2. Who Left Douglas

Chapter 2 Who Left Douglas? "Should we look inside?" Mr. Vooray asked. "Yes!" everyone yelled. Mr. Vooray pulled the door open. "Well, what is this?" he asked. Twenty kids jumped out of their seats and crowded behind Mr. Vooray. Sitting on the closet floor was a square shape under a towel. "Maybe it's more cupcakes," said Joyce. Mr. Vooray gently removed the towel.

第二章谁离开了道格拉斯？ “我们要进去看看吗？”沃雷问道。 “是的！”每个人都喊道。沃莱先生拉开了门。 “嗯，这是什么？”他问。 二十个孩子从座位上跳起来，挤在沃莱先生身后。 在壁橱的地板上，有一个裹着毛巾的方形物体。 “也许是更多的纸杯蛋糕，”乔伊斯说。 沃莱先生轻轻地把毛巾拿开。

"Ooooh," said twenty voices. Under the towel was a cage with a black-and-white rabbit inside. Torn newspapers covered the cage floor. A plastic water bottle hung from one side of the cage. "How cute!" Tiffany said. "There's a paper taped to the cage," Lucy said. Mr. Vooray pulled the tape away. "It's a note," he said, unfolding the paper. He read it out loud: "THIS IS DOUGLAS. HE WANTS TO BE YOUR VALENTINE. PLEASE GIVE HIM A GOOD HOME. SIGNED, A FRIEND." "Can we keep him?" asked Nate. "Who left him here?" demanded Rodney.

“哦哦。”二十个声音说。 毛巾下面有一个笼子，里面有一只黑白相间的兔子。 撕碎的报纸铺满了笼子的地板。 一只塑料水瓶挂在笼子的一侧。 “多可爱啊!”蒂芙尼说。“笼子上贴着一张纸。”露茜说。 沃莱先生把带子拉开了。 “是一张纸条，”他说着，展开了那张纸。 他大声读了出来：“我是道格拉斯。 他想做你的情人。 请给他一个美好的家。 签名，朋友。”“我们能留下他吗？”内特问。 “谁把他留在这儿的？”罗德尼质问道。

"Douglas is a silly name for a rabbit!" announced Kaitlyn. Bradley noticed a jar filled with brown pellets on the floor next to the cage. "Is that the rabbit's food?" he asked. Mr. Vooray picked up the jar. "I think you're right, Bradley," he said. "He eats that yucky stuff?" Brian asked. "Don't rabbits eat lettuce?" "Good question, Brian," Mr. Vooray said. "Why don't you look it up and tell us when we come back on Tuesday?" "Can we take him out of the cage?" Veronica asked. "I don't think so," Mr. Vooray said. "Poor Douglas doesn't look happy." The rabbit's eyes were closed. His ears didn't wiggle. His nose didn't twitch. Nothing on Douglas moved. Bradley picked up the towel. "Look, there's a capital Z on it."

“道格拉斯这个兔子的名字真蠢！”凯特琳宣布。 布拉德利注意到笼子旁边的地板上有一个装满棕色小球的罐子。 “那是兔子的食物吗？”他问。 沃莱先生拿起罐子。 “我认为你是对的，布拉德利，”他说。 “他吃那恶心的东西？”布莱恩问。 “兔子不吃生菜吗？”“问得好，布莱恩，”沃莱说。 “你为什么不查一下，然后告诉我们星期二什么时候回来呢？”“我们能把他从笼子里拿出来吗？”Veronica问。 “我不这么认为，”沃莱说。 “可怜的道格拉斯看起来不高兴。” 兔子的眼睛闭上了。 他的耳朵没有摆动。他的鼻子没有抽动。 道格拉斯身上什么也没动。布拉德利拿起毛巾。 “看，上面有个大写的Z。”

"Maybe it's a clue to who left Douglas!" Lucy said. "You could be right," Mr. Vooray said. "Do we know anyone whose name begins with Z?" "Zorro!" said Nate. Everyone laughed. "All right, let's take our seats, please," Mr. Vooray said. Twenty kids scrambled back to their desks. Mr. Vooray pointed to a sheet of paper tacked to the bulletin board. "Veronica, I see it's your turn to take Goldilocks home for the long weekend," he said. "Don't forget, Monday is a holiday. It's Presidents' Day." Veronica got up and brought the hamster cage to her seat. "Good. Mikey, you're signed up to take Yertle," Mr. Vooray added. Mikey put Yertle into his traveling box and carried the box to his desk.

“也许这是谁离开道格拉斯的线索！”露西说。 “你可能是对的，”沃莱说。 “我们认识名字以Z开头的人吗？”“佐罗！”内特说。 每个人都笑了。“好了，请坐吧，”沃莱说。 二十个孩子争先恐后地回到课桌上。 沃雷指着钉在布告栏上的一张纸。 “维罗妮卡，看来轮到你带金凤花回家度周末了。”他说。 “别忘了，星期一是假日。 今天是总统日。”维罗妮卡站起来，把仓鼠笼子搬到她的座位上。 “很好。麦奇，你已经签了约，要去接耶特尔，”沃莱补充说。 麦奇把小花放进他的旅行箱里，把旅行箱搬到他的书桌前。

"Now we need someone to take Douglas home," Mr. Vooray went on. "I will!" Bradley said. "Are you sure, Bradley?" Mr. Vooray asked. "Will this be okay with your parents?" "They love animals," Bradley said. "We have a pony and a dog already!" Mr. Vooray grinned. "Yes, I know. Okay, you and your brother can take Douglas home. On Tuesday we can decide what to do about this mystery."

“现在我们需要有人送道格拉斯回家，”沃莱先生接着说。 “我要!”布拉德利说。“你确定吗，布拉德利？”沃雷问道。 “你父母会同意吗？”“他们喜欢动物，”布拉德利说。 “我们已经有一匹小马和一条狗了！”沃莱先生咧嘴一笑。 “是的，我知道。好了，你和你哥哥可以送道格拉斯回家了。 星期二我们可以决定如何解开这个谜团。”