2. Bradley Has an Idea

Chapter 2 Bradley Has an Idea The next day was July 1. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy were in the Pintos' barn, where it was cool. They were sitting on bales of hay. Pigeons made cooing noises in the roof rafters over their heads. The four kids were best buddies. The twins' older brother, Josh, was friends with Nate's sister, Ruth Rose, and Lucy's cousin Dink Duncan. Lucy was visiting from California. She was staying with Dink's family while her parents were helping to build a Native American school in Arizona.

第二章布拉德利有了主意第二天是7月1日。 布拉德利、布莱恩、内特和露西在平托家的谷仓里，那里很凉爽。 他们正坐在一捆捆干草上。 鸽子在他们头顶的椽子上发出咕咕的声音。 这四个孩子是最好的朋友。 双胞胎的哥哥乔希是内特的妹妹露丝·罗斯和露西的表弟丁克·邓肯的朋友。 露西是从加利福尼亚来的。 当她的父母在亚利桑那州帮助建立一所印第安人学校时，她住在丁克的家里。

Bradley had a pad of paper and a pencil. "Okay, we need some ideas for how to dress Pal," he said. "I want to be mayor for a day!" Pal was licking the edge of the pad. Lucy was sitting next to Pal. "Do you want to be in the July Fourth parade?" she asked him. Pal woofed a doggy yes. "Are you going to win first prize?" Brian asked his dog. Pal woofed twice as loud. "Come on, guys, we need ideas," Bradley said. Pal had long, droopy ears, sad brown eyes, and short legs. "How about making Pal a moose?" Nate asked. "I have some antlers from a Halloween costume." "That would look silly," Lucy said. "Besides, moose have long legs." "We could dress Pal as a cowboy and have him ride Polly in the parade," Brian suggested. "Like Roy Rogers and Trigger." Polly, the Pintos' pony, was in her stall at the other end of the barn. Bradley laughed at his brother's suggestion. "They'd both hate it," he said. "But you gave me

布拉德利有一叠纸和一支铅笔。 “好吧，我们需要一些给朋友穿衣服的主意，”他说。 “我想当一天的市长！”伙计在舔垫子的边缘。 露西坐在帕尔旁边。 “你想参加独立日游行吗？”她问他。 朋友叫狗叫了。“你会赢得一等奖吗？”布莱恩问他的狗。 朋友的呜呜声是我的两倍。“来吧，伙计们，我们需要创意，”布拉德利说。 帕尔长着又长又下垂的耳朵，忧郁的棕色眼睛和短腿。 “给伙计做只驼鹿怎么样？”内特问道。 “我有一些万圣节服装上的鹿角。” “那样看起来很傻。”露茜说。 “而且，驼鹿的腿很长。” “我们可以把帕尔打扮成牛仔，让他骑着波莉参加游行，”布莱恩建议道。 “就像罗伊·罗杰斯和触发器。” 波莉，平托家的小马，在谷仓另一头的马厩里。 布拉德利对他哥哥的建议大笑起来。 “他们俩都会讨厌的，”他说。 “可是你给了我

an idea!" "I did?" asked Brian. Bradley nodded. "Yep. Just think, if we entered both Pal and Polly, we'd have two chances to win," he said. "That's what I just said," Brian stated. "Pal can be a cowboy riding on Polly. Perfect!" "But it's a July Fourth parade," Bradley said. "They didn't have cowboys in 1776." "What did they have?" Nate asked. "They had dinosaurs!" Brian yelled. "We can dress Pal as a stegosaurus and Polly as a pterodactyl!" The other kids laughed, and Bradley threw some hay at his brother. "They did not have dinosaurs in 1776," Bradley said. "Besides, if we want to win, we need the costumes to have something to do with Independence Day," Lucy said. "Lucy's right," Bradley said. "So we dress Polly as King George?" Nate asked. He started laughing and rolled over in the hay.

一个主意!”“是吗？”布赖恩问。 布拉德利点点头。“是的。想想看，如果我们同时让帕尔和波莉参赛，我们就有两次机会获胜。” “我就是这么说的，”布莱恩说。 帕尔可以是骑在波莉身上的牛仔。 完美!”“但这是七月四日的游行，”布拉德利说。 “1776年他们还没有牛仔。” “他们有什么？”内特问道。 “他们有恐龙！”布莱恩喊道。 “我们可以把帕尔打扮成剑龙，把波莉打扮成翼手龙！”其他的孩子都笑了，布拉德利朝他弟弟扔了一些干草。 “1776年的时候还没有恐龙，”布拉德利说。 “此外，如果我们想赢，我们需要服装与独立日有关，”露西说。 “露西说得对，”布拉德利说。 “那么我们把波莉打扮成乔治国王？”内特问道。 他大笑起来，在干草上打滚。

"My idea," Bradley said, "is to dress Polly as Thomas Jefferson. And Pal goes as the Declaration of Independence." Brian stared at his brother. "I don't get it," he said. "Bri, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence," Bradley said. "Pal and Polly will be perfect, and it stays with the theme of the parade! We could win!"

“我的想法是，”布拉德利说，“把波莉打扮成托马斯·杰斐逊。 帕尔就像《独立宣言》一样。” 布莱恩盯着他的弟弟。 “我不明白，”他说。 布拉德利说：“托马斯·杰斐逊撰写了《独立宣言》。 “帕尔和波莉将是完美的，这符合游行的主题！”我们会赢的！”

Lucy looked at Pal. "I think that's a great idea!" she said. "But how do we make Pal look like a sheet of paper?" "I know!" Nate said. "I'll ask my sister to find a copy of the Declaration of Independence on our computer and print it out. Then we tie it on Pal's back, like a cape." Brian grinned. "What about Polly?" he asked. "Thomas Jefferson had only two legs, and he wore pants. How do we make Polly look like him?" "Easy," Bradley said. "We forget her hind legs. We put a wig on her head, with one of those funny hats with three corners.…" "Like Mr. Vooray was wearing yesterday," Lucy put in. "Right," Bradley said. "We can make some buckles and tape them to Polly's front hooves. It'll be so cool! Everyone will know who she's supposed to be, and we'll win the prize. I'll be mayor for a day!" "No, we will," Brian said. "We can each be half a mayor." "Not so fast," Nate said. "There are four of us here, so we each get to be a fourth of a mayor. I

露西看着帕尔。“我觉得这是个好主意！”她说。 “但是我们怎样才能让Pal看起来像一张纸呢？”“我知道!”内特说。 “我会让我妹妹在我们的电脑上找一份《独立宣言》，然后打印出来。 然后我们把它绑在朋友的背上，就像披肩一样。” 布莱恩笑了。“波莉怎么办？”他问。 托马斯·杰斐逊只有两条腿，还穿着裤子。 我们怎样才能让波莉看起来像他？”“很简单，”布拉德利说。 “我们忘了她的后腿。我们给她戴了一顶假发，是那种有三个角的有趣的帽子。“就像沃莱先生昨天穿的那样。”露茜插嘴说。 “好的，”布拉德利说。“我们可以做一些皮带扣，把它们粘在波莉的前蹄上。 太酷了！所有人都会知道她是谁，我们就能得奖了。 我要当一天市长！”“不，我们会的，”布莱恩说。 “我们每个人都可以做半个市长。” “别着急，”内特说。“我们这里有四个人，所以我们每个人都是四分之一的市长。 我