Chapter 15

CHAPTER 15 While Dr. Gomez wrapped up the call with his boss, Pearl ran to Jane's room. The little girl was re-dressing her dolls in the George and Martha Washington clothes the squirrels had worn to school. "Jane! Mr. Nemesis needs help— he's stuck!" Pearl gasped, leaping up onto the windowsill. Jane dropped her dolls and hurried to her window. Following the direction of Pearl's gaze, she saw Mr. Nemesis hanging perilously from the tree like a frightened monkey. Jane opened her window to call out to her cat, setting off the burglar alarm.

第十五章戈麦斯医生和老板打完电话后，珀尔跑到简的房间。 小女孩正在给她的洋娃娃穿上松鼠们上学时穿的乔治和玛莎·华盛顿的衣服。 “简!克星先生需要帮助——他被卡住了！”珠儿喘着气，跳上窗台。 简扔下她的洋娃娃，急忙走到窗前。 顺着珠儿注视的方向，她看见克星先生象一只受惊的猴子，危险地吊在树上。 简打开窗户叫她的猫，这时警报器响了。

"I'm coming, Mr. Nemesis!" Jane shouted over the shrieking alarm. "Hang on!!!" Michael, in Dr. Gomez's office, jumped as the alarm sounded. "Again?!" He took off running toward his room, his dad close behind. "Help!" they heard Jane yell as they passed her doorway. Dr. Gomez ducked into Jane's room, followed by Michael, and joined his daughter and Pearl at the window. "Why is Mr. Nemesis up in the tree?" Michael wondered.

“我来了，宿敌先生！”简在刺耳的警报声中喊道。 “等等! !”迈克尔，在博士。 戈麦斯的办公室，当警报响起时跳了起来。 “? !”他跑向自己的房间，他爸爸紧跟在后面。 “救命！”他们经过简家门口时，听到她喊道。 戈麦斯医生躲进简的房间，迈克尔跟在后面，和女儿和珠儿一起站在窗前。 “为什么复仇女神先生在树上？”迈克尔想知道。

"It was part of his plan to eat us," Merle said, joining the crowd around the window. "I say leave him up there, then!" Michael yelled. Merle turned to Pearl and shrugged. "What did I tell you?"

“这是他吃掉我们的计划的一部分，”梅尔说，加入了窗口周围的人群。 “那么，我说把他留在那儿吧！”迈克尔喊道。 莫尔转向珠儿，耸了耸肩。 “我是怎么跟你说的？”

"I know, but we've got to help save that poor cat anyway," Pearl said. Dr. Gomez gave everyone their orders, the alarm still blaring in the background. "Michael, you and Merle go to the garage and get my ladder. Jane, you and Pearl follow them and grab my fishing net. Meet me by the tree." The kids and squirrels headed to the garage, while Dr. Gomez ran outside, disarming the alarm on his way. Unlike squirrels, who, as you may recall, have just four toes and claws on their front paws, cats have five. Which was very fortunate indeed for Mr. Nemesis. Losing strength and slipping, he was now hanging onto the branch with his fifth and final claw!

“我知道，但不管怎样，我们必须帮助拯救那只可怜的猫，”珠儿说。 戈麦斯医生给每个人下了命令，警报器仍然在背景中轰鸣。 “迈克尔，你和莫尔去车库把我的梯子拿来。 简，你和珀尔跟他们去拿我的渔网。 在树旁等我。”孩子们和松鼠们向车库走去。 戈麦斯跑了出去，在路上解除了警报。 你可能还记得，松鼠的前爪上只有四个脚趾和爪子，而猫却有五个。 这对涅墨西斯先生来说是非常幸运的。 他失去了力气，滑倒了，现在用他的第五个也是最后一个爪子挂在树枝上！