Chapter 19

CHAPTER 19 "I'm sorry, sir, he's not here." The Gomezes' first stop upon arriving back in Jerusalem was at the Antiquities Museum. Now Dr. Simon's assistant was giving them a blank stare. "Do you know where he might be?" Dr. Gomez asked. "It's very important that we speak with him as soon as possible. He and I are old friends." The assistant shook her head. "I'm not sure where he is, but I'll let him know you stopped by the next time I see him."

第十九章“对不起，先生，他不在这儿。” 戈麦斯一家回到耶路撒冷后的第一站是古物博物馆。 现在，西蒙医生的助手正茫然地盯着他们。 “你知道他可能在哪儿吗？”博士。 戈麦斯问道。“我们必须尽快与他交谈，这非常重要。 他和我是老朋友了。” 店员摇了摇头。 “我不确定他在哪里，但下次我见到他时，我会告诉他你来过。”

Dr. Gomez thought it fishy that Dr. Simon's assistant didn't know where he was. Surely she did and just was not saying. But there wasn't much more he could do than thank her and leave his number. "Hey, Michael! Mr. Nemesis says hi!" Justin said as he held the Gomez family cat up to the phone camera. "Meooowww," Mr. Nemesis said, grumpily, which in cat means, "Put me down or you'll be sorry." Justin and Sadie had come over to the Gomezes' house again after school, something they had been doing most days since Michael had left. From his hotel room in Jerusalem, Michael filled his friends in on the tip they'd received from Ham, the talking donkey in Nazareth; their near miss with the squirrels in Jericho; and their suspicions about Dr. Simon. "How long are you going to look for Merle and Pearl?" Mrs. Gomez asked as she set a plate of cookies down on the kitchen table. "As long as it takes!" Michael answered back quickly. "Hey... maybe if we can't find the squirrels by Christmas break, Justin and Sadie can join us here?" "Sweet!" Justin said. "Count me in!" Sadie added. "Christmas break?!" Mrs. Gomez protested. "That's months away! I certainly hope you'll be home before then! What if it's just not possible to find them?"

戈麦斯医生认为这很可疑。 西蒙的助手不知道他在哪里。 她当然知道，只是没有说出来。 但他除了感谢她并留下自己的电话号码之外，别无他法。 “嗨,迈克尔!克星先生向你问好！”贾斯汀边说边把戈麦斯家的猫抱到手机镜头前。 “喵喵，”Nemesis先生粗暴地说，这在猫里的意思是，“把我放下，否则你会后悔的。” 贾斯汀和赛迪放学后又来到戈麦斯家，自从迈克尔离开后，他们大部分时间都是这样做的。 在耶路撒冷的酒店房间里，迈克尔向他的朋友们讲述了他们从拿撒勒会说话的驴含那里得到的消息；他们在耶利哥与松鼠擦肩而过；以及他们对Dr。 西蒙。“你要找莫尔和珠儿多久？”戈麦斯夫人问道，她把一盘饼干放在厨房的桌子上。 “要多久就多久！”迈克尔很快地回答。 “嘿…也许如果我们在圣诞假期前找不到松鼠，贾斯汀和赛迪可以和我们一起来这里？”“甜!”贾斯汀说。 “算我一个！”莎蒂补充道。 “圣诞假期? !”戈麦斯太太抗议道。 “那是几个月以后的事了！”我当然希望你能在那之前回家！如果根本找不到他们怎么办？”

"Nothing's impossible for God," Michael said. "I've been praying that he will make finding Merle and Pearl possible." "That's true," Mrs. Gomez said with a warm smile. "God doesn't always answer our prayers the way we want him to, but I'll be praying for the same thing."

“对上帝来说，没有什么是不可能的。”迈克尔说。 “我一直在祈祷他能找到莫尔和珀尔。” “没错，”戈麦斯夫人带着温暖的微笑说。 “上帝并不总是按照我们希望的方式回应我们的祈祷，但我也会为同样的事情祈祷。”