3. Pet Dress-Up

Chapter 3 Pet Dress-Up The kids spent the next few days gathering what they would need to turn Polly and Pal into Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. On the morning of July Fourth they met on Bradley and Brian's back porch. Pal lay under a small table with his eyes closed. It was a sunny, warm day. Nate had brought cardboard and a large sheet of paper. Printed on it was a copy of the Declaration of Independence. "Ruth Rose printed it out," he told the others. "She's going to enter her cat,

孩子们在接下来的几天里收集他们需要的东西，把波莉和帕尔变成托马斯·杰斐逊和《独立宣言》。 7月4日早上，他们在布拉德利和布莱恩家的后门廊见面。 帕尔闭着眼睛躺在一张小桌子下面。 这是一个阳光明媚、温暖的日子。内特带来了硬纸板和一大张纸。 上面印着一份《独立宣言》。 “露丝·罗斯把它打印出来了，”他告诉其他人。 “她要让她的猫进去，

Tiger, in the pet parade. She wants to be mayor for a day, too!" "No way!" Brian yelled. He handed Nate some string and a small bottle of glue. "Pal will hate this," Brian said. "I tried to dress him as Superman for Halloween once, and he chewed on his costume." Hearing his name, Pal opened one eye, yawned, then closed it again. Lucy showed them a fluffy white wig. "Dink lent it to us," she said. "He said he was George Washington in a school play once. He told me he's entering Loretta, his guinea pig. Dink wants to be mayor, too!" "There are hundreds of people with pets in Green Lawn," Brian said. "They'll all try to win!" "So we have to make sure Pal and Polly are the best," Bradley said. "Look what I found in our attic," Brian said. He flopped an old-timey hat on his head. "I think it was my grandfather Pinto's." "Dude, it needs to have three corners," Nate said. "This one is round."

老虎，在宠物游行中。她还想当一天的市长！”“不可能!”布莱恩喊道。 他递给内特一些绳子和一小瓶胶水。 “帕尔会讨厌这个的，”布莱恩说。 “有一次万圣节我想把他打扮成超人，结果他咬了他的服装。” 听到他的名字，帕尔睁开一只眼睛，打了个哈欠，然后又闭上了。 露西给他们看了一顶毛茸茸的白色假发。 “丁克借给我们的，”她说。 “他说他曾经在学校的戏剧里演乔治·华盛顿。 他告诉我他要让洛丽塔，他的小白鼠。 丁克也想当市长！”“绿草坪有几百人带着宠物，”布莱恩说。 “他们都想赢！”“所以我们必须确保帕尔和波莉是最好的，”布拉德利说。 “看我在阁楼里找到了什么，”布莱恩说。 他把一顶老式的帽子戴在头上。 “我想那是我祖父平托的。” “伙计，它需要有三个角，”内特说。 “这个是圆的。”

"It will have corners when I'm done with it!" Brian said. He showed them his mother's sewing scissors. "I'll make corners." "What else do we need?" Bradley asked. "A ribbon for Thomas Jefferson's ponytail," Lucy said. "I looked him up, and he always wore one." She pulled a black ribbon from her pocket. "My aunt gave it to me." "And we need buckles for his shoes," Nate said. "Easy!" Brian said. He ran into the kitchen and came back with a roll of tinfoil. "I figure we can cut buckles from some of this cardboard, then cover them with tinfoil." "How do we keep them on Polly's feet?" Nate asked.

“等我用完它，它就会有棱角了！”布莱恩说。 他给他们看他妈妈的缝纫剪刀。 “我来做拐角。”“我们还需要什么？”布拉德利问。 “托马斯·杰斐逊扎马尾的缎带。”露西说。 “我查过他，他总是戴着。” 她从口袋里掏出一条黑丝带。 “我姨妈给我的。”内特说：“我们还需要给他的鞋子搭扣。” “简单!”布莱恩说。他跑进厨房，拿了一卷锡纸回来。 “我想我们可以从这些硬纸板上剪下一些扣，然后用锡纸盖上。” “我们怎么让它们站在波莉的脚上？”内特问道。

Bradley showed them a roll of tape. "Duct tape. It sticks forever." "Duck tape?" Nate said. "Why do ducks need tape?" "I think they're two different words," Bradley said. "Listen," Lucy said. "I hear drums!" "It must be the high school band practicing. The parade starts in an hour," Bradley said. "Let's get this stuff ready!" Bradley started cutting two squares from Nate's cardboard. They sort of looked like buckles. Lucy made a ponytail on the back of the white wig and tied the ribbon on to it. Brian started snipping off pieces of the hat, trying to make it look like Mr. Vooray's. Nate poked two holes at the top of his copy of the Declaration, and two more near the bottom. "What're the holes for?" Brian asked. "For the string, so we can tie the paper to Pal's collar and around his tail." Brian shook his head. "I don't know if Pal will like that, Nate," he said.

布拉德利给他们看了一卷磁带。 “胶带。它会永远粘在一起。” “鸭磁带吗?”内特说。“为什么鸭子需要胶带？”“我认为这是两个不同的词，”布拉德利说。 “听着。”露茜说。“我听到鼓声了！”“一定是高中乐队在练习。 游行一小时后开始。” “让我们把这些东西准备好！”布拉德利开始从内特的纸板上剪下两个方块。 它们看起来有点像带扣。 露西在白色假发的后面扎了一个马尾辫，并在上面系了一条缎带。 布莱恩开始剪掉帽子的碎片，试图让它看起来像沃莱先生的。 内特在《独立宣言》的顶部戳了两个洞，在靠近底部的地方又戳了两个洞。 “这些洞是干什么用的？”布莱恩问。 “为了绳子，这样我们就可以把纸绑在帕尔的项圈和尾巴上。” 布莱恩摇了摇头。“我不知道帕尔会不会喜欢，内特，”他说。

"Maybe we shouldn't try to put it on him until the parade starts," Lucy suggested. "Good idea," Bradley said. "Okay, let's go show Polly her Thomas Jefferson wig!"

“也许我们不应该等到游行开始时再给他戴上。”露茜建议道。 “好主意，”布拉德利说。 “好了，我们去给波莉看看她的托马斯·杰斐逊假发吧！”