Chapter 19

CHAPTER 19 As you can imagine, Father Phillip had tons of questions for the squirrels. "I've spent my life studying the Bible, but you've lived it!" he marveled. "Not the whole Bible," Merle pointed out. "Just the last part. We're not that old." "Well, the whole Bible is about 3,500 years old, and the last part was written 2,000 years ago. So that's a pretty good chunk," Father Phillip quipped. Pearl elbowed her husband in the ribs. "Face it, Merle. We're old." Merle waved off the comment. He didn't feel old and preferred to keep it that way.

第十九章你可以想象，腓力神父有一大堆问题要问松鼠。 “我一生都在研究圣经，而你却活在其中！”他惊讶地说。 “不是整本圣经，”梅尔指出。 “只是最后一部分。我们还没那么老。” “嗯，整本圣经大约有3500年的历史，最后一部分是在2000年前写成的。 所以这是相当大的一部分，”菲利普神父打趣道。 珠儿用胳膊肘捅了捅丈夫的肋骨。 “面对现实吧，莫尔。我们老了。” 梅尔对这番评论不屑一顾。 他不觉得自己老了，宁愿保持这种状态。

"So, tell me more about the loaves and fishes." Father Phillip leaned forward in his chair. "Well," Pearl began. "It was a lovely day..." Pearl's story was interrupted by someone at the door. "That was quick!" Merle smiled. "The airport must be closer than I thought." "A little too quick." Father Phillip glanced at his watch, concerned. The airport was at least 60 minutes away, and it had been less than an hour since he'd sent the email. "Who's there?" he called out. How high do you suppose the chances were that the airport chaplain found Dr. Gomez and Michael immediately after reading the email Father Phillip sent? And that the Gomezes hopped in a car, sped down Highway 79 into a crowded Nazareth, found the basilica, a parking spot, and Father Phillip's office all inside of an hour? NOT. VERY. HIGH. The door BURST open, revealing a disheveled Ruben wearing a sinister grin! "There you are!" Ruben grunted and dove into the room.

“那么，告诉我更多关于面包和鱼的事吧。” 菲利普神父在椅子上向前倾着身子。 “嗯，”珠儿开口说。“今天天气真好……” 珠儿的故事被门口的一个人打断了。 “真快！”默尔笑了。 “机场肯定比我想象的要近。” “有点太快了。”菲利普神父担心地看了看表。 离机场至少有60分钟的路程，距离他发邮件还不到一个小时。 “谁在那儿？”他喊道。 你觉得机场的牧师找到布朗博士的几率有多大？ 戈麦斯和迈克尔在看了菲利普神父发来的邮件后立即联系上了吗？ 戈麦斯一家跳上一辆车，沿着79号高速公路飞驰进入了一个拥挤的拿撒勒，在一个小时内找到了教堂，一个停车位，还有菲利普神父的办公室？ 不是。非常。高。门突然打开，露出蓬头垢面的鲁本，脸上带着邪恶的笑容！“你在这儿！”鲁本咕哝了一声，冲进了房间。

A flurry of scattering fur followed as Merle and Pearl ran around the small office to avoid capture. "AHHHHH! RUBEN!" Merle and Pearl shouted in unison. "Sanctuary!" Father Phillip shouted. "This isn't Notre-Dame, and you aren't Quasimodo!" Ruben yelled, kicking the door closed with his heel and diving after Merle, who scrambled on top of a bookcase. "Ahhh! What does that even mean?!" Merle hollered as he zigged and zagged around Ruben's grasping hands. The thing about most friars is that they love to teach, and some can't pass up any teachable moment, even in a crisis. Father Phillip was one of those. "He's referring to

梅尔和珀尔在这间小办公室里跑来跑去，以免被抓。 “啊! ! !鲁本!”莫尔和珠儿齐声喊道。 “圣地!”菲利普神父喊道。 “这里不是巴黎圣母院，你也不是卡西莫多！”鲁本喊道，用脚后跟踢门，扑向爬上书架的梅尔。 “啊!这到底是什么意思？！”莫尔一边在鲁本抓着他的双手上绕来绕去，一边大叫。 大多数修士都喜欢教书，有些人不能错过任何一个受教的时刻，即使是在危机中。 菲利普神父就是其中之一。 他指的是

the book The Hunchback of Notre Dame by the nineteenth-century author Victor Hugo, where the hunchback Quasimodo claims 'sanctuary,' or safe haven, for the Roma girl Esmeralda inside the Notre-Dame cathedral," he pontificated. "That's nice!" Merle shouted as he jumped off the bookcase and onto the door handle, the weight of his body releasing the latch.

十九世纪作家维克多·雨果的《巴黎圣母院的驼背》一书中，驼背的卡西莫多在书中为巴黎圣母院大教堂内的罗姆女孩埃斯梅拉达声称‘避难所’或避风港，”他说。 “很好!”莫尔喊道，他从书架上跳下来，跳到门把手上，身体的重量松开了门闩。