(单词翻译:单击)
A dark hole like his nest was the best place he knew.
他觉得最好的地方就是一个像他的巢穴一样的黑洞 。
So he jumped into the first hole he saw.
于是他便跳进了他所看见的第一个洞里 。
It was the opening to a sewer at the corner of the street.
那是街角处的下水道入口 。
Mother Squirrel did not see what happened, but Billy did.
松鼠妈妈不知道发生了什么,但是比利清楚 。
He ran to the sewer-opening and looked in.
他跑到了下水道的入口处往里看了看 。
There was the poor baby squirrel, trying to climb up the wet sides of the hole.
可怜的松鼠宝宝正试图从下水道的栅栏往外爬 。
He could not get out by himself, and he was too far away to call his mother.
他自己爬不出来,他的妈妈又离得太远叫不到 。
Even if she could come to him, Billy knew that she could not help him.
比利知道即便是他妈妈能过来也帮不了他 。
But Billy knew how to help. He was a policeman's son. He could think quickly, and he remembered his rake.
比利知道应该怎么做,他是警察的儿子 。他很快想到了他的耙子 。
At once he put the rake down into the hole.
他立刻把耙子插进栅栏里 。
The little squirrel, who had been taught to climb so well, came up, up, up the handle.
小松鼠之前攀爬学得很好,便顺着耙子爬上来了 。
The little fellow was very wet and frightened when he climbed out of the hole.
爬出下水道的时候,这个小家伙浑身湿透了还受了惊吓 。
But Billy took him off the rake gently and rubbed his fur clean and dry with soft grass.
比利把从耙子上他轻轻地拿了下来,用软草把他的毛擦干、擦净 。
Then he carried the baby squirrel across the street to the garden where the other squirrels were playing.
然后他带着松鼠宝宝穿过大街,来到其他松鼠正在嬉戏的花园里 。
Mother Squirrel heard the lost one chatter when Billy put him down on the grass, and she came running.
比利把走失的松鼠宝宝放到草地上时,松鼠妈妈听到了他的叫声,跑了过来 。
Billy watched her while she carried the little squirrel safely across the street to the nest in the elm tree.
在松鼠妈妈带着小松鼠安全地穿过马路回到榆树上的巢里的过程中,比利一直关注着她 。
After she had put her baby to bed, she went back to the garden.
松鼠妈妈把自己的宝宝放到巢以后,她又回到了花园 。
That evening Mother Squirrel came to Billy's window for her peanuts.
那天晚上,松鼠妈妈来到比利的窗前拿花生 。
She chattered and tried to talk to the boy.
她吱吱地叫,似乎是在和这个男孩说话 。
"She wants to say 'Thank you,'" thought Billy. "I am glad I helped her.
她想说谢谢你,比利想,我很高兴帮助她 。
That's what a policeman does. I was the squirrel's policeman. Some day I'll be a real one."
这是一个警察该做的,我是松鼠警察,有一天我会成为一名真正的警察 。