Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 Michael stood in his doorway, shocked. "Where did they go?!" He rushed over to his dresser, where he had last seen the squirrels. "Maybe they fell on the floor? Or out the window?" He frantically searched the area around the dresser and leaned out the window to check the ground below. Nothing. "Mom! Did you clean my room?" he shouted at the top of his lungs. In some families, when you want to talk to a family member, you go to the room where they are. Other families have fancy intercom systems that broadcast your voice across the house at the touch of a button. The preferred method of long-distance communication in the Gomez household was to yell. Loudly. "No!" Mrs. Gomez's muffled yell came through the wall. "You lost them already?" Justin asked. "Lost what?" said Sadie. "Mr. Nemesis!" Michael ran out of his room. Sadie looked confused. "He lost his cat?" "No, not his cat," Justin replied, following Michael out.

第五章迈克尔站在门口，惊呆了。 “他们去哪儿了？！”他冲到他的梳妆台前，他最后一次看到松鼠的地方。 “也许他们掉在地板上了？” 还是从窗户出去？”他疯狂地搜索着梳妆台周围的区域，然后探出窗外查看下面的地面。 什么都没有。“妈妈!你打扫我的房间了吗？”他声嘶力竭地喊道。 在一些家庭中，当你想和家庭成员交谈时，你会去他们所在的房间。 还有一些家庭拥有奇特的对讲系统，只要按一下按钮，就能把你的声音传遍整个房子。 戈麦斯家最喜欢的远距离通讯方式是大喊大叫。 大声。“不!”戈麦斯太太低沉的喊叫声穿透了墙壁。 “你已经把它们弄丢了？”贾斯汀问。 “丢了什么？”赛迪问。“先生。 复仇女神!”迈克尔跑出了他的房间。 赛迪看起来很困惑。“他的猫丢了？”“不，不是他的猫，”贾斯汀跟着迈克尔走了出去，回答道。

"Would somebody please tell me what is going on?" Sadie followed her friends out of the room. "Michael!" she shouted. "I think he lost something," said a small voice from inside the room next to Michael's. Sadie popped her head into the room. Jane, Michael's four-year-old sister, was sitting on her bed, tying a bonnet onto the head of Mr. Nemesis, the family cat. "Oh hi, Jane. Do you know what he's looking for?" Sadie asked. "Nope. Do you like Mr. Nemesis's hat?" Jane said. "Meow," said Mr. Nemesis, in a very annoyed tone of cat voice. "It's so cute!" Sadie said. "Well, it's definitely not the cat that's lost." She continued down the hall and into the living room. "Michael!" she called out again. "In the basement!" she heard Michael yell through the floor. As Sadie headed toward the basement stairs, a quick movement caught her eye from the direction of the couch. She turned her head toward it but saw nothing. What was that? She walked over to the couch and knelt down to look underneath. Suddenly, she noticed another quick motion to her right and heard the distinct pitter-patter of

“谁能告诉我发生了什么事？”赛迪跟着她的朋友们走出了房间。 “迈克尔！”她喊道。“我想他丢了什么东西。”迈克尔隔壁房间里传来一个细小的声音。 赛迪把头伸进房间。 迈克尔四岁的妹妹简（Jane）坐在床上，把一顶帽子系在家里养的猫“克星先生”（Mr. Nemesis）的头上。 “哦，你好，简。你知道他在找什么吗？”赛迪问道。 “不。你喜欢复仇女神先生的帽子吗？”简说。 “喵，”涅墨西斯先生用一种非常恼火的猫腔说。 “太可爱了！”赛迪说。 “好吧，肯定不是猫丢了。” 她继续穿过大厅，走进起居室。 “迈克尔！”她又叫了起来。 “在地下室！”她听见迈克尔隔着地板喊道。 当赛迪朝地下室楼梯走去时，一个快速的动作引起了她的注意，从沙发的方向。 她转过头去，但什么也没看见。 那是什么？她走到沙发前，跪下来看下面。 突然，她注意到右边又有一个快速的动作，并听到了清晰的啪嗒啪嗒的声音

little paws. She turned quickly to see the door to the laundry room moving ever so slightly. Did something just run into the laundry room? "Come down and help us look!" Justin's voice said through the floor. "Hold on a second!" Sadie crept slowly toward the laundry room, her eyes fixed on the door opening. Cautiously, she cracked the door open just enough to fit her head through. For a moment, everything was perfectly still. Then she noticed the slightest bit of motion on a towel hanging out of a laundry hamper. She tiptoed toward the basket. "Sometimes Mr. Nemesis likes to hide things," Sadie heard Michael say as he opened the door to the laundry room. "Shhhhh!" Sadie put her finger over her lips. With the same finger, she then pointed toward the laundry hamper.

小爪子。她迅速转过身来，看到洗衣房的门在轻轻地移动。 是不是有什么东西跑进洗衣房了？ “下来帮我们看看！”贾斯汀的声音隔着地板说。 “等一下！”赛迪慢慢地向洗衣房走去，眼睛盯着打开的门。 她小心翼翼地把门打开，刚好能让她的头进去。 一时间，一切都完全静止了。 然后，她注意到挂在洗衣篮外面的毛巾有一点点动。 她踮着脚尖走向篮子。 “有时候，宿敌先生喜欢把事情藏起来。”赛迪听到迈克尔打开洗衣房的门说。 “嘘!”赛迪用手指捂住嘴唇。 然后，她用同样的手指指着洗衣篮。

Justin entered the laundry room. "What are—?" "Shhhhh!" Sadie shushed louder. "There's something in the hamper," she whispered. "Why are you whispering?" Michael whispered as the three friends huddled around the laundry hamper. Sadie lifted the lid slowly. As light poured into the basket, the three friends peeked inside.

贾斯汀走进洗衣房。 “是什么?”“嘘!”赛迪嘘得更大声了。 “篮子里有东西，”她低声说。 “你为什么这么小声？”迈克尔低声说，三个朋友围在洗衣篮周围。 赛迪慢慢地打开盖子。 当阳光照进篮子时，三个朋友偷偷往里看。

"AHHHHH!" screamed two tiny voices from within the hamper. "AHHHHH!" screamed Sadie, Michael, and Justin.

“啊啊啊啊！”篮子里传出两个细小的声音。 “啊啊啊啊！”赛迪、迈克尔和贾斯汀尖叫起来。