010 我真正伟大的发明

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I sat frozen on the couch, waiting to hear what Mom had to say

我僵坐在沙发上，等着听妈妈要说什么。

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" I remember saying that I would have to rob a bank," she began

“我记得我说过我得去抢银行，”她开口说道。

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" I was talking to Mrs. Hill, the real estate agent."

“我当时在和房产中介希尔夫人说话。”

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" What's a real estate agent?" I asked

“什么是房产中介？”我问。

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" Someone who sells apartments," Mom explained

“就是卖公寓的人，”妈妈解释道。

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" She told me about an apartment that costs a million dollars

“她告诉我有一套公寓要一百万美元。

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I told her I'd have to rob a bank to get that much money

我告诉她我得去抢银行才能有那么多钱。”

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But I was only joking!"

“但我只是在开玩笑！”

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" See?" Tate said." You made it all up, Iggy."

“瞧，”泰特说，“都是你瞎编的，伊吉。”

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" To tell you the truth," said Mom

“说实话，”妈妈说。

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" I have been looking for a new apartment."

"我一直在找新公寓。"

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" Why?" I asked." I like it here!"

"为什么？"我问。"我喜欢这儿！"

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" Me too," said Tate. Then he glanced at me

"我也是。"泰特说，然后瞥了我一眼。

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" Except that I have to share a room with him."

"除了我得跟他合住一个房间。"

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" You'll just have to keep sharing," Mom said

"你们只能继续合住。"妈妈说。

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" I don't have enough money to buy a bigger apartment."

"我没有足够的钱买更大的公寓。"

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I felt a lot better now

我现在感觉好多了。

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I had never really believed that Mom would rob a bank

我从未真正相信妈妈会抢银行。

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But it was nice to know for sure

但确认一下还是让人很安心。

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" Let's celebrate Jenny's prize and order pizza for everyone," Mom said

"我们庆祝珍妮获奖，给大家订披萨吧。"妈妈说。

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Josh, Jenny, and Molly came over

乔希、珍妮和莫莉过来了。

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We were finishing our pizza when Molly's mom rushed into our apartment

我们正要吃完披萨时，莫莉的妈妈冲进了我们的公寓。

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" Caswell is missing again!" she cried

“卡斯韦尔又不见了！”她喊道。

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" The bell," I thought. If only I hadn't lost it!

“那个铃铛，”我想。要是我没弄丢它就好了！

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We all started looking for Caswell

我们都开始寻找卡斯韦尔。

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" Caswell!"

“卡斯韦尔！”

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" Where are you?"

“你在哪儿？”

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We looked all around the building and in the backyard

我们找遍了整栋楼和后院。

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A few of us walked around the block, looking for him too

我们中有几个人绕着街区走了走，也在找他。

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Soon it was dark out, and Mrs. O'Donnell was very worried

很快外面天黑了，奥唐纳太太非常担心。

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" Maybe I should call the police," she said

“也许我该报警，”她说。

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We headed back upstairs

我们回到了楼上。

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That was when I heard the sound

就在那时，我听到了那个声音。

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In the hallway outside my apartment, a bell tinkled

在我公寓外的走廊里，有个铃铛在丁零响。

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" My bell!" I cried." The one I got for Caswell!"

“我的铃铛！”我叫道，“就是给卡斯韦尔买的那个！”

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We went inside and followed the sound to our kitchen

我们走进屋里，顺着声音找到了厨房。

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" I hear the bell," Molly said

“我听到铃铛声了，”莫莉说。

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" But where's Caswell?"

“可卡斯韦尔在哪儿呢？”

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I went over to the wall behind the table

我走到桌子后面的墙边。

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" The sound is coming from here!"

“声音是从这里传来的！”

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" Caswell, is that you?" yelled Molly

“卡斯韦尔，是你吗？”莫莉喊道。

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" Yes!" Caswell called back

“是我！”卡斯韦尔回应道。

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" And I found a really cool place!"

“我还发现了一个超酷的地方！”

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" How did he get in the wall?" asked Josh

“他是怎么钻到墙里去的？”乔希问。

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" Look!" said Jenny." There's a little door in the wall!"

“看！”珍妮说，“墙上有一扇小门！”

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Jenny was right

珍妮说得对。

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There was a door

那里确实有一扇门。

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I had never noticed it before

我以前从没注意到过。

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Tate helped us move the table

泰特帮我们把桌子挪开了。

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Then Mr. Calabria came upstairs and pried open the door

然后卡拉布里亚先生上楼来，把门撬开了。

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There was Caswell, inside a tiny room

卡斯韦尔就在那儿，在一个小房间里。

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And he was wearing my bell!

而且它还戴着我的铃铛！

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" Caswell! I'm so happy to see you!" cried his mom

“卡斯韦尔！见到你太高兴了！”他妈妈喊了起来。

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" How did you get that bell?" I asked

“你是怎么拿到那个铃铛的？”我问。

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" I found it on the stairs," said Caswell." It's treasure!"

“我在楼梯上找到的，”卡斯韦尔说，“这是个宝贝！”

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" It helped us find you!" I said

“它帮我们找到你了！”我说。

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" Iggy, that bell is an amazing invention!" said Mom, hugging me

“伊吉，那个铃铛真是个了不起的发明！”妈妈抱着我说。

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" It's the best invention in the world!" cried Josh

“这是世界上最棒的发明！”乔希喊道。

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" It certainly is!" said Molly's mom

“当然啦！”莫莉的妈妈说。

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My mom was looking around inside the little room

我妈妈正在这个小房间里四处查看。

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It had two doors

这房间有两扇门。

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One opened up to our kitchen

一扇门通向我们的厨房。

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The other door opened to the hallway

另一扇门通向走廊。

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That's how Caswell had gotten inside

卡斯韦尔就是这么进去的。

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Mom looked thoughtful

妈妈若有所思。

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" I wonder if we could turn this space into a little bedroom for Iggy," she said

“不知道我们能不能把这个地方改造成伊吉的一间小卧室。”她说。

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Mr. Calabria nodded, still looking around

卡拉布里亚先生点点头，还在继续查看。

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" I think we could turn this into a bedroom."

“我觉得可以把它改成一间卧室。”

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" That would be great!" exclaimed Tate

“那太棒了！”泰特欢呼道。

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" I could have a room of my own!"

“我可以有一间自己的房间了！”

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" Me too!" I was grinning from ear to ear

“我也是！”我咧着嘴笑开了花。

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No one needed a magic thinking box to know what I was thinking

不用什么神奇的思维盒子，大家也都知道我在想什么。

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I was thinking about all the incredible things I could invent in my new room!

我在想，在我的新房间里，我能发明出多少不可思议的东西！