One evening after dinner, Mr. and Mrs. William ca

One evening after dinner, Mr. and Mrs. William called a family meeting. “We’ve had to make a difficult decision.” Mr. Will iam announced. “You see, your mother h as been offered a post as co-director of a television in Chicago. Unluckily, the sta tion is not here. After thinking long and h ard about it, we’ve concluded (下结论) th at the right decision is to move to Chicag o.” Peter looked shocked, while his sister A my breathlessly started asking when the y’d be moving: “It’s surprising, but excitin g!” she said. Peter simply said, “We can’t go — I can’t leave all my friends. I’d rath er stay here and live with Tommy!” Mr. and Mrs. William hoped that by the t ime they moved in August, Peter would grow more accustomed (习惯) to the ide a of leaving. However, he showed no sig ns of accepting the news, refusing to pac k his belongings (物品). When the morning of the move arrived, Peter was nowhere to be found. His par ents called Tommy’s house, but Tommy’s mother said she hadn’t seen Peter. Mrs. William became increasingly worried, w hile her husband felt angry with their so n for behaving so irresponsibly (不负责 任). What they didn’t know was that Peter ha d started walking over to Tommy’s hous e, with a faint idea of hiding in Tommy’s attic (阁楼) for a few days. But somethin g happened on the way as Peter walked past all the familiar landscape of the nei ghborhood: the fence that he and his mo ther painted, the tree that he and his sist er used to climb, the park where he and his fathe

某个晚上，饭后，威廉姆斯夫妇召开了一个家庭会议，“我们不得不做出一个重要的决定”。威廉姆斯先生宣布道。“你们看，你们母亲获得了一份在芝加哥电视台主任的职位，不幸的是车站不在这里，经过长时间以及艰难的思考，我们下了结论，做出正确的决定，那就是搬去芝加哥。”peter看上去很震惊，然而他的妹妹amy呼吸急促的开始问道他们什么时候搬过去：“这太出乎意料了，但是很刺激兴奋！”她说。 peter简单的说道：“我们不能离开这，我不能离开我的朋友们，我宁愿留在这里和Tommy一起住！"威廉姆斯夫妇希望到了8月份他们要搬的时候，peter能够慢慢习惯接受要离开的想法。然而，他却表现得毫无接受这个的想法，拒绝打包他的物品。到了要离开的一大早，peter不见了。夫妇两个去了Tommy家找了peter，但是Tommy的母亲和他们说没有见到peter。威廉姆斯夫人越来越担心起来，然而，她丈夫感到很生气因为他们儿子那不负责任的行为。他们不知道的是peter已经开始走向Tommy家的房子，打算藏在Tommy家的阁楼一段时间，但是某事发生了在他经过邻居家的家庭景观时：他和他妈妈画的栅栏，他和她妹妹曾今爬过的树，后面的貌似漏了