉德利问。 “我们当然知道，”林克莱特说。 “但我们喜欢在绿草坪保守秘密！”“唯一不知道的就是你们四个！”杰克说。 “丁克、露丝·罗斯和我整个星期都知道！”“我们昨天得去机场接你父母，”露丝·罗斯对露西说。 “但是……但是……所以根本就没有飞贼？”内特说。 他看着黄太太。“没人偷你的笔记本电脑？”“哦，肯定有人拿走了，”黄太太说。 “我可爱的大侄子拿走了我的笔记本电脑

cleaned, as my Christmas present. But he never told me!" Leonard blushed. "Yeah, it was supposed to be a surprise for Aunt Mary," he said. "So everyone was looking for a burglar who didn't exist," Officer Fallon said. "But why were you guys peeking in places and taking pictures?" Nate asked Lucy's parents. "We're going to make a scrapbook for Lucy," her mother said. "So we took pictures and made notes about Green Lawn." "We decided to have some fun with you," Lucy's dad said, giving Lucy a squeeze. "So we acted like mysterious strangers doing weird things. But we didn't know you'd mistake us for burglars!"

打扫干净，作为我的圣诞礼物。 但是他从来没有告诉过我！”伦纳德脸红了。 “是啊，本来是要给玛丽阿姨一个惊喜的，”他说。 “所以每个人都在寻找一个不存在的窃贼，”法伦说。 “但你们为什么要到处偷窥和拍照呢？”内特问露西的父母。 “我们要给露西做一个剪贴簿，”她妈妈说。 “所以我们拍了照片，并做了关于绿草坪的笔记。” “我们决定和你玩一玩，”露西的爸爸说着，紧紧地搂住了露西。 “所以我们就像神秘的陌生人一样做着奇怪的事情。 但我们不知道你会把我们误认为窃贼！”