The Missing Walkie-Talkie (Part 2)

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阿ā亮liàng正在zhèng zài楼lóu里lǐ巡逻xún luó,突然tū rán发现fā xiàn自己的zì jǐ de对讲机duì jiǎng jī不见了bù jiàn le。A Liang was patrolling the building when he suddenly realized his walkie-talkie was gone.他tā一yī拍pāi口袋kǒu dài,什么shén me也yě没有méi yǒu。He patted his pocket — nothing.他tā小声xiǎo shēng说shuō:“不会bù huì吧ba,我wǒ怎么zěn me又yòu没有méi yǒu带dài好hǎo……”He whispered, "No way… how did I lose track of it again…"

他tā赶紧gǎn jǐn回到huí dào前台qián tái问wèn小美xiǎo měi。He hurried back to the front desk to ask Xiao Mei.小美xiǎo měi说shuō她tā没有méi yǒu看到kàn dào对讲机duì jiǎng jī。Xiao Mei said she hadn't seen the walkie-talkie.阿ā亮liàng着急zháo jí地de在zài桌zhuō下xià、椅子yǐ zi后面hòu mian找zhǎo。A Liang anxiously searched under the table and behind the chairs.小美xiǎo měi看着kàn zhe他tā乱luàn翻fān,忍不住rěn bù zhù笑了xiào le。Xiao Mei watched him rummaging around and couldn't help laughing.

这时zhè shí,一个yī ge清洁qīng jié阿姨ā yí走zǒu来lái。Just then, a cleaning lady walked over.她tā举着jǔ zhe对讲机duì jiǎng jī说shuō:“这个zhè ge是shì谁shéi掉diào的de?”She held up the walkie-talkie and said, "Who dropped this?"

阿ā亮liàng的de脸liǎn一下yī xià红hóng了le,说shuō:“我wǒ…我wǒ刚才gāng cái没有méi yǒu拿ná好hǎo。”A Liang's face turned red as he said, "I… I didn't have a good grip on it just now."

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