078 玛吉的推论

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" Huh?" Henry said." Why would Daisy want to ruin her own shirt?"

“嗯？”亨利说，“黛西为什么要毁掉自己的衬衫呢？”

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" To get sympathy!" Maggie said

“为了博取同情！”麦琪说。

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" Maybe Daisy thought the judge would hear that Daisy's shirt was missing and feel sorry for Daisy

“也许黛西觉得法官听说黛西的衬衫不见了，就会同情黛西。

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Then the judge would be more likely to give Daisy a blue ribbon!"

那样法官就更可能给黛西蓝丝带了！”

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Henry shook his head. Maggie's theory was a little crazy

亨利摇了摇头。麦琪的理论有点疯狂。

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" I don't think that's very likely, Maggie

“我觉得那不太可能，麦琪。

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For one thing, it doesn't explain the blue stain."

首先，这解释不了那个蓝色的污渍。”

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" Yes, it does," Maggie argued

“不，解释得了，”麦琪争辩道。

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" Daisy probably tried to stain the shirt with one of those lollipops first

“黛西很可能先用那些棒棒糖之一试图弄脏衬衫。

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Then she decided that wasn't bad enough

后来她觉得那还不够严重。

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So she pretended someone stole the shirt, and then put it in the water trough herself."

所以她假装有人偷了衬衫，然后自己把它放进了水槽里。

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" But she just told us the blue lollipops are her favorite," Henry said

“但她刚告诉我们蓝色棒棒糖是她的最爱，”亨利说。

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" She probably wouldn't admit that if she had made that stain herself."

“如果那污渍是她自己弄的，她大概不会承认这一点。”

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Maggie frowned, looking stubborn." How do you know?"

麦琪皱起眉头，一脸倔强。“你怎么知道？”

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" Because Daisy's not stupid," Henry said

“因为黛西又不傻，”亨利说。

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" Besides, if she is the culprit, there's no way we'll get that detective fee

“再说了，如果她是罪魁祸首，我们根本拿不到侦探费。

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So you'd better hope it was somebody else."

所以你最好盼着是别人干的。”

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" Oh. I guess you're right." Maggie thought for a second

“哦。我猜你说得对。”麦琪想了一下。

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" Okay, then maybe we should go investigate Rebecca again

“好吧，那也许我们该再去调查一下丽贝卡。

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She seems like a better suspect anyway."

她反正看起来更像嫌疑人。”

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" Let's go talk to Cole first," Henry suggested." Maybe he'll have some ideas."

“我们先去找科尔谈谈吧，”亨利提议道，“也许他会有一些想法。”

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Soon Henry and Maggie were telling Cole the latest news

很快，亨利和麦琪就把最新消息告诉了科尔。

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Cole listened quietly, sucking on another green lollipop

科尔静静地听着，嘴里吸着又一根绿色的棒棒糖。

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Two more green lollipops were sitting on the table beside him

他旁边的桌子上还放着两根绿色棒棒糖。

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" So now we think it's Rebecca again," Maggie finished." What do you think?"

“所以现在我们又觉得是丽贝卡干的，”麦琪说完了，“你怎么想？”

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Cole glanced at the lollipops on the table

科尔瞥了一眼桌上的棒棒糖。

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" Are you sure the shirt didn't get ruined by accident?"

“你们确定衬衫不是意外弄坏的吗？”

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" By accident?" Maggie made a face

“意外？”麦琪做了个鬼脸。

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" How would Daisy's shirt accidentally get from her pony's stall to the water trough?

“黛西的衬衫怎么可能意外地从她的小马厩跑到饮水槽里呢？

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Or accidentally get that weird blue stain on it?"

又怎么可能意外沾上那种奇怪的蓝色污渍呢？”

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" I don't know." Cole shrugged again

“我不知道。”科尔又耸了耸肩。

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" But your dad is always joking about how messy horses are

“可是你爸爸总开玩笑说马有多脏。

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And you already said your pony drooled on your shirt, right?"

而且你自己也说过你的小马把口水流到你的衬衫上了，对吧？”

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" Hey, guys," Henry put in before Maggie could respond

“嘿，大家，”麦琪还没来得及回应，亨利就插话了。

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" Look, Rebecca's heading this way. This could be our chance to question her."

“看，丽贝卡朝这边来了。这可能是我们问她的好机会。”

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" What should we ask her?" Maggie wondered

“我们该问她什么呢？”麦琪寻思着。

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Henry bit his lip

亨利咬了咬嘴唇。

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How could they ask Rebecca any more questions about the case without letting her know she was a suspect?

他们怎么才能继续向丽贝卡打听案情，又不让她察觉自己成了嫌疑人？

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" I'm not sure," he said

“我不确定。”他说。

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" Wait!" Maggie whispered." I think I have an idea."

“等等！”麦琪小声说，“我想我有个主意。”

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" Uh-oh," Henry thought. Some of Maggie's ideas were good, but others weren't so good

“哎呀呀，”亨利心想。麦琪的点子有时挺好，有时却不太妙。

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" Hi, Rebecca," Maggie said with a big smile." Welcome to our lemonade stand!"

“嗨，丽贝卡，”麦琪满脸笑容地说，“欢迎光临我们的柠檬水摊！”

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" Um, thanks." Rebecca still looked grumpy

“呃，谢谢。”丽贝卡看起来还是怒气冲冲的。

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" Guess what?" Maggie went on." We're having a special right now

“猜猜看？”麦琪接着说，“我们现在正在搞特惠活动。

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If you buy a cup of our delicious lemonade, you get a free lollipop!"

只要买一杯美味的柠檬水，就免费送一根棒棒糖！”

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" Hey," Cole protested as Maggie grabbed one of the lollipops off the table

“嘿，”麦琪从桌上抓起一根棒棒糖，科尔立刻抗议起来。

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Maggie ignored him, waving the lollipop in Rebecca's face

麦琪没理他，拿着棒棒糖在丽贝卡面前晃来晃去。

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" This one's kiwi. Do you like that kind?

“这根是猕猴桃味的。你喜欢这个味道吗？

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What's your favorite flavor?" she asked

你最喜欢什么口味？”她问道。

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Henry guessed what Maggie was trying to do

亨利猜到了麦琪的意图。

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She was hoping that Rebecca would admit to liking blueberry lollipops best

她原本希望丽贝卡会承认自己最喜欢蓝莓棒棒糖。

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That would be a clue that she might have stolen Daisy's shirt

那会是一条线索，说明她可能偷了黛西的衬衫。

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But Rebecca just frowned and pushed the lollipop away

但丽贝卡只是皱了皱眉，把棒棒糖推开了。

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" I can't have candy," she said." Or lemonade, either

“我不能吃糖果，”她说，“柠檬水也不行。

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I have diabetes, so I'm not allowed to eat sugar."

我有糖尿病，所以不能吃糖。”

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Henry blinked in surprise

亨利惊讶地眨了眨眼。

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Maggie was surprised too." Really?" she said

麦琪也很惊讶。“真的吗？”她说。

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" Yeah." Rebecca shrugged

“嗯。”丽贝卡耸了耸肩。

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" Anyway, I came to tell you, Maggie, that Ms. Wood is looking for you

“对了，我来是要告诉你，麦琪，伍德老师在找你。

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She wants us to start getting ready for our second class."

她让我们开始准备上第二节课了。”

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" Oh, right." Maggie looked at her watch, and then at Henry and Cole

“哦，对。”麦琪看了看手表，又看了看亨利和科尔。

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" I've got to go."

“我得走了。”

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" Good luck in your class," Henry said." We'll be cheering for you."

“祝你课上好运，”亨利说，“我们会为你加油的。”

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" Thanks." Maggie hurried off toward the barn with Rebecca

“谢谢。”麦琪和丽贝卡一起匆匆走向马厩。

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" Wow," Henry said to Cole when the girls were gone

“哇，”等女孩们走后，亨利对科尔说。

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" I didn't know that Rebecca has diabetes

“我不知道丽贝卡有糖尿病。

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I guess that means she didn't cause that stain on Daisy's shirt

我想这意味着黛西衬衫上的污渍不是她弄的。

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Not if it was made by candy, anyway."

至少不是糖果造成的。”

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" Yeah," Cole said

“是啊。”科尔说。

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" Of course, that doesn't prove that she's not the shirt thief," Henry realized

“当然，这并不能证明她不是偷衬衫的贼。”亨利意识到。

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" The stain could be a coincidence."

“污渍可能是个巧合。”

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" I guess," Cole said

“我想是吧。”科尔说。

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Henry glanced over at him. Cole was still sucking on his green lollipop

亨利瞥了他一眼。科尔还在吮着他的绿色棒棒糖。

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That made Henry think of something else

这让亨利想到了别的事情。

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" Wait," he said." What if Rebecca already guessed that we're suspicious of her?

“等等，”他说，“如果丽贝卡已经猜到我们在怀疑她呢？

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Do you think she's telling the truth about not being able to eat sugar?"

你觉得她说不能吃糖是真话吗？”

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" She's telling the truth," Cole blurted out with a frown

“她说的是真话。”科尔皱着眉头脱口而出。

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" At least about the candy stain."

“至少关于糖果污渍这部分是真的。”

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" Huh?" Henry was surprised by how certain Cole sounded." How do you know?"

“啊？”亨利对科尔这么肯定的语气感到惊讶。“你怎么知道？”

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Cole took a deep breath and looked Henry in the eye

科尔深吸一口气，直视着亨利的眼睛。

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" I know for a fact that Rebecca didn't put a blue lollipop in Daisy's shirt pocket," he said

“我确定丽贝卡没有把蓝色棒棒糖放进黛西的衬衫口袋里。”他说。

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" Because I did it."

“因为是我放的。”