E31【纯英朗读】Nick told Judy his childhood story

E31 Nick told Judy his childhood story

Judy slowly reached for it as Nick spoke up.

“Uh, no,” he said.

Bogo glared at Nick.

“What did you say, fox?”

“Sorry, what I said was ‘no.’ She will not be giving you that badge,” said Nick.

“Look, you gave her a clown vest and a three-wheel joke-mobile and two days to solve a case you guys haven’t cracked in two weeks? Yeah, no wonder she needed to get help from a fox. None of you guys were gonna help her, were you?”

Judy stared at Nick.

She couldn’t believe he was sticking up for her. Bogo stood silently.

“Here’s the thing, Chief. You gave her forty- eight hours, so technically we still have ten left to find our Mr. Otterton...and that’s exactly what we are gonna do. So if you’ll excuse us...we have a very big lead to follow and a case to crack. Good day.”

Nick turned to Judy. “Officer Hopps?” He guided her to a passing gondola, leaving Bogo and the rest of the officers stunned.

“Thank you,” she said as the two sat in the gondola while it soared over the Rainforest District.

“Never let them see that they get to you,” said Nick.

Surprised, Judy turned to Nick. “So things get to you?”

“No...I mean, not anymore,” said Nick.

“But I was small and emotionally unbalanced like you once.”

“Har-har,” said Judy.

“No, it’s true. I think I was eight, maybe nine, and all I wanted to do was join the Junior Ranger Scouts.”

Nick decided to tell Judy a story about when he was a kid.

“So my mom scraped together enough money to buy me a brand-new uniform.” Nick explained how badly he wanted to fit in—even though he was the only predator in the troop. “I was gonna be part of a pack,” he said.

Nick described the scene. He was taking the oath with the scouts when the other kids suddenly tackled him, yelling, “Get him! Get that pred! Muzzle him!”

They strapped a muzzle onto his snout and continued to mock him. “If you thought we’d ever trust a fox without a muzzle, you’re even dumber than you look,” one of them had taunted.

When they finally let him go, he ran away, limping, with his uniform torn to pieces.

“I learned two things that day,” said Nick, lost in the terrible memory.

“One, I was never going to let anyone see that they got to me.”

“And two?” Judy prodded.

“If the world’s only gonna see a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, there’s no point trying to be anything else.”

“Nick,” said Judy gently. “You are so much more than that.” She touched his arm as the gondola pierced through the clouds. They gazed down at the busy city buzzing below.

“Boy, look at that traffic down there,” said Nick, changing the subject.