Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11 An opportunity for Dusty to help came much sooner than the animals expected. Early the next morning, as Ruben and his prisoners returned to the Nativity Trail to continue their trek, Dusty spotted a familiar donkey face traveling in a group headed in the opposite direction, back to Nazareth. "Hee-Hawww!!!" brayed Noah, which in donkey means, "Hey, Uncle Dusty! Great to see you— thought you were retired."

第十一章达斯迪帮忙的机会来得比动物们预料的要快得多。 第二天一大早，当鲁本和他的囚犯们回到耶稣诞生之路继续他们的跋涉时，Dusty发现了一张熟悉的驴脸，在相反的方向上，回到拿撒勒。 “嘻-哈！！”诺亚嘶叫着，这在驴子里的意思是，“嘿，达斯迪叔叔！”很高兴见到你——我还以为你退休了呢。”

Dusty motioned with his head toward Ruben and brayed back, "Hee-Haw," which in donkey means, "Retirement's on hold— Jacob unloaded me on this guy." Much to the annoyance of their two owners, Dusty and Noah then stopped cold in their tracks to continue their conversation (all in donkey, of course). Dusty filled Noah in on Merle and Pearl's predicament, and Noah agreed to spread the word in Nazareth to be on the lookout for two Americans searching for squirrels. "What do you suppose they're saying?" Merle chirped in squirrel from the cage atop Dusty's back. Pearl noticed Noah glancing up at them. "I think they're talking about us," Pearl replied in squirrel. "Maybe Dusty's friend can get word to Michael and Dr. Gomez about where we're headed?"

达斯迪朝鲁本做了个手势，然后回叫了一声“嘻嗬”，这在驴子里的意思是，“退休计划暂停了——雅各布把我甩给了这个家伙。” 让他们的两个主人非常恼火的是，达斯迪和诺亚突然停下来继续他们的谈话（当然都是用驴说话）。 达斯迪把莫尔和珀尔的困境告诉了诺亚，诺亚同意在拿撒勒传播这个消息，帮助寻找两个寻找松鼠的美国人。 “你猜他们在说什么？”莫尔在达斯迪背上的笼子里叽叽喳喳地叫着。 珠儿注意到诺亚抬头朝他们瞥了一眼。 “我想他们是在谈论我们，”珠儿用松鼠的口气回答。 “也许达斯迪的朋友可以给迈克尔和医生捎个信。 戈麦斯，我们要去哪儿？”

All the donkey hee-hawing and squirrel chirping made Ruben nervous. "What are you all talking about?!" he demanded. "What are YOU talking about?" Noah's owner wondered, looking at Ruben like he was crazy. "Just animals making a racket. Giddyup, Noah!" he hollered. "We don't have time for this." "So, how's your mother?" Dusty continued the conversation in donkey to further annoy the humans. "She's good— I'll tell her you said hello," Noah replied. Eventually, when the donkeys were good and ready, the parties continued on their ways.

驴子的唧唧声和松鼠的唧唧声让鲁本很紧张。 “你们在说什么？！”他质问道。 “你在说什么？”诺亚的主人想知道，看着鲁本，就像他疯了一样。 “只是动物在吵闹。 快起来，诺亚！”他喊道。 “我们没时间了。” “那么，你妈妈怎么样了？”达斯迪继续用驴子说话，进一步惹恼了人类。 “她很好——我会告诉她你向她问好的，”诺亚回答。 最后，当驴子都准备好了，大家继续赶路。