6. The Case of the Missing Pig

Chapter 6 The Case of the Missing Pig That night, after I brushed my teeth and put on my pajamas, I went down to the kitchen. I grabbed my backpack off the counter. I reached inside to pull out Hamilton. But there was an empty space where Hamilton was supposed to be. WHERE WAS HAMILTON???? I yelled. "HE'S GONE! HAMILTON IS GONE!!!" Mom and Dad ran in. "Roscoe," Mom said, "what's wrong, honey?"

那天晚上，我刷完牙，穿上睡衣，就下楼去厨房。 我从柜台上抓起我的背包。 我伸手进去把汉密尔顿拉出来。 但汉密尔顿应该在的地方有一块空地。 汉密尔顿在哪里????我喊道。 “他不见了!汉密尔顿走了!!”妈妈和爸爸跑了进来。 “罗斯科，”妈妈说，“怎么了，宝贝?”

"HAMILTON IS MISSING I KNOW HE WAS IN HERE AND NOW HE IS GONE WHERE COULD HE BE???!!!" I screamed. "HAMILTON IS LOST!!!!" I am not always calm in a crisis. Not when it's about my pig. "Can you think where you might have left him?" Mom asked. "If I knew where I'd left him, then he wouldn't be lost!" I cried. "Did you take Hamilton out for show-and-tell?" Dad asked. "No way," I said. "Max said I would humiliate him if people knew I brought Hamilton to school." "So nobody saw you with the pig?" Max asked. "Well," I said, "Wyatt saw me talking to him." "I didn't know you spoke Pig," Max said.

“汉密尔顿失踪了，我知道他在这里，现在他不见了，他会在哪里??!!! !”我尖叫起来。 "汉密尔顿迷路了!!!!"我在危机中并不总是冷静。 因为我的猪。 “你能想到你可能把他放在什么地方了吗?”母亲问。 “如果我知道我把他放在什么地方，他就不会迷路了!”我哭了。 “你带汉密尔顿出去看表演了吗?”爸爸问。 “不可能，”我说。“麦克斯说，如果人们知道我把汉密尔顿带到学校来，我会羞辱他的。” “所以没人看见你和猪在一起?”马克斯问道。 “嗯，”我说，“怀亚特看到我和他说话了。” “我不知道你会说猪，”马克斯说。

I didn't answer. On account of I was ignoring Max. "Wyatt is a real pain," I reminded Dad. "Want me to talk to him?" Max said. "I could threaten to lock him in the boys' room." "Max!" Mom said. "Don't even think such a thing!" "A minute ago you were teasing Roscoe," said Dad. "And now you're trying to protect him?" Max made his shoulders go up and down. "It's my job, Dad. I'm his big brother." We looked everywhere for Hamilton. Under the couch. In the laundry room. In the toy chest. In the garage. I even checked the bathtub. Everybody tried to find Hamilton. Even our dog, Goofy.

我没有回答。因为我忽略了麦克斯。 “怀亚特真是个讨厌鬼，”我提醒爸爸。 “要我跟他谈谈吗?”马克斯说。 “我可以威胁说要把他锁在男厕所里。” “马克斯!”母亲说。“想都别想!”“一分钟前你还在逗罗斯科，”爸爸说。 “现在你想保护他?”马克斯让他的肩膀上下摆动。 “这是我的工作，爸爸。我是他的哥哥。” 我们到处找汉密尔顿。 在沙发下面。在洗衣房。 在玩具箱里。在车库里。 我甚至检查了浴缸。 每个人都试图找到汉密尔顿。 甚至我们的狗，高飞。

He could tell we were looking for something. So he brought us a slobbery tennis ball. A dirty sock. And a Lincoln Log he'd chewed on. But no Hamilton. Finally, Mom said, "I'm afraid we have to call it quits for tonight. Hamilton will show up, honey. He's just a very good hider." We headed upstairs. I climbed into bed. "My bed feels funny without Hamilton," I said. Mom tucked the covers around me. "We'll find him, sweetheart," she said. "But for tonight, what could we do to make it easier to sleep?" I stared at the ceiling. I have a mobile hanging there. It glows in the dark. It's all the planets. Except Pluto. Which Goofy ate.

他看得出我们在找什么东西。 所以他给我们带来了一个会流口水的网球。 一只脏袜子。还有他嚼过的林肯原木。 但是没有汉密尔顿。最后，妈妈说:“恐怕我们今晚得到此为止了。 汉密尔顿会出现的，亲爱的。 他只是一个很好的隐藏者。” 我们上楼去了。我爬上了床。 “没有汉密尔顿，我的床感觉怪怪的，”我说。 妈妈给我盖好被子。 “我们会找到他的，亲爱的，”她说。 “但今晚，我们能做些什么让你更容易入睡呢?”我盯着天花板。 我的手机挂在那里。 它在黑暗中发光。这是所有的行星。 除了冥王星。高飞吃了。

I guess that's okay. Since the science guys decided Pluto's not really a planet. "There's nothing we can do," I said. "I can't sleep without Hamilton. Period. End of story. No more discussion." Mom says that a lot. You can pick up some really useful sayings from adults. Hazel came into my room.

我想没关系。因为科学家们认为冥王星并不是一颗行星。 “我们无能为力，”我说。 "没有汉密尔顿我就睡不着。 时期。故事结束了。不要再讨论了。” 妈妈经常这么说。你可以从成年人那里学到一些非常有用的谚语。 黑兹尔走进我的房间。

She was wearing her Pretty Prancing Pony pajamas. With footies. "Sweetie, you're supposed to be asleep," Mom said. "I brought something for Roscoe," Hazel said. She held up one of her Barbie dolls. The doll was wearing an astronaut helmet. And a white doctor coat. And purple sparkle high heels. "Her name is Janelle," Hazel said. She lay Janelle on my pillow. It felt all wrong to see that sparkly astronaut doctor lying on Hamilton's favorite spot. "You can borrow her," said Hazel. "Since you losted Hamilton."

她穿着她的小马驹睡衣。 无足轻重的。“宝贝，你应该睡着了，”妈妈说。 “我给罗斯科带了点东西，”黑兹尔说。 她举起一个芭比娃娃。 娃娃戴着宇航员头盔。 还有一件白色的医生大褂。还有紫色闪亮的高跟鞋。 “她叫詹妮尔，”黑兹尔说。 她把詹妮尔放在我的枕头上。 看到这位闪闪发光的宇航员医生躺在汉密尔顿最喜欢的地方，感觉很不舒服。 “你可以借她。”海瑟说。 “自从你失去了汉密尔顿。”