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" A thief at the barn?" Henry said." What are you talking about, Maggie?"

“谷仓里有小偷？”亨利问，“麦琪，你在说什么？”

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By now Maggie's father, Henry's uncle Bruce, had come into the backyard

这时，麦琪的父亲，也就是亨利的叔叔布鲁斯，走进了后院。

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" There's no need to be so dramatic, Maggie," he said with a sigh

“没必要这么夸张，麦琪，”他叹了口气说。

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" Mom and I have talked to you before about this

“妈妈和我之前跟你说过这件事。

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You need to be more careful with your things."

你要更仔细地保管好自己的东西。”

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" But I was being careful!" Maggie exclaimed

“可我一直很小心啊！”麦琪喊道。

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" I left the check on my bag, right on top of my sandals

“我把支票放在了包上，就在我的凉鞋上面。

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It was definitely there when I led my pony outside for our lesson

我牵着小马出去上课的时候，它肯定还在那里。

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But when I got back, the check was gone!"

但我回来的时候，支票就不见了！”

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" Wait a minute," Aunt Ellen said

“等一下，”爱伦阿姨说。

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" Are you saying you lost the check we wrote for today's lesson?"

“你是说你把我们为今天课程写的支票弄丢了？”

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" Don't worry, I wrote another one," Uncle Bruce told his wife

“别担心，我又写了一张，”布鲁斯叔叔对他妻子说。

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" And I called the bank to cancel the first check."

“而且我给银行打了电话，取消了第一张支票。”

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" Oh, Maggie." Aunt Ellen shook her head

“哦，麦琪。”埃伦阿姨摇了摇头。

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" I can't believe you were so careless, especially after what happened last week."

“我真不敢相信你这么粗心，尤其是在上周那件事之后。”

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Henry was surprised. Maggie could be careless about some things

亨利很惊讶。麦琪在某些事情上可能会粗心。

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But she was really careful with her money

但她对自己的钱财非常小心。

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" What happened last week?" he asked

“上周发生了什么？”他问。

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" Maggie lost a few other things at the barn," Uncle Bruce said

“麦琪在谷仓还丢了其他几样东西，”布鲁斯叔叔说。

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" Oh dear," Henry's mother said

“哦，天哪，”亨利的妈妈说道。

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" I didn't lose anything!" Maggie protested

"我什么都没丢！"麦琪抗议道。

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" Someone has been stealing things!"

"是有人在偷东西！"

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" Really? What else disappeared?" Henry asked

"真的？还有什么不见了？"亨利问道。

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" At my first lesson, I took off my charm bracelet and left it in the barn," Maggie said

"上第一堂课时，我把幸运手链取下来，放在了谷仓里，"麦琪说。

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" I didn't want to lose it while I was riding

"我不想在骑马时弄丢它。

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When I came back inside after my lesson, it was gone!"

等我下课回到里面，它就不见了！"

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" I don't know why you were so worried about losing it," her mother said

"我不明白你为什么那么怕弄丢它，"她妈妈说。

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" You always let those kittens of yours use it as a cat toy!"

"你老是让那些小猫把它当猫玩具玩！"

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Maggie frowned." That's different. The kittens just bat it around

麦琪皱起眉头。"那不一样。小猫只是把它拨来拨去。

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I always know where it is."

我总知道它在哪儿。"

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" Did anything else disappear?" Henry asked

“还有别的东西不见了吗？”亨利问。

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He was already thinking like a detective

他已经像侦探一样思考了。

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The first thing a good detective needed to do was find out the facts of the case

一个好的侦探需要做的第一件事是查明案件事实。

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Maggie nodded." At my second lesson, my brand-new horse grooming brush disappeared," she said

麦琪点点头。“在我的第二节课上，我全新的马梳毛刷不见了，”她说。

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" It happened the same way

“事情发生的方式完全一样。

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It was in the barn when I went outside for my lesson, but gone when I got back."

我出去上课时它还放在谷仓里，但回来时就不见了。”

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" Don't forget about your gloves," her father said

“别忘了你的手套，”她爸爸说。

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" Oh, right," Maggie said

“哦，对了，”麦琪说。

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" I didn't wear my riding gloves today because it was so hot

“我今天没戴骑马手套，因为天气太热了。

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I left them with my stuff in the barn

我把它们和别的东西一起放在谷仓里了。”

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Whoever took that check must have taken the gloves too."

"偷走支票的人一定也拿走了手套。"

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" Maggie!" Aunt Ellen looked shocked." Those gloves were expensive!"

"麦琪！"艾伦阿姨一脸震惊。"那副手套很贵的！"

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" Everything about horseback riding is expensive," Uncle Bruce agreed

"跟骑马有关的一切都很贵，"布鲁斯叔叔附和道。

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" We can't afford to keep replacing things."

"我们可没法一直换新的。"

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Henry could tell that Maggie's parents thought she'd lost all those things

亨利看得出，麦琪的父母认为是她自己弄丢了所有这些东西。

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But he wasn't so sure. Maggie was too careful with money to misplace a check

但他可没那么肯定。麦琪用钱很仔细，不可能会把支票放错地方。

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She was so excited about riding that he couldn't believe she'd lose a horse brush or her riding gloves

她对骑马那么兴奋，他难以相信她会弄丢马刷或骑马手套。

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And he knew she loved that charm bracelet

而且他知道她很喜欢那条吊坠手链。

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" Is anyone allowed inside the barn while there's a lesson outside?" he asked Maggie

"外面有人上课的时候，别人能进谷仓里吗？"他问麦琪。

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" Sure, I guess so," Maggie said with a shrug

"当然，我想可以吧，"麦琪耸耸肩说。

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" I mean, they don't close the doors or anything

“我是说，他们连门都不关什么的。

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Any rotten thief could just walk in." She clenched her fists

随便哪个坏小偷都能直接溜进去。”她握紧了拳头。

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" I can't believe someone is doing this to me!"

“我真不敢相信有人会这样对我！”

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She sounded so dramatic again that all the adults looked at each other

她又说得这么夸张，所有大人都面面相觑。

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But Maggie's words made Henry think of another question

但麦琪的话让亨利想到了另一个问题。

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" Has anything else disappeared?" he asked her

“还有别的东西不见了吗？”他问她。

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" I mean, anything belonging to other people. Or is it only your stuff?"

“我是说，别人的东西。还是说，只有你的东西不见了？”

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" How should I know?" Maggie frowned." That's what I need you to find out!

“我怎么知道？”麦琪皱起眉头。“这正是我要你们去查的！

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Dad made me leave the barn before I could investigate."

我还没来得及调查，爸爸就让我离开谷仓了。”

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Uncle Bruce shook his head

布鲁斯叔叔摇了摇头。

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" We were already late for this barbecue," he said

“我们这次烧烤聚会已经迟到了，”他说。

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" Besides, I don't think there's a mystery here

“再说了，我觉得这没什么谜团。

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It just means that you have to be more careful with your things."

这只意味着你得更小心地保管自己的东西。”

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" That's right," Aunt Ellen said

“说得对，”艾伦阿姨说。

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" I had to pull your favorite horse T-shirt out from under your desk this morning

“今天早上，我不得不从你桌子底下把你最心爱的马图案T恤拽出来。

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The kittens were using it as a bed. It was absolutely covered in cat hair."

小猫们把它当床睡了。上面沾满了猫毛。”

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Henry's mother cleared her throat

亨利的妈妈清了清嗓子。

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" Should we eat? Everything smells delicious, and I'm hungry," she said

“我们开吃吧？闻起来都好香，我饿了，”她说。

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" Good idea, Susan," Uncle Bruce agreed

“好主意，苏珊，”布鲁斯叔叔表示同意。

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" Go sit down at the picnic table, everybody

“大家都去野餐桌那边坐下吧。

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I'll help Kevin bring the food over from the grill."

我来帮凯文把食物从烤炉那边端过来。”

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The adults were obviously ready to change the subject

大人们显然已经准备好换个话题了。

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But later, while everyone was eating, Maggie was still thinking about her missing things

但后来，大家都在吃饭的时候，麦琪还在想着她丢失的东西。

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" I didn't lose my stuff at the barn!" she said loudly

“我没在谷仓弄丢我的东西！”她大声说。

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" Somebody stole it! And The Lemonade Detectives will figure out who it was!"

“是有人偷了它！柠檬水侦探会把那个人找出来的！”

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Aunt Ellen glanced up from her corn on the cob

艾伦阿姨的目光从她正啃着的玉米棒上抬起，瞥了一眼。

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" I hope so, Maggie," she said

“希望如此，麦琪，”她说。

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" Because if this keeps happening, you might not be able to keep riding."

“因为如果这种事继续发生，你可能就不能继续骑马了。”