Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3 TUG-OF-MOUSE Fergus and Zeke found an open space near the woods. They gathered some sticks, set them up to make a bar, and made a pillow of leaves on one side. "Hooray!" said Fergus. "Now we have a mouse-size high jump!"

费格斯和齐克在树林附近找到一块空地。 他们收集了一些树枝，把它们搭成一根棍子，一边用树叶做了一个枕头。 “万岁！”费格斯说。“现在我们有一个老鼠大小的跳高！”

"I wish we had mouse-size water balloons to toss," said Zeke. "We have acorns," said Fergus. "That works," said Zeke. They took turns throwing them to each other and then tried to see who could throw them the farthest. Zeke was very good at that. "Look how strong I am!" he said. He threw the acorn so far that it flew right over Fergus's head and into the high-jump area. Fergus made a Hula-Hoop out of a bendy bracelet someone left behind on the playground And Zeke found a sturdy vine to use for tug-of-war.

“我希望我们有老鼠大小的水球可以扔，”齐克说。 “我们有橡子。”费格斯说。 “管用，”齐克说。他们轮流把它们扔给对方，然后看谁能扔得最远。 齐克很擅长这个。 “看我多强壮！”他说。 他把橡子扔得那么远，正好飞过费格斯的头顶，掉进了跳高区。 费格斯用别人落在操场上的弯曲手镯做了一个呼啦圈，齐克找了一根结实的藤蔓来拔河。

They tugged back and forth, back and forth, until Fergus saw something that caught his attention. SPLASH! "I won!" said Zeke. "Yes, you did," said Fergus. "But look!"

他们拉来拉去，直到弗格斯看到一个东西引起了他的注意。 飞溅!“我赢了！”齐克说。 “是的，你说了。”费格斯说。 “但看!”

He pointed to the playground. The children had made a circle around Ms. Khan's big rainbow parachute. When they held the edges and raised their arms over their heads, the parachute puffed up into a big, billowing balloon. "Now sneak inside and tuck in the edges behind you!" Ms. Khan said. The children scrambled to hide underneath. "That looks like so much fun." Zeke sighed. "I wish we could play, too." Just then, an old shopping bag blew past in the wind. Fergus grabbed it and smiled. "We can play!" he said. "I just found a parachute."

他指着操场。 孩子们围成一个圈。 可汗的大彩虹降落伞。 当他们抓住边缘，把手臂举过头顶时，降落伞就膨胀成一个巨大的、翻腾的气球。 “现在溜进去，把边角塞进去！”Ms。 汗说。孩子们争先恐后地躲在下面。 “这看起来很有趣。” 齐克叹了口气。“我希望我们也能玩。” 就在这时，一个旧购物袋被风吹过。 费格斯抓住它，笑了。 “我们可以玩！”他说。“我刚找到一个降落伞。”