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The Lemonade Detectives looked at Hannah in surprise

柠檬水侦探们惊讶地看着汉娜。

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" Mrs. Sweet is dating Mr. Moss?" Maggie said

“斯威特太太在和莫斯先生约会？”麦琪说。

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Hannah giggled." My mom works at a fancy restaurant on Baker Street

汉娜咯咯地笑了。“我妈妈在贝克街的一家高级餐厅工作。

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She says Mr. Moss and Mrs. Sweet have been there a lot recently."

她说莫斯先生和斯威特太太最近经常去那里。”

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Henry was surprised by Hannah's news. Was it a clue?

亨利对汉娜的消息感到惊讶。这会是一条线索吗？

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By now it was late afternoon

这时已是傍晚时分。

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He looked over at the Dessert Den, and saw that the electrician's truck was still there

他朝甜品屋望去，看到电工的卡车还停在那里。

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So they still couldn't talk to Mr. Tate

所以他们还是没法跟泰特先生谈话。

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" Did you know that Mrs. Sweet and Mr. Moss were dating?"

“你们知道斯威特太太和莫斯先生在约会吗？”

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Henry asked his friends as they wandered toward their bikes

亨利一边问朋友们，一边慢悠悠地朝他们的自行车走去。

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" Nope. Mr. Moss usually spreads around all the town gossip," Cole said with a smile

“才不是。莫斯先生平时可喜欢到处传镇上的闲话了，”科尔笑着说。

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" I guess he doesn't like to gossip about himself though!"

“不过，我猜他不喜欢传自己的闲话！”

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" Maybe Mr. Moss pushed over our bikes because he knew we were investigating his girlfriend," said Maggie

“也许莫斯先生推倒我们的自行车，是因为他知道我们在调查他女朋友，”玛吉说。

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" Maybe," Henry said." But Mr. Moss is just as nice as Mrs. Sweet

“有可能，”亨利说。“但莫斯先生和斯威特太太一样好。

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I can't believe he'd do something like that and then lie about it to us."

我不信他会做出那种事，还对我们撒谎。”

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" Me neither." Cole gulped

“我也不信。”科尔咽了口唾沫。

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" Not unless he knows Mrs. Sweet is guilty, that is."

“除非他知道斯威特太太确实犯了事。”

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" I have an idea," Henry said." Let's go talk to my dad."

“我有个主意，”亨利说。“我们去找我爸谈谈。”

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Maggie groaned." You want to ride back to town again?" she said

玛吉叹了口气。“你又想骑回镇上去？”她说。

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" Anyway, I thought you didn't want your dad to investigate Mrs. Sweet."

“再说了，我以为你不想让你爸调查斯威特太太呢。”

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" He's written a few stories about West Belltown," Henry reminded her

“他写过几篇关于西贝尔镇的故事，”亨利提醒她。

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" He might know something useful."

“他可能知道些有用的东西。”

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They rode to the newspaper office

他们骑车前往报社。

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Henry's dad was in the reception area shuffling through some papers

亨利的爸爸在接待区翻阅一些文件。

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" Hello, kids!" he greeted them with a smile." What brings you here?"

“孩子们好！”他微笑着打招呼，“什么风把你们吹来了？”

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" We're working on a tough case," Henry said

“我们在处理一个棘手的案子，”亨利说。

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" We were hoping we could talk to you about it."

“我们希望能跟你谈谈这个案子。”

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" Sure." Henry's dad checked his watch

“当然可以。”亨利的爸爸看了看手表。

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" I have to go to a meeting in a few minutes. But we can talk until then."

“几分钟后我有个会要开。不过在那之前我们可以谈谈。”

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He led the way to his office

他领着他们去了他的办公室。

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After he closed the door, Henry and his friends told him all about the mystery

他关上门后，亨利和朋友们把整个谜团告诉了他。

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" Wow," Henry's dad said when they finished." That's quite a story."

“哇，”亨利的爸爸等他们讲完说道，“这故事可真够离奇的。”

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" You can't tell anyone, Uncle Kevin," Maggie said

“你不能告诉任何人，凯文叔叔，”玛吉说。

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" We don't want to ruin Mrs. Sweet's reputation."

“我们不想毁了斯威特太太的名声。”

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Henry's dad smiled." I can keep a secret

亨利的爸爸笑了。“我能保守秘密。”

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But I'm sure the flavor theft is just some kind of misunderstanding."

“但我相信口味被盗这事儿只是某种误会。”

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" I hope so," Henry said." But how can we prove it?

“希望如此，”亨利说。“但我们怎么证明呢？

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Do you have any information that could help us crack the case?"

你有什么信息能帮我们破案吗？”

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" I'm afraid not," his father said

“恐怕没有，”他爸爸说。

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" But it sounds like you still have a few clues to investigate

“但听起来你们还有一些线索可以追查。”

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Like the timing of the two signs, for instance."

“比如说，那两块招牌出现的时间先后。”

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" Yeah." Cole bit his lip

“是啊。”科尔咬着嘴唇。

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" But what if we find out Mr. Tate had the flavor on his sign first?

“可要是我们发现是泰特先生先在他的招牌上写了那种口味呢？

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That means Mrs. Sweet is the culprit."

那不就说明斯威特太太是罪魁祸首了。”

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Henry's dad shrugged

亨利的爸爸耸了耸肩。

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" Being a good detective, or a good reporter, means looking for the truth

“当个好侦探，或者好记者，就是要寻找真相。

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You have to dig up all the facts, even if they lead to an answer you don't like."

你得挖掘出所有事实，哪怕它们指向的答案你不喜欢。”

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There was a knock on the door." Time for the meeting, Kevin," a woman called

敲门声响起。“开会了，凯文。”一位女士喊道。

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" Thanks." Henry's dad stood

“谢谢。”亨利的爸爸站了起来。

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" Sorry, kids. I have to go. We can talk more later if you like."

“抱歉，孩子们。我得走了。如果你们愿意，我们可以以后再谈。”

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" Okay. Thanks, Dad."

“好吧。谢谢你，爸爸。”

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As Henry and his friends left the building, someone stepped toward them

亨利和朋友们正要离开大楼时，有个人朝他们走了过来。

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It was Robby

是罗比。

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" Hi," Cole greeted him." What are you doing here?"

“嗨，”科尔跟他打招呼，“你在这儿干什么？”

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" Looking for you guys." Robby looked miserable." I need to apologize."

“来找你们。”罗比看起来很难受，“我需要道歉。”

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" What for?" asked Maggie

“为什么道歉？”玛吉问。

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" For knocking over your bikes earlier," Robby said

“为之前推倒你们的自行车，”罗比说。

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" That was you?" Cole exclaimed." Why'd you do it?"

“是你干的？”科尔喊道，“你为什么那么做？”

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" I knew you were working for Mr. Tate," Robby said

“我知道你们在为泰特先生工作，”罗比说。

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" I'm mad at him because he ruined my parents' plans for a community garden

“我在生他的气，因为他毁了我父母建社区花园的计划。

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That's why I followed you to the Sweet Shop and knocked over your bikes."

所以我才跟着你们到了甜点店，然后推倒了你们的自行车。”

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He sighed." But when I told my dad what I did, he made me promise to find you and apologize. So I'm sorry."

他叹了口气说：“但当我告诉爸爸我所做的事后，他让我保证找到你们并道歉。所以，对不起。”

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" It's okay," Henry said." Are your parents mad at Mr. Tate too?"

“没关系，”亨利说。“你父母也生泰特先生的气吗？”

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" I thought they were, but Dad says he's glad our neighborhood is getting some new businesses."

“我原以为他们生气了，但我爸爸说他很高兴我们社区要开新店了。”

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Robby shrugged." Maybe I am too

罗比耸了耸肩。“也许我也一样。

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It might be cool to have a dessert place a few blocks from home."

离家几个街区就有个甜品店，可能挺酷的。”

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Robby said good-bye and moved on

罗比道别后就走了。

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" I guess that solves one mystery," Cole said

“我猜这解开了一个谜团，”科尔说。

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" Yeah. But it doesn't help with identifying the flavor thief," Henry said

“是啊。但这无助于找出偷配方的人，”亨利说。

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" Or with clearing Mrs. Sweet's name."

“也无助于洗清斯威特太太的嫌疑。”

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" I know how to do that," Maggie said

“我知道该怎么做，”玛吉说。

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" We need to talk to Mr. Tate about that sign!"

“我们得去和泰特先生谈谈那块牌子！”

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This time it was Cole who groaned." It's getting late," he said

这次轮到科尔叹气了。“天色不早了，”他说。

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" Plus, Nathan's still selling lemonade for us

“再说了，内森还在帮我们卖柠檬水。

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Do we really have to ride to West Belltown again?"

我们真的又要骑到西贝尔镇去吗？”

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" Yes!" Maggie insisted." Come on!"

“是的！”玛吉坚持道。“来吧！”

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She hopped on her bike and rode down the street

她跳上自行车，沿着街道骑了下去。

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But suddenly she stopped short

但她突然猛地停了下来。

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" What is it?" Henry asked as he caught up

“怎么了？”亨利追上来问道。

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" Look!" Maggie pointed to Mrs. Sweet's flavor board

“看！”玛吉指着斯威特太太的口味板。

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" Bubble gum banana swirl is gone!"

“泡泡糖香蕉旋风口味的没了！”