064 麻烦迹象

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" Mrs. Sweet?" Maggie exclaimed." She'd never steal anything from anybody!"

“斯威特太太？”玛吉惊呼道。“她绝对不会偷任何人的任何东西！”

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" Yeah," Cole said." Mrs. Sweet is great."

“没错，”柯尔说。“斯威特太太人可好了。”

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Henry nodded." I know you're new in town," he told Mr. Tate

亨利点点头。“我知道你是新来镇上的，”他对泰特先生说。

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" But everyone in Belltown knows how nice Mrs. Sweet is

“但贝尔镇人人都知道斯威特太太有多好。

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The Sweet Shop has been around since our parents were little."

从我们父母小时候起，甜蜜糖果店就一直在。”

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" Exactly," Mr. Tate said with a frown

“一点没错，”泰特先生皱着眉头说。

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" Mrs. Sweet doesn't want any competition from the Dessert Den!"

“斯威特太太不想让甜品屋跟她有任何竞争！”

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" What makes you think Mrs. Sweet stole your flavor?" Cole asked

“你凭什么认为是斯威特太太偷了你的配方？”柯尔问道。

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" That's a good question." Henry turned to Mr. Tate

“问得好。”亨利转向泰特先生。

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" You haven't told us exactly what happened."

“你还没告诉我们具体发生了什么事。”

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" Oh right," Mr. Tate said

“哦，对了，”泰特先生说。

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" Like I said, I invented a unique flavor of ice cream for the grand opening

“就像我说的，我为盛大开业发明了一种独特的冰淇淋口味。

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I haven't told a soul in Belltown about it. It was top secret!"

我对贝尔镇的任何人一个字都没提过。这是最高机密！”

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" Then what happened?" Maggie asked

“然后发生了什么？”玛吉问。

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" Did someone break in here and steal the ice cream out of your freezer?"

“有人闯进这里，从你的冰柜里偷走了冰淇淋吗？”

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" No, nothing like that," Mr. Tate said

“不，没有那样的事，”泰特先生说。

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" In fact, my ice-cream order isn't scheduled to arrive until this afternoon

“事实上，我订的冰淇淋预计今天下午才到。

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But just this morning, I saw my flavor listed on the chalkboard outside the Sweet Shop!"

但就在今天早上，我看到我的口味被列在甜品店外面的黑板上了！”

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The Lemonade Detectives exchanged looks." Really? That's weird," Cole said

柠檬水侦探们交换了一下眼神。“真的吗？那太奇怪了，”柯尔说。

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" It doesn't prove anything, though," Maggie said

“不过这证明不了什么，”玛吉说。

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" Mrs. Sweet makes up new flavors all the time

“斯威特太太总是发明新口味。

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Maybe she came up with the same idea on her own."

也许她是自己想到了同样的点子。”

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Mr. Tate shook his head

泰特先生摇了摇头。

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" I doubt it. How likely is it that she just happened to make up a flavor like bubble gum banana swirl?"

“我怀疑。她碰巧发明出泡泡糖香蕉漩涡这样的口味，可能性有多大？”

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" Bubble gum banana swirl?" Henry echoed

“泡泡糖香蕉漩涡？”亨利重复道。

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He and Cole had seen that flavor on the Sweet Shop sign themselves

他和柯尔自己在甜品店的招牌上见过那个口味。

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It was one of today's special flavors!

那是今天的特供口味之一！

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" Right. That's my flavor. See?"

“没错。那是我的口味。看到了吗？”

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Mr. Tate strode over to the menu sign and pulled back the sheet

泰特先生大步走到菜单招牌前，掀开了盖布。

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The sign said Dessert Den Grand Opening Exclusive: Bubble gum Banana Swirl Ice Cream!

招牌上写着：甜品小屋盛大开业独家特供：泡泡糖香蕉漩涡冰淇淋！

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" How do you think Mrs. Sweet heard about your flavor?" Henry asked

"你觉得斯威特太太怎么会听说你的口味？"亨利问道。

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Mr. Tate shrugged." I assume someone at the factory told her."

泰特先生耸耸肩。"我猜是工厂的人告诉她的。"

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" What factory?" Cole asked

"什么工厂？"柯尔问道。

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" The place where I'm having all my ice cream made," Mr. Tate explained

"就是帮我生产所有冰淇淋的地方。"泰特先生解释道。

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" I tell the owners what flavors I want, and they make it for me."

"我告诉老板们我想要什么口味，他们就为我生产。"

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" Mrs. Sweet doesn't use a factory," Maggie said

"斯威特太太可没有工厂。"玛吉说。

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" She makes all her own flavors in the back of her shop."

"她所有的口味都是在自家店后面自己做的。"

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" She does?" Mr. Tate looked surprised

"是吗？"泰特先生看起来很惊讶。

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" Yes," Henry said." So she couldn't have heard about it from the factory."

"是的，"亨利说。"所以她不可能从工厂那里听说。"

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Mr. Tate tugged on the sheet to cover his sign again

泰特先生把布单拉了拉，重新盖住招牌。

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" Okay, I just thought of another way it could have happened," he said

“好吧，我刚想到另一种可能的情况，”他说。

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" I've been keeping my menu covered up

“我一直把我的菜单盖着。

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But a few days ago the painter forgot to cover it before leaving for the night

但几天前，油漆工晚上走之前忘了把它盖上。

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Somebody could have looked in the window and seen it then."

可能有人从窗户往里看，就在那时看到它了。”

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" You mean you think Mrs. Sweet sneaked over here at night and peeked in at your flavors?" Cole said

“你的意思是你觉得斯威特太太晚上偷偷溜过来，偷看你那些口味？”柯尔说。

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" That doesn't sound like something she would do."

“这不像是她会做的事。”

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Henry agreed with that

亨利也这么觉得。

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But as he looked around the Dessert Den, he had a moment of doubt

但当他环顾甜品窝时，他心头闪过一丝怀疑。

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Mr. Tate's new shop really looked great

泰特先生的新店看起来真不错。

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It had a brand-new ice-cream counter, the cool hand-painted sign, and a shiny silver soda fountain

店里有一个崭新的冰淇淋柜台，一个很酷的手绘招牌，还有一个闪闪发亮的银色汽水机。

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It was a lot fancier than the old-fashioned Sweet Shop

比老式的甜蜜糖果店要华丽得多。

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Could Mrs. Sweet really be worried about the competition?

斯威特太太真的会担心竞争吗？

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Maybe even worried enough to sabotage the Dessert Den?

也许甚至担心到要去破坏甜品站？

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" No," Henry said out loud

“不会的，”亨利大声说。

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" I can't believe Mrs. Sweet would steal your flavor idea

“我不相信斯威特太太会偷你的口味创意。

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There must be another explanation."

一定还有别的解释。”

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" Oh yeah?" Mr. Tate frowned

“哦，是吗？”泰特先生皱起了眉头。

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" I thought you kids were supposed to be detectives

“我以为你们这些孩子是侦探呢。

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The evidence is right there on my menu — and on her flavor board!"

证据就在我的菜单上——还有她的口味板上！”

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" Mrs. Sweet has the same flavor as you," Maggie said

“斯威特太太和你有一模一样的口味，”玛吉说。

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" But that doesn't mean she's a thief."

“但这并不意味着她是小偷。”

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Henry nodded." Maggie is right," he said

亨利点了点头。“玛吉说得对，”他说。

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" It's just circumstantial evidence."

“这只是间接证据。”

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" What kind of evidence?" Cole looked confused

“什么证据？”柯尔一脸困惑。

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" Circumstantial," Henry said

“间接证据，”亨利说。

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" It's evidence that implies something, but doesn't actually prove it."

“那种证据暗示了某种情况，但并不能真正证明它。”

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" Okay," Mr. Tate said." So how do you explain what happened then?"

“好吧，”泰特先生说。“那你如何解释发生的事情呢？”

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" I'm not sure yet," Henry said." We need to investigate and figure it out

“我还不确定，”亨利说。“我们需要调查清楚。

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We'll get back to you later."

我们稍后再来找你。”

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When the Lemonade Detectives got outside, they stopped by their bikes to talk

侦探团来到外面，停在自行车旁聊了起来。

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" You don't really think Mrs. Sweet is a thief, do you?" Maggie asked Henry

“你不会真觉得斯威特太太是小偷吧？”玛吉问亨利。

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" Of course not," Henry said

“当然不会，”亨利说。

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" But it's really odd that they both ended up with that same flavor."

“但他们俩最后都弄出了同样的口味，这确实很奇怪。”

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Cole nodded." Yeah. And it's not a common flavor like mint chocolate chip or fudge ripple," he said

柯尔点点头。“是啊。而且这不像薄荷巧克力碎或软糖漩涡那样常见的口味，”他说。

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" There's no way Mrs. Sweet and Mr. Tate both invented bubble gum banana swirl in the same week!"

“斯威特太太和泰特先生不可能在同一周都发明出泡泡糖香蕉漩涡！”

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" I agree," said Henry." We need to start our investigation."

“我同意，”亨利说。“我们需要开始调查了。”

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" How do we do that?" Maggie asked

“我们要怎么做呢？”玛吉问。

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Henry bit his lip, thinking." I guess we need to go question Mrs. Sweet

亨利咬着嘴唇，思索着。“我想我们得去问问斯威特太太。

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Even if it's just to rule her out as a suspect."

哪怕只是为了排除她的嫌疑。”