7. Meet Pete

Chapter 7 Meat Pets Nate and Brian stared. "You do? Who is it?" Nate asked. Bradley looked through Howard's window at the clock. "We have to go!" he said. "If we don't get home and eat dinner, we won't be able to go back and see the rehearsal!" The kids hurried up Main Street. They took Silver Circle to Woody Street, where both Nate and Lucy lived. They stopped in front of Nate's house. "Let's meet here at ten to seven," Bradley said.

第七章肉食宠物内特和布莱恩目瞪口呆。 “你做什么?是谁呀？”内特问道。 布拉德利透过霍华德的窗户看了看钟。 “我们得走了！”“如果我们不回家吃晚饭，我们就不能回去看排练了！”孩子们匆匆走上主街。 他们把银圈带到伍迪街，内特和露西都住在那里。 他们在内特家门前停了下来。 “我们七点差十分在这儿见，”布拉德利说。

"But you didn't tell us who the acrobat is!" Nate said. "We'll tell you then!" Bradley said. "Come on, Brian. I'll race you home!" The twins dashed through Nate's yard and ran to their house on Farm Lane. An hour and a half later, Bradley, Brian, and Lucy were standing in front of Nate's house. Nate burst through his front door, eating a cookie. He carried more cookies in a paper napkin. "Are you planning to share?" Brian asked, eyeing the cookies. "Duh, that's why I brought three," Nate said. "One for each of you. Ruth Rose and I made them, but they're good anyway." "Thanks, Nate, you're great!" Lucy said. "I know I am," Nate said. "Okay, you two, spill the beans. Tell us who you think the acrobat is." "Let's get going," Bradley said. "I'll tell you on the way." The kids walked and munched.

“但是你没告诉我们那个杂技演员是谁啊！”内特说。 “到时候我们再告诉你！”布拉德利说。 “来吧，布莱恩。我比谁先回家！”这对双胞胎冲过内特的院子，跑向他们在农场巷的家。 一个半小时后，布拉德利、布莱恩和露西站在内特家门前。 内特冲进他的前门，吃着一块饼干。 他用餐巾纸包着更多的饼干。 “你打算分享吗？”布莱恩看着饼干问道。 “啊，所以我才带了三个，”内特说。 “你们每人一个。露丝·罗斯和我做的，但它们还是很好吃。” “谢谢，内特，你太棒了！”露西说。 “我知道，”内特说。“好吧，你们两个，说出来吧。 告诉我们你认为那个杂技演员是谁。” “我们走吧，”布拉德利说。 “我在路上告诉你。” 孩子们边走边嚼。

"Remember that guy who asked Howard for a haircut?" Bradley asked as they reached the high school grounds. "Yeah, he had serious hat hair!" Nate said. "Right," Bradley said. "His hair reminded me—" Bradley stopped when he saw Adam and Hannah sitting on the bus's bumper. It looked as if something was wrong. "Hi," Lucy said. "Hi yourself," Hannah said. She wiped some tears off her cheeks. Then she smiled. "We're the crying Fortunatos today." Adam giggled. "Better than the dying Fortunatos," he said. Both teenagers laughed. "Um, what's going on?" Brian asked. "Should we tell them?" Adam asked his sister. "Sure, why not?" she said, wiping her eyes on her sleeve. "They sold tickets for us." Adam stood up and opened the sliding door of the bus. "Come on in," he said. The kids climbed inside the bus and looked around the cozy apartment. There was a bed, a

“记得那个让霍华德给他理发的人吗？”当他们到达高中场地时，布拉德利问道。 “是的，他留着严肃的帽子发型！”内特说。 “好的，”布拉德利说。“他的头发让我想起——”布拉德利看到亚当和汉娜坐在公共汽车的保险杠上，停了下来。 看起来好像出了什么事。 “嗨。”露茜说。“你好，”汉娜说。 她擦去脸颊上的泪水。 然后她笑了。“我们是今天哭泣的福图纳托斯。” 亚当咯咯笑了。“比垂死的福尔图纳托斯好，”他说。 两个青少年都笑了。“嗯，发生什么事了？”布莱恩问。 “我们应该告诉他们吗？”亚当问他的妹妹。 “当然可以，为什么不呢？”她说着，用袖子擦了擦眼睛。 “他们为我们卖票。” 亚当站起来，打开了公共汽车的滑动门。 “进来吧，”他说。孩子们爬进公共汽车，环顾着舒适的公寓。 有一张床，一个

small table with a lamp on it, and a rug on the floor. In one corner, an old gray parrot sat on a perch. He tilted his head and stared at the newcomers with his shiny black eyes. "Peter the parrot!" he croaked. Bradley laughed. "Does he say anything else?" he asked. Adam scratched the parrot's chest with his finger. "He used to, but now it's just those three words," he said. "We've tried to teach him more, but he pretends he doesn't hear us. Right, Pete?" "Peter the parrot!" Peter squawked. Bradley noticed that every inch of wall space held a painting or drawing. Some of them showed

小桌子上放着一盏灯，地板上铺着地毯。 在一个角落里，一只灰色的老鹦鹉坐在栖木上。 他歪着头，用闪亮的黑眼睛盯着新来的人。 “鹦鹉彼得！”他嘶哑地说。 布拉德利笑了。“他还说了什么吗？”他问。 亚当用手指挠了挠鹦鹉的胸部。 他说：“他以前是这么说的，但现在只剩下这三个字了。” “我们试着多教他一些，但他假装没听见。 皮特?”“鹦鹉彼得！”彼得会抗议。 布拉德利注意到墙上的每一寸地方都挂着一幅油画或素描。 其中一些显示

circus stuff, like clowns and lions and elephants doing tricks. Bradley realized that the picture he'd found in the shoe box was done by the same artist. He looked at the signature on the bottom of each picture: Adam. One whole wall held pictures of a trapeze artist. An acrobat in silver tights was flying through the air, or swinging from a trapeze bar, or doing flips. Like the others, these pictures were signed by Adam.

马戏团的东西，比如小丑、狮子和大象表演的把戏。 布拉德利意识到他在鞋盒里找到的那幅画是同一位画家画的。 他看了看每张照片底部的签名：亚当。 一整面墙挂着一位空中飞人艺术家的画。 一个身穿银色紧身衣的杂技演员在空中飞翔，或在空中秋千上摇摆，或在空中空翻。 和其他照片一样，这些照片上有亚当的签名。

Lucy put her finger on the figure wearing the silver costume. "This is you, right?" she asked Hannah.

露西把手指放在穿银色服装的人身上。 “这是你，对吗？”她问汉娜。