Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7 The sounds of Super Squish Squids 3 rang out from Sadie's video game console. Super Squish Squids was her absolute favorite video game, made even more fun for her due to the fact that it was also Michael's favorite. The two shared a friendly rivalry in which Sadie always seemed to remain a couple of levels ahead. Sadie let out a sigh as she conquered level 12. Now that Michael was out of the country for who-knew-how long, the game didn't feel quite as fun. "Sadie, time for bed!" her mom's voice called from the study.

赛迪的电子游戏机里响起了超级压扁乌贼的声音。 超级压扁乌贼绝对是她最喜欢的电子游戏，因为它也是迈克尔的最爱，所以对她来说更有趣。 两人之间有着友好的竞争关系，赛迪似乎总是领先几级。 赛迪在攻克第12关时叹了口气。 现在迈克尔不知要离开这个国家多久，比赛就没那么有趣了。 “赛迪，该睡觉了！”她妈妈的声音从书房传来。

Much to her mom's surprise, rather than bargaining for a few more minutes of playing time, which is what pretty much every kid does when told to turn off their video game, Sadie replied, "Yes, ma'am," and turned off the game. "Is everything okay?" Her mom peeked around the corner into the family room, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah..." Sadie sighed again. "I think I'll wait until Michael gets back before I start on the next level." Her mom smiled warmly before popping back into the study. "I'll be in to tuck you in and pray in a minute." Just then, a text alert chimed on Sadie's phone. She looked down to find a text from her friend Maddie: Adorable. Maddie was a big fan of cute animal memes, so Sadie clicked on the link, fully expecting to find an adorable animal. A video popped up. "Dancing ferret on flight to Haifa!" the caption read. Sadie squinted at the looped footage of a small, furry animal doing the Dougie on an airplane seatback table. A small, furry animal wearing a tiny string of pearls. "What?!" Sadie shouted out loud. "I said I'll be in to tuck you in and pray in a minute," her mom repeated. Sadie immediately texted Maddie.

让她妈妈很吃惊的是，赛迪并没有讨价还价多给她几分钟的游戏时间，几乎每个孩子在被要求关掉电子游戏时都会这样做，而是回答说：“是的，女士。”然后关掉了游戏。 “一切都好吗？”她妈妈抬起眉毛，从角落里偷看了一下家庭活动室。 “是的……”赛迪又叹了口气。 “我想我会等到迈克尔回来再开始下一关的比赛。” 她妈妈热情地笑了笑，然后又回到书房。 “我马上就来帮你盖被子，然后祈祷。” 就在这时，赛迪的手机上响起了一条短信提醒。 她低下头，看到朋友麦迪发来的短信：可爱。 麦迪是可爱动物表情包的超级粉丝，所以赛迪点了这个链接，满心期待能找到一个可爱的动物。 一个视频弹了出来。“在飞往海法的航班上跳舞的雪貂！” 赛迪眯起眼睛看了看那只毛茸茸的小动物在飞机座椅靠背上做道基动作的循环镜头。 戴着一串珍珠项链的毛茸茸的小动物。 “什么? !”赛迪大声喊道。 “我说过我一会儿就进去帮你盖被子，然后祈祷。”妈妈重复了一遍。 赛迪立即给麦迪发短信。

Sadie ran to the study. "Mom! Can I use your computer?" "I thought you were going to bed?" her mom said, turning around from her keyboard. "Just for two seconds, please!" "I knew it was too good to be true." Mrs. Henderson smiled as she offered Sadie the chair. Sadie googled Haifa. "Haifa— the third largest city in Israel— after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv," she read. "Oh my goodness, they flew in to a different airport!" "Who did?" her mom asked. "Michael and his dad!" Sadie picked up her phone to forward Michael the link from Maddie. M & P flew into a different airport! she added before hitting send.

赛迪跑到书房。“妈妈!我可以用一下你的电脑吗？”“我以为你要去睡觉了？”她妈妈说着，从键盘上转过身来。 “就两秒钟，求你了！”“我知道这太好了，不可能是真的。” 亨德森太太微笑着把椅子递给赛迪。 赛迪谷歌了一下海法。“海法是以色列第三大城市，仅次于耶路撒冷和特拉维夫，”她念道。 “哦，我的天哪，他们飞到了另一个机场！”“谁干的？”她妈妈问。 “迈克尔和他爸爸！”赛迪拿起电话，把麦迪发给迈克尔的链接转发给了迈克尔。 m&p飞到了另一个机场！她在点击发送前补充道。