026 拖鞋陷阱

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Henry stared at Cole in shock. So did everyone else

亨利震惊地盯着科尔。其他人也一样。

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" Your flip-flops were at the scene of the crime," Kyle said, pointing at Cole

“你的拖鞋在犯罪现场，”凯尔指着科尔说。

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" That means you dumped the frogs back in the water!"

“那就是说你又把青蛙倒回水里了！”

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John nodded." I bet he did it the first time too."

约翰点点头。“我敢说第一次也是他干的。”

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" I knew it!" Lauren muttered

“我就知道！”劳伦咕哝道。

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Henry didn't know what to think. Those flip-flops were a big clue

亨利不知该怎么想。那双拖鞋是个重要线索。

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Could Cole be the culprit? After all, Cole did love a good joke

科尔会是捣乱者吗？毕竟，科尔确实爱搞恶作剧。

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But Cole was shaking his head, looking more upset than ever

但科尔摇着头，看起来比任何时候都难过。

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" I didn't do it!" he told Coach Phillips." I swear!"

“不是我干的！”他对菲利普斯教练说，“我发誓！”

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That brought Henry back to his senses

这让亨利清醒过来。

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Cole might be a joker, but he wasn't a liar

科尔可能爱开玩笑，但他不是个骗子。

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If Cole said he was innocent, then Henry believed him

如果科尔说自己是无辜的，那么亨利就相信他。

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But he could tell most of the others didn't

但他能看出其他大多数人并不相信。

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Even Coach Phillips had a doubtful frown on his face

甚至菲利普斯教练脸上也带着怀疑的神情，皱起了眉头。

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" We'll talk about it later," the coach said

“我们稍后再谈，”教练说。

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" First we'd better get those frogs rounded up again."

“我们最好先把那些青蛙重新抓回来。”

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The swimmers all jumped in the pool and started catching frogs

游泳队员们全都跳进泳池，开始抓青蛙。

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Henry and Maggie watched

亨利和玛姬在一旁看着。

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" This doesn't look good for Cole," Maggie whispered

“这对科尔来说不太妙，”玛姬小声说。

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" I know," Henry whispered back

“我知道，”亨利小声回答。

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" If we don't solve this mystery fast, Cole will never make the swim team!"

“如果我们不尽快解开这个谜团，科尔就再也进不了游泳队了！”

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" Someone must have put Cole's flip-flops by the buckets so he'd get the blame," Maggie said

“肯定是有人把科尔的人字拖放在水桶旁边，好让他背黑锅，”玛姬说。

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" Who could have done that?"

“谁会这么做呢？”

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" I don't know."

“我不知道。”

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Henry tried to remember who had been near the pool when he and Maggie had returned

亨利努力回忆他和玛姬回来时，谁在泳池附近。

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The coach had been there of course

教练当然在那里。

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So had a few of the faster joggers, including Cole

还有几个跑得比较快的队员，包括科尔。

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But Henry couldn't remember who else was in the fast group

但亨利记不起来快跑组里还有谁了。

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Maggie was staring at Lauren

玛姬正盯着劳伦看。

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The assistant coach was watching the swimmers retrieve the frogs

助理教练正看着队员们把青蛙捡回来。

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" Lauren was the one who spotted the flip-flops," Maggie said

“是劳伦发现了拖鞋，”玛姬说。

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" Maybe that's because she was the one who put them there."

“没准那就是因为拖鞋是她放在那儿的。”

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" Maybe," Henry agreed

“有可能，”亨利赞同道。

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" Let's go talk to her. But let me ask most of the questions, okay?

“我们去找她谈谈。不过，主要让我来问，好吗？

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We don't want her to know we're suspicious of her."

我们不能让她察觉我们在怀疑她。”

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Maggie frowned. But she nodded." Okay," she said

玛姬皱了皱眉。但还是点了点头。“好，”她说。

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They walked over to Lauren." Hi," Henry said

他们朝劳伦走去。“嗨，”亨利打招呼说。

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" I'm Henry, and this is my cousin Maggie."

“我是亨利，这是我表妹玛姬。”

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" Nice to meet you. I'm Lauren," Lauren said

“很高兴认识你们。我是劳伦，”劳伦说。

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" Are you here to try out for the team?

“你们是来参加游泳队的选拔吗？

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Because we usually recommend wearing a swimsuit."

因为我们通常建议穿着泳衣来。”

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Henry laughed." No, we're just here to watch our friends try out."

亨利笑了。“没有，我们只是来看看朋友们试训的。”

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" You didn't bring your pet frogs with you, did you?" Lauren asked, smiling a little

“你们没把宠物青蛙带来吧？”劳伦微微一笑，问道。

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Henry's dad was a reporter who had a lot of experience interviewing people

亨利的爸爸是一名记者，在采访方面经验很丰富。

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Henry suddenly remembered his dad's advice: A good way to start an interview is to ask people about themselves

亨利突然想起了爸爸的建议：开始采访的一个好方法，就是询问一些关于对方自己的事。

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" We heard you're a student at Bellville College," Henry said to Lauren

“我们听说你是贝尔维尔学院的学生。”亨利对劳伦说。

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" Do you like it there?"

“你喜欢那里吗？”

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" Sure, it's great," Lauren said." I've been there for three years

“当然，挺好的，”劳伦说，“我已经在那儿读了三年了。

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I'll graduate next spring."

明年春天就毕业了。”

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" Really?" Maggie blurted out." Wow, you look much younger than that!"

“真的吗？”玛姬脱口而出。“哇，你看起来比那年轻多了！”

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Lauren's friendly expression instantly changed to a frown

劳伦友好的表情瞬间变成了皱眉。

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" Excuse me," she snapped." I have work to do."

“失陪了，”她厉声说道，“我还有活要干。”

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Henry sighed as Lauren stomped away

看着劳伦气冲冲地走开，亨利叹了口气。

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" You already knew she was sensitive about looking young," he said to Maggie

“你早知道她对自己显小很敏感，”他对玛姬说。

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" Why did you have to mention it?"

“为什么非得提这个？”

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" Sorry." Maggie shrugged." I couldn't help it."

“对不起。”玛姬耸耸肩，“我没忍住。”

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Henry knew better than to get annoyed at his cousin

亨利知道犯不着跟表妹生气。

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She had a habit of saying whatever was on her mind without thinking about it first

她向来有个习惯，心里想什么张嘴就说，不先考虑一下。

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" Forget about it," he murmured, thinking hard

“算了，”他低声说着，陷入了沉思。

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Maggie was thinking too." Lauren is so sensitive about her age

玛姬也在思考。“劳伦这么在意自己的年纪。

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She's probably still mad at Cole

她很可能还在生科尔的气。

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Maybe even mad enough to try to get him kicked out of tryouts!"

说不定气到想把他从选拔赛里挤掉！”

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" Right," agreed Henry." Let's go see what Cole thinks."

“有道理，”亨利赞同道，“我们去问问科尔怎么想。”

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Cole was putting a frog into one of the buckets

科尔正把一只青蛙放进其中一个水桶里。

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Henry and Maggie hurried to Cole before he could swim away

亨利和玛姬赶在科尔游开前，连忙跑到他身边。

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Henry bent down to talk to him." We were just talking to Lauren

亨利弯下腰对他说：“我们刚才跟劳伦聊过了。

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We think she might still be mad at you."

我们觉得她可能还在生你的气。”

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" That makes her our top suspect for everything, including dumping the frogs again," Maggie added

“这让她成了所有事情的头号嫌疑人，包括又把青蛙倒进池子，”玛姬补充道。

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" Especially since she was the one who spotted your flip-flops."

“尤其还是她最先发现你拖鞋的。”

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Cole shook his head

科尔摇了摇头。

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" She might have done the earlier stuff," he said

“之前那些事可能是她干的，”他说。

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" But I know she didn't tip over the buckets."

“但我知道，桶不是她打翻的。”

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" How can you be so sure?" Henry asked

“你怎么这么肯定？”亨利问。

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" She was near me the whole time we were jogging," Cole said

“我们慢跑的时候，她一直在我附近，”科尔说。

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" She ran right behind me, yelling at me to go faster

“她就跑在我后头，冲我喊让我快点。

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She only slowed down to check on the others when I was almost all the way around the building."

她唯一慢下来去照看别人的时候，我已经差不多绕着游泳馆跑完一圈了。”

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" Are you sure?" Maggie asked

“你确定？”玛姬问道。

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Cole nodded." Lauren's definitely still mad at me," he said with a sigh

科尔点点头。“劳伦肯定还在生我的气，”他叹了口气说。

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" But she's definitely not the one who dumped those frogs back in the pool."

“但把青蛙倒回泳池的人，绝对不是她。”