3 Stella Superhero

CHAPTER 3 Stella Superhero We started to chase after her. She's just a little pup, with eensy weensy little legs, like stumpy Tootsie Rolls, but she was running like she had long legs, like lollypop sticks, carrying her down the sidewalk, past the mailboxes. "Stop! Stop!" Evie called out. "Stop! Stop!" I echoed her. Two more steps, and Bella would be in the street. A red car turned at the corner. Oh no, oh no, OH NO!!! "Bella!" I shouted. "Sit!

第三章 超级英雄斯特拉 我们开始追她。 她还只是只小奶狗，腿细细小小的，像短粗的太妃糖，可跑起来却像踩着长长的棒棒糖棍似的，顺着人行道往前冲，路过了好几个邮箱。 “站住！站住！” 埃维大声喊。 “站住！站住！” 我跟着她一起喊。 贝拉再跑两步，就要冲到马路上了。 一辆红色汽车正在路口转弯。 哦不，哦不，哦天哪！！！ “贝拉！” 我大喊道。 “坐下！

Assis!!!" In my head I thought, Please listen to me, Bella. Please! I wanted to click my heels like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and make a wish but there was no time. But then something amazing happened. Bella stopped right where she was. Evie reached her and scooped her up. She handed the mail and keys over to me, because her arms were full of puppy fluff. The red car zoomed past. "Oh, Bells, it's okay. You're safe and sound," Evie said in her most reassuring voice. She lifted her hand to wipe a tear off her cheek. Bella didn't look like she'd ever been worried that she wouldn't be safe and sound. "Thank you, Stella," Evie said. "You saved her life!" When we got back to the apartment,

坐下！！！” 我在心里默念：贝拉，求求你听我的话。 求求你了！ 我想像《绿野仙踪》里的多萝西那样磕一下脚跟许愿，可根本没有时间了。 但就在这时，神奇的事发生了。 贝拉当场停住了脚步。 埃维跑到她身边，一把把她抱了起来。 她把邮件和钥匙递给我，因为怀里已经抱满了毛茸茸的小狗。 红色汽车嗖的一声开了过去。 “哦，小贝拉，没事了。 你平平安安的，太好了。”埃维用最温柔安慰的语气说。 她抬起手，擦了擦脸颊上的一滴眼泪。 贝拉看起来一点都不担心自己刚才会出事。 “谢谢你，斯特拉，”埃维说， “你救了她的命！” 我们回到公寓后，

Evie gave Bella a treat so she'd know she did something right by sitting down at the curb, even though I thought Bella had probably forgotten all about it by then. "Girls," Mr. King called. "You took quite a long time. I was just about to go looking for you." "Bella got out," Evie said, and she filled him in on all the rest of it.

埃维给了贝拉一份小零食，好让她知道刚才在路边坐下是对的，不过我觉得贝拉说不定早就把这事忘光了。 “姑娘们，”金先生喊道， “你们去了好长时间啊。 我正打算出去找你们呢。” “贝拉跑出去了，”埃维说，接着把事情的经过全都告诉了他。

"Stella is quite handy to have around," Mr. King said. "She rescued my keys from the truck when we first moved here, and she rescued the dog today. I can see it on the cover of a book—Stella Batts, Superhero!" "We're writing books at school," Evie told him. "Well, stories." "Brilliant," Mr. King said. "Tell me about them." "Mine's about my best friends" birthday party—my two best friends, Sara and Tesa," Evie said. "They're twins, so they always have a party together. This year it was a going-away party for me too, at Buckingham Palace— that's where the queen lives." Oh my goodness, the palace where the queen lives! An actual, real-life palace! I've never been in a palace. At Batts Confections, we have one room made up to

“有斯特拉在身边可太管用了，”金先生说， “我们刚搬来的时候，她帮我从卡车里找回了钥匙，今天又救了小狗。 我都能想到书的封面了——斯特拉·巴茨，超级英雄！” “我们学校现在正在练习写书呢，”埃维告诉他， “哦，是写故事。” “太棒了，”金先生说， “跟我说说你们写的什么呀。” “我写的是我最好的朋友的生日派对——我有两个最好的朋友，萨拉和特莎，”埃维说， “她们是双胞胎，所以总是一起办派对。 今年的派对同时也是为我办的送别会，地点在白金汉宫——就是女王住的地方哦。” 我的天呐，是女王住的那个宫殿！ 实实在在、真真切切的宫殿！ 我从来没去过宫殿呢。 在巴茨糖果店，我们有一个房间布置得

look like the dining room in a castle. I think palaces and castles are the same thing. But even so, all we have is one fake room. "Did you go to the palace a lot when you were in England? Did you ever see the Crown Jewels?" We have candy Crown Jewels at our store—cookies in the shapes of crowns, with rock candies stuck on, meant to look like emeralds and rubies. They're really cool, but I bet the real Crown Jewels are even better. "I've never actually been inside the palace," Evie said. "But what about the party?" "It was at a pizza place called Da Mario's, unfortunately." "You love Da Mario's,"

像城堡里的餐厅。 我觉得宫殿和城堡是一回事。 但就算是这样，我们也只有一个仿造的房间呀。 “你在英国的时候经常去白金汉宫吗？ 你见过王冠宝石吗？” 我们店里有糖果做的王冠宝石——是王冠形状的饼干，上面嵌着冰糖，看起来就像祖母绿和红宝石似的。 那些糖特别酷，但我敢肯定真的王冠宝石还要更棒。 “我其实从来没进过白金汉宫里面，”埃维说。 “那派对是怎么回事呀？” “唉，可惜派对是在一家叫马里奥大叔的披萨店办的。” “你可喜欢马里奥大叔家了呀，”