Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13 "So," Michael said, "I should be nice to Edgar since I wish Edgar would be nice to me?" "Exactly!" answered Pearl. "And since I wouldn't want Edgar to humiliate me, I shouldn't humiliate him?" "You've got it absolutely right!" replied Pearl. "I'm impressed!" "Hmm." Michael understood what Pearl was saying, but he didn't like the sound of it. This would ruin his chance for payback.

第十三章“那么，”迈克尔说，“既然我希望埃德加对我好，我就应该对埃德加好吗？”“完全正确！”珠儿回答。 “既然我不想让埃德加羞辱我，我就不该羞辱他吗？”“你说得完全正确！”珠儿回答。 “给我留下了深刻的印象!”“嗯。”迈克尔明白珠儿在说什么，但他不喜欢那声音。 这会毁了他复仇的机会。

"Wait. I've heard those words before," Sadie said. She looked at the squirrels for a moment, then asked, "Exactly how long were you in that cave?" Of course, Merle and Pearl had no way of knowing the answer to that question, but before they could say so, the bell rang and lunch ended. As the kids were returning to class, Pearl managed to talk Michael into letting her and Merle stay in the lunchroom to "help clean up." Pearl could not believe the amount of food left over from all the kids' lunches, and her instincts told her to make sure to save it. Being a squirrel means never passing up a chance to grab whatever food you can to stash for later. "Make sure nobody sees you!" Michael warned. "We'll be stealthy!" Pearl promised. She and Merle then spent the next 30 minutes grabbing every extra chicken nugget, corn cob, French fry, and pizza slice they could get their paws on. The cafeteria workers were

”等。我以前听过这些话，”赛迪说。 她看了松鼠一会儿，然后问道：“你们在那个洞里待了多久？”当然，莫尔和珠儿不可能知道这个问题的答案，但他们还没来得及回答，下课铃就响了，午饭结束了。 孩子们回教室的时候，珀尔设法说服迈克尔让她和莫尔留在餐厅“帮忙打扫”。 珀尔简直不敢相信孩子们的午餐会剩下那么多食物，她的直觉告诉她一定要保存起来。 作为一只松鼠意味着永远不要错过任何一个抓住食物的机会，你可以把它们藏起来。 “确保没人看见你！”迈克尔警告。 “我们要偷偷摸摸的！”珍珠承诺。 在接下来的30分钟里，她和梅尔抓住了他们能抓到的每一块鸡块、玉米棒、薯条和披萨片。 食堂的工作人员

pleased that the kids did such a good job finishing their food for once. Little did they know that two squirrels had stuffed nearly every leftover into a 50-gallon trash bag (which Merle swiped from a trash can) right over their heads. When they were finally alone, high on a light fixture above the clean cafeteria, Pearl said to Merle, "I'm so happy! But how are we going to get this bag down?"

很高兴孩子们能这么好地把食物吃完。 他们一点也不知道，两只松鼠把几乎所有的剩饭剩饭都塞进了一个50加仑的垃圾袋（梅尔从垃圾桶里偷走的），就在他们头顶上。 当他们终于单独在干净的自助餐厅上方的一盏灯具上时，珠儿对莫尔说：“我太高兴了！但是我们怎么把这个袋子弄下来呢？”

"Easy!" Merle replied as he put a shoulder to the bag and pushed off with his back legs. "Gravity!" The bag of leftovers hit the shiny linoleum floor with a loud, wet thud. Merle jumped down next to it. "The hard part will be getting it home."

“简单!”莫尔一边回答，一边用肩膀顶着袋子，用后腿蹬了出去。 “重力!”那袋剩菜落在锃亮的油毡地板上，发出一声湿漉漉的巨响。 莫尔跳到它旁边。 “困难的部分是把它带回家。”