022 游泳池边

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" What do you mean, someone dumped frogs in the pool?" Maggie asked

“你说有人往游泳池里倒了青蛙，是什么意思？” 玛吉问道。

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" I mean just what I said," Cole replied

“我的意思就是我说的那样，” 科尔回答说。

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" All the swimmers were helping the coach carry some stuff to the pool from his car

所有的游泳队员都在帮教练从他车里搬东西到游泳池。

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When we got to the pool, we saw the frogs

我们到游泳池时，看见了那些青蛙。

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About twelve of them were swimming around."

大约十二只青蛙在池子里游来游去。”

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" Are you sure the frogs didn't hop into the pool by themselves?" Henry asked

“你确定那些青蛙不是自己跳进泳池的吗？” 亨利问。

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Cole nodded." I'm sure. These aren't the kind of frogs you see around here."

科尔点了点头。“我确定。这些青蛙不是这附近能见到的那种。”

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" Okay. If you say so," Maggie said with a shrug." You're the frog expert."

“好吧。既然你这么说，” 玛吉耸了耸肩，“你是青蛙专家。”

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" That's the problem!" Cole looked more worried than ever

“那才是问题所在！” 科尔看起来比之前更担心了。

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" A few of the other swimmers know I like frogs

有几个其他的游泳队员知道我喜欢青蛙。

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That's why they think I did it

所以他们认为是我干的。

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But I would never throw a bunch of frogs into pool water

但我绝不会把一群青蛙扔进游泳池的水里。

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It's not healthy for them."

那样对它们不健康。

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" Why not?" Maggie asked." I thought frogs liked water."

“为什么？”玛吉问道，“我以为青蛙喜欢水。”

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" They do," Cole said." But pool water has chlorine in it

“它们确实喜欢，”科尔说，“但游泳池的水里有氯。”

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That can be bad for them."

那可能对它们有害。

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" Did you tell everyone that?" Henry asked

“你跟大家说了吗？”亨利问道。

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" Yes, but most of them still think I did it," Cole said

“说了，但大多数人还是认为是我干的，”科尔说。

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" I need The Lemonade Detectives to help me clear my name!"

“我需要柠檬水侦探们帮我洗清嫌疑！”

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" We're on the case!" said Maggie

“我们接手这个案子！”玛吉说。

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Henry and Maggie closed down the lemonade stand

亨利和玛吉收起了柠檬水摊。

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Then they walked to the pool with Cole

然后他们和科尔一起走向游泳池。

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When they arrived, a bunch of kids were in the pool with nets, still chasing the frogs

他们到达时，一群孩子拿着网兜在泳池里，还在追赶青蛙。

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Someone had put buckets of fresh water near the edge of the pool

有人在泳池边放了几桶淡水。

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Whenever the swimmers caught a frog, they put it into a bucket

每当游泳的人抓到一只青蛙，就把它放进桶里。

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" Are the frogs okay?" Cole called, rushing over and looking into the buckets

“青蛙们没事吧？”科尔喊道，冲过去朝桶里看。

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" Do any of them look sick?"

“有看起来生病的吗？”

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A girl named Daisy looked at him

一个名叫黛西的女孩看着他。

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She was two years ahead of Henry and Cole in school

她比亨利和科尔高两个年级。

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" I think we got them out fast enough," she said

“我想我们及时把它们捞出来了，”她说。

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An older kid named John gave Cole a dirty look

一个名叫约翰的大孩子厌恶地瞪了科尔一眼。

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" Yeah. No thanks to you, frog boy!" he said

“是啊，这还不多亏了你，青蛙小子！”他说。

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Coach Phillips stepped forward

菲利普斯教练走上前来。

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He was a cheerful man, who was almost always smiling

他是个性格开朗的人，几乎总是笑眯眯的。

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But Henry could see that he wasn't smiling now

但亨利看得出，他现在并没有在笑。

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" That's enough," the swim coach told John

“够了，”游泳教练对约翰说。

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" Everyone is innocent until proven guilty."

“在证明有罪之前，每个人都是无辜的。”

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" Okay, Coach." John shrugged

“好吧，教练。”约翰耸了耸肩。

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" But everyone knows who the frog lover is around here."

“但谁都知道这儿的青蛙爱好者是谁。”

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A couple of kids nodded

有两三个孩子点了点头。

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Others stared at Cole suspiciously or looked confused

其他人怀疑地盯着科尔，或者显得很困惑。

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" Uh-oh," Henry whispered to Maggie." Cole was right

“糟了，”亨利对玛吉低声说，“科尔说得对。

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He's the main suspect! We'd better start investigating!"

他是头号嫌疑人！我们最好开始调查！”

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" How are we supposed to figure out who put the frogs in the pool?" Maggie asked

“我们该怎么查出是谁把青蛙放进泳池的呢？”玛吉问道。

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" We can't check the frogs for fingerprints!"

“我们总不能去查青蛙身上的指纹吧！”

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" Good point," Henry said with a grin

“说得有道理，”亨利咧嘴笑着说。

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" But we can split up and start talking to people

“但我们可以分头行动，找人谈谈。

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Maybe someone saw what really happened."

也许有人看到了究竟发生了什么。”

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" Okay," Maggie said." I'll go question Daisy."

“好的，”玛吉说，“我去问问黛西。”

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She walked away. Henry looked around

她走开了。亨利环顾四周。

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Belltown was pretty small, so he knew almost everyone at the pool

贝尔镇很小，所以他几乎认识游泳池里的每一个人。

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A kid who lived across the street from him was standing in the water

住在他家对街的一个男孩正站在水里。

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His name was Arnold, but everyone called him Tiny

他的名字叫阿诺德，但大家都叫他“小不点”。

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The nickname was a joke because Tiny was the tallest kid in the tenth grade

这个绰号是个玩笑，因为小不点是十年级里个子最高的孩子。

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" Hi, Tiny," Henry said, walking over

“嗨，小不点。”亨利一边说，一边走了过去。

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" Hi, Henry," Tiny said." Did you come to help us catch these frogs?"

“嗨，亨利。”小不点说，“你是来帮我们抓这些青蛙的吗？”

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Henry smiled." Sorry, I just came to watch the tryouts

亨利笑了笑。“抱歉，我只是来看选拔赛的。

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So I don't have my swimsuit on."

所以没穿泳衣。”

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" That's okay." Tiny looked around the pool

“没关系。”小不点环顾了一下泳池。

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" I think we got most of them already."

“我想大部分青蛙我们已经抓到了。”

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Henry looked around too. He saw two frogs still swimming around

亨利也四处看了看。他看到还有两只青蛙在水里游着。

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The rest were already in the buckets

其余的都已经在水桶里了。

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" Is everyone here trying out for the team?" he asked Tiny

"这里所有人都是来参加队伍选拔的吗？"他问小不点。

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" Not exactly." Tiny shrugged

"不完全是。"小不点耸了耸肩。

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" There are only six spots on the team, and five of them are already taken

"队里只有六个名额，其中五个已经有人了。

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I've been on the team all summer, so I have one of the spots

我整个夏天都在队里，所以我占了一个名额。

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The Farley twins, Mary Martinez, and John Miller are already on the team too."

法利双胞胎、玛丽·马丁内斯，还有约翰·米勒也已经在队里了。"

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Just then Henry saw a frog swim past." There's one!" he cried

就在这时，亨利看到一只青蛙游了过去。"那里有一只！"他喊道。

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Tiny swam after the frog

小不点朝着那只青蛙游去。

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He chased it halfway to the other end and finally caught it

他追了半程，快到泳池另一端，终于抓住了它。

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Henry carried a bucket closer. Tiny swam over to him

亨利把一个水桶拿近了些。小不点朝他游了过来。

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" How many people are trying out for the last spot on the team?"

"有多少人在竞争队里最后一个名额？"

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Henry asked as Tiny put the frog in the bucket

小不点把青蛙放进水桶时，亨利问道。

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" Four," Tiny said." Your friend Cole and three other people."

"四个，"小不点说，"你的朋友科尔，还有另外三个人。"

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" Wow," Henry said." Four swimmers trying out for one spot

"哇，"亨利说，"四个游泳的人争一个名额。

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That's a lot of competition."

竞争可真激烈。"

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" If you ask me, Cole is the best swimmer of the four," Tiny said

"要我说，科尔是这四个人里最棒的游泳好手。"小不点说。

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" He'll probably get the spot."

"他很可能得到那个名额。"

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Just then a young girl walked past

就在这时，一个年轻的女孩从旁边走过。

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She was one of the few kids that Henry didn't recognize

她是亨利少数几个不认识的孩子之一。

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She stopped when she heard what Tiny had just said

听到小不点刚说的话，她停下了脚步。

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" Don't be so sure!" the girl said, glaring at Tiny

"话别说得太早！"女孩说，瞪着小不点。

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" Cole definitely won't be getting a spot on the team if I have anything to say about it!"

"只要我还有说话的份儿，科尔就绝对别想拿到队里的名额！"