Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9 "It's so green here! Look at all the trees!" Pearl marveled, her head poking out of Michael's backpack as she and Merle rode along on Michael and Justin's walk to school. Sadie was riding the bus. Edgar never messed with her. "Is it always this green?" "Not in the winter," Michael replied.

第九章“这里太绿了！”看看这些树！”珀尔惊讶不已，她的头从迈克尔的背包里探了出来，她和梅尔骑在迈克尔和贾斯汀一起去学校的路上。 赛迪正在坐公共汽车。埃德加从不惹她。 “它总是这么绿吗？”“冬天不行，”迈克尔回答。

"Squirrel!" Merle shouted, pointing at a neighborhood squirrel perched on a branch of a walnut tree. "Good morning, brother!" The tree squirrel did not answer, but he seemed to understand Merle. He waved his paw as if to say hello and swiped his tail at a large walnut sitting on the branch next to him. The walnut flew off the branch and into Merle's paws. "Thank you, kind squirrel!" Merle said. "I think I could really grow to like this place," Pearl said as she and Merle dropped down into the backpack to enjoy the walnut. "It's so pretty, and everyone is so nice!" "Well, well, well, if it isn't the monkey bar brothers!" a familiar voice called out from the street. Michael and Justin looked up to see the school bus approaching them, with Edgar's head sticking out of one of the windows. "I hope you had fun hanging out!" Edgar's two minions stuck their heads out of the window next to him, and they all laughed hysterically as the bus zipped by Michael and Justin and turned into the school parking lot. "HAHAHAHAHA! Fourth graders rule!!!!!"

“松鼠!”梅尔指着附近一棵核桃树树枝上栖息的松鼠喊道。 “早上好，兄弟！”树松鼠没有回答，但他似乎明白莫尔的意思。 他挥舞着爪子，好像在打招呼，还用尾巴扫了一下旁边树枝上的一颗大核桃。 核桃从树枝上飞到梅尔的爪子上。 “谢谢你，善良的松鼠！”默尔说。 “我想我真的会慢慢喜欢上这个地方的，”珀尔说，她和梅尔钻进背包里享受核桃。 “太漂亮了，每个人都很好！”“好啦，好啦，好啦，这不是猴子吧兄弟吗！”街上传来一个熟悉的声音。 迈克尔和贾斯廷抬起头，看见校车正向他们驶来，埃德加的头从一扇窗户探了出来。 “我希望你玩得开心！”埃德加的两个小兵从他旁边的窗户探出头来，当巴士从迈克尔和贾斯汀身边呼啸而过，驶入学校停车场时，他们都歇斯底里地笑了起来。 “HAHAHAHAHA !四年级规则！！！！！”

"Not everyone is so nice," Michael said to Pearl. He turned to Justin. "With keeping the squirrels hidden all weekend, I forgot about our plan." "Just drop it, Michael," Justin said. "You've got more important things to worry about— like making sure Mr. P. doesn't find the squirrels." As the principal of Walnut Creek Elementary School, Mr. P. ran a tight ship, and he definitely didn't allow kids to bring their pets to school. "Remember when Marlowe brought her ferret?" "Oh yeah." Michael smiled, remembering how Abbott the ferret had hidden Mr. P.'s car keys. "That was awesome." "Yeah, it was awesome, but Marlowe got a month of detention." "Don't worry. Nobody's gonna find the squirrels. Right, guys?" Michael called to Merle and Pearl, hidden snugly in his backpack.

“不是每个人都这么好，”迈克尔对珠儿说。 他转向贾斯汀。“整个周末都把松鼠藏起来，我忘了我们的计划。” “别说了，迈克尔，”贾斯汀说。 “你有更重要的事情要担心——比如确保P先生。 找不到松鼠。” 作为核桃溪小学的校长，P。 他管得很严，绝对不允许孩子们带宠物来学校。 “还记得马洛把她的雪貂带来的那次吗？”“噢,是的。” 迈克尔笑了，想起雪貂阿伯特是怎样把P先生藏起来的。他的车钥匙。 “太棒了。”“是啊，很棒，但是马洛被关禁闭了一个月。” “别担心。没人会找到松鼠的。 对不对?”迈克尔叫着紧紧地藏在背包里的莫尔和珀尔。

"Nrppp," Merle said, his mouth stuffed with walnut. The boys arrived at school and headed to their classroom. "We'll talk at lunch, Justin," Michael said. We've got payback to plan!"

“好吧，”梅尔说，嘴里塞满了核桃。 男孩们到了学校，朝教室走去。 “我们午饭时再谈，贾斯汀。”迈克尔说。 我们要计划回报！”