Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 "This is amazing!" a well-rested Merle exclaimed the next morning, inspecting the sleek drone resting on the wooden floor of Michael's bedroom. "You didn't seem to care at all about it last night," Pearl said from her tiny dressing room in their squirrel mansion.

“太神奇了！”第二天早上，休息好了的莫尔看着停在迈克尔卧室木地板上的那架光滑的无人机，惊呼道。 “昨晚你好像一点也不在乎，”珀尔在他们松鼠宅邸的小化妆间里说。

"I was trying to sleep while you two were droning on about 'drone this and drone that,'" Merle replied, proudly smiling at his pun. "I never imagined it would be so spectacular! What does it do?" "It flies." Michael pointed to the four blades atop the drone. "These propellers spin around really fast, and it lifts off the ground. You control it with this remote." Michael showed Merle the drone remote control that Larry the squirrel had retrieved from the yard. "Like a bird?" Merle asked in wonder. "Yup. Just like a bird." Michael clicked on the remote, and the propellers started up. Merle jumped back in surprise as the drone rose off the ground. With two swipes of the joystick, the drone lurched forward, stopped short of hitting the wall, then zipped back in the opposite direction toward the door.

“我正想睡觉，而你们两个却在喋喋不休地说‘嗡嗡这个，嗡嗡那个’，”梅尔回答道，为自己的双关语自豪地微笑着。 “我从没想过会这么壮观！”它有什么用？”“这苍蝇。” 迈克尔指着无人机顶上的四个叶片。 “这些螺旋桨旋转得非常快，然后它就会离开地面。 你用这个遥控器控制它。” 迈克尔给莫尔看了松鼠拉里从院子里捡来的无人机遥控器。 “像一只鸟？”莫尔惊奇地问。 “是的。就像一只鸟。”迈克尔按了一下遥控器，螺旋桨启动了。 当无人机飞离地面时，梅尔吃惊地跳了回来。 操纵杆刷了两下，无人机蹒跚向前，差一点撞到墙上，然后又朝相反的方向飞向门口。

Merle laughed like a four-year-old opening a gift on Christmas. "Can I try?" "Sure. But try not to run into anything," Michael said as the door opened and Justin walked in, the drone hovering near his face. "Cool drone," Justin commented. "Where'd you get it?" "Captured it from Edgar last night," Michael said. "He was using it to TP our house." "That was going to be my next question," Justin said. "Your house looks so flow-y."

梅尔笑得像一个在圣诞节打开礼物的四岁孩子。 “我能试试吗？”“当然。但尽量不要撞到任何东西，”迈克尔说，这时门开了，贾斯汀走了进来，无人机在他的脸附近盘旋。 “很酷的无人机，”贾斯汀评论道。 “你从哪儿弄来的？”“昨晚从埃德加那里抢来的，”迈克尔说。 “他用它给我们的房子上厕所。” “这是我的下一个问题，”贾斯汀说。 “你的房子看起来很流畅。”

Pearl gazed out the window at the billowing strands of white. "I think it's pretty." "I think cleaning it up is gonna stink," Michael replied. "Come on, Justin." He and Justin headed off to school, waving goodbye to Merle and Pearl. With the family cat, Mr. Nemesis, safely locked in Michael's sister, Jane's, room, Merle spent most of the morning flying the drone around the house. He managed not to break anything as he was getting the hang of the remote, but he did bump into a few things, including the on button of the television. "Glaucomys volans, or the Southern flying squirrel, can jump from tree tops and glide like a bird on the wind," the nature documentary announcer said in his buttery English accent, as a flying squirrel leaped off a branch and sailed through the treetops. Merle couldn't believe his eyes. "Pearl! Look at this!" Merle yelled, the drone hovering above his head.

珠儿凝视着窗外翻腾的缕缕白浪。 “我觉得很漂亮。”“我觉得清理它会很臭，”迈克尔回答。 “来吧，贾斯汀。”他和贾斯汀向学校走去，向莫尔和珀尔挥手告别。 家里的猫“克星先生”（Mr. Nemesis）被安全地锁在迈克尔的妹妹简（Jane）的房间里，梅尔上午的大部分时间都在驾驶无人机绕着房子转。 在他掌握遥控器的窍门时，他设法没有打碎任何东西，但他确实撞到了一些东西，包括电视的打开按钮。 “南方鼯鼠（Glaucomys volans）可以从树梢上跳下来，像鸟一样在风中滑翔，”这位自然纪录片的播音员用流利的英语口音说，一只鼯鼠从树枝上跳下来，在树梢上飞过。 莫尔简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。 “珠儿!看看这个！”莫尔喊道，无人机在他头顶盘旋。

"I had no idea we had flying cousins!" As it turns out, flying squirrels can be found in many different parts of the world, just not the part Merle and Pearl were from. "Would you look at that...," Pearl marveled. "It's more of a glide than a fly, though." "It's still amazing! I wonder if I've got any flying squirrel blood in me?" Merle wondered, eyeing the drone. "Don't get any silly ideas," Pearl warned. "Too late," Merle said.

“我不知道我们有会飞的表亲！”事实证明，鼯鼠可以在世界上许多不同的地方找到，只是不是梅尔和珀尔来自的地方。 “你看那个……珠儿惊奇地说。 “不过，它更像是一种滑翔，而不是苍蝇。” “这仍然很神奇！”不知道我身上有没有鼯鼠的血？”莫尔打量着那架无人机，心里纳闷。 “不要有任何愚蠢的想法，”珠儿警告说。 “太晚了，”梅尔说。