6. Bradley’s Monster Trap

Chapter 6 Bradley's Monster Trap "What's wrong?" Brian, Nate, and Lucy shouted. They all ran into the garden. "LOOK!" Bradley said. He held up a strawberry. Something had taken a chunk out of it. "I know this one was perfect when we went in the house. I picked all the ones that had been bitten!" "I guess the mystery creature was snacking on this while we were snacking on cookies," Brian said. "Mr. Scarecrow isn't scary enough," Lucy said.

第6章布拉德利的怪物陷阱“怎么了？”布莱恩、内特和露西喊道。 他们都跑进了花园。 “看!”布拉德利说。他举起一个草莓。 有什么东西从它身上拿走了一大块。 “当我们走进房子的时候，我就知道这个是完美的。 我把所有被咬过的都摘了！”布莱恩说：“我猜当我们在吃饼干的时候，这个神秘的生物正在吃这个。” “稻草人先生还不够可怕，”露茜说。

"What do we do now?" Nate asked. "We get smart!" Bradley said. He ran into the house and came back with the J encyclopedia book. He turned to the jungle section and flipped pages. "Um, what are you doing, bro?" Brian asked. "We need to set a trap!" Bradley said. He showed them a picture of some people digging a hole in the ground. Another picture showed them covering the hole with branches and big leaves. A third picture showed a large animal falling into the hole while the people hid and watched. The last picture showed the people cooking the animal over a fire. "We're gonna catch a water buffalo and eat him?" Nate asked. "No, silly, we'll dig a smaller hole," Bradley said. "When we catch the creature, we'll take him out to the woods and let him go." Lucy looked at the fence around the garden. "I still don't know how it got in here," she said. "Maybe it's invisible!" Nate whispered. "He could be standing next to us right now, licking his

“我们现在怎么办？”内特问道。 “我们变聪明了！”布拉德利说。 他跑进房子，拿着那本百科全书回来了。 他翻到丛林部分，翻了几页。 “嗯，你在做什么，兄弟？”布莱恩问。 “我们得设个陷阱！”布拉德利说。 他给他们看了一张一些人在地上挖洞的照片。 另一张照片显示他们用树枝和大叶子盖住了洞。 第三张图片显示一只大动物掉进了洞里，而人们躲起来看着。 最后一张图片显示人们在火上烹煮动物。 “我们要抓一头水牛然后吃掉它吗？”内特问道。 “不，傻瓜，我们挖一个小一点的洞，”布拉德利说。 “等我们抓到那怪物，就把它带到树林里放了。” 露西看着花园周围的篱笆。 “我还是不知道它是怎么进来的，”她说。 “也许它是看不见的！”内特低声说。 “他现在可能就站在我们旁边，舔着他的

lips! His fangs are long and shiny, his claws are sharp, and he's watching us!" "And you're watching too much TV," Lucy said. "Bradley, we need a shovel." "I'll get one," Brian said, and ran toward the barn door. "Nate, can you find some thin branches or weeds to cover the hole?" Bradley asked. "Back in a flash!" Nate said as he took off. "Where should we dig the trap?" Brian asked when he returned with the shovel. "Near the strawberries," Bradley said. "I'll dig first." They all took turns digging in the soft garden soil. Soon the hole was round and deep. Nate brought back a bunch of thin branches and weed stalks. The kids placed them across the hole carefully. Then Bradley sprinkled some garden mulch over the branches.

嘴唇!它的尖牙又长又亮，爪子很锋利，它在看着我们！”“你电视看得太多了。”露茜说。 “布拉德利，我们需要一把铲子。” “我去拿一个，”布莱恩说着，朝谷仓门跑去。 “内特，你能找些细树枝或杂草盖住这个洞吗？”布拉德利问。 “马上回来！”内特说着离开了。 “我们应该在哪里挖陷阱？”布莱恩拿着铲子回来时问道。 “在草莓旁边，”布拉德利说。 “我先挖。”他们轮流在松软的花园土里挖土。 很快，这个洞又圆又深。 内特带回来一堆细树枝和杂草梗。 孩子们小心地把它们放在洞的两边。 然后布拉德利在树枝上撒了一些护根物。

"It looks just like the rest of the ground," Lucy said. "I wonder what we'll catch," Nate said. "Whatever is eating the strawberries will never know there's a deep hole under there," Bradley said. "Mom and Dad won't know there's a hole, either," Brian said. "If they step in it, they won't

“它看起来和地面上其他地方一样。”露茜说。 “我想知道我们会钓到什么，”内特说。 “吃草莓的人永远不会知道草莓下面有一个深洞，”布拉德利说。 “妈妈和爸爸也不会知道有个洞，”布莱恩说。 “如果他们插手，他们就不会插手

be very happy." "You're right," Bradley said. "So we'll leave a note. Humans will know it's a trap, but…" "THE MYSTERY CREATURE CAN'T READ!" the other kids yelled. They all did a quadruple high five in the garden. Bradley wrote a note and left it on a stick next to the trap. The note said: DANGER! ANIMAL TRAP. DO NOT WALK HERE! He set a fat, ripe strawberry in the middle of the trap. "Let's wait in the barn," Brian said. The air in the barn was much cooler than outside in the sun. The floor was swept clean, and the workbench was neat. Bradley set his encyclopedia on the bench. Polly the pony let out a loud whinny from her stall. "She looks lonely," Lucy said. She ran over to pet the pony. "And dirty!" Nate said. "Look at her coat!" "It got real dusty in here when Josh and the guys were sweeping," Bradley said. "The dust blew all over poor Polly!"

要非常高兴。”“你说得对，”布拉德利说。 “那我们就留张纸条吧。人类会知道这是个陷阱，但是……”“这个神秘的生物不识字！”其他孩子喊道。 他们都在花园里击掌庆祝。 布拉德利写了一张纸条，并把它留在了陷阱旁边的一根棍子上。 纸条上写着：危险！动物的陷阱。 不要在这里走！他在陷阱中央放了一个又肥又熟的草莓。 “我们在谷仓里等着吧，”布莱恩说。 谷仓里的空气在太阳下比外面凉爽得多。 地板打扫得干干净净，工作台也整整齐齐。 布拉德利把他的百科全书放在长凳上。 小马波莉从马厩里发出一声响亮的嘶鸣。 “她看上去很孤独。”露茜说。 她跑过去抚摸小马。 “又脏!”内特说。“看她的外套！”布拉德利说：“乔希和其他人扫地的时候，这里尘土飞扬。” “可怜的波莉浑身都是灰尘！”

"Let's wash her," Brian said. He went to the barn wall and turned on the spigot. Bradley picked up the hose and sprayed Polly's coat. "There's some pony shampoo and brushes on the shelf," Brian told Nate and Lucy. Soon Polly's coat was covered with shampoo suds. The kids washed her whole body, even her tail and mane and hooves. Then Bradley rinsed her off. "Let's take her out in the sun," he said. Bradley led Polly out of the barn. She shook her head, wetting them all with water flying off her mane. Brian brought a stack of old towels, and the kids wiped Polly until her coat gleamed. While Bradley was drying Polly's back legs, he glanced into the garden. He looked at his trap, but

“我们给她洗澡吧，”布莱恩说。 他走到谷仓的墙边，打开水龙头。 布雷德利拿起软管，往波莉的外套上喷水。 “架子上有一些马驹洗发水和刷子，”布莱恩告诉内特和露西。 不一会儿，波莉的外套上就沾满了洗发水的泡沫。 孩子们把它全身都洗了，连尾巴、鬃毛和蹄子也洗了。 然后布拉德利把她洗掉了。 “我们带她出去晒晒太阳吧，”他说。 布拉德利领着波莉走出了谷仓。 她摇了摇头，鬃毛上的水溅湿了他们。 布莱恩带来了一叠旧毛巾，孩子们给波莉擦了擦，直到她的外套闪闪发光。 在布雷德利擦波莉的后腿时，他朝花园瞥了一眼。 他看着他的陷阱，但是