2 Zeke at the Bat

Two Zeek at the bat. "IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, ZEKE," Harris said. "I'll hold up my glove. You try to throw the ball into it." Zeke stood across the yard from Harris. He threw the ball. It sailed over Harris's head and landed in a neighbor's yard. "Good try!" Roxy said, trotting over to the ball. "Now try catching."

两个奇克在击球。“这很简单，齐克，”哈里斯说。 “我要举起我的手套。你试着把球扔进去。” 齐克站在哈里斯对面的院子里。 他把球扔了出去。它飞过哈里斯的头顶，落在邻居的院子里。 “好试一试!”罗克西说着，小跑着走向舞会。 “现在试试接球。”

She tossed the ball softly over to Zeke. He stuck his glove out too late and the ball bounced past him. He ran after it and picked it up. Now throw it to me," said Roxy holding up her glove. Zeke unleashed another throw. This one landed across the street. "I don't know if I can do this," he said sadly.

她轻轻地把球扔给齐克。 他把手套伸出去太晚了，球从他身边弹过去了。 他追上去把它捡了起来。 现在把它扔给我，”罗克西举起她的手套说。 齐克又扔了一拳。 这个落在街对面。 “我不知道我能不能做到，”他悲伤地说。

"All it takes is practice," Harris said. "Let's keep trying." Zeke's next few throws went onto the roof of a house, bounced off a tree, and splashed into a neighbor's swimming pool. "Practice, huh?" Zeke said, fishing the wet ball out of the pool. "Practice," Harris replied, smiling.

哈里斯说：“只需要练习。” “让我们继续努力。”齐克接下来的几次投掷都落在了屋顶上，又从树上弹了回来，溅到了邻居的游泳池里。 “实践,嗯?”齐克说着，把湿球从水池里捞了出来。 “练习。”哈里斯微笑着回答。

They walked back over to the yard. Zeke took a deep breath, reared back, and fired the ball right into Harris's mitt. "That's it!" Roxy cried. "Now you're getting it!" Zeke's next throw flew perfectly into Roxy's glove. "You see?" she said. "You're picking this up really fast!"

他们走回院子里。 齐克深吸了一口气，抬起头，把球射进了哈里斯的手套里。 “就是这样!”罗克西哭了。“现在你明白了！”齐克的下一拳正好打在罗克西的手套上。 “你看到了吗？”她说。“你学得真快！”

But Harris wasn't so sure. Zeke may be an alien, but no one could improve that fast. Zeke might be using his powers to control the movement of the ball, he thought. In a game, something like that would be cheating. Let's try batting next," Harris said, hoping he was wrong about Zeke using his powers. He crouched down into a catcher's position.

但哈里斯并不那么肯定。 齐克也许是个外星人，但没人能进步得那么快。 齐克可能在用他的力量控制球的运动，他想。 在游戏中，这样的行为就是作弊。 接下来我们试试击球吧。”哈里斯说，希望齐克使用超能力的想法是错误的。 他蹲下来，摆出一个接球手的姿势。

Zeke picked up Roxy's new bat and took a couple of practice swings. Then Roxy threw a pitch. Zeke swung early and didn't come close to hitting the ball. It landed in Harris's mitte "Follow the ball in, Zeke," Roxy said. "Then time your swing." Roxy threw another pitch. This time Zeke swung too late. Harris could see the frustration on Zeke's face.

齐克拿起罗克西的新球棒，练习了几下。 然后罗克西投了一个球。齐克很早就挥棒，差一点就击中了球。 球落在了哈里斯的手套上。“齐克，跟着球进。”罗克西说。 “那就给你的秋千计时。”罗克西又投了一个球。 这一次齐克挥得太晚了。 哈里斯可以看到齐克脸上沮丧的表情。