065 甜蜜对话

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The Lemonade Detectives rode their bikes to the Sweet Shop as fast as they could

柠檬水侦探们骑自行车以最快速度赶往甜蜜糖果店。

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" I still don't believe Mrs. Sweet would do anything wrong," Maggie said as she leaned her bike against a lamppost in front of the shop

“我还是不相信斯威特夫人会做任何错事，”玛吉一边说着，一边把自行车靠在店前的灯柱上。

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" I don't either," Henry said

“我也不信，”亨利说。

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" But a good detective has to investigate every lead and suspect."

“但是一个好侦探必须调查每一条线索和每一个嫌疑人。”

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The bell jingled as they walked in

他们走进去时，门铃叮当作响。

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There were a few customers sitting at the tables inside, but there was no one in line

店里有几位顾客坐在桌旁，但没有人排队。

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A young woman stood behind the counter, wiping it with a rag

一位年轻女子站在柜台后面，用抹布擦拭柜台。

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Her name was Patty

她叫帕蒂。

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Henry knew that she worked at the ice-cream parlor part-time to help pay for her college tuition

亨利知道她在那家冰淇淋店做兼职，赚取大学学费。

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" Hi, Patty," he greeted her." Is Mrs. Sweet here?"

“嗨，帕蒂，”他打招呼说，“斯威特夫人在吗？”

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" Hi, Henry," Patty said

“嗨，亨利，”帕蒂说。

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" Sorry, she's not here right now. She just stepped out to go to the bank."

“抱歉，她现在不在这儿。她刚出去去银行了。”

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" Oh." Cole sounded disappointed." We need to talk to her about something."

“哦。”科尔听上去很失望。“我们有事情需要跟她谈谈。”

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" She'll be back in a few minutes," Patty said

“她几分钟后就回来，”帕蒂说。

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" Want some ice cream while you wait?"

“等的时候想来点冰淇淋吗？”

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That gave Henry an idea

这让亨利有了个主意。

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Maybe he could start investigating even before Mrs. Sweet returned

也许他可以在斯威特夫人回来之前就开始调查。

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" I tried one of the new flavors earlier — raspberry mint chip," he said

“我早些时候尝了其中一种新口味——覆盆子薄荷碎，”他说。

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" It was really good

“真的很好吃。

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Do you know how Mrs. Sweet came up with the idea for that one?"

你知道斯威特夫人是怎么想到这个口味的吗？”

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Maggie shot him a strange look. Henry could almost read her mind

玛吉奇怪地看了他一眼。亨利几乎能猜到她在想什么。

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She was thinking," Why do you care about that flavor?"

她心想，“你为什么这么关心那个口味？”

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Patty chuckled

帕蒂轻声笑了。

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" You know Mrs. Sweet; she always has a story about how she invents her flavors

“你知道斯威特夫人，她总能讲出她是如何发明新口味的故事。

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She told me she was picking raspberries in her garden when she brushed against a pot of mint plants

她告诉我，她在花园里摘树莓时，不小心碰到了一盆薄荷。

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The mint and the berries smelled delicious together

薄荷和浆果混在一起闻起来很香。

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So she decided to experiment."

于是她决定试试看。”

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" Cool," Henry said." What about the other new flavor?

“酷，”亨利说，“那另一个新口味呢？

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Do you know how she got the idea for that one?"

你知道那个口味是怎么来的吗？”

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" You mean the bubble gum banana swirl?" Patty asked

“你是说泡泡糖香蕉漩涡口味？”帕蒂问道。

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When Henry nodded, she shrugged." I'm not sure

亨利点点头，帕蒂耸了耸肩。“我不太确定。

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When I asked Mrs. Sweet about that one, she just said that ' a little bird ' had given her the idea."

我问斯威特夫人那个口味时，她只说是‘一只小鸟’给她的灵感。”

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Henry traded a worried look with his friends. That sounded kind of suspicious!

亨利和朋友们交换了一个担忧的眼神。这听起来有点可疑！

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" It doesn't matter where she got the idea, though, because it turned out great," Patty went on

“不过，她从哪里得到的灵感并不重要，因为做出来很棒。”帕蒂接着说。

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" Would you like a sample?"

“你们想尝尝样品吗？”

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" Sure!" Cole said eagerly." Thanks."

“当然！”科尔急切地说，“谢谢。”

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Patty grabbed three small plastic spoons

帕蒂拿了三个小塑料勺。

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Then she scooped out a mouthful of the bubble gum-banana-swirl ice cream for each of the kids

然后她给每个孩子舀了一口泡泡糖香蕉漩涡冰淇淋。

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" Yum!" Cole said when he tasted it." This is awesome!"

“好吃！”科尔尝了一口后说，“太棒了！”

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" It sure is," Henry agreed

“确实如此。”亨利赞同道。

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Now he could understand why Mr. Tate was so upset — the flavor tasted great!

他现在能理解为什么泰特先生那么不高兴了——这个口味太好吃了！

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Just then some teenage girls came in

就在这时，几个十几岁的女孩走了进来。

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Patty went to wait on them, and Henry and his friends wandered away to talk

帕蒂去招待她们，亨利和朋友们走到一边去交谈。

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" What do you think?" Cole asked quietly

“你们怎么看？”科尔轻声问道。

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" I don't know," Henry said

“我不知道，”亨利说。

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" It's weird that Mrs. Sweet told Patty that a little bird gave her the idea for bubble gum banana swirl."

“奇怪的是，斯威特夫人告诉帕蒂，是一只小鸟给了她泡泡糖香蕉漩涡口味的灵感。”

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Maggie frowned." I still can't believe Mrs. Sweet would steal anything

玛吉皱起眉头。“我还是不敢相信斯威特夫人会偷东西。

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We need to talk to her and find out her side of the story!"

我们需要和她谈谈，听听她怎么说！”

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Henry nodded." I hope she gets back soon."

亨利点点头。“我希望她很快回来。”

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A few minutes later Mrs. Sweet finally returned

几分钟后，斯威特夫人终于回来了。

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" Well, hello again, boys!" she greeted them

“哎呀，又是你们好呀，孩子们！”她对他们打着招呼。

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" Hi, Maggie! But what are you all doing here?

“嗨，麦琪！不过你们全都在这儿干什么呢？

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Shouldn't someone be working at the lemonade stand?

柠檬水摊那边不该留个人干活吗？

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I hear your business is booming!"

我听说你们生意好得很呢！”

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" It is," Maggie told her." Our friend Nathan is watching the stand right now."

“是的，”麦琪告诉她。“我们的朋友内森现在正看着摊子呢。”

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" Yes," Henry said." We were just over in West Belltown

“对，”亨利说。“我们刚从西贝尔镇那边过来。

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There's a new business opening there this weekend. It's called the Dessert Den."

那儿有家新店这周末要开张。叫‘甜品窝’。”

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Mrs. Sweet was still smiling

斯威特夫人依然面带微笑。

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" Oh my, yes, I've heard about the Dessert Den," she said

“哦天哪，是啊，我听说过甜品窝，”她说。

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" I suppose that means I'll have some competition now for Belltown's dessert eaters!" She chuckled

“我看这意味着，为了贝尔镇爱吃甜食的顾客，我如今要有竞争对手了！”她轻声笑了起来。

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The kids exchanged looks

孩子们交换了一下眼神。

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" Don't worry, I'll always like the Sweet Shop best," Maggie said quickly

“别担心，我永远最喜欢糖果店，”麦琪连忙说。

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" Um, actually there's a reason we were at the Dessert Den," Henry spoke up

“嗯，其实我们去甜品窝是有原因的，”亨利开了口。

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" We're investigating a mystery."

“我们在查一个谜案。”

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" Oh? What sort of mystery?"

“哦？什么样的谜案？”

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Mrs. Sweet was bustling around, straightening the napkin dispensers on the tables

斯威特夫人正忙活着，把桌上的餐巾盒摆正。

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" Well," said Cole." The owner of the Dessert Den thinks someone stole the idea for his new ice-cream flavor

“嗯，”科尔说。“甜品窝的老板觉得，有人偷了他新冰淇淋口味的点子。

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It was supposed to be a big secret. It's called bubble gum banana swirl."

那本该是个大秘密。口味叫泡泡糖香蕉漩涡。”

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" What?" Mrs. Sweet stopped what she was doing and spun to stare at Cole

“什么？”斯威特夫人停下了手里的活，转身瞪着科尔。

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" Bubble gum banana swirl? Are you sure?"

“泡泡糖香蕉漩涡？你们确定？”

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" Yes. Mr. Tate thinks you, um, stole his flavor," Henry blurted out

“是的。泰特先生觉得您，嗯，偷了他的口味，”亨利脱口而出。

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" We told him there had to be some kind of mistake, but — "

“我们告诉他说，这中间肯定是有什么误会，可是——”

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" Excuse me, kids." Mrs. Sweet wasn't smiling anymore

“失陪了，孩子们。”斯威特夫人不再笑了。

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" I have something important to do."

“我有要紧事要做。”

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" But Mrs. Sweet..." Maggie began

“可是斯威特夫人……”麦琪刚开口。

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It was too late. Mrs. Sweet was already rushing away

已经来不及了。斯威特夫人早就快步离开了。

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A second later she disappeared into the back room of the shop

一转眼，她就消失在店铺的里间里了。