056 在人行道上煎鸡蛋

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For a minute we all stared at Tufty

有那么一会儿，我们都盯着塔夫蒂。

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Then we burst out laughing

然后我们爆笑起来。

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" I can't believe Tufty made that subway sound!" said Josh

“真不敢相信塔夫蒂发出了地铁的声音！”乔希说。

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" It sounded like a real subway train!" said Molly

“听起来就像真的地铁列车！”莫莉说。

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" But Aunt Lydia said that Tufty has never said a word," said Jenny

“但是莉迪亚姑姑说过，塔夫蒂从来没说过一个字。”珍妮说。

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" He didn't say a word," I pointed out

“他没说话，”我指出，

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" He made a sound

“他只是发出了一个声音。

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He roared like a subway train!"

他像地铁列车一样吼叫！”

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" Aunt Lydia lived near the subway," said Josh

“莉迪亚姑姑以前住在地铁附近，”乔希说，

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" Maybe Tufty learned to imitate the sound of the trains."

“也许塔夫蒂学会了模仿列车的声音。”

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Mrs. O'Donnell looked worried

奥唐纳夫人看起来很担心。

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" I hope he never does that again," she said

“我希望它再也别那样了，”她说。

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" We can't keep a noisy parrot in our apartment

“我们不能在公寓里养一只吵闹的鹦鹉。

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Our neighbors will get very annoyed."

邻居们会很生气的。”

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" We have to keep Tufty, Mom," said Molly

“我们得留下塔夫蒂，妈妈，”莫莉说。

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" He's so cute and friendly!

“它又可爱又友好！

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And he's going to help me get better!"

而且它还会帮我好起来！”

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Tufty began cleaning his feathers

塔夫蒂开始梳理自己的羽毛。

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" He's quiet now," said Jenny

“它现在安静了，”珍妮说。

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" It's hard to believe he made such a loud noise," said Josh

“真难相信它发出过那么大的噪音，”乔希说。

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Molly's mom shook her head

莫莉的妈妈摇了摇头。

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" I just hope it doesn't happen again," she said

“我只希望它不要再发生了，”她说。

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We watched as she began to take food out of a big cooler

我们看着她开始从一个大冷藏箱里拿出食物。

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" We use this cooler for camping," she said

“我们露营时会用这个冷藏箱，”她说。

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" But during a blackout, it really comes in handy too."

“不过停电的时候，它也真的很有用。”

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Molly's mom had filled the cooler with ice from the market

莫莉的妈妈用市场上买来的冰装满了冷藏箱。

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She took out fruit, juice, and some eggs

她拿出了水果、果汁和一些鸡蛋。

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" These eggs are still cold," she said

“这些鸡蛋还是凉的，”她说。

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" I'll have to throw them out if the refrigerator doesn't come back on soon."

“要是冰箱不能很快恢复供电，我就得把它们扔掉了。”

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Molly's mom made us a snack of peanut butter, crackers, and fruit

莫莉的妈妈给我们做了花生酱、饼干和水果当点心。

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We all drank some juice

我们都喝了点果汁。

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Tufty sat on top of his cage and watched us

塔夫蒂坐在它的笼子顶上，望着我们。

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Then he flew down and pecked at cracker crumbs that fell on the floor

然后它飞下来，啄食掉在地上的饼干屑。

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Luckily, he didn't make any more subway sounds

幸运的是，它没再发出地铁的噪音。

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Suddenly Caswell called from the living room," Guess what I'm doing!"

突然，卡斯韦尔在客厅里喊道：“猜猜我在干什么！”

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" Uh-oh," said Molly's mother

“哎呀，”莫莉的妈妈说。

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Josh, Jenny, and I hurried into the living room

我和乔什、珍妮赶忙跑进客厅。

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Caswell was peering out of the window

卡斯韦尔正贴着窗户往外看。

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Beside him was the carton of eggs that Mrs. O'Donnell had been storing in the cooler

他旁边放着那盒奥唐纳太太一直存放在冷藏箱里的鸡蛋。

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Several of the eggs were missing

其中有好几个鸡蛋不见了。

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" Hey!" yelled a man from the street below

“喂！”楼下的街上有个男人喊道。

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" Who's dropping raw eggs on the sidewalk?"

“谁往人行道上扔生鸡蛋？”

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Mrs. O'Donnell ran into the room

奥唐纳夫人跑进了房间。

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" Caswell, what are you doing?" she cried

“卡斯韦尔，你在干什么？”她喊道。

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" I'm making fried eggs," said Caswell

“我在做煎蛋，”卡斯韦尔说。

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" Iggy's mom said it was hot enough to fry eggs on the sidewalk."

“伊吉的妈妈说，天热得都能在人行道上煎蛋了。”

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I started laughing

我笑了起来。

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" That's one way to cook them!" I said

“这倒是个煎蛋的法子！”我说。

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" Caswell, she didn't mean you could really fry eggs on the sidewalk," said Josh

“卡斯韦尔，她的意思不是你真的可以在人行道上煎蛋，”乔希说。

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" That's just an expression," I explained

“那只是个夸张的说法，”我解释道。

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" It means that it's very, very hot outside."

“意思是外面非常非常热。”

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Caswell looked disappointed

卡斯韦尔看起来有些失望。

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" So the eggs won't really cook?"

“所以鸡蛋是真的煎不熟吗？”

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" No, and you had better clean up the mess right now!" said Mrs. O'Donnell

“是的，而且你最好现在就把这里收拾干净！”奥唐纳夫人说。

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She looked at the rest of us

她看着我们其余的人。

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" Can you please help him?"

“你们能帮他一下吗？”

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Josh, Jenny, and I went downstairs with Caswell and cleaned up the eggs from the sidewalk

乔希、珍妮和我，跟着卡斯韦尔下楼去清理人行道上的鸡蛋。

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Mr. Calabria helped us

卡拉布里亚先生也来帮忙。

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" I talked to the workmen," he said

“我和工人们谈过了，”他说。

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" Our electricity will be back on tomorrow."

“我们明天就能恢复供电了。”

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I groaned." That means another hot night," I thought

我叹了口气。“这意味着还要熬一个炎热的夜晚，”我想。

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" At least we can have fun with Tufty,"

“至少我们可以和塔夫蒂一起玩得很开心，”

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said Molly when we got back upstairs

我们回到楼上时，莫莉说。

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That night my battery fan hummed on my dresser, blowing air around the room

那天晚上，我靠电池供电的风扇在梳妆台上嗡嗡地转着，搅动着房间里的空气。

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From somewhere far away, I could hear another sound

从远处的某个地方，我听到了另一个声音。

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Whoo! Whoo!

呜！呜！

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" A train whistle?" I thought sleepily

“火车汽笛声？”我昏昏欲睡地想。

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" I never heard a train whistle from my room before."

“我以前从没在房间里听到过火车汽笛声。”

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I should have known it wasn't a real train whistle

我本该知道那不是真的火车汽笛声。

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After all, it was coming from Molly's apartment, right across the hall!

毕竟，声音是从莫莉的公寓传来的，就在走廊对面！