021 意外访客

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" Here's your lemonade," Henry said

"你的柠檬水来了，" 亨利说。

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He handed a cup of ice-cold lemonade to a teenage girl

他把一杯冰柠檬水递给一个十几岁的女孩。

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" Please come again," Henry's cousin Maggie added

"请再次光临，" 亨利的表妹玛吉补充道。

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" And let us know if you have any mysteries for us to solve."

"如果你有任何谜团需要我们来解决，请告诉我们。"

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" Okay." The girl took a sip of her lemonade

"好的。" 女孩喝了一口她的柠檬水。

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" But nothing mysterious ever happens here in Belltown."

"但是贝尔镇这里从来没有发生过任何神秘的事。"

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Henry grinned." That's what you think!" he said

亨利咧嘴笑了。"你这么认为吗！" 他说。

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" The Lemonade Detectives have solved five mysteries so far."

"柠檬水侦探们到目前为止已经解决了五个谜团。"

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He pointed to two signs on the lemonade stand

他指着柠檬水摊上的两个牌子。

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One of the signs was about the lemonade they were selling

其中一个牌子上写着他们正在售卖的柠檬水。

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The other sign was about The Lemonade Detective Agency

另一块告示牌是关于柠檬水侦探社的。

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Henry, Maggie, and their friend Cole had started the agency a couple of weeks ago

亨利、玛吉和他们的朋友科尔在几周前创办了这家侦探社。

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At first it had been just a lemonade stand

起初，它只是一个柠檬水小摊。

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Maggie had started selling lemonade to earn money for horseback-riding lessons

玛吉开始卖柠檬水，是为了挣钱上骑马课。

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Her parents had promised to pay half of her lesson fees, but she had to pay the rest herself

她父母答应付一半的学费，但另一半得她自己出。

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Maggie's lemonade stand had been a big success from the start

玛吉的柠檬水摊从一开始就大获成功。

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On her very first day, she'd made a lot of money

第一天，她就赚了很多钱。

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But then the money had disappeared from her cashbox!

但后来，钱从她的钱箱里消失了！

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Henry and Cole had helped her figure out who had taken it

亨利和科尔帮她查明了是谁拿走了钱。

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After that the three of them had decided to open the detective agency

在那之后，他们三个便决定开办这家侦探社。

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The teenage girl looked at the signs

那位少女看了看牌子。

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" Oh right. I heard you helped my neighbor figure out how a groundhog was getting into his garden

"哦，对了。我听说你们帮我的邻居查出了一只土拨鼠是怎么跑进他花园的。

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That doesn't sound like a very exciting mystery to me," the girl went on

这在我听来不是什么特别刺激的谜案，"女孩继续说道。

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" But if anything mysterious happens, I'll let you know."

"不过，要是发生了什么神秘的事，我会通知你们的。"

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" Okay," Henry said." Enjoy your lemonade."

"好的，"亨利说。"请享用你的柠檬水。"

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" Thanks." The teenage girl took another sip, and then walked away

"谢谢。"那位少女又喝了一口，然后走开了。

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" She's right, you know," Maggie told Henry

"她说得对，你知道的，"玛吉对亨利说。

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" Our last few mysteries have been kind of boring."

"我们最近的几个谜案都有点无聊。"

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" I know," Henry said." Finding Mr. Flinn's lost keys wasn't very interesting

"我知道，"亨利说。"找弗林先生丢失的钥匙是没什么意思。

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Neither was the groundhog case, or the one about the missing library book

土拨鼠案也没意思，还有那个找丢失的图书馆书的案子也无聊。

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But we still got paid our detective fee each time, so we shouldn't complain."

但每次我们还是拿到了侦探费，所以不该抱怨。”

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" That's true," Maggie agreed

“这话没错，”玛吉表示同意。

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" If we solve a few more cases, and keep selling lots of lemonade, I'll have enough money for lessons soon."

“如果我们能再破几个案子，再多卖点柠檬水，我很快就能攒够上课的钱了。”

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She dropped the quarter from the teenage girl into the cashbox

她把从那个少女那儿收到的两毛五硬币投进了钱箱。

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" That's another 25 cents for my horseback-riding fund."

“我的骑马基金又多了两毛五。”

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" You mean one-third of 25 cents," Henry corrected her

“你是说那两毛五的三分之一，”亨利纠正她。

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" You have to split the money with Cole and me."

“你得和科尔还有我平分这笔钱。”

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Maggie shook her head

玛吉摇了摇头。

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" Cole doesn't get to split the lemonade money when he's not here

“科尔不在的时候，就不能分卖柠檬水的钱。

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So I get to keep one-half of 25 cents."

所以我能拿那两毛五的一半。”

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" Oops, you're right," Henry said

“哎呀，你说得对，”亨利说。

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" I forgot that Cole has swim-team tryouts again today."

“我忘了科尔今天又有泳队选拔赛。”

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" Why does he want to be on the swim team?" Maggie wondered

“他为什么想进泳队呢？”玛吉心里纳闷。

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" Hanging out at the lemonade stand seems a lot more fun than swimming laps all day long."

“在柠檬水摊上待着，看起来比整天来回游圈有意思多了。”

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" Cole loves sports," Henry reminded her." And he's a really good swimmer."

“科尔热爱运动，”亨利提醒她，“而且他游泳真的很棒。”

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" He's lucky that someone on the team just moved away," Maggie said

“他运气好，队里刚好有人搬走了，”玛吉说。

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" Otherwise he wouldn't have a chance to try out until next summer."

“不然的话，他得等到明年夏天才有机会选拔。”

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Henry nodded." Cole is the youngest kid trying to make the team," he said

亨利点点头。“科尔是这次想进队里最年轻的孩子，”他说。

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" But it sounds like he did really well on the first day of tryouts

“不过，听起来他在选拔赛第一天表现真的很不错。

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I bet he'll make the team."

我敢说他能进队。”

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" I know why he's such a good swimmer," Maggie said with a laugh

"我知道他为什么游泳这么好了。"玛吉笑着说。

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" Why?" Henry asked her

"为什么？"亨利问她。

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" Because he spends so much time watching his pet frogs swim around their tank!"

"因为他花那么多时间看他的宠物青蛙在缸里游来游去！"

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Henry grinned. Cole was crazy about reptiles and amphibians

亨利咧嘴一笑。科尔对爬行动物和两栖动物可痴迷了。

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He had several large tanks in his bedroom. One tank was full of frogs

他的卧室里摆着好几个大饲养缸。其中一个缸里全是青蛙。

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Another tank was for his turtles, and a third one held a snake

另一个缸是给他的乌龟准备的，第三个缸里养着一条蛇。

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Cole took very good care of all his pets

科尔把他所有的宠物都照顾得无微不至。

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" Yeah," Henry said, still smiling

"是啊，"亨利说，仍然面带微笑。

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" Frogs are good swimmers, and so is Cole!"

"青蛙是游泳健将，科尔也是！"

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" Hey, here comes Cole now." Maggie pointed down the street

"嘿，科尔来了。"玛吉指着街道那头。

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Henry was surprised to see Cole running toward them from the direction of the town pool

看到科尔从镇上的游泳池方向朝他们跑来，亨利很惊讶。

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" I wonder why he's back so soon," Henry said

"我纳闷他怎么这么快就回来了。"亨利说。

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" Tryouts just started a few minutes ago. They shouldn't be over for hours."

"选拔几分钟前才刚开始，应该好几个小时都不会结束才对。"

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Maggie shrugged

玛吉耸了耸肩。

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" Maybe the coach already told him that he didn't make the team."

"也许教练已经告诉他，他没入选。"

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" I doubt it," Henry said, still watching Cole

"我表示怀疑。"亨利说，目光仍追随着科尔。

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" I don't think they even started swimming yet today

"我觉得他们今天还没开始游呢。

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Look! Cole's hair isn't wet."

你看！科尔的头发是干的。"

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" That's a smart observation, Detective Henry," Maggie said with a laugh

"观察力敏锐啊，亨利侦探。"玛吉笑着说。

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Cole was closer by now. Henry could see that he was very upset

科尔此时离得更近了。亨利看得出他非常沮丧。

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" What's wrong?" Henry asked." Why aren't you at the pool?"

"出什么事了？"亨利问道。"你怎么没在游泳池？"

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Cole skidded to a stop in front of the lemonade stand

科尔在柠檬水摊前猛地停住脚步。

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" I need your help!" he cried

"我需要你们的帮助！"他喊道。

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" Someone dumped a bunch of frogs into the pool right before tryouts started

"有人在选拔开始前，往游泳池里倒了一大堆青蛙。

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And everyone thinks I'm the one who did it!"

而且所有人都认为是我干的！"