Chapter 15

CHAPTER 15 "That's so beautiful, Merle." Pearl sniffed, ducking back behind the pillar. "Mary was very young. That must have been scary for her," Merle whispered. Pearl nodded. "But she trusted God and knew that he had a plan for her. That he had a plan for the whole world. He gave her the courage she needed." "Hey!" Merle recalled, "Like Paul wrote later— when you trust God and give him your worries, he'll give you his peace." "A good thing for all of us to remember," Pearl concluded. Merle tapped her on the shoulder and pointed to a man in a brown robe with a rope belt walking through the chapel above the grotto. "Do you suppose he might be able to help us call Michael?" Merle asked. "He looks official." Pearl nodded in agreement, and the squirrels scurried up the stairs after the man. In fact, the brown-robed man was a friar who served in the church. A friar is like a pastor who has taken a vow of poverty and serves people. The squirrels tracked him down a hallway and up another set of stairs into the main

第十五章“太美了，莫尔。” 珠儿抽了抽鼻子，躲到柱子后面。 “玛丽很年轻。那对她来说一定很可怕。”莫尔低声说。 珍珠点了点头。但她相信上帝，知道他对她有一个计划。 他对整个世界都有一个计划。 他给了她所需的勇气。” “嘿!”梅尔回忆说：“就像保罗后来写的那样——当你信靠上帝，把忧虑交给他，他就会给你平安。” “这是我们所有人都应该记住的一件好事，”珀尔总结道。 莫尔拍了拍她的肩膀，指了指一个穿着棕色长袍、系着绳带的男人，他正穿过石窟上方的小教堂。 “你觉得他能帮我们打电话给迈克尔吗？”默尔问道。 “他看起来很正式。”珠儿点头表示同意，松鼠们跟着那人跑上楼去了。 事实上，那个穿棕色长袍的人是教堂里的修士。 一个修士就像一个牧师，他发誓要摆脱贫困，为人们服务。 松鼠们跟着他穿过走廊，爬上另一层楼梯，进入了主楼

sanctuary of the church. Unlike the darker lower level, bright natural light flooded into the ornate cathedral through windows set into a large dome above the altar. This time, Pearl could not keep her reactions to herself. "Oooooh!" Pearl gasped, her tiny voice echoing off the walls. The friar turned to look but did not see the squirrels, who stood below the level of the pews. The friar then headed into one of several small wardrobe-like booths lining one of the walls of the sanctuary and closed the door. Merle pointed out an adjacent open door. "This way!" The squirrels scurried into the booth. "Hello?" a voice said in the darkness.

教堂的圣所。与较暗的底层不同，明亮的自然光通过祭坛上方大圆顶上的窗户涌入华丽的大教堂。 这一次，珠儿无法把自己的反应藏在心里。 “嗡嗡!”珠儿喘着气，她那细小的声音在墙上回响。 修士转过身去看，但没有看到松鼠，它们站在长凳下面。 然后修士走进了一个小衣橱似的隔间，这些隔间排列在圣殿的一面墙上，然后关上了门。 莫尔指了指旁边一扇开着的门。 “这样!”松鼠们急忙跑进隔间。 “喂？”黑暗中有个声音说。

Merle jumped, startled. "Who's there?!" "Father Phillip," the friendly voice said with a chuckle through a darkened screen in the wall. "You were expecting someone else?" The squirrels could now see the silhouette of the friar's head through the screen. "We were hoping you could help us contact our friends," Pearl said. "Hold on. I hear two different voices," Father Phillip said. "Are there two of you in there?" "We're not very big," Merle responded. Father Phillip laughed. "Nevertheless, this is a confessional. There's only supposed to be one of you in here at a time." Merle and Pearl proceeded to inform the friar of their dilemma— how they had escaped their captor and were trying to get in touch with friends so that they could go

莫尔吓了一跳。“谁在那里? !”“菲利浦神父，”透过墙上黑暗的屏幕，一个友好的声音轻声笑着说。 “你在等别人吗？”松鼠们现在可以透过屏风看到修士头部的剪影了。 “我们希望你能帮我们联系我们的朋友，”珀尔说。 “等一等。我听到两种不同的声音，”菲利普神父说。 “里面有你们两个人吗？”“我们不是很大，”梅尔回答说。 菲利普神父笑了。“然而，这是一个忏悔室。 这里一次只能有一个人。” 莫尔和珀尔继续告诉修士他们的困境——他们如何逃脱了俘虏，并试图与朋友取得联系，以便他们可以去

home. Oh, and that they were squirrels. This last bit of information was met by silence on the other side of the screen, followed by the sound of a door opening. Suddenly, light filled Merle and Pearl's side of the confessional as a wide-eyed Father Phillip looked down. He gasped. "You really are squirrels." Merle and Pearl nodded in unison. "Follow me," Father Phillip said.

首页。哦，它们是松鼠。 听到这最后一点消息后，屏幕另一边一片寂静，接着是开门的声音。 突然间，默尔和珀尔那一侧的忏悔室里充满了光明，菲利普神父睁大了眼睛往下看。 他气喘吁吁地说。“你们真的是松鼠。” 莫尔和珠儿异口同声地点了点头。 “跟我来，”菲力神父说。