Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise

Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise

大侦探内特和慢吞吞的乌龟

I, Nate the Great, am a detective. This morning I did not have a case to solve. I woke up late. I stretched. My dog Sludge stretched.

我是大侦探内特。 今天早上我没有案子要查。 我起晚了。 我伸了个懒腰。 我的狗狗斯拉吉也伸了个懒腰。

We looked out the window. The sun was shining. The birds were singing. A tortoise was eating. A tortoise was eating the flowers in my garden.

我们望向窗外。阳光明媚，鸟儿歌唱，有只乌龟正在吃东西。 那只乌龟正在啃我花园里的花。

I do not own a tortoise. Sludge does not own a tortoise. Sludge and I rushed out to the backyard. The tortoise started to eat a petunia. A bite here, a bite there. He started to eat a daisy. A bite here, a bite there. I, Nate the Great, like to look at flowers. Soon, there would not be any flowers to look at.

我没有养乌龟。 斯拉吉也没有养乌龟。 我和斯拉吉冲向后院。 乌龟正准备啃一朵矮牵牛。 这儿咬一口，那儿咬一口。 他又打算啃一朵雏菊。 这儿咬一口，那儿咬一口。 我大侦探内特最爱赏花了。 再这么下去，我就无花可赏啦。

I stared at the tortoise. He was green. He had a thick shell and a big appetite. He did not have any teeth, but he did good work without them. I knew I must take him away. But what would I do with him? You must live somewhere, I said. You must have an address and a telephone number. I knew that a tortoise can live for a very long time. This tortoise could be a hundred years old. He should know where he lives by now. He started to crawl away.

我盯着这只乌龟。他浑身绿油油的，背着厚厚的壳，胃口还特别好。 他连牙都没有，啃起花来却一点不含糊。 我知道我得把他弄走，可我该拿他怎么办呢？ 你肯定有住的地方呀，我说道，你肯定有住址和电话号码的。 我知道乌龟的寿命特别长。 这只乌龟说不定都一百岁了，总该知道自己家住哪儿吧。 他开始慢悠悠地爬走了。