Chapter 18

CHAPTER 18 Michael yelled, sprinting down the street while attempting to follow her flight path. "He's got Merle!" Pearl shouted. "And he's controlling my drone!" Michael climbed over their neighbor, Mr. Phillips's, fence, running through his backyard to keep track of Pearl. "Who's got Merle!?" he asked, though he feared he already knew the answer. "The man in the suit and sunglasses!" Pearl screamed as she disappeared over the rooftops.

第十八章迈克尔喊道，一边沿着街道狂奔，一边试图追上她逃跑的路线。 “他抓住了莫尔！”珍珠喊道。 “他还在控制我的无人机！”迈克尔爬过邻居菲利普斯先生家的篱笆，跑过他家的后院去跟踪珀尔。 “谁抓住了莫尔？”他问道，虽然他担心自己已经知道答案了。 “那个穿西装戴墨镜的人！”珠儿尖叫着消失在屋顶上。

By the time Michael had hopped enough fences and run through enough yards to make it to where the white Toyota had been parked, the man in the suit and sunglasses, along with Merle and Pearl, was long gone. "I told you to not go outside!" Pearl complained in the darkness. "Hey, you know what's funny? The last time we were trapped in the pitch-black was after you warned me to not go inside!" Merle joked, referring to the time nearly 2,000 years before when Pearl had warned him to not venture into the cave by the Dead Sea. "I actually don't think that's funny at all," Pearl replied sternly. "I know, I know." Merle patted around in the dark until he found Pearl's paw. "I'm so sorry, Pearl. I couldn't control myself." Pearl sniffed. "You mean you didn't control yourself." "I was remote-controlling myself," Merle quipped sheepishly.

当迈克尔跳过足够多的栅栏，跑过足够多的院子，来到那辆白色丰田车停的地方时，那个穿着西装、戴着太阳镜的男人，还有梅尔和珀尔，早就不见了。 “我告诉过你不要出去！”珠儿在黑暗中抱怨。 “嘿，你知道什么有趣吗？” 上次我们被困在漆黑的地方是在你警告我不要进去之后！”梅尔开玩笑说，近两千年前，珍珠曾警告他不要冒险进入死海边的洞穴。 “其实我一点也不觉得好笑，”珠儿严厉地回答。 “我知道，我知道。”莫尔在黑暗中到处拍，直到找到了珠儿的爪子。 “我很抱歉，珠儿。我无法控制自己。” 珍珠嗅。“你是说你没有控制住自己。” “我在遥控自己，”梅尔不好意思地打趣道。

"Also not funny." The white Toyota, driven by the man in the suit and sunglasses, with two 2,000-year-old talking squirrels in the trunk, made its way down the interstate toward the airport.

“也不好笑。”那辆白色的丰田，由西装和太阳镜的男人驾驶，后备箱里有两只2000岁的会说话的松鼠，沿着州际公路向机场驶去。