3. What’s Wrong with Douglas

Chapter 3 What's Wrong with Douglas? After school, Lucy and Nate went to the twins' house. Bradley and Brian each held an end of the cage as they walked home. The towel was draped over the cage so Douglas wouldn't get too cold. Lucy carried the jar of rabbit food. "I wonder who left him in the closet," Nate said. "Maybe it was a kid in another grade." "Why would a kid get rid of a rabbit?" Bradley asked. Nate shrugged. "Maybe the kid's parents made him do it," he said. "It had to be a kid or someone who works at the school," Brian said.

第三章道格拉斯怎么了？ 放学后，露西和内特去了双胞胎家。 布拉德利和布莱恩各自抓着笼子的一端走回家。 毛巾盖在笼子上，这样道格拉斯就不会太冷了。 露西拿着一罐兔粮。 “我想知道是谁把他留在壁橱里的，”内特说。 “也许是另一个年级的孩子干的。” “为什么一个孩子要抛弃一只兔子？”布拉德利问。 内特耸耸肩。“也许是孩子的父母让他这么做的，”他说。 “肯定是一个孩子或学校的工作人员，”布莱恩说。

"Why?" Lucy asked. "Who else could get into Mr. Vooray's classroom?" Brian asked. "Bri, there were parents all over the building today," Bradley said. "Some of them came in to bring food and help with the parties." "You're right," Lucy said. "Some kid's mom or dad could have left Douglas." "Or what about the guy who brings the milk every day?" Bradley asked. "Or the woman who delivers the mail? And there was a plumber fixing a toilet in the boys' bathroom." "In other words, it could be anyone," Nate said. Ten minutes later, the kids trooped into Bradley and Brian's kitchen. Mrs. Pinto was sitting at the table, chopping vegetables. "Hi, kids. Leave your boots by the door, please," she said. The kids all removed their boots. "Mom, we got a rabbit!" Bradley announced. He and Brian set the cage on the floor.

“为什么?”露西问。“还有谁能进沃雷先生的教室？”布莱恩问。 布拉德利说：“布里，今天楼里到处都是家长。” “他们中的一些人来带食物，帮助举办派对。” “你说得对。”露茜说。 “可能是某个孩子的父母离开了道格拉斯。” “或者那个每天送牛奶的人呢？”布拉德利问。 “或者那个送邮件的女人？” 还有一个水管工在修男生浴室的马桶。” “换句话说，可能是任何人，”内特说。 十分钟后，孩子们成群结队地走进布拉德利和布莱恩的厨房。 平托太太正坐在桌旁切菜。 “你好,孩子们。请把你们的靴子放在门边，”她说。 孩子们都脱了靴子。 “妈妈，我们有一只兔子！”布拉德利宣布。 他和布莱恩把笼子放在地板上。

Brian whipped off the towel. "His name is Douglas, and we get to keep him for the long weekend!" Mrs. Pinto walked over and peered into the cage. "Hello, Douglas," she said. Then she looked at her twin sons. "Where did you get him?" They explained about the mystery valentine at school. "How odd," Mrs. Pinto said. The kids yanked off their hats and coats. They all knelt around the cage. "Don't scare him!" Bradley said. "We're not!" Brian said. "Let's all just be quiet for a minute," their mother said. "Rabbits are timid animals." They all watched Douglas in the cage. He huddled in a corner, not moving a whisker. "He didn't move at school, either," Bradley said. "Maybe he's hungry," Lucy said.

布莱恩迅速脱下毛巾。 “他叫道格拉斯，我们可以把他留下来过这个长周末！”平托太太走过去，朝笼子里看了看。 “你好，道格拉斯，”她说。 然后她看了看她的双胞胎儿子。 “你从哪儿弄来的？”他们解释了学校里神秘情人节的事。 “真奇怪，”平托太太说。 孩子们猛地脱下帽子和外套。 他们都跪在笼子周围。 “别吓着他！”布拉德利说。 “我们不是!”布莱恩说。“我们都安静一会儿吧，”他们的妈妈说。 “兔子是胆小的动物。” 他们都看着笼子里的道格拉斯。 他蜷缩在角落里，一动也不动。 “他在学校也一动不动，”布拉德利说。 “也许他饿了。”露茜说。

Mrs. Pinto grabbed a slice of carrot from her cutting board. She pushed it through the cage bars. Douglas didn't even look at it. "What's the matter with him?" Brian asked his mother. "Is he sick?" "I don't know," Mrs. Pinto said. "Maybe he's just scared." Just then their dog, Pal, trotted into the kitchen. He stuck his nose up against the cage. "Woof!" he said. Douglas ignored Pal. Bradley petted his dog. "Douglas isn't feeling good," he explained to Pal. "Can we keep Douglas in our room, Mom?" "Sure," his mother said. "Maybe after a while he'll get more perky." The four kids lugged the cage and jar of food up the stairs. They bumped into Josh at the top of the stairs. Josh was Bradley and Brian's twelve-year-old brother.

平托太太从菜板上抓起一片胡萝卜。 她把它推过了栅栏。 道格拉斯连看都没看。 “他怎么了？”布莱恩问他的妈妈。 “他病了吗？”“我不知道，”平托太太说。 “也许他只是害怕。”就在这时，他们的狗，帕尔，跑进了厨房。 他把鼻子贴在笼子上。 “汪！”他说。道格拉斯不理睬帕尔。 布拉德利抚摸着他的狗。“道格拉斯感觉不舒服，”他向帕尔解释道。 “我们能把道格拉斯留在我们的房间里吗，妈妈？”“当然，”他妈妈说。 “也许过一段时间他会变得更有活力。” 四个孩子把笼子和一罐食物拖上了楼。 他们在楼梯顶上碰到了乔希。 乔什是布拉德利和布莱恩12岁的弟弟。

"What's in the cage?" Josh asked. "A rabbit," Brian said. "We're keeping him for the weekend." "Cool," Josh said. He put his finger into the cage. "His name is Douglas," Lucy told Josh. "But he may be sick. He won't move or anything."

“笼子里是什么？”杰克问。 “一只兔子，”布赖恩说。“我们留他过周末。” “酷，”乔希说。他把手指伸进笼子里。 “他叫道格拉斯。”露西告诉乔希。 “但他可能病了。他一动也不动。”

Josh stared into the cage. "Maybe he's just taking a nap," he said. Then he headed downstairs. The kids brought the cage into Bradley and Brian's room. They set it on Bradley's desk. Lucy filled the water bottle in the bathroom. Bradley put a handful of the rabbit food in the cage in front of Douglas's nose. When Bradley took his hand away, he felt something smooth under the newspapers. "I found something," he said. He felt around under the papers and pulled out a Baggie. Inside the Baggie were three photographs. Bradley laid them on his bed. "They're pictures of Douglas," Lucy said. The kids looked at the pictures. In one, he was just a small bunny sitting in a man's hand. Another picture showed Douglas in a yard somewhere. In the third picture, Douglas was sitting on a wooden bench. There was water in the background.

乔希盯着笼子。 “也许他只是在打个盹，”他说。 然后他下楼去了。 孩子们把笼子带进了布拉德利和布莱恩的房间。 他们把它放在布拉德利的桌子上。 露西把浴室里的水瓶装满了水。 布拉德利在道格拉斯鼻子前的笼子里放了一把兔粮。 当布拉德利把他的手拿开时，他感到报纸下面有个光滑的东西。 “我发现了一些东西，”他说。 他在文件下面摸了摸，拿出一个袋子。 袋子里有三张照片。 布拉德利把它们放在床上。 “那是道格拉斯的照片。”露茜说。 孩子们看着图画。 在一幅画中，他只是一只坐在男人手里的小兔子。 另一张照片显示道格拉斯在某个院子里。 在第三幅画中，道格拉斯正坐在一张木凳上。 背景中有水。