Nate the Great and Crunchy Christmas

Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

大侦探内特和脆脆的圣诞节

I, Nate the Great, am a detective. I do important things. Today I was doing something important. I was shoveling snow. My dog Sludge was chasing snowflakes. Suddenly I heard a jingling sound.

我是大侦探内特。 我专办重要的事。 今天我正在做一件重要的事。 我正在铲雪。 我的狗斯拉奇正在追雪花玩。 突然我听到一阵叮铃铃的响声。

Annie was coming up our walk with her dog Fang. Fang had bells on his collar and an elf hat on his head. Doesn't Fang look cute? Annie said. Just like a giant elf.

安妮牵着她的狗方哥顺着我家的步道走过来。 方哥的项圈上挂着铃铛，头上还戴了顶小精灵帽子。 方哥是不是超可爱呀？ 安妮说道。 活脱脱一个大块头小精灵。

Sludge looked at me. I looked at Sludge. We both knew that all the bells and elves and jingles and jangles in the world could not make Fang look cute. Fang looked hungry. Fang is not a happy elf, Annie said. This was not good news. Every year, two weeks before Christmas, Fang gets a Christmas card from his mother in the mail, Annie said. It is now a week before Christmas.

斯拉奇看看我，我看看斯拉奇。我俩都清楚，就算把全世界的铃铛、小精灵、叮叮当当的玩意儿全用上，也没法让方哥看起来可爱。他看着就饿乎乎的。 “方哥这个小精灵现在可不开心哦。”安妮说。这可不是什么好消息。 “每年圣诞节前两周，方哥都会收到他妈妈寄来的圣诞贺卡。”安妮说，“现在离圣诞节只剩一周了。”

and Fang has not received his card." Perhaps she didn't send it, I said. Would a mother forget Fang? Annie said, I, Nate the Great, wished I could. I need your help to find the card, Annie said. I have to shovel snow, I said. Fang sat down and glared at me. I, Nate the Great, was thinking. It was the holiday season.

方哥还没收到他的贺卡。 “说不定她没寄呢。”我说道。 当妈妈的怎么会忘了方哥呀？ 安妮说道。 我大侦探内特倒是希望她能忘了方哥。 “我需要你帮忙找找那张贺卡。”安妮说。 “我得铲雪呢。”我说道。 方哥坐了下来，瞪着我看。 我大侦探内特琢磨了起来。 现在可是节假日哎。