083 神秘言论

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" Wow," Henry said." Who would leave a message like that?"

"哇，" 亨利说，"谁会留下那样的留言呢？"

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" I don't know," Maggie said

"我不知道，" 麦琪说。

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" I thought everyone in town loved the summer parade."

"我以为镇上的每个人都喜欢夏日游行呢。"

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Cole shrugged." Maybe someone is joking around."

科尔耸耸肩。"也许有人在开玩笑吧。"

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" If it's a joke, it's not very funny." Henry stared at the message

"如果是玩笑，那可不怎么好笑。" 亨利盯着那条留言。

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" It sounds more like a threat."

"听起来更像是威胁。"

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Cole grinned." Are you trying to turn it into a mystery, Henry?"

科尔咧嘴一笑。"亨利，你是想把它变成一桩谜案吗？"

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Just then two teenage girls, Jill and Ashley, raced up to the lemonade stand

就在这时，两个少女——吉尔和阿什莉——跑到了柠檬水摊前。

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" Oh my gosh! Did you guys hear what happened?" Jill asked

"哦天哪！你们听说发生什么事了吗？" 吉尔问道。

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Ashley continued before The Lemonade Detectives could respond

还没等柠檬水侦探们回应，阿什莉就接着说了下去。

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" Someone broke into the shed where Mrs. Sweet is keeping her float!" she cried

“有人闯进了斯威特夫人存放花车的棚屋！”她喊道。

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" Huh?" Cole said." Why would someone do that?"

“啊？”科尔说，“为什么会有人这么做？”

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" Was the float damaged?" Henry asked

“花车被损坏了吗？”亨利问。

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Jill shook her head." We're not sure

吉尔摇了摇头。“我们不确定。

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Mrs. Sweet is keeping her float top secret until the parade, so she didn't tell us exactly what happened

斯威特夫人对她的花车一直保密到游行那天，所以没告诉我们到底发生了什么。

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But she's afraid that someone wants to sabotage it."

但她担心有人想故意破坏它。”

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Just then Ashley's cell phone rang." Oops, we have to go," she said

就在这时，阿什莉的手机响了。“哎呀，我们得走了，”她说。

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" Come on, Jill."

“走吧，吉尔。”

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The girls raced off. Maggie looked worried

女孩们匆匆跑开了。玛吉看上去忧心忡忡。

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" This is bad. What if someone is trying to sabotage all the floats?"

“这可不妙。万一有人想把所有的花车都破坏掉呢？”

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" Why would anyone do that?" Cole sounded skeptical

"为什么会有人这么做？"科尔问道，听上去不太相信。

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Maggie shrugged." Maybe to win those great prizes

麦琪耸耸肩："也许就是为了赢那些大奖吧。

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We should probably investigate before someone tries to destroy our float!"

我们也许该在有人想破坏我们的花车之前去查查！"

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" How could anybody do that?" Cole said." It's inside your house, Maggie

"怎么会有人能这么做呢？"科尔说，"花车是在你家里啊，麦琪。

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Besides, we don't have time to mess around with a mystery right now."

再说，我们现在也没时间瞎掺和什么谜案。"

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He laughed." I don't think this is a mystery anyway. Right, Henry?"

他笑了起来："反正我不觉得这是什么谜案。对吧，亨利？"

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Henry didn't answer for a second

亨利过了几秒钟才回答。

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He was thinking about that threatening message on the town website

他在想镇上网站上的那条威胁性留言。

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" Maybe we should go talk to my dad," he said

"也许我们该去跟我爸谈谈，"他说，

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" Just in case something really is going on."

"以防真的出了什么事。"

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" Good idea," Maggie said." Uncle Kevin is a newspaper reporter

“好主意，”玛姬说，“凯文叔叔是报社记者。

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It's his job to know about weird stuff happening around town."

了解镇上发生的怪事是他的工作。”

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" Fine." Cole shrugged." You two go talk to him

“好吧。”科尔耸耸肩，“你俩去跟他谈吧。

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I'll stay here and watch the lemonade stand."

我留在这里看着柠檬水摊位。”

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Henry and Maggie walked toward the main part of town, where the newspaper office was located

亨利和玛姬朝镇上的主要区域走去，报社就在那里。

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On the way they passed Eddie's house

路上他们经过了埃迪的家。

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The garage door was shut; no music was coming from behind it

车库门关着，里面没有传出音乐声。

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" I guess Snake's band isn't practicing today," Henry said

“我猜斯内克的乐队今天没在排练，”亨利说。

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He told Maggie about seeing the band the day before

他告诉玛姬前一天看到乐队的事。

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Maggie stared at the garage

玛姬盯着车库看。

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" I wonder if Snake and his band members should be suspects," she said

“我在想，斯内克和他的乐队成员是不是该被列为嫌疑人。”她说。

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" He seemed really excited about winning the contest."

“他看起来真的很想赢得比赛。”

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" Lots of people want to win," Henry said

“很多人都想赢，”亨利说。

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" That doesn't mean all of them want to sabotage the other floats."

“但这不代表他们所有人都想去破坏别人的花车。”

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" Maybe not." Maggie shrugged." But Snake seemed kind of sneaky."

“也许不会。”玛姬耸了耸肩，“但斯内克看起来有点鬼鬼祟祟的。”

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Henry didn't answer. He thought Snake seemed okay

亨利没回答。他觉得斯内克看起来人挺好的。

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But when Maggie got an idea in her head, it could be hard to change her mind

但玛姬一旦认定了什么事，就很难让她改变主意。

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A few minutes later, they reached the newspaper office

几分钟后，他们到了报社办公室。

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" Hi, Henry," the receptionist said." Your dad just left."

“嗨，亨利，”接待员说，“你爸爸刚走。”

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" Really?" Henry was disappointed." Do you know when he'll be back?

“真的吗？”亨利很失望，“你知道他什么时候回来吗？

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We wanted to ask him some questions about the summer parade."

我们想问他一些关于夏季游行的问题。”

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The receptionist pointed to a young man who had just come into the lobby

接待员指向一个刚走进大厅的年轻男子。

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" If it's about the parade, maybe Jackson can help," she said

“如果是关于游行的事，也许杰克逊能帮忙，”她说。

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" He's assigned to cover that story."

“他被派去报道那件事。”

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Henry had met Jackson several times

亨利见过杰克逊好几次。

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He walked over to the reporter with Maggie right behind him

他朝记者走过去，玛姬紧跟在他身后。

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Jackson smiled when he saw them coming

杰克逊看到他们走来时笑了笑。

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" Hi, Henry," he said." Hi, Maggie. What's up?

“嗨，亨利，”他说。“嗨，玛姬。怎么了？

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Did The Lemonade Detectives uncover an exciting crime for me to write about?"

柠檬汁侦探是不是发现了什么刺激的案件，让我来写报道？”

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" Maybe," Henry said

“也许吧，”亨利说。

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" Is it true that you're covering the parade this year?"

“你今年真的在报道游行吗？”

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" That's right." Jackson didn't sound very excited

“没错。”杰克逊听起来不太兴奋。

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Henry wasn't surprised

亨利并不意外。

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His father said Jackson was always looking for important and dramatic stories

他父亲说过，杰克逊总是在寻找重要又富有戏剧性的新闻。

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Unfortunately for him, there weren't very many of those in Belltown

可惜对他来说，贝尔镇这样的新闻并不多。

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" We heard someone might have tampered with Mrs. Sweet's float," Maggie spoke up

“我们听说可能有人对斯威特夫人的花车动了手脚，”玛姬开口说。

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Jackson nodded." I heard it too

杰克逊点点头。“我也听说了。

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Actually, I was just on my way over to the Sweet Shop to talk to her

其实，我正要去甜点店找她谈谈。

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You two can come along, if you like."

你们俩可以一起来，如果愿意的话。”

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The three of them headed outside

他们三人朝外面走去。

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" Do you think someone is trying to sabotage Mrs. Sweet's float?"

“你觉得有人想要破坏斯威特夫人的花车吗？”

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Henry asked as they walked toward the Sweet Shop

他们朝甜点店走着，亨利问道。

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Jackson shook his head." I doubt it

杰克逊摇摇头。“我怀疑不是。

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Her float was probably damaged by animals or something

她的花车大概是被动物什么的弄坏的。

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Or maybe she just got confused and forgot to lock the shed."

或者也许她只是犯糊涂了，忘了锁棚子。”

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Henry thought about that. Mrs. Sweet was always joking about her bad memory

亨利想了想。斯威特夫人老是拿自己记性差开玩笑。

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She often said she'd forget her head if it wasn't attached to her neck!

她常说要不是脑袋长在脖子上，她连脑袋都会忘掉！

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Could Mrs. Sweet's forgetfulness explain what Jill and Ashley had said?

斯威特夫人的健忘能解释吉尔和艾什莉说过的事吗？

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Henry was still wondering about it when they reached the Sweet Shop

他们到达甜点店时，亨利还在琢磨这件事。

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Just then there was a blood-curdling scream from the alley beside the shop!

就在这时，从店铺旁边的小巷里传来一声令人毛骨悚然的尖叫！