3 THE MISSING CAT

CHAPTER 3 THE MISSING CAT Catnary Cloud We watched the cat... I mean canary... actually, I think I mean catnary... until it flew out of sight. Then the doorbell rang. It was Jill, our neighbor. She lives on the other side of the forest in a house full of animals. She's got two dogs, a goat, three horses, four goldfish, one cow, six

第三章失踪的猫猫云我们看着那只猫…… 我是说金丝雀……实际上，我想我的意思是catary… 直到它飞出了视线。 这时门铃响了。是吉尔，我们的邻居。 她住在森林的另一边，住在一所满是动物的房子里。 她有两条狗，一只山羊，三匹马，四条金鱼，一头牛，六匹

rabbits, two guinea pigs, one camel, one donkey, and one cat. "Uh-oh," said Terry. "She's probably looking for her cat!" "Don't tell me that was Silky you just turned into a canary!" I said. "Okay, I won't," said Terry. "But it was." This was bad. Jill loved that cat. She loved all her animals, but she especially loved Silky.

兔子，两只豚鼠，一头骆驼，一头驴和一只猫。 “哦哦，”特里说。“她可能在找她的猫！”“别告诉我那是丝丝，你刚变成了一只金丝雀！”我说。 “好吧，我不会的，”特里说。 “但它确实是。”这很糟糕。 吉尔喜欢那只猫。她喜欢她所有的动物，但她特别喜欢丝绸。

"Oh no!" I said. "She is going to be really mad when she finds out what you've done!" "Maybe we shouldn't tell her." "Good idea!" I said. "Let's pretend we're not home."

“哦,不!”我说。“她要是知道你干的好事，准会气疯的！”“也许我们不应该告诉她。” “好主意!”我说。“我们假装不在家吧。”

We did our best to lay low, but it's pretty hard to hide in a treehouse. "It's no use hiding," called Jill, "I can hear you, And I can see you. Silky's gone missing. and I was wondering if you'd seen her." "No," I said quickly, "she's not here." Now, before you start thinking I'm the kind of person who would tell a lie, I'd just like to point out that although the first part of my sentence ("No") was technically a lie, the second part ("she's not here") was definitely the truth, which— I'm sure you will agree— cancels out the lie.

我们尽量保持低调，但躲在树屋里太难了。 “躲起来没用，”吉尔叫道，“我能听见你，也能看见你。 丝莉失踪了。我想知道你有没有见过她。” “不，”我赶紧说，“她不在这儿。” 现在，在你开始认为我是那种会说谎的人之前，我只想指出，尽管我这句话的第一部分（“不”）严格来说是一个谎言，但第二部分（“她不在这里”）绝对是事实，我相信你会同意——这抵消了谎言。

"Oh," said Jill sadly. "Well, anyway, I've made up a missing-cat poster. Can I put one on your tree?" "Sure," I said. "It's the least we can do." (Which was also definitely 100 percent true.)

“哦。”吉尔悲伤地说。“好吧，不管怎样，我做了一张失踪猫的海报。 我可以在你的树上放一个吗？”“当然，”我说。 “这是我们最起码能做的。” （这也是百分百正确的。）

MISSING CAT! SILKY she looks like this cute little ears darling whiskers very soft white fur beautiful green eyes. Likes: cat food cuddles cats on TV Dislikes: dogs, water, fleas, locked, cat flaps. BIG REWARD!! call JILL. As soon as Jill left I turned to Terry. "We've got to find that cat!" I said. "You mean canary," said Terry. "Whatever!" I said. "We've got to find her." But before we could even begin looking for her the video-phone rang. (Yes, we've got one of those as well— and it's 3D!)

失踪的猫!她看起来像这只可爱的小耳朵，可爱的胡须，柔软的白色皮毛，美丽的绿色眼睛。 不喜欢：狗，水，跳蚤，锁着的，猫的襟翼。 大奖励! !叫吉尔。吉尔一走，我就转向特里。 “我们一定要找到那只猫！”我说。 “你是说金丝雀，”特里说。 “不管!”我说。“我们必须找到她。” 但还没等我们开始找她，视频电话就响了。 （是的，我们也有一个——而且是3D的！）