003 可怕的东西

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" Caswell!" Josh yelled

“凯斯威尔！”乔什喊道。

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" Where are you?" said Molly

“你在哪儿？”莫莉说。

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" He's got to be here somewhere," said Mrs. O'Donnell

“他一定就在这儿的什么地方，”奥唐奈太太说道。

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Everyone was still calling for Caswell

大家还在不停地喊着凯斯威尔。

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All at once we heard a small, muffled voice

突然，我们听见一个微弱、模糊的声音。

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" Here I am!" Caswell appeared from a dark space under the stairs

“我在这儿！”凯斯威尔从楼梯下一个暗处钻了出来。

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He was completely covered with dust

他浑身落满了灰尘。

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" Ah-choo!" Molly sneezed a few times

“阿嚏！”莫莉连打了好几个喷嚏。

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" Look what I found under the stairs!" said Caswell

“看我在楼梯底下找到了什么！”凯斯威尔说。

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He was clutching an old penny

他手里紧紧攥着一枚旧便士。

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" Caswell, I am so glad to see you," cried Mrs. O'Donnell

“凯斯威尔，见到你真是太高兴了，”奥唐纳夫人喊道。

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" When we couldn't find you, we were all very worried!"

“找不到你的时候，我们都很担心！”

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" I found a treasure!"

“我找到宝藏了！”

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said Caswell, proudly holding out his penny

凯斯威尔骄傲地展示着他的便士说。

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" You are my treasure!"

“你才是我的宝藏！”

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said Mrs. O'Donnell, hugging Caswell

奥唐纳夫人拥抱着凯斯威尔说。

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" He's a pest, that's what he is," said Molly

“他是个讨厌鬼，没错，”莫莉说。

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But she was smiling as she ruffled her brother's hair

但她一边揉着弟弟的头发，一边笑着。

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" I'm glad we found you."

“我很高兴我们找到你了。”

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I couldn't wait to get back to my room to plan my new invention

我等不及要回到自己房间去规划我的新发明了。

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It was going to be great

那一定会很棒。

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Caswell would never be lost again — at least not for long

凯斯威尔再也不会走丢了——至少不会走丢太久。

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The first thing I needed was a bell

我需要的第一样东西是一个铃铛。

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Luckily, I knew just where to find one

幸运的是，我恰好知道去哪儿找。

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My mom keeps a box of Christmas tree ornaments in our coat closet

我妈妈在我们放外套的壁橱里收着一盒圣诞树装饰品。

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One of the ornaments was a beautiful brass bell

其中有一个漂亮的黄铜铃铛。

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I went in the closet and opened the box

我走进壁橱，打开了盒子。

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I found lots of ornaments, including a colored glass ball and a gingerbread house

我找到了许多装饰品，包括一个彩色玻璃球和一个姜饼屋。

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At last I found the brass bell

我终于找到了那个黄铜铃铛。

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After that I got some string

在那之后，我拿了一些绳子。

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I tied the bell to the string and jingled it

我把铃铛系在绳子上，摇了摇。

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It made a nice loud ringing noise

它发出了响亮悦耳的铃声。

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If we could get Caswell to wear the bell, he'd jingle wherever he went

如果我们能让凯斯威尔戴上这个铃铛，他走到哪儿都会叮当作响。

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So we'd always be able to find him!

这样我们就能永远找到他了！

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I decided to bring the bell to school tomorrow to show Molly and the other kids

我决定明天把铃铛带到学校去给莫莉和别的孩子们看。

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Then they would see that I was a really good inventor

这样他们就会知道，我确实是个很棒的发明家。

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By this time I was getting really hungry

这时候，我已经非常饿了。

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I went into the kitchen to see what Mom was making for dinner

我走进厨房，想看看妈妈晚饭在做什么。

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But Mom was still talking on the phone!

可妈妈还在打电话！

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There was nothing cooking on the stove

灶上什么吃的都没有。

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And there were no good smells coming from the oven

烤箱里也没飘出什么香味。

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" What's the matter with Mom lately?" I wondered

“妈妈最近是怎么了？”我心想。

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" All she does is talk on the phone."

“她整天就知道打电话。”

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And tonight it looked like she had forgotten to make dinner for Tate and me

而且今晚，她好像忘了给我和泰特做晚饭。

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I was about to look for something to eat when I heard something strange

我正要找点吃的，突然听到一阵奇怪的话。

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" I'll have to rob a bank," my mom said into the phone

“我只能去抢银行了。”妈妈对着电话说道。

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And then she laughed!

说完她居然还笑了！

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Oh my gosh!

哦，我的天哪！

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My mom works as a bank teller

我妈妈在银行当出纳员。

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But that wouldn't turn her into a bank robber, would it?

但那不至于让她变成银行劫匪吧，不会吧？

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I decided I'd better tell someone about it right away

我决定最好马上把这件事告诉别人。

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So I ran to Molly's apartment and knocked on the door

于是我跑到莫莉的公寓，敲了敲门。

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When Molly answered, I could smell something really good coming from her kitchen

莫莉开门时，我闻到她厨房里飘出一股特别香的味道。

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It smelled like roast beef, which is my favorite food

闻起来像是烤牛肉，那是我最爱吃的东西。

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" Molly, my mom is planning to rob a bank!" I cried

“莫莉，我妈妈打算抢银行！”我大喊道。

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" What?" Molly blinked in surprise

“什么？”莫莉惊讶地眨了眨眼。

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" What on earth are you talking about, Iggy?"

“伊吉，你到底在说些什么呀？”

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" I heard her on the telephone," I explained

“我听到她在电话里说的，”我解释道。

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" She said she was going to rob a bank

“她说她要去抢银行。

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She even laughed about it!"

她甚至还笑呢！”

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Molly stared at me

莫莉盯着我看。

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" You know what?" she said

“你知道吗？”她说。

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" What?" I said

“什么？”我说。

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I was hoping Molly would know how to stop my mother from robbing a bank

我正希望莫莉能有办法阻止我妈妈去抢银行呢。

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Molly shook her head

莫莉摇了摇头。

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" You like to invent things, Iggy

“伊吉，你喜欢发明东西。

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And now you're inventing stories!"

现在，你又在编故事了！”