066 另一个理论

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Henry and his friends waited for a while

亨利和他的朋友们等了一会儿。

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But Mrs. Sweet didn't come out from the back room of the Sweet Shop

可是斯威特太太一直没从糖果店后屋出来。

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Finally they gave up and left

最后他们只好放弃，离开了。

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" We should go see how Nathan is doing at the lemonade stand," Henry said

“我们该去看看内森在柠檬水摊那边怎么样了，”亨利说。

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" We've been gone for a long time."

“我们已经离开好久了。”

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The others agreed

其他人都同意了。

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Back at the stand, Nathan was serving lemonade to some construction workers

回到柠檬水摊，内森正在给几个建筑工人倒柠檬水。

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" Hi, guys," Nathan greeted his friends as the men left

“嗨，大伙儿，”内森在工人们离开时朝朋友们打招呼。

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" Business has been great today! How's the mystery going?"

“今天生意可好了！神秘事件查得怎么样了？”

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" Not so great," Henry admitted

“不太好，”亨利承认道。

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He and his friends told Nathan about the case

他和朋友们把这个案子告诉了内森。

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" Wow," Nathan said." That's weird that Mrs. Sweet rushed off like that."

“哇，”内森说，“斯威特夫人那样匆匆离开，好奇怪啊。”

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" Yeah," Cole agreed." She acted like she was guilty."

“是啊，”科尔附和道，“她表现得像是心里有鬼。”

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" But she's not guilty," Maggie insisted

“但她没有罪，”麦琪坚持说。

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" She's way too nice to be a flavor thief! We have to prove she didn't do it!"

“她人太好了，不可能是偷口味的贼！我们必须证明不是她干的！”

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" That means we have to prove that someone else did do it," Cole said

“那意味着我们得证明是别人干的，”科尔说。

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" Like Robby, for instance. He seemed really mad at Mr. Tate."

“比如罗比，他看上去对泰特先生非常生气。”

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" Yeah!" Maggie said." Maybe he hates Mr. Tate so much that he tricked Mrs. Sweet into inventing that flavor!"

“没错！”麦琪说，“也许他恨透了泰特先生，所以骗斯威特夫人发明了那个口味！”

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" How would he do that?" Nathan asked

“他怎么会那样做呢？”内森问。

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" I don't know." Maggie shrugged

“我不知道。”麦琪耸了耸肩。

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" But I know Mrs. Sweet didn't do anything wrong."

“但我知道斯威特夫人没做错任何事。”

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Henry sighed." I like Mrs. Sweet too, Maggie. But we have to be logical

亨利叹了口气。“我也喜欢斯威特夫人，麦琪。但我们必须讲逻辑。

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Mrs. Sweet has a good motive to cause trouble for the Dessert Den

斯威特夫人有充分的动机去给甜品屋制造麻烦。

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And don't forget, she has the exact same flavor right there on her sign

而且别忘了，她的招牌上正写着那个一模一样的口味。

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Plus, she acted weird when we asked her about it just now."

再加上，我们刚才问她这件事时，她的反应很奇怪。”

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" All that stuff is true," Cole said

“这些都是事实，”科尔说。

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" If Mrs. Sweet was mean, I'd definitely think she was the thief

“如果斯威特夫人为人刻薄，我肯定会认为她就是小偷。

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But how could someone who seems so nice do something so rotten?"

但一个看起来这么善良的人，怎么能做出这么恶劣的事呢？”

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Henry shrugged. He didn't have an answer for Cole's question

亨利耸了耸肩。他对科尔的问题没有答案。

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" Maybe you guys should go talk to Mr. Tate again," Nathan suggested

“也许你们应该再去找泰特先生谈谈，”内森建议道。

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" That might give you some new ideas about the case

“那也许能给你对这个案子一些新想法。”

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I'll keep watching the lemonade stand if you want. I can use the extra money."

如果你们需要，我可以继续看着柠檬水摊。我能用这额外赚的钱。”

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Maggie groaned." It's so hot out

麦琪嘟囔道：“外面真热啊。

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Do we really have to ride all the way back to West Belltown?"

我们真的一路骑回西贝尔镇不可吗？”

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" If you want to clear Mrs. Sweet's name, we do," Cole said

“你要想洗清斯威特夫人的嫌疑，我们就得去，”科尔说。

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" Come on, let's go."

“来，走吧。”

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When The Lemonade Detectives reached the Dessert Den, Mr. Tate saw them coming and hurried to unlock the door

柠檬水侦探们抵达甜品店时，泰特先生看见他们过来，连忙去开门。

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" Did you solve the case?" he asked

“案子破了吗？”他问。

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" Did Mrs. Sweet admit that she stole my flavor?"

“斯威特夫人有没有承认她偷了我的配方？”

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" Not exactly," Henry said." We didn't get to talk to her for very long."

“并不完全如此，”亨利说，“我们没能跟她谈很久。”

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Mr. Tate frowned." Well, once you kids finally get her to admit she's guilty, I'll pay your five-dollar detective fee."

泰特先生皱起了眉头。“好吧，一旦你们这些孩子最终让她承认有罪，我就付你们五美元的侦探费。”

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" We still don't believe she did it!" Maggie blurted out

“我们还是不相信是她干的！”麦琪脱口而出。

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She glanced at Henry and Cole with a frown." At least I don't."

她皱起眉头，瞥了亨利和科尔一眼。“至少我不信。”

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" Huh?" Mr. Tate looked confused

“啊？”泰特先生一脸困惑。

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" We have a few theories," Henry explained calmly

“我们有几个推测，”亨利平静地解释道。

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" We need to rule out other suspects before we can be sure Mrs. Sweet is the culprit."

“在确定斯威特夫人是罪犯之前，我们需要先排除其他嫌疑人。”

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" Other suspects?" Mr. Tate folded his arms across his chest." Like who?"

“其他嫌疑人？”泰特先生双臂交叉在胸前。“比如谁？”

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" Um, there's this kid, Robby," Cole said

“嗯，有个叫罗比的小孩，”科尔说。

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" He seems to hate the Dessert Den. We're not sure why."

“他似乎很讨厌甜点小屋。我们不确定是为什么。”

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" Yeah," Maggie put in." Or it could all be a coincidence

“是啊，”麦琪补充道。“或者可能一切都只是个巧合。”

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The flavor bubble gum banana swirl isn't that unique, you know."

泡泡糖香蕉漩涡口味没那么独特，你知道的。”

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Mr. Tate rolled his eyes." Look, my grand opening is tomorrow

泰特先生翻了个白眼。“听着，我的店明天就开张了。

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I don't have time to fool around

我可没时间瞎胡闹。

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Do you want to solve this case or not?" he asked

你们到底想不想破这个案子？”他问道。

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" If you don't, I can find someone else to help me

“如果不想，我可以找别人来帮我。

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Like the police, for instance. Or maybe I'll go to the press

比如报警。或者我去找媒体。

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I heard there's an award-winning investigative reporter in this town

我听说这个镇上有个得过奖的调查记者。

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Maybe he can figure out what's going on."

也许他能搞清楚是怎么回事。”

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Henry realized Mr. Tate was talking about his father

亨利意识到泰特先生说的是他爸爸。

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" The Lemonade Detectives will solve your case," he said

“柠檬水侦探会侦破你的案子的，”他说。

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" No matter what." He gave Cole and Maggie a shove toward the door

“无论如何。”他推了推科尔和麦琪，示意往门口走。

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" Come on, guys. Let's get back to work."

“走吧，伙计们。我们回去干活了。”

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Soon they were outside again

很快，他们又回到了外面。

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" What was that all about, Henry?" Maggie asked

“这到底是怎么回事，亨利？”麦琪问道。

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" Why'd you rush us out of there?

“你为什么急匆匆地把我们推出来？

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I thought we were going to ask Mr. Tate more questions about the case."

我还以为我们要向泰特先生多问些关于这个案子的问题呢。”

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" We can't let him go to the police," Henry said

“我们不能让他去报警，”亨利说。

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" Or ask my dad to investigate either."

“或者让我爸爸来调查也不行。”

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" Why not?" Cole asked

“为什么不行？”科尔问道。

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" Maybe your dad can help us prove that Mrs. Sweet is innocent."

“也许你爸爸能帮我们证明斯威特夫人是清白的。”

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" Maybe," Henry said

“也许吧，”亨利说。

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" But if people hear he's investigating her, they might assume she's guilty

“但如果人们听说他在调查她，可能会认为她有罪。

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And that would probably be bad for her business."

那对她的生意恐怕会很不好。”

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Suddenly Maggie gasped." That's it!" she cried

突然，麦琪倒吸了一口气。“就是这个！”她喊道。

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" I have a new theory about what's going on!

“对于这件事，我有了个新推论！

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If we can prove it, it'll clear Mrs. Sweet's name!"

如果我们能证明它，就能洗清斯威特夫人的名声！”

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" Really? What's your theory?" Cole asked

“真的吗？你的推论是什么？”科尔问道。

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" We've been taking Mr. Tate's word about what happened," Maggie said

“我们一直都只听泰特先生单方面说发生了什么，”麦琪说。

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" But what if he's lying? What if he's the one who stole that flavor?"

“但要是他在撒谎呢？要是他才是偷走那个口味的人呢？”