"It's morning, everyone!" Peach was stretching her arms, the first one awake in the tank. "Today's the day. The sun is shining, the tank is clean, and we are getting out of—"

Suddenly she gasped¹. The tank was clean? Moments later, everyone gathered at the filter. They stared up in horror. It was a new filter—a huge, towering one. And it didn't have any moving parts they could break—or put a pebble² into!

"Boss must have installed it last night while we were sleeping," Gill said, shaking his head, disappointed.

"The Aqua Scum 2003 is an all-purpose, self-cleaning, maintenance-free saltwater purifier." Peach was reading a booklet that lay open on the counter.

A red laser beam shot out from the filter, sweeping³ the water. "Temperature eighty-two degrees," an automated⁴ voice recited. "Ph balance normal."

The Tank Gang looked on in amazement⁵. Then they realized what had happened. "Curse you, Aqua Scum!" cried Gurgle.

"That's it for the escape plan!" Bloat cried, inflating⁶ in anger. "It's ruined!"

"What are we going to do about…" Nemo panicked. The door of the dentist's office swung open.

"Darla!" shouted the Tank Gang. "Stay down, kid," Gill said sharply.

A little boy walked into the waiting room with his mother. "False alarm," Bloat said.

Nemo sighed with relief. But then, before he could move, he felt a net fall around him—a fishnet!

He was lifted up, up, up. "Gill! Help me!" he shouted. "Nemo!" Gill shouted back.

Quickly taking action, Gill swam as fast as he could over to Nemo and jumped into the net with him. With all his might, he started to swim down, in an attempt to get the net away from the dentist.

"C'mon, kid," Gill said to Nemo. "Swim down! Swim down!"

The rest of the Tank Gang jumped into the net as well, and they all swam down as hard as they could.

Just when Nemo thought he'd gotten free from the net, Dr. Sherman trapped him inside a plastic bag filled with water.

The dentist plopped Nemo on a counter and walked away.

The Tank Gang raced to that side of the glass. "Roll, kid!" everyone told him. "Just roll! Keep going. You can do it."

Nemo twisted around and around. It was working. Slowly, the bag was moving.

The window! He saw it on the other side of the counter. If he could make it there, it would be one jump to the harbor below.

Then Dr. Sherman grabbed the bag. "Now that would be a nasty fall," he said, placing the bag on a tray.

Suddenly, the office door flew open. A table toppled, and a lamp shattered.

Darla had arrived.

 

“现在是早上了，各位!”作为水族箱里最早醒过来的小鱼，小桃正伸展着手臂。“今天是个大日子。阳光灿烂，水族箱干净，我们要逃出——”

突然她倒吸了一口气。水族箱很干净？过了一会儿，大家都聚集在过滤器旁。他们惊恐地注视着上方。这是台全新的过滤器——一台高耸着的、巨大的过滤器。而且它没有任何活动的部件能让他们损坏——或者放鹅卵石进去！

“老板一定是趁昨天晚上我们睡觉的时候装上的。”吉哥一边说一边失望地摇摇头。

“水得清2003型是一台多功能、自动清洁、免保养的盐水净化器。”小桃读着台子上摊开的一本小册子。

一束红色的激光从过滤器里射出，扫过水面。“温度82华氏度，”一个自动化的声音说着，“酸碱值正常。”

鱼缸帮惊讶地观望着。接着他们意识到发生了什么。“该死的水得清!”胆小鬼大叫。

“逃亡计划又泡汤了!”猪猪大叫道，他生气极了，“计划被破坏了!”

“我们要做……”尼莫很惊慌。这时牙医办公室的门开了。

“达拉!”鱼缸帮大喊。“快躲下面，孩子。”吉哥严厉地说。

一个小男孩跟着妈妈走进了候诊室。“虚惊一场。”猪猪说。

尼莫如释重负地松了口气。但就在这时，他还来不及反应，就感到有个网罩了下来——一个渔网。

他被捞上去了，上去了，上去了。“吉哥！救我!”他大喊。“尼莫!”吉哥也朝他大喊。

吉哥很快就行动起来，尽快游到了尼莫身边，跳到网里陪伴他。他用尽全力向下拽，想让网从牙医手里掉下来。

“快点，孩子，”吉哥对尼莫说，“往下游！往下游!”

鱼缸帮其他的鱼也跳进了渔网，他们都尽量使劲往下拽。

就当尼莫以为自己已经挣脱渔网的时候，谢尔曼医生把他装进了一只装满水的塑料袋里。

牙医把尼莫轻轻地放在台子上，走开了。

鱼缸帮们冲到那一侧的玻璃前。“快打滚，孩子!”每个人都这么告诉他。“就打滚！一直往前。你能行的。”

尼莫扭来扭去。这很管用。慢慢地，袋子移动了。

窗户！他看见窗户在台子的另一边。如果他能到那儿，只要往下一跳就能到海港。

这时，谢尔曼医生一把抓住了袋子。“掉下去就麻烦了。”他说着，把袋子放到了托盘上。

突然，办公室的门猛地开了。一张桌子倒了，一盏灯摔坏了。

达拉到了。

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