Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Nina pushed me out the door, and we hailed a taxi. "Quick!" I ordered. "Take us to the National Science Headquarters, so we can get help from our nation's greatest thinkers." "I can't," said the cabbie, who by the way was a donkey. "Why not?" "Your goat just ate the steering wheel." We hailed ANOTHER taxi! "Quick!" I ordered. "While carefully protecting the steering wheel, gearshift, and other important car parts,

尼娜把我推出门外，我们叫了一辆出租车。 “快!”我命令道。“带我们去国家科学总部，这样我们就能从我们国家最伟大的思想家那里得到帮助。” “我不能，”马车夫说，顺便说一句，他是一头驴。 “为什么不?”“你的山羊刚把方向盘吃了。” 我们又叫了一辆出租车！“快!”我命令道。 “在小心保护方向盘、变速杆和其他重要汽车部件的同时，

take us to the National Science Headquarters, so we can get help from our nation's greatest thinkers." "OK," said the cabbie. He drove about thirty feet and stopped. "What's the problem?" I demanded. "We're there," said the cabbie, who by the way was a mule. Oops. I had forgotten the National Science Headquarters is right next door to my office. "That'll be fifty bucks," said the mule. "Yeah, and two hundred bucks to replace my steering wheel!" shouted the donkey from thirty feet away. Suddenly the buzzing sound got louder. The giant alien space fly was coming right for us. Two of its massive legs— each as big as a telephone pole- reached down and grabbed the two taxicabs.

带我们去国家科学总部，这样我们就可以从我们国家最伟大的思想家那里得到帮助。” “好的，”出租车司机说。他开了大约30英尺就停了下来。 “有什么问题吗？”我要求。 “我们到了，”马车夫说，顺便说一句，他是一头骡子。 哦。我忘了国家科学总部就在我办公室的隔壁。 “那要50美元，”骡子说。 “是啊，还要两百块钱换我的方向盘！”三十英尺外的驴子喊道。 突然，嗡嗡声变得更大了。 巨大的外星太空苍蝇正朝我们飞来。 它的两条粗壮的腿——每一条都有电线杆那么大——伸出来抓住了两辆出租车。

Luckily, Nina pushed us out the door just as the fly was taking off with the taxis. Clatter! went my skateboard onto the sidewalk. Thud! Oof! went me and my flowerpot onto the sidewalk. Spluff... went Nina as she landed softly on a nearby sloth, who was eating a hot dog. Nina helped get me and my flowerpot back on the skateboard, and then she began eating a sign that said NATIONAL SCIENCE HEADQUARTERS-RING

幸运的是，尼娜把我们推出了门，就在苍蝇和出租车一起起飞的时候。 咔嗒声!我的滑板滑到了人行道上。 砰的一声!力量!我和我的花盆走到人行道上。 Spluff……妮娜轻轻地落在附近一只正在吃热狗的树懒身上。 尼娜把我和我的花盆扶回到滑板上，然后她开始吃一个写着“国家科学总部——环”的牌子

BELL IN CASE OF THRILLING NATIONAL EMERGENCY. "No time for that now, Nina!" I yelled, pushing the doorbell button. "We've got to get inside and solve this case before the giant Venus fly strikes again." "Pig deal," she said. I saw that the door was open and twenty-three pigs in lab coats were waiting for us.

万一发生惊心动魄的国家紧急情况。 “现在没时间了，尼娜！”我喊道，按下了门铃按钮。 “我们必须在巨大的金星蝇再次袭击之前进去解决这个案子。” “猪交易，”她说。我看到门开着，23头穿着实验室大褂的猪在等着我们。