020 面粉的威力

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" Let's go after Nora!" Maggie whispered

“我们跟着诺拉！”玛吉小声说。

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She sounded excited now." She's almost reached the woods!"

她现在听起来很兴奋。“她快到树林了！”

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" No, let's wait for a few seconds," Henry said

“不，再等几秒，”亨利说。

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" We don't want her to hear us following her."

“我们不想让她听到我们在跟踪她。”

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He watched Nora until she disappeared into the woods

他看着诺拉，直到她消失在树林里。

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A few seconds later there was a glow from just inside the tree line

几秒钟后，树林边缘处亮起了一道光。

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" It looks like she brought a flashlight," Cole said

“看来她带了手电筒，”科尔说。

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Henry nodded." That should make it a lot easier to spot her

亨利点点头。“那样找她就容易多了。

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Come on, I think it's safe to climb down now. She's too far away to hear us."

来吧，现在爬下去应该安全了。她离得太远，听不见我们。”

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He led the way down from the tree house

他带头从树屋上往下爬。

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The three detectives hurried across the yard toward the woods

三个侦探匆匆穿过院子，向树林走去。

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" It's getting kind of dark," Maggie said, peering at the trail that led into the forest

“天有点黑了，”玛吉凝视着通往森林的小路说。

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" I hope we'll be able to see."

“希望我们还能看得见。”

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" Don't worry. I brought a flashlight too." Henry pulled it out

“别担心。我也带了手电筒。”亨利把它掏了出来。

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He stepped onto the shadowy trail

他踏上了那条昏暗的小路。

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It was time to put step three of his plan into action

是时候实施他计划的第三步了。

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Henry waited a second longer, and then turned on his flashlight

亨利多等了一秒，然后打开了手电筒。

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He shined it around until he found the flour that he and Cole had sprinkled on the ground earlier that day

他四处照了照，找到了他和科尔当天早些时候撒在地上的面粉。

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" Wow," Maggie said." You guys sure used a lot of flour."

“哇，”玛吉说，“你们还真用了不少面粉。”

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Cole grinned." We used the whole bag

科尔咧嘴一笑。“我们用了整整一袋。”

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I hope Nathan's parents don't decide to bake a cake anytime soon."

希望内森的父母最近不会心血来潮想烤蛋糕。

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" Using a lot of flour was the only way my plan would work," Henry explained to Maggie

“用很多面粉，是我的计划能成功的唯一办法，”亨利向玛吉解释道。

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" We had to sprinkle enough on the ground so that Nora would be sure to step in it."

“我们必须在地上撒足够多，这样诺拉才会肯定踩到。”

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Cole nodded." Now all we have to do is follow her footprints," he said

科尔点点头。“现在我们只要跟着她的脚印走就行了，”他说。

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" I always knew Henry was smart, but this has to be the coolest plan ever!"

“我一直都知道亨利很聪明，但这绝对是有史以来最酷的计划！”

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" I hope Nora didn't see the flour and jump over it," Maggie said, worried

“我希望诺拉没看到面粉，然后跳过去，”玛吉担心地说。

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" I thought about that," Henry said

“我想到这一点了，”亨利说。

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" That's why we made sure to put it here in the woods, under the trees, instead of out in the yard

“所以我们才一定把面粉撒在这儿的树林里，树下，而不是外面的院子里。

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It gets dark here a lot sooner than it does out there."

这里天黑得比外面要早得多。”

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" Good thinking!" Maggie was impressed

“想得真周到！”玛吉佩服极了。

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" Nora didn't turn on her flashlight right away

“诺拉没有立刻打开她的手电筒。

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So she probably didn't see the flour."

所以她很可能没看到面粉。”

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Cole grinned." That's what we were hoping she'd do."

科尔咧嘴一笑。“我们正是希望她这么做。”

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Henry was shining his flashlight up and down the line of flour

亨利正用手电筒来回照着那行面粉。

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" There!" he cried, spotting some powdery, white footprints leading deeper into the woods

“在那儿！”他叫道，发现了一些粉状白色脚印，一直通向树林深处。

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They had to be Nora's!

那一定是诺拉的！

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He followed the footprints, keeping his flashlight aimed at the ground

他让手电筒的光照在地上，跟着脚印走。

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His friends crept along behind him

他的朋友们蹑手蹑脚地跟在他身后。

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" The footprints are getting fainter already," Maggie whispered

“脚印已经开始变淡了，”玛姬低声说。

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" I guess it didn't take long for most of the flour to come off Nora's shoes

“我猜没过多久，诺拉鞋上大部分面粉就蹭掉了。

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What if the footprints run out before we catch up to her?"

万一我们还没追上她，脚印就先没了怎么办？”

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" If that happens, at least we'll know what direction she's going," Henry whispered back

“就算那样，至少我们能知道她往哪个方向去了。”亨利轻声回答。

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" And it's definitely not toward that shed where she pretended she was going before," Cole added

“而且肯定不是去她之前装模作样说要去的那间小屋。”科尔补充道。

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" It's a good thing that Henry was too smart to fall for that!"

“幸好亨利够机灵，没上她的当！”

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" Are you saying I wasn't smart enough?" Maggie asked, sounding insulted

“你是说我不够机灵喽？”麦琪问道，听着像被冒犯了。

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" Shh!" Henry hushed them." I don't want her to hear us coming!"

“嘘！”亨利让他们噤声。“我不想让她听见我们来了！”

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Maggie and Cole stayed quiet after that

麦琪和科尔之后便没再吭声。

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The three friends tiptoed through the woods, following the faint flour footprints

三个小伙伴踮着脚尖穿过树林，追踪着那些淡淡的面粉脚印。

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It was getting so dark that the woods seemed a little spooky

天色变得非常暗，树林里看起来有点阴森。

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Insects and frogs chirped all around the kids, and an owl hooted in the distance

昆虫和青蛙在孩子们周围鸣叫着，远处还有一只猫头鹰在咕咕叫。

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But Henry stayed focused on the footprints

但亨利牢牢盯着那些脚印不放。

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They were getting fainter and fainter. Finally they disappeared completely

脚印变得越来越淡。最后，完全消失了。

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" Uh-oh," Cole whispered." It's the end of the trail!"

“哎呀，”科尔低语道，“踪迹没了！”

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Henry turned off his flashlight and looked around

亨利关掉他的手电筒，向四周张望。

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It was hard to see anything in the darkness

黑暗中什么也看不清。

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But then he saw something up ahead — a light!

但接着他看见前方有个东西——一束光！

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" Look!" he whispered." That must be Nora's flashlight."

“看！”他轻声说，“那一定是诺拉的手电筒。”

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" Let's go get her!" Maggie whispered eagerly

“我们去抓住她！”麦琪急切地低语。

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The three of them hurried toward the light, moving as quietly as they could

他们三人朝那束光匆匆赶去，尽可能不发出声音。

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Henry was in the lead as they emerged into a clearing

当他们走入一片空地时，亨利领头。

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On the far side was a huge oak tree

空地另一边，有一棵巨大的橡树。

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The light was coming from the base of the tree

亮光就是从那棵树底部发出的。

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Nora was there, leaning over. Her back was to the detectives

诺拉就在那儿，弯着腰。她背对着几位小侦探。

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She hadn't heard or seen them yet

她既没听见，也没看见他们。

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Henry squinted, trying to see what she was doing, but he couldn't tell

亨利眯起眼睛，想看清她在做什么，可看不清。

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He was about to whisper to his friends that they should hide behind the trees and watch Nora

他正要轻声告诉朋友们，应该躲在树后观察诺拉。

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But Maggie was already pushing past him

可麦琪已经从他身旁挤了过去。

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" Freeze, Nora!" she said loudly." We caught you!"

“不许动，诺拉！”她大声说，“我们抓到你了！”

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Nora spun around and gasped." Oh no!" she cried in surprise

诺拉猛地转过身来，倒抽一口气。“哦不！”她惊讶地叫道。