It was five o'clock in the afternoon． Barney had just had his hair cut at the barber shop when Fred came running up to him．下午五点，巴尼刚在理发店剪好头发，佛瑞德向他跑过来。
Fred was out of breath and looked worried．佛瑞德上气不接下气，看上去很忧虑。
He had spent the whole day looking for Marty and he thought Barney could help him find the boy． 他一整天都在寻找马蒂，觉得巴尼或许能帮他找找。
Marty's mother had tried to make him go to the dentist's to have his teeth checked． 马蒂的妈妈试图让马蒂去看牙医检查他的牙齿。
But Marty was scared and didn't want to go． Now he had disappeared and Fred thought Marty had run away from home．但马蒂很害怕，不想去。现在他不见了，佛瑞德认为他离家出走了。
Barney told Fred that he was going to Nick's garage to have his car fixed．巴尼告诉佛瑞德，他准备到尼克汽车修理厂修车。
Lots of kids from the neighbourhood went there because they liked to play games in the old， useless cars．邻近的很多小孩会去修理厂，因为他们喜欢在破旧无用的汽车里玩游戏。
It was possible that one of them had seen Marty or knew where he was． 他们当中可能有人见到过马蒂，或者知道他在哪儿。
Barney offered to give Fred a ride to the garage in his taxi． 巴尼让佛瑞德搭他的出租车到修理厂。 When the two men arrived at Nick's they found Marty playing with some other boys．到达尼克修理厂时，发现马蒂正和其他男孩玩耍。
Fred convinced Marty that he had to be brave and go to the dentist's like a man．佛瑞德劝说马蒂要做个勇敢的人，像个男子汉一样去看牙医。
Marty finally agreed， but only if Fred would go there with him to give him courage．马蒂最终同意了，但是要求佛瑞德和他一起去，给他鼓气。
Fred smiled and put his arm around Marty． They got in Barney's taxi and went to the dentist's together．佛瑞德笑了，把马蒂抱在怀里。他们坐着巴尼的出租车一起去了牙医那里。
