Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 "Fractions! That's what you call them." Pearl pushed together two halves of a walnut. "Two halves of a nut equal one whole nut." Using her paws and repeating what she was learning out loud helped Pearl remember it.

第八章“分数！”你就是这么叫他们的。” 珠儿把核桃仁分成两半推在一起。 “两半坚果等于一整个坚果。” 用爪子和大声重复她正在学习的东西帮助珠儿记住了它。

"Pearl!" Merle popped his head out of the vent into Michael's room. "AHHHHH!" yelled Pearl, startled. "Don't scare me like that!" "Don't scare YOU like that?! I'm the one who was almost bitten in half!" Merle crawled up out of the grate, Mr. Nemesis's loud meows echoing from the floor vent. "That's funny!" Pearl said. "I was just studying fractions." "Yeah— hilarious," Merle responded sarcastically. "How's the plan coming?" Pearl asked. "Did you find a place for us to live?" "Nope," Merle said. "Unless you count inside a cat's stomach." Just then, the door opened. Merle and Pearl were relieved to see that it was Michael, home from school. "Hey, guys, how was your day?" he asked. "MEOOOOOWWWWW!!!" Mr. Nemesis's voice rang out. Next came a shout from Jane: "MOOOOOM! Mr. Nemesis is stuck!" "Coming, sweetie!" called Mrs. Gomez. Michael shot Merle a questioning glance. Merle shrugged and smiled innocently.

“珠儿!”莫尔从通风口探出头来，走进迈克尔的房间。 “啊——啊！”珠儿惊叫道。 “别这样吓唬我！”“别这样吓唬你？！”我就是那个差点被咬成两半的人！”莫尔从壁炉里爬了出来，“宿敌”先生响亮的喵喵声从地板通风口传来。 “那很有趣!”珍珠说。 “我只是在学习分数。” “是啊——太搞笑了，”梅尔讽刺地回答。 “计划进行得怎么样了？”珠儿问道。 “你给我们找地方住了吗？”“不，”梅尔说。 “除非你算上猫肚子里的东西。” 就在这时，门开了。 莫尔和珠儿看到是迈克尔放学回家，才松了一口气。 “嘿，伙计们，你们今天过得怎么样？”他问。 “MEOOOOOWWWWW ! !”Nemesis先生的声音响了起来。 接着，简叫了一声：“哞！克星先生被困住了！”“来了，亲爱的！”戈麦斯夫人喊道。 迈克尔疑惑地瞥了梅尔一眼。 梅尔耸耸肩，天真地笑了笑。

"Well, Michael, are you ready to study for your math test?" Pearl asked. "I think I've got it figured out!" Michael sighed and dropped his backpack on the desk. "I guess so."

“好了，迈克尔，你准备好准备数学考试了吗？”珠儿问道。 “我想我弄明白了！”迈克尔叹了口气，把背包扔在桌子上。 “我想是的。”