3. Hissing and Buzzing

Chapter 3 Hissing and Buzzing Bradley felt goose bumps tickle the hairs on his arms. He stood still, like the fish statue in the fountain. He didn't dare to look down. Do snapping turtles hiss? he wondered. Could there be a snake near his feet? When he didn't hear any more hissing, Bradley looked down. No snapping turtle. No snake that he could see. Then he noticed something out on the pond. Two swans were floating on the water. They were

第三章嘶嘶声和嗡嗡声布拉德利感到手臂上的汗毛都起鸡皮疙瘩了。 他一动不动地站着，就像喷泉里的鱼雕像。 他不敢往下看。 鳄龟会发出嘶嘶声吗？他想知道。 他的脚边会不会有蛇？ 当他不再听到嘶嘶声时，布拉德利低下头。 没有鳄龟。他看不见一条蛇。 然后他注意到池塘上有什么东西。 两只天鹅漂在水面上。 他们是

big and white, with orange bills. The swans watched Bradley. One of them flapped its wide wings and hissed again. Bradley grinned. He waved at the swans. "Happy Easter, swans!" The swan kept hissing. The other one let out a loud snort. "Okay, I'll leave," Bradley said. He stepped away from the pond, watching the ground. Keeping an eye on the swans, he walked all the way around the pond. He saw three caterpillars and a frog, but no eggs. No turtles or snakes, either. Bradley noticed something dark sticking up from the reeds near the pond. He stepped closer. It was a tree stump that was black and dead. But on top of the stump was a red plastic Easter egg. Bradley grabbed the egg. "I found one!" he yelled. He ran back toward the rose garden with the egg. The other three kids were standing near the

又大又白，长着橙色的嘴。 天鹅们看着布拉德利。 其中一只拍打着宽大的翅膀，又发出嘶嘶声。 布拉德利咧嘴一笑。他向天鹅挥手。 “复活节快乐，天鹅们！”天鹅不停地发出嘶嘶声。 另一个人大声哼了一声。 “好吧，我走了，”布拉德利说。 他离开池塘，望着地面。 他一直盯着天鹅，绕着池塘走了一圈。 他看到了三只毛毛虫和一只青蛙，但是没有卵。 也没有乌龟和蛇。 布拉德利注意到池塘附近的芦苇中有个黑色的东西伸出来。 他走近了。那是一根枯黑的树桩。 但是树桩上有一个红色的塑料复活节彩蛋。 布拉德利抓住了鸡蛋。“我找到一个了！” 他拿着鸡蛋跑回玫瑰园。 其他三个孩子站在附近

fountain. "We did, too!" Nate said. He and Brian each held a plastic egg. "Now we have four," Bradley said. He held his egg near his ear and shook it. Something inside it rattled. When Bradley pulled the two halves apart, he found jelly beans. "Just like in my dream!" he said. "What dream?" Lucy asked. Bradley told his brother and friends about the candy meadow with chocolate milk in the stream. "Cool!" Nate said. He found a candy kiss inside the egg he was holding. Brian's egg held a small cookie. They ate their prizes and put the eggs into Lucy's basket. "No one has found the real eggs, though," Lucy said. "Let's keep looking," Bradley said. They were standing under a tall oak tree. "Maybe if I climb up high, I'll be able to see eggs

喷泉。“我们也是！”内特说。 他和布莱恩每人拿着一个塑料蛋。 “现在我们有四个了，”布拉德利说。 他把鸡蛋放在耳边，摇了摇。 里面有什么东西在嘎嘎作响。 当布拉德利把两半掰开时，他发现了果冻豆。 “就像我在梦里一样！”他说。 “什么梦?”露西问。布拉德利告诉他的兄弟和朋友们关于小溪里有巧克力牛奶的糖果草地的事。 “酷!”内特说。他在手里拿着的蛋里发现了一个糖果吻。 布莱恩的鸡蛋里有一块小饼干。 他们吃了奖品，把鸡蛋放进露西的篮子里。 “可是，还没有人找到真正的蛋呢。”露茜说。 “我们继续找吧，”布拉德利说。 他们站在一棵高大的橡树下。 “也许如果我爬得高，我就能看到鸡蛋了

down on the ground," Lucy said. "Here, hold this." Lucy handed the basket to Bradley, then started climbing the oak tree. The boys watched her use her hands, feet, and arms as she moved higher. "She's like a monkey!" Nate said. "See any eggs?" Bradley called up to Lucy. "Not yet," she called back. "But I can see our houses!" Lucy started climbing down. She was on a lower branch when she yelled, "There's one egg up here!" "Where? Can you get it?" Nate called up to her. "I think so." Lucy wrapped her legs and one arm around the branch. With her free hand, she reached into a hollow place in the branch. She pulled out a plastic egg. "Here's number five!" she cried. Bradley held up the basket, and Lucy placed the egg in among the others. Then she swung down to the ground.

趴在地上。”露茜说。 “给，拿着这个。”露西把篮子递给布拉德利，然后开始爬上橡树。 男孩们看着她用手、脚和胳膊爬得更高。 “她就像一只猴子！”内特说。 “看到鸡蛋了吗？”布拉德利向露西喊道。 “还没有，”她回道。 “但我能看到我们的房子！”露茜开始往下爬。 当她在一根较低的树枝上时，她喊道：“这里有一个蛋！”“在哪里? 你能拿到吗？”内特朝她喊道。 “我想是的。”露茜用两条腿和一只胳膊搂住树枝。 她用空着的那只手把手伸进树枝的一个洞里。 她拿出一个塑料蛋。 “这是第五个！”她叫道。 布莱德雷举起篮子，露西把鸡蛋放在篮子里。 然后她摇晃着倒在地上。

"Open it!" Bradley said. Lucy did, and she found a shiny dime. "No fair, she gets money!" Brian said. The others laughed. "If you'd climbed the tree, you'd have gotten the dime," Lucy said, grinning. "Okay, what's next?" Nate asked. "We checked the whole park." "The notes didn't say all the eggs would be in the park," Bradley said. He glanced around. "Maybe some are hidden over by the high school or the elementary school." "Nate and I will check the high school grounds," Brian said. He and Nate took off running. "Come on, Lucy," Bradley said. They headed past the band shell toward Silver Circle. They walked onto the lawn that surrounded their school. They both kept their eyes down but saw no eggs in the grass.

“打开它!”布拉德利说。露西照做了，她发现了一枚闪亮的一角硬币。 “不公平，她得到了钱！”布莱恩说。 其他人都笑了。“如果你爬上那棵树，你就能拿到一角钱了。”露茜咧嘴笑着说。 “好吧，接下来是什么？”内特问道。 “我们检查了整个公园。” “纸条上并没有说所有的蛋都在公园里，”布拉德利说。 他环顾四周。“也许有些被高中或小学藏起来了。” “内特和我去检查一下高中场地，”布莱恩说。 他和内特跑开了。 “来吧，露西，”布拉德利说。 他们穿过乐队的外壳，朝银色圆环走去。 他们走到学校周围的草坪上。 他们俩都垂下眼睛，但没有看到草地上有蛋。

"If you were the Shadow, where would you hide the eggs?" Lucy asked Bradley. Bradley headed toward some playground equipment. "Over there," he said. They jogged to the swing set. There was also a jungle gym, a seesaw, and a merry-go-round. Bradley put the basket on the ground and sat on a swing. "But I don't see any eggs," he said. Lucy was on her knees, peering under the merry-go-round. "Well, I do!" she said. She reached under and pulled out a blue egg. "Way to go!" Bradley yelled. "That's the sixth egg!" Lucy opened the egg. "Yum, pink jelly beans!" She offered one to Bradley and ate the other one. Bradley jumped off the swing and helped Lucy search. They didn't discover any more eggs there. Then Lucy noticed something. "What's that little house?" she asked. She was pointing toward a playhouse. It was behind some hedges, next to the school building.

“如果你是影子，你会把蛋藏在哪里？”露西问布拉德利。 布拉德利走向一些操场设备。 “在那边，”他说。他们慢跑到秋千场。 还有一个攀登架，一个跷跷板和一个旋转木马。 布拉德利把篮子放在地上，坐在秋千上。 “但是我没有看到鸡蛋，”他说。 露西跪在地上，凝视着旋转木马下面。 “嗯，我喜欢！”她说。她把手伸到下面，掏出一个蓝色的蛋。 “干得好！”布拉德利喊道。 “那是第六个蛋！”露茜打开了蛋。 “好吃，粉色糖豆！”她给了布拉德利一个，吃了另一个。 布拉德利从秋千上跳下来，帮助露西寻找。 他们没有在那里发现更多的蛋。 这时露茜注意到一件事。 “那座小房子是什么？”她问。 她指着一个游戏室。 它在学校大楼旁边的一些树篱后面。