040 猫咪陷阱

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" Are you sure about this?" Maggie whispered

“你确定这样行吗？”玛姬低声问。

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Henry didn't answer. He, Cole, and Maggie were crouched in an empty stall

亨利没回答。他和科尔、玛姬蹲在一个空马厩里。

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They were watching the cat toy, which was lying in the aisle

他们盯着放在过道上的猫玩具。

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" Shh," Henry whispered." Someone's coming."

“嘘，”亨利小声说，“有人来了。”

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Jill came into view. She spotted the cat toy and stopped

吉尔走了过来。她看到猫玩具，停下了脚步。

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She looked up and down the aisle, and then leaned over to pick it up

她朝过道两边看了看，然后弯腰去捡。

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Henry held his breath. Was his theory wrong?

亨利屏住呼吸。他的推测错了吗？

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Jill straightened up again, dropping the cat toy back on the ground

吉尔又直起身子，把猫玩具扔回地上。

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" I don't get paid enough to pick up after messy riders," she muttered to herself

“工钱可不够让我给邋遢的骑手们收拾东西，”她咕哝着。

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Henry let out his breath as she hurried away. So far his plan was going okay

亨利松了口气，看着她匆匆离去。到目前为止，他的计划还算顺利。

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He heard a bark as Little Spot trotted into sight

他听到一声狗叫，接着看到小点点小跑着出现了。

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The dog paused to sniff the cat toy before lifting his head to look around the barn

小狗停下来嗅了嗅那个猫玩具，然后抬起头环顾马厩。

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Henry held his breath again

亨利又屏住了呼吸。

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Was the dog going to walk away from the cat toy too?

这只狗也要从猫玩具旁边走开吗？

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But Little Spot finally lowered his head, grabbed the toy, and took off

但小点点终于低下头，叼起玩具，跑开了。

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" Hurry!" Henry exclaimed." We have to follow him!"

“快！”亨利喊道。“我们得跟上它！”

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He ran after Little Spot. Maggie and Cole were right behind him

他追着小点点跑去。玛姬和科尔紧跟在他身后。

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The dog ran through the barn and out a side door

小狗穿过马厩，从一扇侧门跑了出去。

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He crossed a courtyard and ran into another building

它穿过一个院子，跑进了另一栋建筑。

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" He's headed for the hay shed!" Maggie said

“它往干草棚去了！”玛姬说。

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Inside the shed, hay bales were stacked halfway to the ceiling

棚屋里，干草捆堆得有天花板一半高。

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At first Henry couldn't see where Little Spot had gone

起初，亨利看不见小点点跑哪儿去了。

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Then he heard a muffled bark

然后，他听到一声闷闷的吠叫。

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" This way!" Cole rushed around the bales

“这边！”科尔绕过草捆冲过去。

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They found Little Spot in a narrow space behind the hay

他们在干草后面一个狭窄的地方找到了小点点。

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He was wagging his tail and sitting on a dusty saddle pad

它正摇着尾巴，坐在一块灰扑扑的马鞍垫上。

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" Big Spot's saddle pad!" Maggie cried

“是大点点的鞍垫！”玛姬叫道。

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" And look! The rest of my missing stuff is here too!"

“快看！我其它丢了的东西也都在这儿！”

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She grabbed her charm bracelet and slipped it on, and then picked up the cat toy

她抓起她的串饰手链戴上，然后捡起了猫玩具。

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Next she dug through the hay until she found her brush, gloves, sock, and sandal

接着，她在干草里翻找，直到找出她的梳子、手套、袜子和凉鞋。

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She even found the lost check. It was crumpled and had a few teeth holes in it

她甚至找到了那张丢失的支票。支票皱巴巴的，上面还有几个小牙印洞。

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" I'll go tell Ms. Wood we solved the crime," Cole offered, hurrying back out

“我去告诉伍德女士我们破案了。”科尔主动说，然后匆匆跑了出去。

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Henry spotted something else in the hay

亨利在干草里发现了别的东西。

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" Look, Spot must have stolen this stuff too."

“看，这些东西肯定也是小点点偷的。”

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" That looks like one of Ms. Wood's spare halters," Maggie said

“那看起来像是伍德女士备用的笼头。”玛姬说。

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" And here's another grooming brush!"

“这里还有一把刷马刷！”

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Soon Ms. Wood arrived, along with Eleanor

很快，伍德女士和埃莉诺一起过来了。

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" Little Spot!" Eleanor exclaimed, grabbing her dog and hugging him

“小点点！”埃莉诺喊道，一把抓住她的小狗，抱住了它。

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" You rotten little thief! I'm really sorry, you guys

“你这个小坏蛋！小偷！真对不起，大家。

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He does this at home sometimes, but I never thought he'd do it here

它在家有时也这样，但我从没想到它会在这儿也这么干。

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Usually he only steals stuff that smells like cats

它通常只偷闻起来像猫的东西。

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For some reason he loves cats!"

不知为什么，它特别喜欢猫！”

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Henry grinned." Yeah, we just figured that out," he said

亨利咧嘴笑了。“是啊，我们刚刚才弄明白，”他说。

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" I saw him licking the barn cat

“我看到它在舔谷仓里的猫。

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That's when I realized why he was mostly stealing from Maggie

就在那时，我明白了它为什么总盯着玛姬的东西偷。

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All her stuff smells like cats!"

她的东西全都有猫味儿！”

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Eleanor gasped." I didn't know you had cats, Maggie!"

埃莉诺吃惊地说：“我都不知道你养了猫，玛姬！”

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" I have two kittens," Maggie said." They're really cute."

“我有两只小猫咪，”玛姬说。“它们特别可爱。”

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Ms. Wood picked up the saddle pad." I owe you an apology, Maggie," she said

伍德女士拿起马鞍垫。“我该向你道歉，玛姬，”她说。

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" I'm sorry I accused you of losing this

“对不起，我责怪你把垫子弄丢了。”

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I guess you got some cat hair on it and that's why Spot took it."

我猜上面沾了些猫毛，所以小点点才把它叼走了。

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She noticed the halter

她注意到了那副笼头。

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" Sometimes the barn cat knocks down the spare halters and sleeps on them."

“有时候谷仓里的猫会把备用笼头碰掉，然后睡在上面。”

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Maggie held up the second brush

玛姬举起了第二把刷子。

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" And I bet someone used this to brush the cat."

“我敢肯定有人用这把刷子刷过猫。”

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" I'm sorry," Eleanor said

“对不起，”埃莉诺说。

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" I promise to watch Little Spot more closely from now on."

“我保证从现在开始会看好小点点。”

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" That's okay." Maggie shrugged

“没关系。”玛姬耸了耸肩。

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" It's just a good thing The Lemonade Detectives were here to solve the case."

“幸好有柠檬汁侦探社在，破了这个案子。”

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" The Lemonade Detectives?" Ms. Wood looked at Henry, Cole, and Maggie

“柠檬汁侦探社？”伍德女士看着亨利、科尔和玛姬。

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" I've heard about you three!

“我听说过你们仨！

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My neighbor hired you when he couldn't remember who'd borrowed his tennis racket

我的邻居想不起来把网球拍借给谁了，就雇了你们帮忙。

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He said you tracked it down within an hour."

他说你们不到一小时就找到了。”

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Cole nodded." That was us."

科尔点了点头。“是我们。”

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Ms. Wood put a hand in her pocket

伍德女士把手伸进口袋。

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" Then I'd better pay your detective fee," she said." Five dollars, right?"

“那我最好付一下你们的侦探费，”她说。“五美元，对吧？”

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" You don't have to pay us," Henry said

“您不用付钱给我们，”亨利说。

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" Maggie's the one who wanted us to solve this case."

“是玛姬想让我们调查这个案子的。”

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" I insist." Ms. Wood handed him a five-dollar bill

“我一定要付。”伍德女士递给他一张五美元钞票。

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" You found several of my missing things

“你们找到了好几样我丢失的东西。

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More importantly you proved that one of my favorite new students isn't careless."

更重要的是，你们证明了我最喜欢的一个新学生并不是粗心大意的人。”

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She smiled at Maggie." That's worth at least five dollars, right?"

她朝玛姬笑了笑。“这至少值五美元，对吧？”

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" Definitely," Maggie agreed." Henry and Cole saved the day

“当然，”玛姬表示同意。“亨利和科尔扭转了局面。

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If they hadn't solved the case, I might have had to stop riding!"

要是他们没有破案，我可能就没法再骑马了！”

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She shook her head and smiled." And all because of a cat-loving dog!"

她摇了摇头，笑了。“而这一切，都是因为一只爱猫的狗！”

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Little Spot barked and wagged his tail. Everyone laughed

小点点叫了一声，摇了摇尾巴。大家都笑了。

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" Thanks," Henry said, taking the money from Ms. Wood

“谢谢，”亨利说着，从伍德女士手里接过钱。

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" I guess that's another case closed for The Lemonade Detectives!"

“我想，柠檬汁侦探社又破了一个案子！”