028 新的推理

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" What are you talking about?" Maggie asked Henry in surprise

“你在说什么呀？”麦琪惊讶地问亨利。

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" I thought we agreed that Kyle was our top suspect."

“我们不是已经同意凯尔是头号嫌疑犯了吗？”

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" He was," Henry said." But he's not anymore

“他是头号嫌疑犯。”亨利说，“但现在不是了。

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He just told us that he didn't know Cole was interested in frogs

他刚刚跟我们说，他不知道科尔对青蛙感兴趣。

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That means he wouldn't know that Cole would be blamed for the prank!"

那就意味着他根本不知道科尔会被栽赃陷害！”

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" I didn't think of that," Maggie said

“我怎么没想到。”麦琪说。

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" Plus it would be stupid for Kyle to use grape sports drink for the ant prank," Henry added

“而且凯尔如果用葡萄运动饮料来搞蚂蚁恶作剧就太笨了，”亨利补充道。

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" Everyone saw him drinking it all day."

“他整天都在喝它，大家都看见了。”

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Maggie shrugged." Maybe he's not very bright

麦琪耸耸肩。“也许他不够聪明。

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Or maybe he was lying about not knowing Cole liked frogs."

也许他就是在撒谎，假装不知道科尔喜欢青蛙。”

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" Maybe," Henry said." But I don't think so

“也许吧，”亨利说，“但我觉得不是这样。

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We'd better check out our other suspects. Starting with Tommy

我们最好去查查其他嫌疑人。从汤米开始。

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He definitely knew Cole liked frogs because of his parents' pet store

他肯定知道科尔喜欢青蛙，因为他父母开了家宠物店。

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Plus Tommy could have gotten the frogs there."

而且汤米完全可以在那里弄到青蛙。”

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" Sure," Maggie said

“没错，”麦琪说。

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" But Cole isn't the only one who's a better swimmer than Tommy

“但游泳比汤米好的人不止科尔一个。

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Why didn't Tommy try to ruin Daisy and Kyle's chances too?"

为什么汤米不连黛西和凯尔的机会也一起毁掉呢？”

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" Maybe that's why Tommy did the ant prank," Henry said

“也许这就是汤米搞蚂蚁恶作剧的原因，”亨利说。

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" He was trying to get rid of the other two swimmers that way

“他是想用那个办法把另外两名游泳选手也淘汰掉。

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If Daisy got bitten by ants, she might not want to try out anymore

如果黛西被蚂蚁咬了，她可能就不想再参加选拔了。

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And using grape sports drink meant Kyle might get the blame."

而且用葡萄运动饮料意味着凯尔可能会被指责。

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Maggie gasped." Henry, you're a genius!" she exclaimed

麦琪倒吸了一口气。“亨利，你真是个天才！”她惊叹道。

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" That makes perfect sense! Let's go tell the coach!"

“这完全说得通！我们去告诉教练吧！”

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" Hold on," Henry said." It's just a theory. We haven't proven anything yet."

“等一下，”亨利说。“这只是一个推论。我们还没有证明任何事。”

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" How are we going to prove it?" Maggie asked

“我们要怎么证明呢？”麦琪问。

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" I'm not sure yet. Let's go talk to Tommy."

“我还不确定。我们去和汤米谈谈吧。”

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Henry looked over at the pool

亨利望向游泳池那边。

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Most of the swimmers were chasing the last few frogs

大多数游泳者都在追最后几只青蛙。

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Lauren was watching them

劳伦正看着他们。

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Coach Phillips seemed to be counting the frogs that were already in the buckets

菲利普斯教练似乎在数已经放进桶里的青蛙。

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But Tommy was nowhere in sight

可汤米却不见踪影。

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" Where is he?" Maggie wondered

“他去哪儿了？”麦琪纳闷道。

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" I don't know," Henry said." But there's his brother John

“我不知道，”亨利说，“不过他的哥哥约翰在那边。”

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Let's go ask him if he knows where Tommy is."

“我们去问问他，看他知不知道汤米在哪儿。”

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John was climbing out of the pool. He had an annoyed expression on his face

约翰正从游泳池里爬出来，脸上带着生气的表情。

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Henry wondered if that was because tryouts had been disrupted again

亨利猜想，这可能是因为试训又被打断了。

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Everyone in town knew that John was a very talented swimmer

镇上的人都知道约翰是个游泳很有天赋的孩子。

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" Hi, John," Henry said." We're looking for your brother. Where did he go?"

“嗨，约翰，”亨利说，“我们在找你弟弟。他去哪儿了？”

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" That's a good question." John looked more annoyed than ever

“好问题。”约翰看上去比刚才更生气了。

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" I was just looking for him myself."

“我自己刚才也在找他。”

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" Why?" Maggie asked

“为什么？”麦琪问。

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" Tryouts will start again in a few minutes, and he needs all the practice he can get," John said

“选拔赛再过几分钟就又要开始了，他需要尽量多练习。”约翰说。

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" Tommy isn't taking these tryouts very seriously."

“汤米对这些选拔赛不太上心。”

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Then he stomped away

然后他气冲冲地走了。

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Maggie watched him go." John sounded mad," she said

麦琪看着他离开。“约翰听起来很生气。”她说。

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" And did you hear what he said about Tommy?

“你听到他怎么说汤米了吗？

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Maybe John suspects his brother of causing all the trouble!"

也许约翰怀疑是他弟弟惹出的所有麻烦！”

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Henry shrugged." Brothers get mad at each other all the time

亨利耸耸肩。“兄弟之间总爱互相生气。

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John is probably just embarrassed because his brother is a terrible swimmer."

约翰大概只是觉得难堪，因为他弟弟游泳太差了。”

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" Yeah, you're probably right," Maggie agreed

“对，你大概说得对。”麦琪赞同道。

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Henry noticed Cole putting another frog in one of the buckets

亨利注意到科尔又往其中一个桶里放了一只青蛙。

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Most of the other swimmers were climbing out of the pool and grabbing their towels

其他大部分游泳者正从泳池里爬出来，抓起各自的毛巾。

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" It looks like they caught all the frogs," Henry said

“看来他们把所有的青蛙都抓住了。”亨利说。

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" We'd better hurry if we want to talk to Tommy before tryouts start again."

“如果我们想在选拔赛重新开始前跟汤米谈谈，最好快点。”

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" There's Daisy. Let's ask her if she's seen him," Maggie said

“黛西在那儿。我们去问问她有没有见过他。”麦琪说。

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" I saw Tommy heading toward the pool building a few minutes ago," Daisy told them a second later

“几分钟前，我看到汤米朝泳池大楼走去了。”片刻后，黛西告诉他们。

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" He probably went inside to use the bathroom."

“他大概是进去用洗手间了。”

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" Thanks," Henry said. He wondered if he should ask Daisy more questions

“谢谢。”亨利说。他在想是否应该再问黛西几个问题。

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She was still a suspect too." Hey, Daisy," he said

她也是嫌疑人之一。“嘿，黛西。”他说。

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" When Lauren made you jog, did you make it around the building first?"

“劳伦让你们慢跑的时候，你是一开始就领先绕过大楼的那批吗？”

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Daisy smiled." Not this time," she said

黛西笑了。“这次不是。”她说。

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" At first I was keeping up with Cole, Kyle, and John

“一开始我跟得上科尔、凯尔和约翰的速度。

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But then I saw a pretty flower growing beside the running trail, and I stopped to look at it

但后来我在跑步小径旁看到一朵漂亮的花，就停下来看了看。

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I thought I might want to come back and paint it later

我想着也许之后可以回来把它画下来。

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So I was one of the last ones to make it back."

所以我是最后几个回来的之一。”

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" Oh." Henry remembered that Daisy liked art

“哦。”亨利记起黛西喜欢艺术。

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He'd seen some of her paintings displayed at school

他在学校见过她的一些画作展出。

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Daisy walked away

黛西走开了。

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" Why were you asking her about jogging?" Maggie asked Henry

“你为什么问她慢跑的事？”麦琪问亨利。

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" I thought we were in a hurry to talk to Tommy."

“我以为我们正急着去找汤米谈话呢。”

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" I'm still trying to figure out who dumped those frogs the second time," Henry said

“我仍在努力弄清是谁第二次倒的那些青蛙。”亨利说。

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" It had to be the first person who got back from that jog

“那肯定是慢跑中第一个回来的人干的。

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So Daisy's probably not our culprit."

所以黛西大概不是我们要找的人。”

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" I could have told you that!" Maggie rolled her eyes

“这我早就知道啦！”麦琪翻了个白眼。

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" Our top suspect is Tommy now, remember?"

“我们的头号嫌疑犯现在是汤米，记得吗？”

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" Okay. Let's go find him."

“好吧。我们去找他吧。”

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Before they could move, Henry and Maggie heard an angry howl

他们还没来得及动身，就听到一声愤怒的吼叫。

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" Hey!" Kyle yelled." Someone poured paint in my gym bag!"

“嘿！”凯尔喊道。“有人往我的健身包里倒颜料了！”