Chapter 15

CHAPTER 15 DEAD SEA AD 70 How did two squirrels get stuck in a cave, anyway? There are three types of squirrels: tree squirrels, which live in trees; ground squirrels, which live underground; and cave squirrels, which don't exist. Had Michael known that the "cave squirrel" has never been a thing, he might have asked himself the same question. And the answer? Vacation, of course! "You know what I love most about the Dead Sea, Pearl?" Merle said as he waded into the super salty water. "What could you possibly love about this awful place?" Pearl responded from behind her little sunglasses, lying on her little lounge chair under her little beach umbrella. "It's too hot, it's too dry, and it's waaaaay too salty." "That's the best part! Woohoo!" Merle jumped high into the air and landed flat on his back on the surface of the water. SPLASH! "Oooof!" He grunted with the force of the impact. "Look! You can't sink!"

第15章死海公元70年两只松鼠是怎么被困在山洞里的？ 松鼠有三种：树松鼠，它们生活在树上；生活在地下的地松鼠；还有根本不存在的洞穴松鼠。 如果迈克尔知道“洞穴松鼠”从来就不存在，他可能也会问自己同样的问题。 答案是什么？当然是度假了！“你知道我最喜欢死海什么吗，珠儿？”梅尔一边说，一边涉水进入超级咸的海水。 “你怎么会喜欢这个糟糕的地方呢？”珠儿躲在她的小太阳镜后面，躺在她的小躺椅上，撑着她的小沙滩伞。 “太热了，太干了，而且太咸了。” “这是最棒的部分！”哦吼!”莫尔高高跃入空中，仰面平躺在水面上。 飞溅!“Oooof !”由于撞击的力量，他哼了一声。 “看!你不会沉没的！”

"That's just great, Merle. We came all this way to see you not sink." Pearl wiped the salty splash out of her eyes. "Couldn't you have just worn your floaties in the lake back home?" "It's not the same," Merle replied, using his tail to swirl around in circles on the water. "I've always wanted to not sink!" Merle turned over and tried to dive down under the water, only to pop right back up. "Pffffft!" He spit out a mouthful of salty water. "Wow. That IS salty." "Well, it is nice to get away," Pearl said, shifting her umbrella aside so she could bask in the sun. "And it was a relaxing raft ride down the Jordan." "Made that raft myself!" Merle said proudly, returning to floating on his back. "You've always been good with your paws," Pearl complimented him. "Now I just have to figure out how we're gonna get back."

“太好了，莫尔。 我们大老远来就是为了不让你沉下去。” 珠儿擦去眼睛里的咸咸的水花。 “你回家的时候就不能在湖里戴着漂浮物吗？”“不一样，”梅尔回答说，用尾巴在水面上打转。 “我一直想不要沉没！”梅尔翻了个身，试图潜入水下，结果又浮了上来。 “Pffffft !”他吐了一口咸水。 “哇。那是咸的。”“嗯，出去走走挺好的，”珠儿说着，把伞挪到一边，好晒晒太阳。 “这是一次轻松的顺着约旦河漂流的筏子之旅。” “我自己做的木筏！”莫尔骄傲地说，又仰面浮了起来。 “你的爪子一直很乖，”珠儿称赞他。 “现在我要做的就是想办法回去。”

Pearl sat straight up in her tiny lounge chair. "What?!" "Well, the river only carries a raft one way, and that's here." Merle was a squirrel who loved to explore, and now that the pups were out of the tree and off on their own, he was itching to travel and see the world. Sometimes, however, Merle didn't think things all the way through. Pearl sighed. "Merle, sometimes you just don't think things through."

珀尔笔直地坐在她的小躺椅上。 “什么? !”“嗯，这条河只能载一只木筏，那就是这里。” 梅尔是一只喜欢探索的松鼠，现在小松鼠们已经从树上下来，独立生活了，他渴望去旅行，去看看这个世界。 然而，有时候，梅尔并没有把事情想透彻。 珍珠叹了口气。“梅尔，有时候你就是不把事情想清楚。”