079 科尔的招供

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" What?" Henry exclaimed, staring at Cole

“什么？”亨利盯着科尔，惊叫道。

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" What do you mean, you put the lollipop in Daisy's pocket? Why?"

“你什么意思，你把棒棒糖放进黛西的口袋了？为什么？”

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Cole shrugged, looking sheepish

科尔耸耸肩，一脸不好意思。

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" I knew that Daisy loves those blueberry lollipops from the Dessert Den

“我知道黛西特别喜欢甜品屋的蓝莓棒棒糖。

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She couldn't stop talking about them when I saw her there yesterday

昨天我在那儿碰到她，她一直在念叨那些糖。

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So I decided to surprise her with one as a... um... good luck gift

所以我决定送她一根，当作……嗯……幸运礼物。

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I waited until she left to get some lemonade," he continued

“我一直等到她走开去买柠檬水，”他接着说。

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" Then I sneaked into the barn and stuck a lollipop in the pocket of her show shirt."

“然后我溜进谷仓，把棒棒糖塞进她表演服的口袋里。”

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" You did?" Henry said." Why? You didn't get Maggie anything

“你居然这么做了？”亨利说。“为什么？你什么都没给麦琪带。

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She likes candy too."

她也喜欢糖果啊。”

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" That's different." Cole looked embarrassed." Maggie's just... Maggie

“那不一样。”科尔看起来很尴尬。“玛吉就是……玛吉。”

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Daisy is, you know, really nice and pretty and smart."

“黛西，你知道的，真的很善良、漂亮又聪明。”

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" Oh!" Henry thought." Cole has a crush on Daisy!"

“哦！”亨利心想。“科尔喜欢黛西！”

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" Is that why you skipped swim team practice today?" he asked

“这就是你今天没去游泳队训练的原因吗？”他问。

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" Because of Daisy? You wanted to watch her compete?"

“因为黛西？你想看她比赛吗？”

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" Maybe." Cole shrugged." I mean, I wanted to help you guys too."

“也许吧。”科尔耸耸肩。“我是说，我也想帮你们。”

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" Okay," Henry said." So what happened with the shirt?

“好吧，”亨利说。“所以衬衫是怎么回事？

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Did you leave it in the water trough?"

你把它留在水槽里了吗？”

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" No!" Cole said." I just put the lollipop in Daisy's shirt pocket

“不！”科尔说。“我只是把棒棒糖放进了黛西的衬衫口袋里。

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Then I left it hanging in the barn by Coco's stall."

然后我把它挂在谷仓里，可可的马厩旁边。”

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" When you said you were looking for more napkins, you were really hanging out with Daisy," Henry guessed

“当你说是去找更多餐巾纸的时候，其实是在和黛西待在一起吧，”亨利猜测道。

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" That's when you put the lollipop in her pocket."

“那时你就把棒棒糖放进了她的口袋。”

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Cole nodded." I was going to tell Daisy later that the lollipop was from me

科尔点点头。“我本来打算晚点告诉黛西，棒棒糖是我放的。

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But then her shirt disappeared!" He sighed

但接着她的衬衫就不见了！”他叹了口气。

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" I was afraid someone saw me near her shirt

“我担心有人看见我在她衬衫附近。

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That person could tell Daisy — and make her think that I stole it!"

那人可能会告诉黛西——然后让她以为是我偷的！”

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Henry sighed." Why didn't you just say so in the first place?"

亨利叹了口气。“你为什么不一开始就直说呢？”

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" I don't know." Cole looked sheepish again

“我不知道。”科尔又露出不好意思的表情。

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" I thought I could find the shirt myself

“我以为我能自己找到衬衫。

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That way nobody would ever know about the candy and stuff."

那样的话，就没人会知道糖果这些事了。”

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Henry nodded. Now he understood why Cole had been acting so strange all day

亨利点点头。他现在明白了为什么科尔一整天都表现得那么古怪。

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The trouble was, Cole's explanation didn't explain what had happened to Daisy's shirt

问题是，科尔的解释并没有说清楚黛西的衬衫到底怎么了。

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" So you have no idea how the shirt got into the water trough?" he asked

“所以你完全不知道衬衫是怎么掉进水槽的？”他问。

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" Nope." Cole shook his head

“不知道。”科尔摇摇头。

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Normally Henry wouldn't doubt his best friend

正常情况下，亨利是不会怀疑他最好的朋友的。

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But Cole had told a lot of lies today

但科尔今天已经说了很多谎。

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Still, he wanted to trust his best friend

尽管如此，他还是愿意相信他最好的朋友。

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" Maybe it's a red herring," he muttered

“也许这只是个转移注意力的幌子。”他咕哝道。

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" A what?" Cole said

“什么？”科尔说。

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" A red herring," Henry said

“转移注意力的把戏。”亨利说。

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" That's something that seems like a clue, but isn't

"那是一种看似线索，实则不是的东西。

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Like that blue stain. Maybe it's just a coincidence

就像那个蓝色污渍。也许只是个巧合。

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Maybe Rebecca — or someone else — grabbed the shirt without even noticing the lollipop in the pocket."

也许是丽贝卡——或者其他人——拿了衬衫，完全没注意到口袋里的棒棒糖。"

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" That makes sense," Cole agreed

"有道理。"科尔赞同道。

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Henry frowned as he kept thinking

亨利皱着眉头，继续思考。

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" But in that case, what happened to the lollipop?

"但那样的话，棒棒糖去哪了？

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It wasn't in the pocket when we found the shirt

我们找到衬衫的时候，它不在口袋里。

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And I didn't see it in the water trough."

而且我也没在水槽里看到它。"

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" Maybe a horse ate it," Cole suggested

"也许有匹马把它吃了。"科尔猜测道。

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Henry thought about Big Spot's blue slobber

亨利想起了大斑点马的蓝色口水。

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" Maybe. But why would someone steal the shirt and then leave it in such an obvious place?" he asked

“也许吧。但如果有人偷了衬衫，为什么又会把它丢在这么显眼的地方呢？”他问道。

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" If Rebecca was trying to ruin things for Daisy, Rebecca would have found a better hiding spot for the shirt

“如果丽贝卡是想给黛西使坏，她大概会给衬衫找个更隐蔽的地方藏起来。

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This just doesn't make sense."

这根本说不通啊。”

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Henry had the feeling he was missing some important clue

亨利感觉自己好像漏掉了什么重要的线索。

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But he couldn't figure out what it was

但他想不出来那到底是什么。

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He glanced around

他环顾了一下四周。

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Everyone was gathering near the ring to watch the next class

大家正聚集在赛场旁，准备观看下一场比赛。

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There were no lemonade customers in sight

摊位前一个买柠檬水的顾客都没有。

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" Let's go check the scene of the crime again," he suggested

“我们再去犯罪现场看看吧。”他提议道。

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" Okay," Cole said." Listen, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier

“好，”科尔说，“听着，对不起，我之前没早点告诉你。

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About the lollipop, I mean."

我是说，棒棒糖那件事。”

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" That's okay." Henry led the way toward the barn

“没关系。”亨利带头朝马厩走去。

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When Henry and Cole entered, Cole went over to Maggie, who was near Big Spot's stall

亨利和科尔进去后，科尔走到玛吉身边，她正在大斑点的马厩附近。

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Henry saw Coco in her stall, though Daisy was nowhere in sight

亨利看见可可待在它的马厩里，但到处都不见黛西的踪影。

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Instead Rebecca was standing there patting the pony

反而是丽贝卡站在那里，轻轻拍着那匹小马。

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" Hi," said Henry." Did you notice the clothes that were hanging on this stall earlier?"

“嗨，”亨利说，“你有留意到之前挂在这个马厩上的衣服吗？”

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" Clothes?" Rebecca rubbed Coco's nose." No. Why?"

“衣服？”丽贝卡揉了揉可可的鼻子，“没看见。怎么了？”

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" There was a show shirt — " Henry began

“有一件表演衬衫——”亨利刚开口。

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Before he could finish, Cole hurried over to Henry

他话还没说完，科尔就急忙跑回到亨利身边。

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" Excuse us," Cole said to Rebecca. Then he pulled Henry away

“抱歉，失陪一下。”科尔对丽贝卡说完，就把亨利拉到一边。

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" That's not where Daisy's shirt was hanging!" he whispered

“黛西的衬衫不是挂在那儿的！”他小声说道。

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" Yes, it was," Henry said." That's Daisy's pony right there

“是啊，就在那儿。”亨利说，“那就是黛西的小马啊。

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Her show coat was hanging there too, until she put it on for her last class."

她的表演外套也挂在那儿，直到她最后一场比赛才穿上。”

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Cole looked confused

科尔一脸困惑。

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" It was? But I saw Daisy's shirt hanging on that stall over there."

“是吗？可是我看见黛西的衬衫挂在那边的马厩上啊。”

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Cole pointed to the stall next to Big Spot's

科尔指向大斑点旁边的那个马厩。

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Kira's pony was standing there, looking out

基拉的小马正站在那里，向外张望着。

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Henry looked at Kira's pony, and then slowly he smiled

亨利看了看基拉的小马，然后慢慢露出了微笑。

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" Let's go find Daisy," he told Cole

“我们去找黛西吧。”他对科尔说。

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" I think I know exactly what happened to her shirt."

“我想我已经完全弄清楚她的衬衫是怎么回事了。”