017 班奇消失了

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The audience watched as Mr. Chen pretended to take off the chicken's head

观众看着陈先生假装把鸡头取下来。

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Then he held up a chicken head for everyone to see

然后他举起一个鸡头给大家看。

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I knew, of course, that it wasn't a real chicken head

我当然知道那不是真的鸡头。

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But the little girl in pigtails started to cry

但是扎着辫子的小女孩哭了起来。

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" It's just a magic trick, Brandy," her mom told her

“这只是个魔术，布兰迪，”她妈妈对她说。

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" The magician didn't really take off the chicken's head."

“魔术师并没有真的把鸡头取下来。”

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While we watched, Mr. Chen stuck the chicken's head back on again

就在我们看着的时候，陈先生又把鸡头安了回去。

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" Cluck! Cluck!" scolded the chicken

“咯咯！咯咯！”鸡责怪地叫了起来。

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I didn't think it liked being in a magic show

我觉得它并不喜欢参加魔术表演。

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Everyone cheered and clapped

大家都欢呼鼓掌。

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Mr. Scary took his chicken back, and Mr. Chen continued the show

斯凯瑞先生要回了他的鸡，陈先生接着表演。

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Next he did a trick with two one-dollar bills

接着，他用两张一美元钞票变了个戏法。

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He cut them both in half, and then he put them back together again

他把两张都剪成两半，然后又拼回原样。

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" Mr. Chen is a really good magician!" I thought

“陈先生真是个了不起的魔术师！”我心想。

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For his next trick, Mr. Chen made a shiny gold coin vanish into thin air

接下来的戏法，陈先生让一枚闪闪发光的金币凭空消失了。

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The audience loved it

观众们非常喜欢。

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Even Mr. Scary was starting to look impressed

就连斯凯瑞先生也开始显出佩服的样子。

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" And now," said Mr. Chen," for my best and final trick."

“现在，”陈先生说，“是我最精彩的压轴戏法。”

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He signaled to Josh, who then led Bunch up to the front of the lounge

他向乔希示意，乔希随后把邦奇领到休息室前面。

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" I will make this dog disappear!"

“我要让这只狗消失！”

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" I can't wait to see this," I thought

“我等不及要看了。” 我心想。

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Mr. Chen opened a wooden box and placed it on the floor

陈先生打开一个木箱，放在地板上。

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Josh helped his dad put Bunch in the box

乔什帮爸爸把邦奇放进箱子里。

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Then Mr. Chen slid the box under the tablecloth

然后陈先生把箱子推到桌布底下。

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I saw Caswell crawl in after Bunch

我看到卡斯威尔跟在邦奇后面爬了进去。

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Molly had spotted him too

莫莉也发现他了。

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" Caswell!" she whispered

“卡斯威尔！” 她小声说。

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" What are you doing under there?"

“你在那下面干什么？”

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" I want to see Bunch disappear," said Caswell

“我想看邦奇消失。” 卡斯威尔说。

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" Come out right now," Molly ordered him

“马上出来。” 莫莉命令他。

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But Caswell crawled further under the table

但卡斯威尔继续向桌子底下爬去。

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Molly looked at me helplessly

莫莉无助地看着我。

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There wasn't anything she could do without interrupting Mr. Chen's show

她什么也做不了，否则就会打断陈先生的表演。

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" The dog is in the box," Mr. Chen was saying

“小狗在盒子里，”陈先生说道。

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" But he will disappear when I say the magic words

“但等我说出咒语，他就会消失。”

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Abracadabra, pow! Make this dog disappear now!"

Abracadabra, pow! 让这只狗现在就消失！”

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Mr. Chen waved his hand

陈先生挥了挥手。

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Then he lifted the tablecloth and opened the box again

然后他掀开桌布，再次打开了盒子。

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The little girl, Brandy, stood up on her chair to see better

那个名叫布兰迪的小女孩站到了椅子上，想看得更清楚。

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Sure enough, the box was empty

果然，盒子里空空如也。

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Bunch had vanished!

邦奇消失了！

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" Bring the doggie back!" cried Brandy

“把小狗变回来！”布兰迪喊道。

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" This is the fun part," said Mr. Chen with a big smile

“好玩的来啦，”陈先生笑容满面地说。

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" Let's all say the magic words together:

“来，大家一起念咒语：

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' Abracadabra, click and clack

“阿布拉卡达布拉，咔嗒咔嗒。

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Bring that little dog right back!'"

把那只小狗变回来！’”

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Mr. Chen waved his hand over the table again

陈先生又在桌子上方挥了挥手。

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Then he said the magic words, and everyone joined in

接着他说出咒语，所有人都跟着念了起来。

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" Abracadabra, click and clack

“阿布拉卡达布拉，咔嗒咔嗒。

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Bring that little dog right back!"

把那只小狗变回来！”

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Mr. Chen opened the box

陈先生打开了盒子。

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Everyone stood up to see

每个人都站起来看。

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But there was no sign of Bunch!

但哪儿都没有邦奇的踪影！

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" Where's the doggie?" cried Brandy

“狗狗哪儿去了？”布兰迪喊道。

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" Yes, where is the dog?" a few people echoed

“是啊，狗在哪儿？”几个人跟着附和。

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Josh and Jenny looked mystified

乔什和珍妮一脸迷惑。

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Even Mr. Chen looked a little confused

就连陈先生也显得有些困惑。

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I had a feeling this was not what he expected

我有种感觉，这并非他所预料到的。

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Mr. Chen finally leaned over and whispered something to Josh, who nodded

陈先生终于俯身对乔什耳语了几句，乔什点了点头。

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" Ladies and gentlemen!" Mr. Chen called

“女士们，先生们！”陈先生大声说。

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" In a moment you will see the dog reappear

“过一会儿你们就会看到狗重新出现。

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Until then I will perform another special magic trick."

在那之前，我将表演另一个特别的魔术。”

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Mr. Chen took out a ball of string and a pair of scissors

陈先生拿出一团绳子和一把剪刀。

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" I will cut this string," he said," and chew the two pieces back together again!"

“我会剪断这根绳子，”他说，“然后把两段嚼回一起！”

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That sounded like a good trick, I thought, but what about Bunch?

我想这听起来是个好把戏，可邦奇怎么办呢？

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How would Mr. Chen bring him back?

陈先生要怎么把他变回来呢？

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While Mr. Chen was doing the string trick, Josh rushed over to me

陈先生表演剪绳把戏时，乔什急忙跑到我身边。

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" Bunch is gone!" he whispered

“邦奇不见了！”他低声说。

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" We have to find him, or my dad's magic show will be ruined!"

“我们得找到他，不然我爸的魔术秀就搞砸了！”