057 伊基救援队

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The next morning I heard a knock on the door of our apartment

第二天早上，我听到有人敲我们公寓的门。

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Molly stood outside

莫莉站在门外。

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She was wearing her bathrobe and her walking boot

她穿着浴袍和步行靴。

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It was a good thing she only had to walk across the hall

还好她只需要走过走廊。

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She looked worried." Iggy," she said

她看起来很担心。“伊吉，”她说。

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" I have a big problem and you've got to help me!"

“我有个大问题，你必须帮帮我！”

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" What's wrong?" I asked

“怎么了？”我问。

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But then I remembered all the sounds I'd heard last night

但接着我想起了昨晚听到的所有声音。

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First I'd heard a train whistle

起初我听到了火车汽笛声。

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Then I'd heard noises like loud roars and blaring horns

然后又听到了巨大的咆哮声和刺耳的喇叭声。

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I was pretty sure I hadn't been dreaming

我很肯定我没有在做梦。

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" Come to my apartment," said Molly." And I'll show you!"

“来我公寓吧，”莫莉说，“我带你看看！”

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" I'll be there as fast as I can," I said

“我会尽快赶到，”我说。

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I gobbled down the rest of my breakfast

我狼吞虎咽地吃完了剩下的早餐。

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My mom had gone to work

我妈妈已经去上班了。

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So I left Tate a note to tell him where I was

所以我给泰特留了张字条，告诉他我去哪儿了。

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Then I hurried over to Molly's apartment

然后我就急忙赶去了莫莉的公寓。

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She was sitting on the couch with her foot on a pillow

她正坐在沙发上，一只脚搁在枕头上。

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Tufty was perched beside her with his head tucked under his wing

塔夫蒂栖息在她旁边，把头埋在翅膀底下。

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Caswell was holding a toy car as he watched the bird closely

卡斯韦尔拿着一辆玩具车，仔细地观察着那只鸟。

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" Tufty is sleeping," he whispered to me

“塔夫蒂在睡觉，”他小声对我说。

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" Of course he's sleeping!" said Molly

“他当然在睡觉！”莫莉说。

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" He's tired from making loud noises all night!"

“他整晚制造噪音，累坏了！”

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" I heard him," I said with a nod

“我听到他了，”我点了点头说。

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" He was pretty noisy."

“他可真够吵的。”

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" We found out he doesn't just make roaring subway sounds," Molly went on

“我们发现他不只会发出轰隆隆的地铁声，”莫莉继续说道。

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" He also knows how to imitate screeching buses and taxi horns!"

“他还会模仿吱嘎作响的公交车和出租车的喇叭声！”

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" And racing cars. Vroom!" growled Caswell as he raced his toy car around the floor

“还有赛车。嗡！”卡斯韦尔一边在地板上开着他的玩具车，一边低吼着。

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" Everyone in our apartment building heard Tufty!" wailed Molly

“我们公寓楼里所有人都听到塔夫蒂了！”莫莉哀叹道。

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" All the neighbors are complaining to my mom."

“所有邻居都在跟我妈妈抱怨。”

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" Oh, Iggy." Tears filled her eyes

“哦，伊吉。”她眼中噙满泪水。

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" I'm worried that I won't be able to keep Tufty!"

“我担心我可能无法留下塔夫蒂了！”

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Mrs. O'Donnell appeared from the kitchen

奥唐纳太太从厨房走了出来。

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" It's very serious," she said

“情况非常严重，”她说。

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" Dr. Stanley didn't sleep at all

“斯坦利医生整晚都没睡。

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And Mrs. Curry had to stuff cotton in her ears!"

柯里太太也不得不用棉花塞住耳朵！”

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Tufty still had his head under his wing

塔夫蒂仍把头埋在翅膀下。

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He certainly wasn't losing any sleep!

他倒是睡得正香呢！

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" Iggy," said Molly

“伊吉，”莫莉说。

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" You have to think of an invention to keep Tufty quiet

“你得想个发明让塔夫蒂安静下来。

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I don't want to give him away

我不想把它送走。

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I need him to cheer me up so I can get better fast!"

我需要它让我振作起来，这样我才能快点好起来！"

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" I'll think really hard," I said

"我会努力想的。"我说。

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" Hurry up!" said Molly

"快点！"莫莉说。

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A few minutes later, Josh and Jenny came over

几分钟后，乔什和珍妮过来了。

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They had heard Tufty during the night too

他们昨晚也听到塔夫蒂的声音了。

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" Bunch howled every time Tufty made the train whistle noise," said Jenny

"每次塔夫蒂发出火车汽笛的声音，邦奇就跟着嚎叫。"珍妮说。

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" And Sparky hid under the bed," said Josh

"斯帕奇躲到了床底下。"乔什说。

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Sparky was Josh's hamster

斯帕奇是乔什的仓鼠。

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" Iggy is going to think of a way to keep Tufty quiet," said Molly

"伊吉会想出办法让塔夫蒂安静下来的。"莫莉说。

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" I'm sure you'll think of something, Iggy." said Jenny

"我相信你会想出办法的，伊吉。"珍妮说。

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" Remember when you figured out I had the wrong glasses on?"

"还记得你发现我戴错眼镜那次吗？"

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" And when you invented the Fabulous Glasses-Finder?" said Molly

"还有你发明神奇眼镜探测器那次呢？"莫莉说。

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" And don't forget my bell!" said Caswell

"别忘了我的铃铛！"卡斯韦尔说。

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" It helped everyone find me whenever I got lost!"

"每次我迷路，它都能帮大家找到我！"

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I was happy my friends thought I was a good inventor

朋友们觉得我是个出色的发明家，我很高兴。

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But it was hard to think with everyone staring at me

但大家都盯着我看，让我很难思考。

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Plus, Molly was telling me to hurry

再加上莫莉一直催我快点。

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I closed my eyes

我闭上了眼睛。

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" Vroom!" said Caswell, still racing his little car around the floor

"呜——！"卡斯韦尔还在地板上开着他的小汽车。

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" Maybe I'd better go into solitary confinement," I said

"也许我最好去单独关禁闭。"我说。

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" What does that mean?" asked Jenny

"那是什么意思？"珍妮问。

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" It means I have to go somewhere by myself and think," I explained

"意思是我得自己去个地方好好想想。"我解释道。

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But before I could go into solitary confinement, something happened

但我还没来得及去关禁闭，事情就有了转机。

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Actually, two things happened

事实上，发生了两件事。

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First the lights came back on in Molly's apartment

首先，莫莉公寓的灯又亮了起来。

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The workmen must have finally put in the new wires

一定是工人们终于换好了新电线。

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The second thing that happened is that I got an idea

第二件事是，我想到了一个主意。

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I guess my head got some new wires in it too!

我想我的大脑里也接上了一些新线路！