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One afternoon in August, the phone rang while my sister Gracie and I on the porch, shredding sweet corn into large metal buckets.
八月的一天下午，電話鈴響了 那時我和姐姐格雷西正坐在門廊上剝玉米
What?
怎么？
the buckets were riddled with bite marks dating back to last spring when our dog Tapioca got depressed and started eating metal.
鐵桶上布滿齒痕，那還是去年春天的事 那時我家的狗——木薯卡，悶悶不樂 愛上了嚼鐵桶
Gracie, can you hold this for a second.
格雷西，幫我拿一下
This is what I predicted. Manticora herculeana is a subspecies of cicindeler.
跟我預料的一樣 大王虎甲是虎甲屬的亞種
Who was at that called ?
呃，誰打來的電話？
Same time, has a heart at tip of the mandible doesn't seem to have a white spot on the electra.
同時，它的下顎尖有毛 另一只角上沒有白點
Mom? The phone, who was it?
媽？電話是誰打來的？
Oh, a call for T.S.
嗯，是找T.S.的
A call for him?
找他？
Yes, Gracie.
是啊，格雷西
Who was it?
誰找我？
I do not know. She is still in the line. she is waiting. You should probably go.
不知道 我沒掛，她還等著 你得去接了
