4. What’s in Mr. Pocket’s Pocket

Chapter 4 What's in Mr. Pocket's Pocket? "What happened?" Bradley asked. "Brian poked a bees' nest!" Nate yelled. He and Brian flopped on the ground, out of breath. "Did you get stung?" Lucy asked. "No, we ran too fast!" Brian said. "Did you find any eggs?" Bradley asked. Nate grinned. "Yeah, we found two on the baseball field," he said. He and Brian each pulled

第四章口袋先生的口袋里有什么？ “发生什么事了?”布拉德利问。 “布莱恩戳了一个蜂巢！”内特喊道。 他和布莱恩扑通一声倒在地上，上气不接下气。 “你被蜇了吗？”露西问。 “不，我们跑得太快了！”布莱恩说。 “你找到蛋了吗？”布拉德利问。 内特咧嘴一笑。“是的，我们在棒球场上发现了两只，”他说。 他和布莱恩各自拉

a plastic egg from their pockets. "They were on the pitcher's mound and home plate." "And they had candy kisses inside," Brian said, rubbing his belly. "So we've got ten eggs so far," Lucy said. "But we haven't found a real egg yet." Nate and Brian put their eggs into the basket with the others. "Where haven't we looked?" Bradley asked. "How about over there?" Lucy asked. Not far from the playhouse were some wooden farm animals. There were ducks and chickens, cows, sheep, goats, and ponies. The animals had been painted to look real. The four kids ran over to the make-believe farm. They looked behind the wooden animals and in the grass where they stood. "Nothing!" Brian said. "Wait, I see something!" Bradley yelled. He looked inside a goat's mouth and there was a plastic egg. "This is number eleven!" Bradley found a cookie inside the egg and ate it.

从他们的口袋里掏出一个塑料蛋。 “他们站在投手丘和本垒板上。” “里面还有糖果之吻，”布莱恩边说边揉着肚子。 “到目前为止，我们已经找到了十个鸡蛋。”露茜说。 “但是我们还没有找到一个真正的蛋。” 内特和布莱恩把他们的鸡蛋和其他人一起放进篮子里。 “我们哪里没找过？”布拉德利问。 “那边怎么样？”露西问。 离游戏室不远的地方有一些木制的农场动物。 有鸭、鸡、牛、绵羊、山羊和小马。 这些动物被画得很逼真。 四个孩子跑到虚构的农场。 他们看了看木制动物的背后和他们站着的草地。 “没什么!”布莱恩说。“等等，我看到了什么！”布拉德利喊道。 他往山羊嘴里看，里面有一个塑料蛋。 “这是十一号！”布拉德利在鸡蛋里找到一块饼干，吃了起来。

Lucy soon found another egg. It was under the hen, in its make-believe nest. Inside was a tiny plastic mirror. The kids put the eggs in Lucy's basket. "We have all twelve plastic eggs," she said. "But we still don't have the real ones." "I don't know where else to look," Bradley said.

露茜很快又找到了一个蛋。 它在母鸡的下面，在它假想的窝里。 里面有一面小小的塑料镜子。 孩子们把鸡蛋放在露西的篮子里。 “我们有12个塑料蛋，”她说。 “但我们仍然没有真正的。” “我不知道还能去哪里找，”布拉德利说。

"Maybe the eggs hatched," Nate said, "and the little chickens ran away!" "Talking about eggs is making me hungry," Brian said. "Let's go home and eat breakfast." The kids hiked up Eagle Lane toward Bradley and Brian's house. The sun over the trees made them squint their eyes. They clumped up the back steps and walked into the kitchen. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose were there making breakfast. A bowl of pancake batter sat on the counter. Pal sat near Josh's feet, watching him. "Pancakes, yum, yum!" Brian said. "I'm starving!" Josh put his finger on his lips. "Shhh, Mom and Dad are still sleeping," he said. The four kids pulled off their sneakers as quietly as they could. "Where have you guys been?" Josh went on. He looked upset. "Searching for these!" Lucy said. She set the egg basket on the table.

“也许蛋孵出来了，”内特说，“然后小鸡就跑了！”“谈论鸡蛋让我很饿，”布莱恩说。 “我们回家吃早饭吧。” 孩子们沿着鹰巷向布拉德利和布莱恩的家走去。 树上的阳光使他们眯起了眼睛。 他们成群结队地走上后面的台阶，走进厨房。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯在那里做早餐。 柜台上放着一碗煎饼面糊。 帕尔坐在乔希的脚边，看着他。 “煎饼，好吃，好吃！”布莱恩说。 “我饿死了!”乔希把手指放在嘴唇上。 “嘘，爸爸妈妈还在睡觉，”他说。 四个孩子尽可能安静地脱下他们的运动鞋。 “你们去哪儿了？”乔希接着说。 他看上去心烦意乱。“在找这些东西！”露西说。 她把鸡蛋篮子放在桌子上。

"Plastic eggs?" Dink asked. "Where'd you get those?" "You know where we found them because you hid them," Nate said. "You left notes on our pillows!" "Notes on your pillows?" Ruth Rose asked. "What do you mean?" "Inside plastic eggs!" Lucy added. "Why would we do that?" Josh asked. "Because you three are the Shadow!" Bradley cried. He pulled out his note. "This is printed off your computer, Josh!" Josh laughed. "Okay, we're busted," he said. "We did it. So how many eggs did you find?" "All of them," Nate said. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose looked in the basket. "I only count twelve," Dink said. "We couldn't find the four real ones," Lucy said. "Do we still get the treasure?" Brian asked.

“塑料鸡蛋?”丁克问道。 “你从哪儿弄来的？”“你知道我们在哪里找到的，因为你把它们藏起来了，”内特说。 “你在我们的枕头上留了纸条！”“枕头上的纸条？”露丝·罗斯问。 “你是什么意思？”“在塑料蛋里！”露西补充道。 “我们为什么要这么做？”杰克问。 “因为你们三个就是影子！”布拉德利哭了。 他抽出便条。“这是从你的电脑上打印出来的，乔希！”杰克笑了。 “好吧，我们完蛋了，”他说。 “我们做到了。你找到了多少个蛋？”“所有的，”内特说。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯往篮里看。 “我只数了十二个，”丁克说。 “我们找不到那四个真正的。”露茜说。 “我们还能得到宝藏吗？”布莱恩问。

"No way," Josh said. "Wash your hands and let's eat." The four younger kids washed up, then pulled chairs to the table. Soon all seven were gobbling up pancakes and drinking juice. "So where did you hide the real eggs?" Bradley asked. "Should we tell them?" Josh asked Dink and Ruth Rose. The other two nodded. "You know that sign telling people not to feed the swans?" Josh asked. The four younger kids nodded. "Well, the real eggs were on the ground, next to the sign," Dink said. "You didn't see them?" "Nope," Bradley said. "And I would have, because I was standing right next to the sign." "That's funny," Dink said. "I put them in the grass by the sign." "Maybe somebody stole them!" Brian said.

“不可能，”乔希说。“洗手，我们吃饭吧。” 四个小一点的孩子洗了碗，然后把椅子拉到桌子旁。 很快，七个人都狼吞虎咽地吃着煎饼，喝着果汁。 “那你把真蛋藏在哪儿了？”布拉德利问。 “我们应该告诉他们吗？”乔希问丁克和露丝·罗斯。 另外两个人点点头。“你知道那个告诉人们不要喂天鹅的牌子吗？”杰克问。 四个年纪较小的孩子点了点头。 “嗯，真正的鸡蛋在地上，就在标识旁边，”丁克说。 “你没看见他们？”“不，”布拉德利说。 “我会的，因为我就站在牌子旁边。” “真有趣，”丁克说。 “我把它们放在牌子旁边的草地上了。” “也许有人偷了！”布莱恩说。