8. Ellie to the Rescue

Chapter 8 Ellie to the Rescue "You have? Where?" Bradley asked. "Out front," Ellie told the excited kids. "It was around Thanksgiving, and it was real warm outside. A boy came by on a bike." Ellie tapped one of the pictures. "This rabbit was sitting in the bike's basket." "Do you know who the boy was?" asked Nate. Ellie shook her head. "No, I don't think he was from Green Lawn," she said. "He was older than you kids. He might have been visiting someone for the holiday." "Maybe he was visiting the man with the scar on his finger!" Lucy said. "It could be his grandfather," Brian suggested.

第八章艾莉来救你了？ 在哪里?”布拉德利问。“在前面，”埃莉对兴奋的孩子们说。 “那是在感恩节前后，外面真的很暖和。 一个男孩骑着自行车经过。”埃莉轻敲其中一张照片。 “这只兔子坐在自行车的篮子里。” “你知道那个男孩是谁吗？”内特问。 艾莉摇了摇头。“不，我不认为他来自绿草坪，”她说。 “他比你们这些孩子大。 他可能是去看望什么人过节了。” “也许他是去看那个手指上有疤的人！”露西说。 “可能是他的祖父，”布莱恩建议道。

Bradley pulled out the picture that showed Douglas sitting on a lawn near a hedge. "And maybe this is that man's lawn," he said. Ellie pointed toward the back of her diner. "When the boy left, he rode his bike that way, toward the bird streets," she said. "What's a bird street?" asked Lucy. "Over by Bridge Lane all the streets are named after birds," Brian explained. The four kids huddled over the picture. "There are at least ten bird streets," Brian said. "They all have lawns, and they all have hedges." Bradley put his finger on the picture. "Look, there's something on the other side of that hedge," he said. "It looks like a building," Lucy said. "Guys, I think it's the town hall," Nate said. "That must be the flag on top." "No, it can't be the town hall," Brian said. "There are no houses near it, and no hedges."

布拉德利拿出一张照片，照片上道格拉斯坐在树篱附近的草坪上。 “也许这就是那个人的草坪，”他说。 艾莉指着她餐厅的后面。 “当男孩离开时，他骑着自行车朝那个方向，朝着鸟街走去，”她说。 “什么是鸟街？”露茜问。 “桥巷那边所有的街道都是以鸟的名字命名的，”布莱恩解释说。 四个孩子围着那幅画挤作一团。 “至少有十条鸟街，”布莱恩说。 “他们都有草坪，都有树篱。” 布拉德利把手指放在照片上。 “看，树篱的另一边有东西，”他说。 “它看起来像一座建筑物。”露茜说。 “伙计们，我想这是市政厅，”内特说。 “那一定是上面的旗帜。” “不，不可能是市政厅，”布莱恩说。 “附近没有房子，也没有树篱。”

Bradley held the picture closer. "It's Center Church!" he said. "That isn't a flag on top, it's the church steeple." Bradley looked up, grinning. "All we have to do is find which house has a view of the church over the hedge!" he said. "Almost all of them do, Brad," Brian said. "We'll never find the right one." "Yes, we will," Bradley said. He slipped the pictures into a pocket. "We have to, for Douglas!" "So what do we do?" Nate asked. "We should walk down Bridge Lane," Bradley suggested. "We'll pass by all the bird streets, and we can look over the hedges for the church." The kids thanked Ellie and pulled on their mittens. Outside, the wind was blowing harder. The sky was dark gray. "It's starting to snow," Nate said. He stuck his tongue out to catch a flake. "Let's hurry!" Bradley said.

布拉德利把照片拿得更近了。 “是中心教堂！”他说。 “那不是一面旗帜，那是教堂的尖顶。” 布拉德利抬起头，咧嘴笑着。 “我们要做的就是找到哪座房子能看到树篱那边的教堂！”他说。 “几乎所有人都是这样，布拉德，”布莱恩说。 “我们永远找不到合适的人。” “是的，我们会的，”布拉德利说。 他把照片塞进口袋里。 “为了道格拉斯，我们必须这样做！”“那我们该怎么办？”内特问道。 “我们应该沿着桥巷走，”布拉德利建议道。 “我们将经过所有的鸟街，我们可以越过树篱寻找教堂。” 孩子们谢了埃莉，戴上了连指手套。 外面风刮得更大了。 天空是深灰色的。“开始下雪了，”内特说。 他伸出舌头去接一片雪花。 “我们快点!”布拉德利说。

The kids walked past the fitness center and turned left onto Bridge Lane. The first street they came to was Wren Drive. They walked to the end of the short street, where tall hedges grew. They looked over the hedges. "I can see the church," Bradley said. "But it doesn't look like the same view as in the picture." "Let's try the next street," suggested Lucy. They hurried back up Wren Drive, then went left to Blue Jay Way. They peered over the hedge behind the last house. "This doesn't look right, either," Brian said. They could all see the church steeple. But when they compared it to the picture, the views didn't seem the same. They looked over the hedges behind Pheasant Lane, Owl Road, and Thrush Court. One of the hedges was too tall. Another one had a tree growing out of it. The hedge at the end of Thrush Court had a white fence in front of it. "None of these are right," Bradley said.

孩子们走过健身中心，左转进入桥巷。 他们来到的第一条街是雷恩路。 他们走到那条短街的尽头，那里长着高高的树篱。 他们越过树篱往外看。 “我能看到教堂，”布拉德利说。 “但它看起来和照片上的不一样。” “我们到下一条街去试试吧。”露茜建议道。 他们匆匆回到鹪鹩路，然后向左走到蓝鸦路。 他们越过最后一所房子后面的树篱向外窥视。 “这看起来也不对，”布莱恩说。 他们都能看到教堂的尖顶。 但当他们将其与照片进行比较时，景色似乎并不相同。 他们从雉鸡巷、猫头鹰路和画眉院后面的树篱往外看。 其中一个树篱太高了。 另一棵树上长出了一棵树。 画眉苑尽头的树篱前面有一道白色的篱笆。 “这些都不对，”布拉德利说。

"How many more of these bird streets are there?" Lucy asked. "A few more," Bradley said. His nose was red and running. Snowflakes were catching in his eyelashes. "Come on, guys, it has to be one of these." The kids hiked to Finch Lane. They came to a small yellow house. Behind the house was a neat hedge. It was covered with snow. Bradley pulled out the picture and held it up. "I think we found the street!" he said.

“还有多少这样的鸟街？”露西问。 “再来几个，”布拉德利说。 他的鼻子又红又流鼻涕。 雪花落在他的睫毛上。 “来吧，伙计们，它必须是其中之一。” 孩子们徒步到芬奇巷。 他们来到一座黄色的小房子前。 房子后面有一道整齐的树篱。 它被雪覆盖着。布拉德利拿出照片，举起来。 “我想我们找到街了！”他说。