Marcus Loses Patches

Marcus Lose's Patches. Written by Clifton Holland. Illustrated by Joel Snyder.

《马库斯弄丢了帕奇》 作者：克利夫顿·霍兰德 绘者：乔尔·斯奈德

Hi, I'm Marcus and I love to play video games. So much so that my mom thinks I'm hooked on them. She might be right. I do spend an awful lot of time playing them. Marcus, will you feed Patches, please? That's my mom and Patches is my dog. I'm right in the middle of this awesome game where I have to find my way through an Egyptian pyramid. I'll get past the Sphinx and then I'll feed Patches.

嗨，我是马库斯，我超爱玩电子游戏。 我爱玩到妈妈都觉得我对游戏上瘾了。 她说的可能没错。 我确实花了好多好多时间玩游戏。 马库斯，麻烦你去喂一下帕奇好不好？ 那是我妈妈在说话，帕奇是我的狗狗。 我正玩到一款超棒的游戏的关键环节，得想办法穿过一座埃及金字塔。 等我打过斯芬克斯这关就去喂帕奇。

Just a minute, Mom. All right, but don't forget, I need to get the casserole out of the oven for lunch. Mom says, This game is really difficult. I'll try getting to the amulet from the sphinx one more time. Then I'll feed my favorite canine. Forty -five minutes and several tries later, I hear Mom again. Marcus, time to eat. Perfect timing. Man, was that hardcore. I'm wiped out from dueling the two -headed sphinx to save the magic amulet. I go to the table and Mom asks if I fed patches.

等一下嘛，妈妈。 好吧，可别忘了哦，我还要把烤锅里的菜拿出来做午饭呢。 妈妈的话音刚落，我只觉得这游戏可太难打了。 我再试一次，从斯芬克斯那里拿到护身符。 然后我就去喂我最爱的小狗狗。 四十五分钟、重试了好几次之后，我又听见妈妈喊我了。 马库斯，该吃饭啦。 来得正好！天呐，这关也太难打了吧。 为了抢到魔法护身符，我跟双头斯芬克斯大战了好久，都快累瘫了。 我走到餐桌旁，妈妈问我有没有喂帕奇。

Nope, I'm in big trouble. I got so into my game that I forgot about my dog. I bet Patches is starving by now. I know I am. Mom, I forgot. I'll feed her now.

完了，我闯大祸了。 我玩游戏玩得太入迷，完全把喂狗狗的事抛到脑后了。 我敢说帕奇现在肯定饿坏了。 我自己就饿坏了。 妈妈，我忘了，我现在就去喂她。

I go to the backyard to bring Patches in, but I can't find her. She's not lying under her favorite shade tree. She's not watching our neighbors walk by through the gate. Wait, the gate's open! Oh no! Patches is gone! Lost! Nowhere to be found! I must have left the gate unlatched when I took her out this morning. I'm in even bigger trouble now!

我到后院去接帕奇，可怎么都找不到她。 她没躺在她最爱的那棵阴凉的大树底下。 她也没趴在门边看邻居们路过。 等等，院门居然开着！ 哦不！ 帕奇不见了！ 丢了！ 哪儿都找不到！ 肯定是我早上带她出门的时候没把院门闩好。 这下我可闯了天大的祸了！

Mom, Patches isn't in the yard. I think I might have left the gate open this morning. I think she's escaped. She's not there? Marcus, this is bad news. Mom says, very bad news. I know she's right, but I'm torn between being psyched about beating the Sphinx and sad about Patches being gone.

妈妈，帕奇不在院子里。 我好像早上出门的时候没关院门。 我觉得她跑出去了。 她不在院子里？ 马库斯，这可太糟糕了。 妈妈说，情况特别不好。 我知道她说的对，可我心里乱糟糟的，一半是打赢斯芬克斯的兴奋，一半是帕奇走丢的难过， 两种情绪搅在一起。