21 Midnight Feast

Midnight Feast written by Pam Holden illustrated by Pauline Whimp

午夜盛宴，帕姆·霍尔顿写，波琳·威普配图

Jean and John had a busy store in a nice, little town, near the forest. They sold lots of things to the people who came in to shop. The children would come into their store to buy sweet treats and chocolate.

琼和约翰在森林附近的一个漂亮的小镇上开了一家生意兴隆的商店。 他们向进来购物的人卖了很多东西。 孩子们会到他们的店里买糖果和巧克力。

One morning, they came in to find a really big surprise! There was a really big mess in the sweet treat part of the store! "Who would make such a big mess?" asked Jeam "Who could eat that much sugar in one night?" John looked all around him at the mess, "We had better begin cleaning before some people come in to shop," he said. John began to sweep the mess together into one place.

一天早上，他们进来时发现了一个非常大的惊喜!店里的糖果区真是一团糟!“谁会把东西弄得这么乱?”杰姆问，“谁能一晚上吃那么多糖?”约翰看着周围一片狼藉，“我们最好在有人进来购物之前开始打扫，”他说。 约翰开始把乱七八糟的东西收拾到一个地方。

It took Jean and John a long time to clean up the mess and put out more sweet treats. At last, everything was back in its right place, the mess was gone, and the store looked nice again. They still didn't know, what or who would do such a thing. That night, John set a trap and said, "If it's a rat or a squirrel, this will catch it."

琼和约翰花了很长时间才收拾好乱七八糟的东西，并拿出更多的甜食。 最后，所有的东西都回到了原来的位置，混乱的东西消失了，商店看起来又很漂亮了。 他们仍然不知道，什么或者谁会做这样的事。 那天晚上，约翰设了一个陷阱，说:“如果是老鼠或松鼠，这个就能抓住它。”

The next day, to their surprise, there was another really big mess in the sweet treat part of the store. But the trap was empty! "Well," said Jean, "someone or something has had another midnight feast!" While John and Jean spent the morning cleaning up the mess and putting everything back in its right place, John was thinking. Why was it only the sweet treats and chocolate that were missing? Soon he had an idea.

第二天，令他们吃惊的是，店里的糖果区又出现了一团乱糟糟的东西。 但是陷阱是空的!“喂，”琼说，“有人或有什么东西又吃了夜宵!”约翰和琼花了一上午的时间收拾烂摊子，把东西放回原处，约翰却在思考。 为什么只有甜食和巧克力不见了? 很快他有了一个主意。

Later that afternoon, someone came to the store to put up a special camera. Soon they would be able to see who, or what, was eating all the sweet treats and making the place such a mess. Then they would know who was having a midnight feast.

那天下午晚些时候，有人来店里安装了一个特殊的摄像头。 很快他们就能看到是谁或什么东西在吃所有的甜食，把这个地方弄得一团糟。 这样他们就会知道谁在午夜举行宴会。