Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 "Jane!!! What did you do?!" Mrs. Gomez yelled as she ran out of the kitchen toward the sound of clinking porcelain. The elephant lay at Jane's feet in dozens of pieces, the cupcake in the middle. The soccer ball was in her hands. "I... cupcake..." was all that Jane could say. "What?" Mrs. Gomez crossed her arms. "You know not to play ball in the house!" Jane began to cry as Michael and the squirrels peeked around the corner. "The cupcake broke it!" she cried. "Cupcakes do not smash tables!" Mrs. Gomez said. "Why were you playing ball in the living room?" "But I just kicked it a little! I didn't hit the elephant," Jane cried. Pearl nudged Michael. "Tell her," she whispered. "You're not going to let your little sister get in trouble for this, are you?" Michael shrugged. This was going much better than he'd planned. "I dunno? Maybe?"

第六章“简！！你干了什么？！”戈麦斯太太大叫着跑出厨房，冲着瓷器的叮当声跑去。 大象躺在简的脚边，成了几十块，杯子蛋糕在中间。 足球在她的手里。 “我……小蛋糕……”简只能这么说。 “什么?”戈麦斯太太交叉着双臂。 “你知道不能在家里打球！”当迈克尔和松鼠们在角落里偷看时，简哭了起来。 “小蛋糕把它弄坏了！” “纸杯蛋糕不会砸桌子的！”戈麦斯太太说。 “你为什么在客厅里打球？”“但我只是踢了一下！”我没有撞到大象，”简哭着说。 珠儿推了推迈克尔。“告诉她，”她低声说。 “你不会让你的小妹妹因此而惹上麻烦吧？”迈克尔耸耸肩。 这比他计划的要好得多。 “我不知道?也许?”

Pearl put her hands on her hips and glared at him. "You go to your room right now, young lady. You need to think about obeying the rules and also about telling the truth." Mrs. Gomez pointed Jane toward her room. Jane, still crying, went to her room. As she opened the door, Mr. Nemesis charged out and raced for the kitchen. "Eeep!" Merle yelped as he and Pearl ducked behind Michael. Mrs. Gomez grabbed the cat just before he made it into the kitchen. Mr. Nemesis squirmed and complained as she brought him back to Jane's room and closed the door. "Your father brought that from Vietnam many years ago," Mrs. Gomez said sadly as she headed back to the scene of the crime. Michael and the squirrels had come into the living room now that the coast was clear. "Sorry, Mom," Michael said, half sincerely. He could feel Pearl giving him the stink eye. "It's not your fault," his mom said. "Yes, it is," Pearl whispered. "Shhhhh." Michael glared at her. "Why don't you all set up Merle and Pearl's new house while I clean this up?" Mrs. Gomez said. "That sounds wonderful," Pearl said. "And I can tell Michael a little story."

珠儿双手叉腰，瞪着他。 “你现在就回你的房间去，小姐。 你需要考虑遵守规则，也要考虑说实话。” 戈麦斯太太指给简看她的房间。 简还在哭着回到自己的房间。 当她打开门时，克星先生冲了出来，向厨房跑去。 “Eeep !”莫尔和珠儿躲在迈克尔身后，大叫着。 在猫进入厨房之前，戈麦斯太太抓住了它。 她把克星先生带回简的房间，关上了门，克星先生局促不安地抱怨着。 “这是你父亲多年前从越南带来的，”戈麦斯夫人在返回犯罪现场的路上悲伤地说。 迈克尔和松鼠们已经来到了客厅，因为现在已经没有危险了。 “对不起，妈妈。”迈克尔半真半假地说。 他能感觉到珠儿对他怒目而视。 “这不是你的错，”他妈妈说。 “是的，是这样，”珠儿低声说。 “嘘。”迈克尔怒视着她。 “在我打扫的时候，你们何不把莫尔和珀尔的新房子布置好呢？”戈麦斯太太说。 “听起来好极了，”珠儿说。 “我可以给迈克尔讲个小故事。”