067 玛吉的猜测

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" What are you talking about, Maggie?" Cole asked

“你在说什么，玛吉？”科尔问道。

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" Why would Mr. Tate steal his own flavor?"

“泰特先生为什么要偷自己的口味？”

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" I see what Maggie's saying," Henry said

“我明白玛吉的意思了，”亨利说。

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" What if bubble gum banana swirl isn't really Mr. Tate's invention?

“如果泡泡糖香蕉旋风根本就不是泰特先生的发明呢？

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What if Mrs. Sweet came up with it first?"

如果是斯威特太太先想出来的呢？”

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" Mr. Tate could be trying to frame Mrs. Sweet by saying she stole it from him," Maggie said

“泰特先生可能是在陷害斯威特太太，说她偷了他的配方。”玛吉说。

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" He claims she doesn't want competition from the Dessert Den

“他声称她不想让甜品小站有竞争。

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But maybe he's the one who's trying to steal customers!"

但也许他才是那个想抢走顾客的人！”

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Cole shrugged." I guess that's a pretty good motive

科尔耸了耸肩。“我觉得这是个不错的动机。

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But we just talked to Mrs. Sweet

但我们刚和斯威特太太谈过。”

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Wouldn't she have told us that bubble gum banana swirl is her flavor?"

她难道不会告诉我们泡泡糖香蕉旋风是她的口味吗？”

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" She's really nice," Maggie reminded them

“她人真的很好，”玛吉提醒他们。

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" Maybe she didn't want to get Mr. Tate in trouble

“也许她不想让泰特先生惹上麻烦。

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Even if he is a dirty flavor thief!"

哪怕他是个不光彩的口味小偷！”

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" I guess we should check out your idea, Maggie," Henry said

“我想我们应该查查你的想法，玛吉，”亨利说。

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" Like I said, good detectives follow up on every lead and theory."

“我说过，好侦探会查清每一条线索和推论。”

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Then he thought of another question

接着，他又想到了另一个问题。

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" But if Mrs. Sweet invented bubble gum banana swirl, why didn't she tell Patty how she came up with the flavor?"

“可既然是斯威特太太发明了泡泡糖香蕉旋风，她怎么不告诉帕蒂这个口味是怎么想出来的呢？”

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" Good question," Cole said

“问得好，”科尔说。

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" Usually she has a story to go along with all her flavors

“通常她的每一种口味都配着一个故事。

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Like raspberry mint chip, for instance."

“比如说覆盆子薄荷碎冰淇淋。”

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Maggie grabbed her bike

玛吉抓起她的自行车。

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" Just because Patty didn't know the story doesn't mean there isn't one," she said

“帕蒂不知道那件事，不代表就没有那件事，”她说。

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" Let's go back to the Sweet Shop and ask Mrs. Sweet!"

“我们回甜点店去问问斯威特太太吧！”

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She raced off down the sidewalk. Henry and Cole followed

她沿着人行道飞驰而去。亨利和科尔跟在后面。

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As they rounded the corner, Henry saw Robby and some other kids sitting on the grass, drinking sodas

转过街角时，亨利看见罗比和其他几个孩子坐在草地上喝汽水。

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" Wait!" he called to his friends

“等等！”他朝朋友们喊道。

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He wanted to stop and ask Robby why he was so mad at Mr. Tate

他想停下来问问罗比为什么那么生泰特先生的气。

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Plus, maybe one of the West Belltown kids had seen Mr. Tate do something suspicious

再说，也许西贝尔镇的孩子里有人见过泰特先生做什么可疑的事。

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But Maggie and Cole were too far ahead to hear him

可是玛吉和科尔骑得太远，听不见他喊。

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Henry shrugged and kept going. He waved at Robby as he passed him

亨利耸耸肩，继续向前骑。经过罗比时，他朝罗比挥了挥手。

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But Robby just stared back at him

但罗比只是回望着他。

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When they neared the Sweet Shop, Henry saw Mr. Moss standing outside

当他们靠近甜点店时，亨利看到莫斯先生站在外面。

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He was painting the shop's window frame

他正在油漆店铺的窗框。

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" Hello, kids," Mr. Moss said cheerfully

“你们好，孩子们，”莫斯先生兴高采烈地说。

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" Are you here to get some ice cream?"

“你们是来买冰淇淋的吗？”

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" Actually, we came to talk to Mrs. Sweet," Maggie said

“其实，我们是来找斯威特太太谈谈的，”玛吉说。

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" I haven't seen her yet

“我还没见到她呢。

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I just got here a few minutes ago myself," Mr. Moss said

我自己也是几分钟前才到这儿，”莫斯先生说。

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" I wanted to surprise her by getting started on this painting she asked me to do."

“她让我帮忙油漆，我想先动手干起来，好给她一个惊喜。”

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He held up his paintbrush and smiled." She might be inside."

他举起油漆刷，微笑着说：“她可能在里面。”

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The kids left their bikes leaning against the lamppost and entered the Sweet Shop

孩子们把自行车靠在路灯杆旁，走进了甜点店。

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Patty was still behind the counter

帕蒂仍然站在柜台后面。

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" Hi. Is Mrs. Sweet around?" Henry asked her

“嗨，斯威特太太在吗？”亨利问她。

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" Sorry, no. She left half an hour ago to run an errand."

“抱歉，不在。她半小时前出去办事了。”

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Henry was disappointed. They really needed to talk to Mrs. Sweet!

亨利很失望。他们真的需要和斯威特太太谈谈！

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" We were wondering about something," he said to Patty

“我们想知道一件事，”他对帕蒂说。

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" How long has bubble gum banana swirl been on the menu?"

“泡泡糖香蕉旋风口味在菜单上多久了？”

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" Hmm, let me think." Patty tapped her chin

“嗯，让我想想。”帕蒂轻敲着下巴。

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" I remember serving it on Monday afternoon

“我记得周一下午提供过这种口味。

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Mrs. Sweet must have added it that morning."

斯威特太太肯定是那天早上加进去的。

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" Monday?" Henry traded a look with his friends

“星期一？”亨利和朋友们交换了一个眼神。

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" Do you kids want to order anything?" Patty glanced outside

“你们这些孩子要点些什么吗？”帕蒂朝外面瞥了一眼。

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" If so, you should probably do it now

“要点的话，你们最好现在就点。

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It looks like a whole crowd of customers just arrived."

好像刚来了一大群顾客。”

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Henry looked out the front window

亨利朝前面的窗户望去。

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A van had just stopped by the curb outside

一辆面包车刚停在外面的路边。

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A bunch of little kids were jumping out of it

一大群小孩子正从车里跳出来。

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" No, thanks," he told Patty

“不了，谢谢。”他告诉帕蒂。

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The little kids rushed in, along with a couple of adults

小孩子们冲了进来，后面还跟着几个大人。

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As they clustered around the counter, Henry and his friends moved over to a private corner

当大家聚在柜台旁时，亨利和朋友们挪到了一个安静的角落。

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" Now we know how long Mrs. Sweet has had that flavor," Cole said

“现在我们知道了斯威特太太有那个口味多久了，”科尔说。

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" But we don't know when Mr. Tate invented it," Henry said

“但我们不知道泰特先生是什么时候发明它的，”亨利说。

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" We need to find out when he painted his sign

“我们需要弄清楚他是在什么时候画的招牌。”

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If it was after Monday morning, he's probably guilty

如果是在周一早上之后，他很可能有嫌疑。

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But if it was before Monday, then he's innocent."

但如果是在周一之前，那他就是无辜的。”

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" He's guilty." Maggie sounded confident." Let's go ask him."

“他有嫌疑。”玛吉听起来很确信。“我们去问问他。”

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" Do you think he'll tell us the truth?"

“你觉得他会告诉我们真相吗？”

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Cole wondered as they headed toward the door

科尔一边朝门口走去，一边疑惑道。

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They had to stop a few times to dodge excited little kids

他们不得不停了几次，以避开兴奋的小孩。

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Maggie shrugged

玛吉耸耸肩。

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" Why wouldn't he tell us the truth? He thinks we're on his side, remember?"

“他为什么不告诉我们真相呢？他觉得我们站在他那边，记得吗？”

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Outside the Sweet Shop, nobody was around. Even Mr. Moss had disappeared

甜点店门外，周围空无一人。连莫斯先生都不见了。

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Cole looked around in confusion." Hey," he said." Where are our bikes?"

科尔困惑地环顾四周。“嘿，”他说，“我们的自行车呢？”

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Just then Mr. Moss hurried into view from the alley between the Sweet Shop and the building next door

就在这时，莫斯先生从甜点店和隔壁楼之间的小巷里匆忙走了出来。

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He was holding a new can of paint

他手里拿着一罐新油漆。

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" Hello again, kids," he said." Did you find Mrs. Sweet?"

“又见面了，孩子们，”他说，“你们找到斯威特太太了吗？”

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" No," said Maggie." And now someone stole our bikes!"

“没有，”玛吉说，“而且现在有人偷了我们的自行车！”

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" Wait!" Cole called." I see them! Look — over there!"

“等等！”科尔喊道，“我看见它们了！看——在那边！”

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Henry looked where Cole was pointing and gasped

亨利朝科尔指的方向看去，倒吸了一口气。

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Their bikes were lying in a jumbled pile behind the van!

他们的自行车乱七八糟地堆在货车后面！