036 又是惊喜

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" I wish Little Spot had turned out to be the thief after all," Maggie said with a sigh

“我真希望小点点最后就是那个小偷，”麦琪叹了口气说。

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" Then the mystery would be solved

“那样案子就能破了。

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And I wouldn't still be worried that Mom and Dad are going to make me stop riding."

而且我也不会还担心爸爸妈妈会让我别再骑马了。”

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Henry, Cole, and Maggie were at the lemonade stand talking about what had happened yesterday

亨利、科尔和麦琪在柠檬水摊旁谈论昨天发生的事。

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" We thought Little Spot was guilty at first," Cole said

“起初我们认为小点点是罪犯，”科尔说。

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" But then Henry started thinking logically again."

“但后来亨利又开始按逻辑思考了。”

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Henry smiled." Little Spot did grab your sandal," he reminded Maggie

亨利笑了。“小点点确实叼走了你的凉鞋，”他提醒麦琪。

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" But then I thought of something

“但后来我想起来一件事。”

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Why would a dog steal things only from you?

狗为什么只偷你的东西呢？

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It didn't make sense. The other riders leave their stuff sitting around too."

这说不通啊。其他骑马的人也会把东西乱放啊。”

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" That's why we questioned everyone after your lesson," Cole went on

“这就是为什么我们在你下课后询问了所有人，”科尔继续说道。

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" We wanted to make sure the thief wasn't stealing stuff from everyone."

“我们想确认小偷没有偷所有人的东西。”

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" Nobody else is missing anything," Henry said." Well, except for Ms. Wood."

“没有其他人丢东西，”亨利说，“嗯，除了伍德女士。”

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Cole nodded." She said the barn cat's bed has been missing for a few days

科尔点点头。“她说谷仓猫的窝已经不见好几天了。

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But she's pretty sure a raccoon took that."

但她很确定那是一只浣熊叼走的。”

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" We also did an experiment to see if Little Spot would try to grab anything else," Henry said

“我们还做了一个实验，看看小点点会不会抓别的东西，”亨利说。

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" We used Cole's sock. Little Spot sniffed it, but he didn't pick it up."

“我们用了科尔的袜子。小点点闻了闻，但没有叼起来。”

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" So we decided that Little Spot just likes to grab shoes," Cole said

“所以我们断定小点点只喜欢叼鞋子，”科尔说。

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" My neighbor's dog is the same way, except he only steals TV remote controls."

“我邻居家的狗也一样，只不过它只偷电视遥控器。”

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Maggie sighed again." Well, it definitely wasn't Big Spot either," she said

麦琪又叹了口气。“好吧，那肯定也不是大点点干的，”她说。

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" He might have been able to grab my sock

“他或许能叼走我的袜子。

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But he couldn't have taken my bracelet

但他不可能拿走我的手镯。

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I put it in my bag as I led him out, and it was missing as soon as I got back."

我牵他出去时把手镯放进了包里，等我回来就不见了。”

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" Really? Then I guess we can rule out all of the animal suspects," Henry said

“真的吗？那我想我们可以排除所有动物嫌疑人了。”亨利说。

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Cole laughed." Yeah. The barn cat couldn't have picked up your grooming brush."

科尔笑了。“是啊。谷仓猫也不可能拿走你的刷马刷。”

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" So who are our human suspects?" Maggie asked

“那我们的人类嫌疑人都有谁？”麦琪问。

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" All the other riders in your class," Henry said." Plus Jill."

“你们班其他所有的骑手，”亨利说，“还有吉尔。”

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" Right," Cole said

“对。”科尔说。

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" We found out that Jill wishes she had more money for riding

“我们发现吉尔希望有更多钱来骑马。

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What if she stole your stuff so she could sell it?"

如果是她偷了你的东西拿去卖呢？”

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" Who would buy one sock?" Maggie asked

“谁会买一只袜子？”麦琪问。

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" Nobody," Henry answered

“没人会买。”亨利回答。

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" We figured you might have lost that on your way into the barn."

“我们猜你可能是进谷仓的路上弄丢了。”

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Maggie frowned." You're as bad as my parents! I didn't lose that sock

麦琪皱起眉头。“你跟我父母一样讨厌！我没弄丢那只袜子。

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I know it was in my bag when I put the bag down!"

我放下包的时候，它明明就在包里！”

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Henry wasn't so sure

亨利不太确定。

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He still didn't think Maggie was careless enough to lose the check or the other stuff

他仍然不认为麦琪会粗心到弄丢支票和其他东西。

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But it would be easy for her to drop a sock without noticing, especially when she was excited about going riding

但她掉一只袜子却没注意到，这很容易，尤其是她兴奋地要去骑马的时候。

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He didn't say that though. He didn't want to make Maggie angry

不过他没说出来。他不想惹麦琪生气。

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" How well do you know Eleanor?" he asked instead

“你对埃莉诺有多了解？”他转而问道。

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" Not that well." Maggie shrugged

“不是特别熟。”麦琪耸耸肩。

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" We've only had four lessons together. But I doubt she's the thief."

“我们一起只上过四节课。但我觉得她不是小偷。”

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" Why?" Cole asked." You just said you don't know her very well

“为什么？”科尔问，“你刚才还说你不太了解她。

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How do you know she's not sneaky?"

你怎么知道她不鬼鬼祟祟的？”

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" Because she takes such good care of her dog," Maggie said

“因为她把她的狗照顾得很好，”麦琪说。

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" She's just as crazy about Little Spot as I am about my kittens

“她爱小点点，就像我爱我的小猫们一样疯狂。

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Someone like that has to be a good person."

那样的人一定是个好人。”

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" Okay," Henry said." But what about the others?

“好吧，”亨利说，“但其他人呢？

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We noticed Daisy was acting kind of competitive."

我们注意到黛西表现得有点好胜。”

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" Yeah, she's always like that." Maggie rolled her eyes

“对，她总是那样。”麦琪翻了翻白眼。

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" She wants to try everything first

“她什么都想第一个尝试。

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And she thinks she's the best at whatever we do."

而且她觉得不管我们做什么，她都是最棒的。”

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" Then there's Zach," Cole said." He was complaining about everything

“还有扎克，”科尔说，“他一直在抱怨这抱怨那。

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What if he's stealing stuff because he hates riding?"

会不会因为他讨厌骑马，所以偷东西？”

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" I still think his sister, Jill, is a better suspect," Henry said

“我还是觉得他姐姐吉尔更可疑，”亨利说。

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" She has the best motive. She needs money."

“她的动机最充分。她需要钱。”

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" I agree, Henry. But here come some customers."

“我同意，亨利。不过顾客来了。”

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Maggie pointed to several people heading toward the lemonade stand

麦琪指了指几个正朝柠檬水摊走来的人。

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" We'll have to finish talking about this later."

“我们得晚点再接着谈了。”

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" I hope we can solve the mystery today," Maggie said

“真希望我们今天就能破了这个谜案，”麦琪说。

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" Otherwise Mom said this might be my last lesson for a while."

“不然的话，妈妈说这可能是我近期最后一节课了。”

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She sounded upset. Henry didn't blame her

她听起来很难过。亨利很理解她。

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It was a few days later, and The Lemonade Detectives were back at the barn

几天后，柠檬汁侦探们又回到了马厩。

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" Do you have both of your socks today?" Cole asked

“你今天两只袜子都还在吧？”科尔问。

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Maggie made a face at him

麦琪冲他做了个鬼脸。

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" You already asked me that twenty times," she said

“你都问过好多次了，”她说。

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" I told you, I stuck them in my boots today

“我告诉过你，我今天把袜子塞在靴子里了。

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There's no way they can fall out."

绝对不可能掉出来。”

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Henry noticed Ms. Wood hurrying toward them

亨利注意到伍德女士正急匆匆地向他们走来。

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The barn owner had an anxious expression on her face

马厩主人脸上带着焦虑的表情。

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" Maggie!" Ms. Wood said

“麦琪！”伍德女士说。

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" There you are. I need to speak with you about something serious."

“你在这儿呢。我要跟你说件重要的事情。”

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" I'm not late, am I?" Maggie asked

“我没迟到吧？”麦琪问道。

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Ms. Wood shook her head." It's not that," she said." We have a problem

伍德女士摇了摇头。“不是这事，”她说，“我们有麻烦了。

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Right after you left the barn the other day, I realized something: Big Spot's saddle pad is missing!"

前几天你们刚离开马厩，我就发现一件事：大点点的鞍垫不见了！”