We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here.
我们住在一个小镇上，大家几乎都认识。这里曾经非常宁静。也没发生过什么事。
However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town.
然而，这些天，我们的镇子里发生了一些不寻常的事情。
Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, "every night we hear strange noises outside our window.
我学校的一名老师，维克托非常紧张不安。在接受小镇报纸采访时，他说道，“每晚我都听到窗外有奇怪的声音。
My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun.
我的妻子认为可能是动物，但我和我的朋友认为一定是孩子在外边玩耍的声音。
My parents called the policemen, but they couldn't find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don't think so!"
我的父母报了警，但警察们却没有发现什么奇怪的地方。他们认为可能是风。我不这么认为！”
Victor's next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too.
维克托的隔壁邻居，海伦也非常担忧。
"At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn't see a dog or anything else, either. So I guess it can't be a dog. But then, what could it be?"
“起初，我认为可能是狗，但是我没看见狗，也没看到其他东西。所以我猜不会是狗。但那又会是什么呢？”
One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure.
该地区的一位女士看见有东西跑过，但天太黑了，她也无法确定。
"I think it was too big to be a dog," she said. "Maybe it was a bear or a wolf."
“我认为这个东西太大了，不可能是狗，”她说道。“或者是一只熊或一匹狼。”
Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas.
镇上的每个人都感到不安，而且每个人都有自己的想法。
There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We have no idea.
一定有什么东西来到我们街区了，但是什么呢？我们不知道。
Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen.
多数人都希望这个动物或人离开我们镇，但我认为这是不可能的。
The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
这个噪音制造者乐于在我们街区制造恐怖。
