Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 "If only we had some sort of clue where we're headed..." Pearl whispered in squirrel to Merle as Ruben sat next to them, his seat pushed back, reading. "Michael's probably worried about us." "I'm worried about us, too!" Merle replied, also in squirrel. "What do you think Ruben's plan is?" "I don't know, and I don't want to find out." Pearl sighed and looked around the plane. "Wait. Hold on a second..." Merle turned to see what had caught her attention. Two teenage girls sat across the aisle from them, snapping selfies with their smartphones. "It's so lame that we don't get free Wi-Fi," one girl said, patting her hair. "We can post when we land," her friend responded. She made duck lips at her camera. "Kati's gonna be super jealous we're flying first class." "Business class." "Whatever. Same difference."

第三章“要是我们能知道往哪儿走就好了……” 珠儿用松鼠语对莫尔耳语，鲁本坐在他们旁边，他的座位向后推着，正在看书。 “迈克尔可能在担心我们。” “我也担心我们俩！”莫尔回答说，也是松鼠。 “你觉得鲁本的计划是什么？”“我不知道，我也不想知道。” 珠儿叹了口气，环视了一下飞机。 ”等。等一下……” 梅尔转过身来，想看看是什么引起了她的注意。 两个十几岁的女孩坐在过道对面，用智能手机自拍。 “这太差劲了，我们连免费的Wi-Fi都没有，”一个女孩拍着头发说。 她的朋友回答说：“我们可以在着陆后发布。” 她对着相机做鸭嘴动作。 “凯蒂会超级嫉妒我们坐头等舱的” “业务类。”“不管。 同样的区别。”

Pearl's eyes lit up. "Merle! I have an idea!" She poked her husband in the side. "You need to go to the bathroom." "Um, no, I don't," Merle said. "Yes, you do!" Pearl insisted. "Tell Ruben you need to go. I need a moment with those girls." Needless to say, Ruben was not happy to have his reading interrupted by Merle's request. "Can't you just hold it?" "At his age?" Pearl quipped.

珠儿的眼睛亮了起来。“默尔!我有个主意！”她戳了戳丈夫的侧面。 “你得去趟洗手间。” “嗯，不，我不知道，”梅尔说。 “不，你有！”珍珠坚持。 “告诉鲁本你得走了。 我需要和那些女孩呆一会儿。” 不用说，鲁本很不高兴他的阅读被梅尔的要求打断了。 “你就不能拿着它吗？”“在他这个年纪？”珍珠打趣道。

Not wanting to take his eyes off either squirrel, Ruben attempted to take them both to the bathroom. Fortunately for Pearl and her plan, he was stopped by the flight attendant. "One at a time, sir." She handed Ruben a puppy pee pad. Which, in case you've ever wondered, is how pottying works for pets on a plane. "No funny moves from you, got it?" Ruben warned Pearl, who smiled innocently and headed back to her seat. Actually, funny moves were exactly what Pearl had in mind. No sooner had the sliding door of the airplane lavatory closed than Pearl hopped up on her seatback table and began to bust a move. "Becky! Look at that!" One of the girls across the aisle giggled. "Check out that weird little dancing dog." Pearl twisted, vogued, and dougied, dancing silently at 30,000 feet. She had always enjoyed dancing, and had recently picked up some new moves online while Michael was at school. "That's not a dog. It's some kind of fluffy ferret," Becky laughed as the girls pointed their phones at Pearl and began recording.

鲁本不想把眼睛从两只松鼠身上移开，他试图把它们都带到浴室。 对珀尔和她的计划来说幸运的是，他被空乘人员拦住了。 “一次一个，先生。”她递给鲁本一个小狗尿垫。 如果你想知道，这就是宠物在飞机上如厕的原理。 “不许做滑稽的动作，明白吗？”鲁本警告珠儿，珠儿天真地笑了笑，回到她的座位上。 事实上，有趣的动作正是珀尔想要的。 飞机盥洗室的推拉门一关上，珀尔就跳上椅背上的桌子，开始跳舞。 “贝基!快看！”过道对面的一个女孩咯咯地笑起来。 “看看那只奇怪的跳舞的小狗。” 珠儿在3万英尺的高空默默地跳着舞，扭动着，摇摆着，摇摆着。 她一直很喜欢跳舞，最近在迈克尔上学的时候，她在网上学会了一些新的舞步。 “那不是狗。贝基笑着说，女孩们把手机对准珀尔，开始录音。