Chapter 2

Chapter TWO I felt an excited fizzing in my chest as I raced down the stairs after Dad and grabbed my coat from the peg in the hallway. Dad wrenched open the front door and we stepped out into the milky moonlight. It was a chilly night and I shivered. 'I hope no one else finds it before we

当我跟在爸爸后面跑下楼梯，从走廊的衣架上抓起我的外套时，我感到一阵兴奋的嘶嘶声在我的胸口响起。 爸爸拧开前门，我们走出去，沐浴在乳白色的月光中。 那是一个寒冷的夜晚，我打了个寒颤。 “我希望没有人在我们之前找到它

do,' said Dad as he took my hand. 'I'm sure they won't,' I reassured him. 'Humans will all be asleep at this time.' Together, we rose up into the air. Dad's black cape swirled out behind him and I flapped my little bat wings. We soared up, up until we were high above the town. The houses looked like tiny black squares and the rows of lamp posts along the roads became strings of glowing pearls in the darkness.

爸爸拉着我的手说。 “我肯定他们不会的，”我安慰他说。 “这个时候人类都在睡觉。”我们一起升到了空中。 爸爸的黑色斗篷在他身后旋转，我拍打着我的小蝙蝠翅膀。 我们往上飞，一直飞到镇子上空。 房子看起来像黑色的小方块，路边一排排的灯柱在黑暗中变成了一串串发光的珍珠。

Keep a lookout Isadora,' said Dad. 'The star landed somewhere to the north!' We flew over the town square, the high street, and the shops. I recognized the duck pond glinting like a silver penny in the moonlight.

“保持警惕，伊莎多拉，”爸爸说。 “那颗星落在北边的某个地方了！”我们飞过市镇广场、大街和商店。 我认出了鸭子池塘，在月光下像一枚银币一样闪闪发光。

Soon we reached the edge of town where there were just a few houses and then fields and a forest beyond. I squinted my eyes hard. Where could the fallen star be? 'I can't see it Dad,' I said after a few minutes. 'Nor can I,' said Dad, sounding disappointed. 'Maybe it's further north. We continued to fly over the forest, the fields, and dark country lanes, but there was no sign of the star. What if it wasn't a star we saw at all? Visions of strange and frightening looking aliens started to dance though my mind and suddenly I wasn't sure I wanted to go

很快，我们到达了城镇的边缘，那里只有几所房子，然后是田野和森林。 我使劲眯起眼睛。陨落的星星会在哪里呢？ “爸爸，我看不见。”过了几分钟我说。 “我也不能，”爸爸失望地说。 “也许在更北的地方。 我们继续飞越森林、田野和黑暗的乡间小路，但没有星星的迹象。 如果我们看到的根本不是恒星呢？ 奇怪而可怕的外星人的景象开始在我的脑海中跳舞，突然我不确定我是否想去