11. Invisible Bunnies

11 Invisible Bunnies We thought the fence around the garden would solve our problem. But it didn't. The next morning, Miss Nichol arrived on her tractor, wearing a T-shirt that said I FEEL GOOD FROM MY HEAD TOMATOES on it. Well, the

11看不见的兔子我们以为花园周围的篱笆会解决我们的问题。 但事实并非如此。第二天早上，尼科尔小姐开着她的拖拉机来了，她穿着一件t恤，上面写着“我感觉很好”，上面有西红柿。 嗯,

tractor wasn't wearing the T-shirt. She was. Tractors don't wear clothes. We opened the gate to check on our veggies. And you'll never believe what we found. There was a bite taken out of a tomato! "Gasp!" we all gasped. "Maybe the deer figured out how to open the gate," said Michael. "Maybe it's a really tiny deer," said Neil, "and it got through the fence." "Nope," said Miss Nichol. "It isn't a deer, I reckon. It must be some smaller varmint." "Hmmm," hmmmed Mr. Tony and Miss Nichol. Grown-ups always say "hmmm" when they're thinking. Nobody knows why. Miss Nichol said a bunny was probably eating our veggies. Then she snapped her fingers. Grown-ups always snap their fingers when they have an idea. Nobody knows why.

拖拉机没有穿t恤。 她是。拖拉机不穿衣服。 我们打开大门检查我们的蔬菜。 你绝对不会相信我们找到了什么。 西红柿被咬了一口！“喘气！”我们都倒吸了一口气。 “也许鹿知道怎么打开门了，”迈克尔说。 “也许它是一只非常小的鹿，”尼尔说，“它穿过了栅栏。” “不，”尼科尔小姐说。“我想那不是鹿。 一定是什么小坏蛋。” “嗯，”托尼先生和尼科尔小姐哼了一声。 大人们在思考的时候总是说“嗯”。 没人知道为什么。尼科尔小姐说可能有只兔子在吃我们的蔬菜。 然后她打了个响指。 大人们一有主意就会打响指。 没人知道为什么。

"I have an idea!" said Miss Nichol. "We can set up a video camera in the garden. Then we'll be able to see what's happenin' out here in the middle of the night." Miss Nichol should get the Nobel Prize for that idea.

“我有个主意！”尼科尔小姐说。 “我们可以在花园里安装一个摄像机。 这样我们就能在半夜里看到外面发生了什么。” 尼科尔小姐应该为此获得诺贝尔奖。

"My parents put a video camera in my baby sister's room," said Alexia. "So they can watch her in the middle of the night." "Does your baby sister steal veggies?" I asked. Everybody laughed even though I didn't say anything funny. Mrs. Stoker gave us permission to get a video camera. Miss Nichol went to the store to buy it, and she set it up in the garden with Mr. Tony. The next morning, as usual, we went out to the garden to check on the veggies. "Gasp!" we all gasped. There was a bite taken out of a cantaloupe! "Okie-dokie," said Miss Nichol, "let's have a gander at the video from last night. I reckon we'll find out who did this." We went to the front office at school and fast-forwarded through hours of video. As we watched, we were all on pins and needles. Well, not really. We were just standing there. If we were on pins and needles, it would have hurt.

“我父母在我小妹妹的房间里放了一台摄像机，”亚历克西亚说。 “这样他们就可以在半夜看着她了。” “你的小妹妹偷蔬菜吗？”我问。 大家都笑了，尽管我没说什么好笑的话。 斯托克夫人允许我们装个摄像机。 尼科尔小姐去商店买了它，她和托尼先生一起把它放在花园里。 第二天早上，像往常一样，我们去菜园检查蔬菜。 “喘气！”我们都倒吸了一口气。哈密瓜被咬了一口！“好啦，好啦，”尼科尔小姐说，“我们来看看昨晚的录像吧。” 我想我们会找出是谁干的。” 我们去了学校的前厅，快转了几个小时的录像。 当我们看着的时候，我们都如坐针毡。 嗯，不完全是。我们只是站在那里。 如果我们如坐针毡，肯定会痛的。

The point is, there was no bunny. For the whole night, there was no movement at all in the video. "Maybe it's a really small bunny," said Emily. "Maybe it's an invisible bunny," I suggested. "Invisible bunnies don't exist, Arlo!" Andrea said, rolling her eyes. How did she know? If invisible bunnies did exist, we wouldn't be able to see them.* Who knows? We could be surrounded by invisible bunnies all the time and we'd never know it. Miss Nichol snapped her fingers.

重点是，根本就没有兔子。 整个晚上，视频里一点动静也没有。 “也许这是一只非常小的兔子，”艾米丽说。 “也许是一只看不见的兔子，”我建议道。 “隐形兔子是不存在的，阿乐！”安德烈说，翻白眼。 她是怎么知道的？如果隐形兔子真的存在，我们就看不见它们了。谁知道呢？ 我们可能一直被看不见的兔子包围，而我们却浑然不知。 尼科尔小姐打了个响指。

"I have an idea!" she said. "We'll have a stakeout in the garden." "I love barbecues," I said. "Steak is one of my favorite foods." "Not a steak out, dumbhead!" Andrea said. "A stakeout." Oh, that's different. "Yeah!" said Miss Nichol excitedly. "We'll have a sleepover in the garden and find out who's been eatin' our veggies." She should get the Nobel Prize for that idea.

“我有个主意！”她说。 “我们要在花园里监视一下。” “我喜欢烧烤，”我说。 “牛排是我最喜欢的食物之一。” “一块牛排都没有，笨蛋！”安德里亚说。 “监视”。哦，那不一样。 “是啊！”尼科尔小姐兴奋地说。 “我们会在花园里过夜，看看是谁吃了我们的蔬菜。” 她应该因为这个想法获得诺贝尔奖。