5. No Parade for Polly and Pal

Chapter 5 No Parade for Polly and Pal "Stop, Polly!" Bradley yelled. He watched as his two pets hurried away. They crossed Main Street and disappeared behind the Shangri-la Hotel. "Bad pets!" Brian yelled after the fleeing animals. "No treats tonight!" "Come on!" Bradley yelled. "We have to catch them!" He sprinted through the crowd. The other kids followed him. On the other side of Main Street, they ran behind the hotel. They saw the senior center, the

第五章不准波莉和伙伴游行“停下，波莉！”布拉德利喊道。 他看着他的两只宠物匆匆离去。 他们穿过主街，消失在香格里拉酒店后面。 “坏宠物!”布莱恩在逃窜的动物后面大叫。 “今晚没有款待！”“来吧!”布拉德利喊道。 “我们必须抓住他们！”他冲过人群。 其他孩子跟着他。 在主街的另一边，他们跑到旅馆后面。 他们看到了老年中心

library, and the town hall. But they didn't see Polly or Pal. "Check in all the bushes!" Bradley yelled. The kids scattered and began poking through the shrubbery. They scared out a few birds and one rabbit, but no pony or dog. Bradley studied the ground. He knelt down for a closer look. "These are hoofprints!" he shouted. "Polly ran this way!" The kids stood in the hot sun and looked around.

图书馆和市政厅。 但是他们没有看到波莉和帕尔。 “检查一下所有的灌木丛！”布拉德利喊道。 孩子们四散开来，开始在灌木丛中摸索。 他们吓跑了几只鸟和一只兔子，但没有小马或狗。 布拉德利端详着地面。 他跪下来仔细看了看。 “这些是蹄印！” “波莉往这边跑！”孩子们站在烈日下环顾四周。

"Maybe she and Pal went into the hotel and got a room," Nate said. "Maybe they called room service and got cookies and lemonade!" "Don't say lemonade," Brian complained. "I'm thirsty, and it's about a million degrees out here!" "Polly and Pal must be thirsty, too!" Bradley said. "Maybe they went to the river!" The kids raced past the library and crossed the bike path to reach the edge of the river. They looked up and down the river. A few ducks sped away, but Polly and Pal weren't there. "Where could they get to so fast?" Lucy asked. "It's like they disappeared!" "This is bumming me out," Brian said. "I was already planning my mayor's speech!" "Guys, we won't win unless we find Polly and Pal!" Nate reminded them. Bradley looked to the right, shielding his eyes against the sun. Then he peered to the left. "The sun is hot," he said. "Maybe they headed for the woods, where it's shady." The kids hurried north along the bike path. They kept their eyes moving, checking both sides

“也许她和帕尔进了酒店，找了个房间，”内特说。 “也许他们叫了客房服务，要了饼干和柠檬水！”“别说柠檬水，”布莱恩抱怨道。 “我渴了，这里的温度大约有一百万度！”“波莉和小伙伴一定也渴了！”布拉德利说。 “也许他们去河边了！”孩子们跑过图书馆，穿过自行车道来到河边。 他们上下打量着河水。 几只鸭子飞快地跑开了，但波莉和帕尔不在那里。 “他们能这么快跑到哪里去呢？”露西问。 “就像他们消失了一样！”“这让我很恼火，”布莱恩说。 “我已经在计划我的市长演讲了！”“伙计们，除非我们找到波莉和伙伴，否则我们赢不了！”内特提醒他们。 布拉德利看向右边，遮住眼睛不让阳光照到。 然后他向左边看了看。 “太阳很热，”他说。 “也许他们往树林里去了，那里有树荫。” 孩子们沿着自行车道匆匆向北走去。 他们不停地转动眼睛，检查着两边

of the path and the river on their left. They stopped in the woods. They were all out of breath. They peered through the trees on both sides of the bike path. "Check for hoofprints," Bradley said. But they saw no prints and no runaway pony. "I'm still thirsty," Brian said. "When I'm onefourth mayor, I'll have soda pop every day!" "One-fifth, you mean," Bradley said. "Josh says he has to be one-fifth of the mayor, because he's part owner of Polly and Pal." "No fair!" Brian yelped. "He didn't even us help make the costumes!" "Guys, let's not argue!" Lucy said. "We have to keep looking!" Bradley held up a finger. "Wait," he said. He stood still, closed his eyes, and sniffed the air. The others looked at him. "I smell horse manure," Bradley said. His eyes snapped open. "The horseback-riding place is up there!" He pointed along the bike path. "Maybe Polly and Pal went to visit the other horses!" "Let's go check it out," Brian said. The kids started jogging up the path. It was hot, and they were sweating.

小路和河在他们的左边。 他们在树林里停了下来。 他们都上气不接下气。 他们透过自行车道两旁的树木向外窥视。 “看看有没有蹄印，”布拉德利说。 但他们没有发现指纹，也没有发现逃跑的小马。 “我还是很渴，”布莱恩说。 “等我当上第四任市长，我每天都要喝汽水！”“你是说五分之一，”布拉德利说。 “乔希说他必须是市长的五分之一，因为他是波利和帕尔的股东之一。” “不公平!”布莱恩叫喊起来。“他甚至没有让我们帮忙做服装！”“伙计们，我们别吵了！”露西说。 “我们必须继续寻找！”布拉德利举起一根手指。 “等等，”他说。他一动不动地站着，闭上眼睛，嗅着空气。 其他人都看着他。“我闻到了马粪的味道，”布拉德利说。 他的眼睛猛地睁开。“骑马的地方在那儿！”他指着自行车道。 “也许波莉和帕尔去看其他的马了！”“我们去看看吧，”布莱恩说。 孩子们开始沿着小路慢跑。 天气很热，他们满头大汗。

"I need a chocolate milk shake, and I need it right now!" Nate said. "We're almost there," Bradley said, pointing to a sign on the side of the trail. It said: RIDING TRAIL. WATCH FOR FAST HORSES! "Watch for manure, too," Brian said. Nate heard the noise first. "I hear drums," he said. "Or thunder," Brian said. "Great, it's gonna rain!" "No, I think it's horse hoofbeats," Lucy told him. "You're right," Bradley said. "Look!" Three horses with riders came galloping along the trail. The riders said, "Whoa!" and pulled up their mounts. Two of the riders were men wearing cowboy hats. The third was a woman with red hair tied in pigtails. "Hey, kids," the woman said with a smile. "Going riding?" "No, we're looking for our pony," Bradley said. "And our dog. They ran away. Have you seen

“我要一杯巧克力奶昔，我现在就要！”内特说。 “我们快到了，”布拉德利指着小路边上的一个标志说。 上面写着：骑马小径。注意快马！“还要注意粪便，”布莱恩说。 内特先听到了声音。 “我听到了鼓声，”他说。“或者打雷，”布莱恩说。 “太好了，要下雨了！”“不，我想是马蹄声。”露茜告诉他。 “你说得对，”布拉德利说。 “看!”三匹马带着骑手沿着小路疾驰而来。 骑手们说：“哇！”然后把他们的坐骑拉了下来。 其中两名骑手是戴着牛仔帽的男子。 第三个是一个红头发扎着小辫的女人。 “嘿，孩子们，”女人笑着说。 “会骑马吗?”“不，我们在找我们的小马，”布拉德利说。 “还有我们的狗。他们跑了。 你看到了吗？

them?" "What do they look like?" one of the men asked. "They're both brown with white markings," Brian said.

他们?”“他们长什么样子？”其中一个人问。 “它们都是棕色的，有白色的斑纹，”布莱恩说。