Just before little Claire and Eliza were about to enter the convenience store, they perceived the blowing of horns. After turning around, they discovered that two clowns stood behind them, as if selling balloons. "Didn't know there was a circus in town," remarked little Claire in her childish tones.
正當小 Claire 和 Eliza 準備進入便利店時，她們聽到了有人吹號角的聲音。轉身一看，赫然發現是兩個小丑在賣氣球。「咦？難道有馬戲團要來了？」小小Claire問道。
"I don't know, but it looks very fun," replied Eliza, mesmerised by the colourful balloons of all sorts of shapes and sizes, "Why not let's go get ourselves one before heading to school?"
「我也不知道，可是看起來好好玩兒喔！」被五彩繽紛、奇形怪狀的氣球所吸引的 Eliza 答道。「我們何不去買一個，再去上學？」
"Sure! Everyone else will envy our pretty balloons," responded Claire as they walked towards the two clowns.
「好啊，這樣大家就會很羨慕我們有氣球！」Claire 一邊走向小丑一邊回答道。
"Um, excuse me, sir...um, I mean miss," inquired Eliza, but paused after she perceived that the clown she was talking to was a woman, "How much do these balloons cost?" At the door of the convenience store, a man with overgrown hair stood watching them, unperceived by the group.
「不好意思噢，先....我是說....小姐，」Eliza 發現那名小丑是女的後停頓了一下。「請問，氣球一個多少錢啊？」這時，大夥兒都沒注意到一名留著奇怪髮型的男子站在便利店門口，暗暗的監視著他們的一舉一動。
"Hello, little girl," the female clown saluted benevolently, "They're for free! We're advertising for an arriving circus!"
「你好啊，小女孩！」女小丑親切地說。「氣球是免費的，我們是來宣傳準備到來的馬戲團！」
"Really?" little Claire and Eliza glanced at each other in surprise, and immediately began discussing which one to take between themselves. "I like the blue one with the star shape."
「真的啊！」小小 Claire 和 Eliza 便開始興奮地討論起要拿哪一個氣球。「我喜歡藍色、長得像星星的那個！」
"No, I like the red one, it's prettier."
「不要啦！紅色的比較漂亮！」
"It's alright kids, you can take one each if you wish!" the other clown, who also appeared to be female, encouraged.
「小朋友，沒關係！如果你們想要，可以各拿一個啊！」另一名小丑，似乎也是女的，說。
"It's alright, we'll just take the blue one. Leave the rest for the other kids!" little Claire concluded, and chose the colour that Eliza wanted, as she didn't particularly fancy a balloon from the start anyways.
「不用了，我們拿那個藍色的就好了。其他的留給別的小朋友吧！」小小 Claire 選擇了 Eliza 喜歡的那個顏色，懂事地說。其實，自己本身也沒有特別想要氣球。
Then, without forgetting to say 'thank you', like good girls, little Claire and Eliza skipped away blissfully to school in the opposite direction to the convenience store.
兩人有禮貌的說了『謝謝』後，興高采烈、蹦蹦跳跳地往學校的方向去了。
After seeing that the children were safely out of sight, the two clowns turned around to perceive the man standing at the door of the convenience store, who, after seeing that he was seen, was about to dash out of sight. Nevertheless, it was too late. As he was immediately trapped inside a plastic trap thrown out by the clowns. The two clowns hi-fived each other, and at that instant, they had transformed back into Annie and Cathy. Hooray! They had saved grandma!
兩名小丑看到了小朋友安全地離開後，轉頭看見那名奇怪的男子。男子驚見自己被發現後，轉身要逃跑。然而，他立馬被一個塑膠陷阱給困住了。兩名小丑瞬間變回了安妮和凱西。噢耶！她們成功地拯救阿嬤了。
As if to prove everything was real, Claire and Eliza appeared in their Graduation Ball dresses beside them, blinking, as if just woken up from a trance.
說時遲那時快，穿著畢業晚會禮服的 Claire 和 Eliza 出現在兩人旁邊，眨著眼睛，彷彿剛從一場噩夢中清醒般。
After their granddaughters have explained the whole situation to them, Claire and Eliza hugged them, and the four jolly girls walked back to the Time Machine. At the entrance, they encountered a man wearing a white suit, with bushy eyebrows and early signs of baldness, at whom Annie and Cathy gasped after perceiving him. Who is this man and what does he want?
經過孫女們的解釋後，Claire 和 Eliza 感激地擁抱了她們。於是，四個女孩便走回時光機的所在地。在時光機的入口處，他們看見了一名穿著白色西裝、有著濃眉及禿頭危機傾向的男子。安妮和凱西看到他後驚叫了一聲。他到底是誰？要來做什麼呢？
~To be Continued~
～待續～
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