Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK! Someone was at Michael's door. Michael looked from the squirrels to his friends in panic. What if it's Mom? She would totally freak out! he thought. He grabbed a folded blanket from the foot of his bed and flung it over the squirrels. "Hey!" complained Merle. "Shhhhh!" Michael hushed. "Who is it?" he called out nervously.

第八章敲，敲，敲！有人在迈克尔的门口。 迈克尔惊恐地看看松鼠，又看看他的朋友们。 如果是妈妈呢？她会吓坏的！他想。 他从床脚抓起一条叠好的毯子，扔到松鼠身上。 “嘿！”莫尔抱怨道。“嘘!”迈克尔的。 “是谁？”他紧张地叫道。

"What are you guys doing?" asked Jane through the door. Michael relaxed slightly and cracked open the door to pop his head out. "Nothing."

“你们在干什么？”简隔着门问。 迈克尔稍稍放松了一下，把门打开，把头探了出来。 “没什么。”

Mr. Nemesis, still wearing the ridiculous baby bonnet Jane had dressed him in, took the opportunity to slip into the room. "No!" Michael chased after the cat as it headed to his backpack on the floor. Mr. Nemesis was curious if the scent from the night before was still there. Sniff, sniff. There was just a hint of the scent on the bag. Mr. Nemesis looked around the room suspiciously as Michael scooped him up and brought him back to the doorway. "Please keep your cat out of my room." Michael handed Mr. Nemesis to Jane and closed the door. "The bonnet still looks great!" Sadie called out to Jane as the door clicked shut. "Thank you!" Jane said cheerfully through the door. "Meow," Mr. Nemesis said grumpily. Michael looked at his friends. "You guys, we can't leave the squirrels here during the day. Jane only goes to preschool three days a week, and she'll be home on Monday." "What else are you going to do with them?" Justin asked. "I share a room with my sister," Sadie said. "I can't keep them." "Do we have any say in the matter?" Pearl called out from under the blanket.

克星先生还戴着那顶可笑的婴儿帽，趁这个机会溜进了房间。 “不!”迈克尔追赶那只猫，因为它朝他放在地板上的背包走去。 Nemesis先生很好奇前一天晚上的气味是否还在。 嗅嗅,嗅嗅。袋子上只有一点气味。 迈克尔把克星先生抱起来带回门口时，克星先生怀疑地环顾了一下房间。 “请不要让你的猫进入我的房间。” 迈克尔把克星先生递给简，关上了门。 “这顶帽子看起来还是很棒！”门咔哒一声关上了，赛迪对简喊道。 “谢谢你!”简高兴地隔着门说。 “喵，”Nemesis先生暴躁地说。 迈克尔看着他的朋友们。 “伙计们，我们不能大白天把松鼠留在这里。 简一星期只上三天学前班，她星期一就回家了。” “你还打算拿它们怎么办？”贾斯汀问。 “我和妹妹合住一个房间，”赛迪说。 “我不能留着它们。”“我们对这件事有发言权吗？”珠儿从毯子下面喊道。

"Oh! Sorry!" Michael took the blanket off the squirrels. Merle brushed blanket lint from his fur. "Not a fan of confined, dark spaces after our latest adventure," he said. "Sorry, Merle," Michael said. "But we can't let Jane, or Mr. Nemesis, or anyone know about you." "Why not?" asked Merle. "Um..." Michael thought about it. "I don't know. I'm just sure it would mean trouble." "What are we gonna do, then?" Justin asked. Michael shrugged. "All I know is that I can't leave them here while I'm gone." "So where will they go when you're in class?" asked Sadie. Michael looked over at his backpack, then took a deep breath and said, "I guess I'm taking them to school."

“哦!对不起!”迈克尔取下松鼠身上的毯子。 莫尔把毯子上的绒毛从他的皮毛上刷掉。 “在经历了最近的冒险之后，我不喜欢狭窄、黑暗的空间，”他说。 “对不起，莫尔。”迈克尔说。 “可我们不能让简、涅墨西斯先生或任何人知道你的事。” “为什么不呢？”莫尔问。“嗯……” 迈克尔想了想。“我不知道。 我敢肯定这意味着麻烦。” “那我们该怎么办呢？”贾斯汀问。 迈克尔耸耸肩。“我只知道我不在的时候不能把他们留在这里。” “那么你上课的时候他们会去哪里呢？”赛迪问。 迈克尔看了看他的背包，然后深吸了一口气，说：“我想我要送他们去学校了。”