003 嫌疑名单

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" It's weird to think that someone from our neighborhood is a thief," Cole said

“想想看，我们小区里居然有小偷，真奇怪，”科尔说。

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" I know," Henry agreed

“是啊，”亨利表示同意。

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" But Maggie's money is gone, which means that someone stole it

“但玛吉的钱确实不见了，这说明有人偷了它。

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All we have to do now is figure out who it was."

我们现在只需要找出是谁干的。”

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" Who are the suspects again?" Cole asked

“嫌疑人都有谁来着？”科尔问道。

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Maggie sighed." Weren't you listening?" she said

玛吉叹了口气。“你没在听吗？”她说。

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" There were only a few people close enough to the lemonade stand to grab the money

“当时只有几个人离柠檬水摊足够近，能拿走钱。

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They were Nathan and Nora, Mrs. Martin and Marty, Ryan, and those two teenage girls."

他们是内森和诺拉，马丁太太和马蒂，瑞安，还有那两个十几岁的女孩。”

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" I doubt it was Nathan," Cole said." He's a nice kid."

“我觉得不是内森，”科尔说。“他是个好孩子。”

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Henry nodded. Nathan was the same age as him and Cole, and everyone liked him

亨利点点头。内森和亨利、科尔同岁，大家都喜欢他。

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Kids liked him because he was always smiling and loved to have fun

孩子们喜欢他，因为他总是笑眯眯的，爱玩爱闹。

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" That little sister of his is kind of weird though," Maggie pointed out

“不过他那个小妹妹有点古怪，”麦琪指出。

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" She's always making up crazy stories and dressing up in funny costumes and stuff."

“她总是编些疯疯癫癫的故事，还穿搞笑的戏服什么的。”

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" Nora is a bit strange," Henry agreed

“诺拉是有点奇怪，”亨利同意道。

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" But being weird isn't the same as being a thief

“但是古怪不等于就是小偷。

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Plus she's only five years old

再说她才五岁。

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That's pretty young to steal money from a cashbox."

那么小的孩子不太可能从钱箱里偷钱。”

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" What about Ryan, that kid who skateboards all the time?" Maggie said

“那个老在玩滑板的瑞安呢？”麦琪说。

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" He's always getting in trouble at school."

“他在学校总是惹麻烦。”

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Ryan was three years younger than Henry

瑞安比亨利小三岁。

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Henry had seen him around, but he didn't know Ryan very well

亨利在附近见过他，但对瑞安不太了解。

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" What kind of trouble?" Henry asked Maggie

“什么样的麻烦？”亨利问玛吉。

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She shrugged." Mostly teachers get mad at him for goofing off and not paying attention in class."

她耸耸肩。“主要是老师因为他上课捣乱、不专心听讲而生气。”

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" I heard he skateboarded into his neighbor's flowers," Cole said

“我听说他玩滑板冲进了邻居家的花丛，”科尔说。

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" He got in big trouble for that!"

“他为此惹了大麻烦！”

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" That doesn't make him a thief," Henry said

“那也不能说明他是小偷，”亨利说。

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" But he seems like a better suspect than the others

“但他看起来比其他几个更可疑。

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Let's go find him and talk to him."

我们去找他谈谈吧。”

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Maggie put a cover on her pitcher of lemonade so bugs wouldn't get in it

玛吉给她的柠檬水壶盖上盖子，免得虫子掉进去。

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Then the three kids headed down the block in the direction that Ryan had gone

然后三个孩子沿着瑞安离开的方向，朝街区那头走去。

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" What are we going to say when we find him?" Cole asked

“我们找到他后要说什么？”科尔问道。

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" I know what I want to say." Maggie frowned

“我知道我要说什么。”麦琪皱起眉头。

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" I want to tell him to give me back my money!

“我想让他把钱还给我！

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Otherwise I'll break his skateboard in half!"

否则我就把他的滑板摔成两半！”

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" I don't think that's a good idea, Maggie," Henry told her

“我觉得那可不是个好主意，麦琪，”亨利对她说道。

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" We're not going to threaten Ryan

“我们不是要去威胁瑞安。

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We're just going to ask him a few questions, like my dad does when he's interviewing someone."

我们只是要去问他几个问题，就像我爸爸采访别人时做的那样。”

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Henry's father was a journalist who wrote stories for the local newspaper

亨利的父亲是一名记者，为当地报纸撰写新闻。

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He liked to say that his job was one part writing, one part asking questions, and three parts listening

他喜欢说，他的工作是一分写作，一分提问，三分倾听。

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That was because he spent so much time interviewing people and listening to their answers

那是因为他花了大量时间采访人们，倾听他们的回答。

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" Wait. We're going to ask Ryan a few questions?" Cole said

“等等。我们要去问瑞安几个问题？”科尔说。

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" I can only think of one question: Did you take the money?"

“我只能想到一个问题：你拿钱了吗？”

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" Yeah," Maggie said." And I already asked him that."

“是啊，”麦琪说。“我已经问过他了。”

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Henry had just spotted Ryan up ahead

亨利刚刚看到瑞安就在前面。

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The skateboarder was practicing kick flips

那个滑板少年正在练习翻板动作。

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His baggy shorts fluttered when he jumped, and his sneakers squeaked when he landed

他跳起来时，宽松的短裤飘动，落地时运动鞋发出吱嘎声。

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" Just listen and play along," Henry whispered to Cole and Maggie

“听着，配合一下，”亨利小声对科尔和麦琪说。

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" I'm going to interview Ryan, just like Dad would

“我要像爸爸那样采访瑞安。

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We might learn something by listening to his answers."

听听他的回答，我们或许能知道些什么。”

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The other two looked skeptical. But Henry hurried forward

另外两人一脸怀疑。但亨利已经匆匆向前走去。

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" Hi, Ryan," he called out." Can I talk to you for a second?"

"嗨，瑞安，"他喊道。"我能跟你聊几句吗？"

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Ryan finished his flip, and then rolled over to Henry on his skateboard

瑞安做完那个翻板动作，然后踩着滑板滑到亨利跟前。

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" Sure, dude. What do you want to talk about?"

"行啊，哥们儿。你想聊啥？"

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He grinned, shoving both hands in his pockets

他咧嘴笑着，双手插进口袋。

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Henry smiled back

亨利也朝他笑了笑。

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" We're just trying to find out what happened to Maggie's money

"我们只是想查清楚麦琪的钱到底怎么了。"

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Since you were there, we thought you might have seen who took it."

"因为你当时也在那儿，我们觉得你也许看见了是谁拿的。"

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" Nope. Sorry." Ryan shrugged

"没看见。不好意思。"瑞安耸了耸肩。

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" Okay," Henry said

"好吧，"亨利说。

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" Then did you see anyone hanging around the lemonade stand?

"那你当时有看到什么人在柠檬水摊旁边瞎转悠吗？"

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Maybe a stranger or something?"

"比如陌生人或者其他什么人？"

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" I already told you there was nobody else around, Henry," Maggie interrupted

"我刚才就跟你说过了，附近没别人，亨利，"麦琪插嘴道。

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Then she glared at Ryan." I know you stole my money

然后她瞪着瑞安。"我知道是你偷了我的钱。"

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Why don't you just admit it?"

"你干嘛不直接就承认了？"

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" No way." Ryan glared back at her

"我才不认呢。"瑞安也回瞪着她。

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" Why should I admit to something I didn't do? I didn't take your money!"

"我干嘛要承认我没干过的事儿？你的钱不是我拿的！"

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" Well, somebody did," Cole pointed out

"哼，钱肯定是有人拿了，"科尔指出。

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" It was probably her." Ryan laughed and pointed at Maggie

"没准儿就是她自己拿的。"瑞安笑着，朝麦琪指了指。

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" What?" Maggie screeched." Don't be ridiculous!

"什么？"麦琪尖叫起来。"别瞎扯了！"

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Why would I steal my own money?"

"我有什么理由偷我自个儿的钱？"

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Ryan shrugged again." How should I know?"

瑞安又耸了耸肩。"我哪儿知道？"

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Henry looked away, thinking

亨利看向别处，琢磨起来。

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He still believed that Ryan was the most likely suspect, but this interview wasn't going well so far

他还是觉得瑞安是嫌疑最大的那个，不过就眼下看来，这番问话不太顺利。

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Henry tried to think of another question

亨利试着去想另外一个问题。

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What would his dad ask? He couldn't think of anything

他爸爸遇到这种情况会问什么呢？他完全想不出来。

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Besides he was pretty sure that Ryan wouldn't answer any more questions

更何况，他十分确定瑞安不会再回答任何问题了。

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Not after Maggie had just accused him of the crime again

特别是麦琪刚刚又当面指责他犯了事儿之后。

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So how could they figure out if Ryan had done it?

那么，他们到底要怎么才能弄清楚，这事儿到底是不是瑞安干的？