37 THE SQUIRREL

CHAPTER 37 THE SQUIRREL A small squirrel was scurrying through the garden. Brightbill had never seen her before. He peered out from the Nest and watched her bounce across the lawn. After a minute of spying, the gosling shook his tail feathers and waddled outside. "Hello, my name is Brightbill!" The squirrel froze. Then she slowly turned around. And then she started to talk. "Hi Brightbill my name is Chitchat and I'm a twelve-and-a-half-week-old squirrel and I'm new around here and your home is really big and round and I don't understand why smoke sometimes comes out of it…" Reader, I'm not quite sure how Chitchat got enough air into her lungs to go on like that. And I'm not quite sure how Brightbill had the patience to listen. But he stood there and politely nodded as Chitchat rambled on and on and on.

第三十七章松鼠一只小松鼠在花园里跑来跑去。 布莱特比尔以前从未见过她。 他从鸟巢往外看，看着她在草坪上蹦蹦跳跳。 侦察了一分钟后，小鹅摇了摇尾巴，摇摇摆摆地走了出去。 “你好，我叫布莱特比尔！”松鼠僵住了。 然后她慢慢地转过身来。 然后她开始说话。 “嗨，布莱特比尔，我叫闲聊，我是一只十二周半大的松鼠，我是新来的，你的家真的又大又圆，我不明白为什么有时会冒出烟来……”读者，我不太清楚闲聊是怎么让肺里有足够的空气继续这样下去的。 我不太确定布莱特比尔是怎么有耐心听的。 但他站在那里，礼貌地点了点头，而“闲谈”则滔滔不绝地说个不停。

"…and sometimes I see you waddling behind your funny-looking mother and you seem so nice that I thought I'd come down and introduce myself but now I'm nervous and I'm talking too much and my name is Chitchat I think I said that already." There was a pleasant silence. Brightbill stood on one foot for a moment. Then the gosling took a deep breath and said, "It's very nice to meet you Chitchat I don't think you talk too much I think you talk just enough and I like you so let's be friends." A big smile appeared on the squirrel's tiny face. For once, Chitchat was speechless.

“有时候我看到你跟在你那长相滑稽的妈妈后面摇摇摆摆地走着，你看起来很和蔼可亲，我想我应该下来自我介绍一下，但是现在我很紧张，话太多了，我的名字叫闲聊，我想我已经说过了。” 一阵令人愉快的沉默。 布莱特比尔单脚站了一会儿。 然后小鹅深吸了一口气，说：“很高兴见到你闲聊，我觉得你话不多，我觉得你说得刚刚好，我喜欢你，所以让我们做朋友吧。” 松鼠的小脸上露出了灿烂的笑容。 这一次，闲聊说不出话来。