Chapter 48

48 "Have you read Flora and Ulysses?" Andrew asked Kyle. Kyle looked at the floor and sort of shuffled his feet. "I wanted to. But all the copies were checked out or missing and…" "It's about a squirrel, Kyle," said Sierra with a smile. "So are all these other books," said Andrew. Sierra read a few titles off the list. "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter. The Bravest Squirrel Ever by Sara Shafer. Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman."

“你读过《弗洛拉》和《尤利西斯》吗？”安德鲁问凯尔。 凯尔看着地板，拖着脚。 “我想。但是所有的副本都被借出或丢失了，而且……”“是关于一只松鼠的，凯尔，”西拉笑着说。 “其他的书也都是，”安德鲁说。 塞拉从书单上读了几本书。 比阿特丽克斯·波特的《松鼠坚果的故事》。 萨拉·谢弗的《最勇敢的松鼠》。 唐·弗里曼的《松鼠厄尔》

"Earl's a great audiobook, too," said Andrew. "Uncle Woody also checked out every single book from the five hundreds room about squirrels—all three subcategories under 599.36 for Sciuridae." "For who?" said Kyle. "'Sciuridae' means 'squirrel family,'" explained Sierra. "Indeed it does," said Andrew, smiling at Sierra, who, believe it or not, was smiling back at him. "Uncle Woody took everything Mr. Lemoncello had about tree squirrels, ground squirrels, and flying squirrels." "And then," said Sierra, "he went downstairs and scooped up all the Rocky and Bullwinkle DVDs." "Because Rocky is a flying squirrel!" added Andrew eagerly. "He also removed all the 'S' encyclopedias…." "Because they'd have squirrels in them," said Kyle, finally catching on. "But why does your uncle need all these books? Is he some kind of squirrel nut?"

“《厄尔》也是一本很棒的有声书，”安德鲁说。 “胡迪叔叔还把五百阅览室里每一本关于松鼠的书都看了一遍——全都是599.36下的松鼠科的三个子类。” “给谁？”凯尔说。“‘松鼠科’的意思是‘松鼠科’，”塞拉解释说。 “确实是这样。”安德鲁说着，朝西拉微笑着，不管你信不信，西拉也朝他微笑着。 “胡迪叔叔拿走了莱蒙塞罗先生关于树松鼠、地松鼠和鼯鼠的所有东西。” “然后，”西拉说，“他下楼把所有的《洛奇和波波鹿》的dvd都捡了起来。” “因为洛奇是一只会飞的松鼠！”安德鲁急切地补充道。 “他还删除了所有的‘S’百科全书....” “因为里面会有松鼠。”凯尔终于明白了。 “可你叔叔为什么需要这些书呢？” 他是某种松鼠坚果吗？”

Andrew laughed. "Touché, Kyle. Very clever." Sierra laughed, too. "I get it. Squirrel—nut." "And Uncle Woody was squirreling away all the squirrel books he could!" "So," said Kyle, "for whatever reason, your uncle loves squirrels so much he has to hoard every single squirrel book he can find?" "Oh, no," said Andrew, sounding deadly serious again. He adjusted his glasses with his fingertip. "My uncle doesn't love squirrels. He hates them. What he loves are birds." "Right," said Kyle. "All those bird feeders on the motel property. Calling it the Blue Jay Extended Stay Lodge. The way he looked at those birds up on the Wonder Dome that day." "Correct. Uncle Woody thinks squirrels are 'nothing but thieving rodents' and 'rats with fluffy tails.' They make a mess of all his bird feeders." "So since he hates squirrels, he doesn't want anybody else reading about them?"

安德鲁笑了。“Touche,凯尔。 非常聪明。”塞拉也笑了。 “我明白了。squirrel nut。” “胡迪叔叔把所有的松鼠书都藏起来了！”“所以，”凯尔说，“不管出于什么原因，你叔叔太喜欢松鼠了，以至于他不得不把能找到的每一本松鼠书都藏起来？”“哦，不。”安德鲁说，声音又显得异常严肃。 他用指尖调整眼镜。 “我叔叔不喜欢松鼠。 他讨厌他们。他喜欢的是鸟。” “好的，”凯尔说。“旅馆里的那些喂鸟人。 叫它蓝鸦长宿小屋。 那天他在神奇巨蛋上看那些鸟的样子。” “正确。胡迪叔叔认为松鼠“只不过是偷东西的啮齿动物”和“长着毛茸茸尾巴的老鼠”。他们把他所有的喂鸟器弄得一团糟。” “那么，既然他讨厌松鼠，他就不想让别人读到关于松鼠的文章了？”

Andrew shrugged. "I guess. Like we said, he's kind of nutty." Kyle snapped his fingers. "This is why that Squirrel Squad video game never worked in the motel game room." "Uncle Woody probably snipped the power cord." "Do you know where he put the books?" asked Kyle. "No," said Andrew. "I only started figuring this out early this morning, after I heard Uncle Woody talking to Marjory about Flora and Ulysses. However, if you guys will have me, I'd like to help you find the missing books." "You would?" "Certainly. No matter how much I disagree with Mr. Lemoncello and his loony ideas about libraries, I totally respect his right to stock his shelves with whatever books he chooses—and our right to read them." Sierra was beaming when Andrew said that. Kyle's phone started chirping. It was Akimi.

安德鲁耸耸肩。“我猜。 就像我们说的，他有点疯狂。” 凯尔打了个响指。“这就是为什么《松鼠小队》（Squirrel Squad）的电子游戏在汽车旅馆的游戏室里行不通。” “胡迪叔叔可能把电源线剪断了。” “你知道他把书放在哪儿了吗？”凯尔问。 “不，”安德鲁说。“今天一大早，我听到胡迪叔叔和玛乔丽谈论弗洛拉和尤利西斯之后，才开始明白这一点。 不过，如果你们愿意的话，我愿意帮你们找到丢失的书。” “你会吗?”“当然。无论我多么不同意莱蒙切罗先生和他关于图书馆的疯狂想法，我都完全尊重他在书架上选择任何书的权利——以及我们阅读这些书的权利。” 安德鲁说这话时，西拉喜气洋洋。 凯尔的手机开始响了起来。 是秋美。

"What've you got?" he asked her. "Meet us in Liberty Park, across the street from the motel." "We're on our way." He ended the call. "Come on, you guys!" "Where are we going?" asked Andrew. "Liberty Park." "Why?" "I have no idea."

“你有什么？”他问她。 “在自由公园见，就在汽车旅馆对面” “我们在路上了。”他挂断了电话。 “加油，伙计们！”“我们去哪儿？”安得烈问。 “自由公园。”“为什么?”“我不知道。”