007 古怪的顾客

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Henry, Maggie, and Cole stood on the sidewalk staring at one another

亨利、玛吉和科尔站在人行道上，面面相觑。

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They'd just proven that Ryan hadn't stolen Maggie's cash

他们刚刚证明，瑞安没有偷玛吉的钱。

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But they weren't any closer to solving the mystery

但谜团依然没有解开。

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" I guess we should check out some of our other suspects," Henry said to Maggie and Cole

“看来，我们该调查一下其他嫌疑人了。”亨利对玛吉和科尔说。

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" What about those two teenage girls?" Cole suggested

“那两个十几岁的女孩呢？”科尔提议。

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" They left the scene of the crime pretty fast."

“她们很快离开了案发现场。”

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Maggie nodded." True

玛吉点点头。“没错。

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Plus they were whispering together the whole time they were at the lemonade stand, like they were planning something."

而且，她们在柠檬水摊的时候一直在交头接耳，仿佛在计划着什么。”

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" Do you think they could have taken the money when you weren't looking?" Henry asked her

“你觉得，会不会是她们趁你不注意时，把钱拿走了？”亨利问她。

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" Sure," Maggie said

“有可能。”玛吉说。

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" I had my back to the cashbox while I was talking to Nathan

“我和内森说话时，背对着钱箱。

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Anyone could have grabbed the money then."

那时候谁都有可能拿走钱。”

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" Okay, let's see if we can track down those girls," Henry said

“好吧，我们看看能不能找到那两个女孩。”亨利说。

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They walked back to the lemonade stand

他们走回了柠檬水摊。

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There was no sign of the two teenagers

那两个青少年已经不见踪影。

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" I think they walked away in this direction," Cole said

“我觉得她们往这个方向走了。”科尔说。

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He pointed down the street

他指着街道前方。

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The three of them walked to the end of the block, and then stopped

三个人走到街区尽头，停了下来。

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" Which way should we go now?" Maggie wondered

“现在我们该往哪边走呢？”玛吉思索着。

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Henry looked around and spotted Mrs. Smith watering flowers on her front porch

亨利环顾四周，看见史密斯太太正在前门廊上浇花。

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She smiled and waved when she saw them

她看到他们时微笑着挥手。

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" Hot day, isn't it?" she called

“天很热，不是吗？”她喊道。

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" It sure is," Henry replied politely

“的确很热，”亨利礼貌地回答。

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" Mrs. Smith, did you happen to see two teenage girls walk past here recently?"

“史密斯太太，您碰巧看到两个十几岁的女孩最近经过这儿吗？”

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" Do you mean Jill and Ashley?" Mrs. Smith nodded

“您是说吉尔和艾什莉吗？”史密斯太太点点头。

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" Yes, they passed by about ten or fifteen minutes ago

“是的，她们大概十分钟前经过这儿。

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They were heading toward town."

她们往镇中心去了。”

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" Thanks," Henry said. Then he looked at his friends." Come on. Let's go."

“谢谢，”亨利说。然后他看了看朋友们。“走，我们走吧。”

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They walked another few blocks until they reached Main Street

他们又走了几个街区，来到了主街。

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Lots of people were going in and out of the shops and restaurants

许多人进出临街的店铺和餐馆。

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" How are we supposed to find those two girls now?" Cole asked, looking around

科尔环顾四周，问道：“我们现在怎么找到那两个女孩呢？”

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" They could be anywhere."

“她们可能在任何地方。”

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" Not really," Henry said

“也不一定，”亨利说。

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" I doubt they're in the dry cleaner's or the hardware store

“我怀疑她们不在干洗店或五金店。

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Teenage girls don't usually go to stores like that."

十几岁的女孩通常不会去那种店。”

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" True." Maggie was looking around too

“没错。”玛吉也在四处张望。

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" And it's the middle of the afternoon, so they're probably not at any of the restaurants."

“而且现在是下午三点多，她们大概不会在餐馆里。”

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" I bet they're in the drugstore or the bakery," Cole said

“我猜她们在药店或面包店，”科尔说。

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" Maybe we should check the bakery first," he added, licking his lips

“也许我们该先看看面包店，”他舔着嘴唇补充道。

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Henry grinned

亨利咧嘴一笑。

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He knew that Cole loved the bakery's doughnuts more than almost any other food

他知道科尔喜欢面包店的甜甜圈胜过几乎其他任何食物。

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But Henry didn't want to waste any time

但是亨利不想浪费时间。

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" The drugstore is closer," he pointed out

“药店更近，”他指出。

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" Let's go there first, and then we'll look in the bakery

“我们先去那里，然后再去面包店看看。

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If they're not in either place, we could start checking some of the other stores."

如果他们不在那两个地方，我们就可以去看看其他一些商店。”

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The three friends headed across the street to Herman's Drugstore

三个朋友穿过马路，前往赫尔曼药店。

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As soon as he stepped inside, Henry heard loud giggles

他一走进去，亨利就听到了响亮的咯咯笑声。

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" Listen! That sounds like them," he whispered to his friends

“听！听起来像她们，”他对朋友们低声说。

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He followed the giggling sounds to the makeup aisle

他循着笑声来到化妆品货架旁。

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Jill and Ashley were halfway down the aisle, looking at a display of brightly colored nail polish and lip gloss

吉尔和阿什莉在通道中间，正看着一个摆满色彩鲜艳的指甲油和唇彩的陈列架。

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They didn't notice Henry watching them because they were too busy grabbing stuff from the shelves

她们没注意到亨利在看着她们，因为她们正忙着从货架上拿东西。

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" This is nice," Jill exclaimed, tossing a bottle of sparkly nail polish in a shopping basket

“这个真好看，”吉尔叫道，把一瓶亮闪闪的指甲油扔进购物篮。

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" It's kind of expensive, isn't it?" Ashley said. Then she giggled

“这个有点贵吧？”艾希莉说。接着她咯咯地笑了。

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" Oops, never mind. Who cares if it's expensive? We have plenty of money!"

“哎呀，管它呢。贵点又怎样？我们有的是钱！”

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" Yeah." Jill giggled and reached for some lip gloss

“就是。”吉尔咯咯笑着，伸手去拿唇彩。

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" I think I'll buy this too."

“我想这个我也要买。”

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Ashley grabbed two more tubes of lip gloss

艾希莉又抓了两管唇彩。

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" We might as well get a few extras. After all we can afford it!"

“我们不如多买几个。反正我们买得起！”

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" True," her friend agreed with another loud giggle

“没错，”她的朋友表示同意，又大声地咯咯笑起来。

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" After we finish here, let's go pick out some candy."

“在这里买完之后，我们去挑点糖果吧。”

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" And then I want to look at the magazines," Ashley said

“然后我想去看看杂志，”艾希莉说。

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Henry's eyes widened

亨利睁大了眼睛。

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The teenagers were acting as if they had lots of money to spend!

这两个少女的举动，就好像她们有很多钱可以花似的！

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" I knew it! Those two did it!" Maggie said from behind him

“我就知道！是她们俩干的！”玛吉在他身后说道。

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" They stole my money!"

“她们偷了我的钱！”

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Her voice was kind of loud. The two older girls heard her and looked over

她的声音有点大。那两个年长些的女孩听到了，朝这边看过来。

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" Hey, it's that girl with the lemonade stand," Jill said

“嘿，是那个摆柠檬水摊的女孩，”吉尔说。

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" Shouldn't you be home squeezing lemons or something?"

“你不是该在家榨柠檬什么的吗？”

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Ashley started giggling all over again

艾希莉又开始咯咯地笑个不停。

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Maggie marched over and pointed into their shopping basket

玛吉大步走过去，指着她们的购物篮。

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" Where'd you get the money to buy all that stuff?" she demanded

“你们买这些东西的钱是从哪儿来的？”她质问道。

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Ashley shot a look at Jill

艾希莉瞥了吉尔一眼。

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Jill frowned and looked down at the floor

吉尔皱起眉头，低头看着地板。

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For a second neither of them answered

一时之间，她们俩谁也没有回答。

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Henry traded looks with Cole

亨利和科尔交换了一下眼神。

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" Is it my imagination," he whispered," or are those two acting awfully suspicious?"

“是我的错觉，”他低声说，“还是那两个人的确非常可疑？”