E32【纯英朗读】I've got a friend at city hall

E32 I’ve got a friend at city hall.

“How about we go to Chuck in Traffic Central,” Nick continued, pretending to be a cheesy radio announcer. “Chuck, how are things looking on those Jam Cams?”

“Nick, I’m glad you told me,” said Judy. 

“Wait! The Jam Cams!” said Nick urgently. 

“Seriously, it’s okay,” said Judy.

“N-no, shh-shush! There are traffic cameras everywhere. All over the canopy. Whatever happened to that jaguar—”

“The traffic cameras would have caught it!” said Judy, excitedly, suddenly realizing what Nick meant.

“Bingo!” said Nick.

Judy chucked him on the arm, impressed. “Pretty sneaky, Slick.”

“However. If you didn’t have access to the system before, I doubt Chief Buffalo Butt is gonna give it to you now.”

“No. But I’ve got a friend at city hall who might!”Judy smiled, feeling hopeful again.

It didn’t take long for Judy and Nick to find Assistant Mayor Bellwether in city hall. 

She was struggling to hold a stack of files while keeping up with Mayor Lionheart.

“Sir?” said Bellwether. “If we could just review these very important—”

As Bellwether continued to struggle and dodge out of the way inside the busy lobby, she almost stepped on a little mouse.

“Oh, I’m sorry...sir!”

“I heard you, Bellwether,” said Lionheart impatiently. “Just take care of it, okay?” 

He set a folder on top of her huge stack. “And clear my afternoon. I’m going out.”

“But, sir, you have a meeting with Herds and Grazing...Sir—”

Lionheart continued through the door, letting it slam right in Bellwether’s face. All the files she was carrying were knocked to the floor.

“Oh, mutton chops,” she said, trying to collect the scattered pieces of paper.

“Assistant Mayor Bellwether,” said Judy, approaching her.

“We need your help.”

Bellwether led them to her tiny, cramped office. Judy and Nick looked around, surprised.

Bellwether’s office was actually a janitor’s closet!

“We just need to get into the traffic camera database,” Judy said as Bellwether typed on the keyboard of her computer.

Nick barely touched the wool puff on top of Bellwether’s head and whispered, “Sooo fluffy!” He was mesmerized. “Sheep never let me this close— so fluffy—like cotton candy—”

“You can’t touch that! Stop it!” scolded Judy, swatting his hand away as she tried to keep Bellwether from seeing Nick.

“Where to?” Bellwether asked as she pulled up traffic cameras for the whole city. She looked up at Judy, catching the rabbit in mid-swat.

“Rainforest District. Vine and Tujunga.”

Nick and Judy shared a smiled. 

This time, Judy had pronounced Tujunga correctly.