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Henry, Maggie, and Cole walked over to the picnic tables

亨利、玛吉和科尔走向野餐桌。

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People from a local restaurant were passing out snacks and drinks

当地一家餐厅的人在分发点心和饮料。

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Henry took a bottle of water, but he felt too worried to eat a snack

亨利拿了一瓶水，但他担心得没心思吃点心。

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What if The Lemonade Detectives couldn't solve this case before the end of the ride?

万一柠檬水侦探团没能在骑马结束前破案呢？

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So far they'd done everything detectives were supposed to do

到目前为止，他们做了侦探该做的一切。

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They'd figured out suspects, motives, and alibis

他们找出了嫌疑人、动机和不在场证明。

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But they still hadn't solved the case

但他们还是没破案。

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" Let's split up and question our last two suspects," Henry told his friends

“我们分头去问最后两个嫌疑人吧，”亨利对朋友们说。

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" Okay," Cole agreed." I'll try to talk to the mystery man if you want."

“好，”科尔同意了，“如果你愿意，我去跟那个神秘男子谈谈。”

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" Fine. Maggie and I will find William."

“行。玛吉和我去找威廉。”

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They split up and started searching. The picnic area was crowded

他们分头开始搜寻。野餐区挤满了人。

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At first Henry didn't see either of their suspects

一开始亨利没看到任何一个嫌疑人。

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Then Maggie grabbed his arm." There's William."

接着玛吉抓住他的胳膊。“威廉在那儿。”

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Henry looked toward where she was pointing

亨利朝她指的方向看去。

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William was sitting by himself, staring out at the woods and eating an apple

威廉一个人坐着，望着树林，吃着苹果。

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" Let's decide what we're going to say before we go over," Henry said

“我们先想好要说什么再过去，”亨利说。

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" We don't have time," Maggie said impatiently

“没时间了，”玛吉不耐烦地说。

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" Let's just go tell him we know he did it. If he's guilty, he might confess."

“我们就直接告诉他我们知道是他干的。要是他有罪，说不定会坦白。”

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" I'm not sure that will work." Henry glanced at William

“我不确定这有用。”亨利瞥了威廉一眼。

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The new boy looked bored and lonely

这个新来的男孩看起来无聊又孤单。

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Even though William was a suspect, Henry felt a little sorry for him

虽然威廉是嫌疑人，亨利还是有点同情他。

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It couldn't be easy being the new kid in town

初来乍到，日子肯定不好过。

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" Look, his bag is on the table behind him," Maggie said

“看，他的包在他身后的桌子上，”玛吉说。

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" Come on, I have a plan!"

“走吧，我有个计划！”

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" A plan? What is it?" Henry felt worried

“计划？什么计划？”亨利担心起来。

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Maggie wasn't usually the type of person who came up with logical, well-thought-out plans

玛吉可不是那种会想出合乎逻辑、周密计划的人。

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She was the type of person who acted first and thought about it later

她是那种先行动、后思考的人。

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" There's no time to explain," Maggie said

“没时间解释了，”玛吉说。

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" Just talk to him to distract him, and I'll take care of the rest."

“你跟他说话，分散他的注意力，其余的交给我。”

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" Maggie, wait!" Henry said

“玛吉，等等！”亨利说。

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It was too late

已经太迟了。

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Maggie was already rushing toward the picnic table where William was sitting

玛吉已经冲向了威廉坐着的野餐桌。

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Henry followed, hoping that her plan would work, whatever it was

亨利跟了上去，希望她的计划能成功，不管那计划是什么。

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William looked up when he saw them coming

威廉看到他们过来，抬起了头。

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He didn't look particularly happy to see them

他看起来并不怎么高兴见到他们。

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" Hi," Henry said, trying to sound friendly

“嗨，”亨利说，试着让自己听起来友好些。

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" That apple looks good. Where did you get it?"

“那个苹果看起来不错。你从哪儿拿的？”

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" Over there," William said, pointing to a basket that the restaurant people had set out

“那边，”威廉说，指着餐厅员工摆出来的一个篮子。

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" Oh... great..." Henry was running out of things to say

“哦……很好……”亨利快没话可说了。

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He shot a desperate look at Maggie

他绝望地瞥了玛吉一眼。

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She flopped down on the bench across from William

她一屁股坐在威廉对面的长椅上。

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" Whew!" she exclaimed dramatically." I'm so tired!"

“呼！”她夸张地喊道，“我好累啊！”

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She flung her arms out

她猛地伸出双臂。

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One knocked into William's unzipped bag and sent it flying

一只胳膊撞到了威廉没拉拉链的包，把它打飞了。

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The contents scattered everywhere

里面的东西散落一地。

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" Hey!" William exclaimed." You spilled all my stuff!"

“嘿！”威廉喊道，“你把我的东西都弄洒了！”

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" Sorry," Maggie said, leaping down and grabbing the bag

“对不起，”玛吉说着，跳下来抓起包。

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She shook it upside down

她把包倒过来抖了抖。

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" Oops, you're right. Everything fell out! But don't worry, I'll clean it up."

“哎呀，你说得对。所有东西都掉出来了！不过别担心，我会收拾干净的。”

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Henry and William watched as she picked up all the spilled items

亨利和威廉看着她捡起所有掉落的东西。

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There was a cell phone, a house key, and a few other things

里面有一部手机，一把家门钥匙，还有几样别的东西。

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" There." Maggie zipped the bag shut." All fixed."

"好了。"玛吉拉上背包拉链，"全弄好了。"

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" Thanks," William muttered." Um, did you guys want to sit here, or what?"

"谢了。"威廉嘟囔着，"呃，你们是想坐这儿，还是怎么着？"

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" Maybe later," Maggie said." Come on, Henry. Let's go find Cole."

"改天吧。"玛吉说，"走了，亨利。我们去找科尔。"

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The two of them made their escape

两人趁机溜走了。

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" What was that all about?" Henry asked as soon as they were out of William's earshot

"刚才那是怎么回事？"刚一走出威廉的听力范围，亨利就问道。

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Maggie smiled." Don't you get it?

玛吉笑了。"你还不明白吗？

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There was nothing in that bag that William could have used to slash the tires

那个包里没有任何威廉可以用来划破轮胎的东西。

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And his bike shorts don't have pockets, so he couldn't be carrying a penknife or anything that way."

而且他的骑行短裤没有口袋，所以他也不可能随身带着小刀或类似的东西。"

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" I suppose you're right," Henry agreed

"我想你说得对。"亨利表示同意。

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" But how do you know he didn't drop the crime weapon in the woods after he used it?"

"可你怎么知道他没有在作案后把凶器扔进树林里呢？"

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Maggie's face fell." I didn't think of that." She frowned

玛吉的脸沉了下来。"这我倒没想到。"她皱起了眉头。

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" Why do you always have to be so logical?"

"你怎么老是这么逻辑分明啊？"

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" Never mind. It was still a pretty good plan," Henry said

"没关系。这计划还是挺不错的。"亨利说。

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" If there had been a penknife in there, it would've worked."

"要是里面真有一把小刀，就成功了。"

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" That's true." Maggie looked a little happier

"那倒是。"玛吉看起来高兴了一点。

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" So should we go back and try to talk to William some more?"

"那我们该不该回去，试着再跟威廉谈谈？"

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Before Henry could answer, he saw Cole rushing toward them, looking excited

亨利还没来得及回答，就看到科尔朝他们跑过来，一脸兴奋。

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" Big news!" he cried when he reached them

"大新闻！"他跑到他们跟前时喊道。

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" Did you talk to the mystery man?" Henry asked

"你跟那个神秘男子谈过了吗？"亨利问。

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Cole shook his head." I never found him," he said breathlessly

科尔摇了摇头。"我根本没找到他。"他上气不接下气地说。

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" But I did find out more about him. And about William too."

"但我的确查到了更多关于他的事，还有关于威廉的。"

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" Really?" Maggie said." Like what?"

"真的吗？"玛吉说，"比如说？"

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" Like William's family isn't just rich," Cole said

"比如说，威廉家不只是有钱。"科尔说。

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" His dad works for the government

他爸爸在为政府工作。

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He's a senator in the United States Senate!"

他是美国参议院的参议员！"

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" Really?" Henry said." Wow. That's cool."

"真的吗？"亨利说，"哇，真酷。"

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Cole nodded." But that's not all," he said

科尔点点头。"但这还不是全部。"他说。

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" Everyone has noticed that the mystery man follows William everywhere

"大家都注意到那个神秘男子到处跟着威廉。

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What if he's planning to kidnap William and hold him for ransom?"

万一他是打算绑架威廉，索要赎金呢？"