085 失踪的讯息

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" Are you sure the threatening comment is gone?" Maggie asked

“你确定那条威胁性评论没了吗？”玛吉问。

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" It's no big deal, kids." Jackson sounded distracted

“没什么大不了的，孩子们。”杰克逊听起来心不在焉。

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" Maybe the mayor deleted it." He pulled out his notebook

“也许市长删掉了。”他掏出笔记本。

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" I think I'll talk to the police and see if they found anything suspicious in Mrs. Sweet's shed

“我想我会和警方谈谈，看看他们在斯威特太太的棚子里有没有发现什么可疑的东西。

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You kids should go home and work on your float."

你们这些孩子该回家，花心思做彩车了。”

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" Are you sure you don't want any help?" Henry asked

“你确定不需要帮忙吗？”亨利问。

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" The Lemonade Detectives have solved lots of mysteries."

“柠檬水侦探社破过很多谜案。”

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Jackson smiled." I know, Henry. But don't worry

杰克逊笑了。“我知道，亨利。不过别担心。

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If there's really a mystery here, I'll get to the bottom of it."

如果这真有什么谜团，我会查个水落石出的。”

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He rushed off, whistling cheerfully. Henry glanced at Maggie

他匆匆离去，愉快地吹着口哨。亨利瞥了玛吉一眼。

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" Should we follow him and try to talk him into letting us hear what the police say?"

“我们应不应该跟着他，说服他让我们听听警察怎么说？”

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" No, Jackson is right," Maggie said

“不用，杰克逊说得对，”玛姬说。

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" We need to finish our float, or we'll never win those prizes."

“我们得完成我们的彩车，不然就永远赢不到那些奖品了。”

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" I guess you're right." Henry smiled

“我想你说得对。”亨利笑了。

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" Maybe I just miss solving mysteries so much that I was hoping we'd found another one!"

“也许我只是太想念破案的感觉了，所以才盼着我们又发现了一个谜案！”

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Maggie shrugged." Not me. Nobody is offering to pay our detective fee

玛姬耸耸肩。“我可不想。没人出钱付我们的侦探费。”

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That means we don't have time to investigate."

“那就意味着我们没有时间去调查。”

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The two of them headed out of the auto shop

两人走出了汽车修理店。

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Right outside Henry spotted Snake leaning against a lamppost

一到外面，亨利就看到斯内克靠在一根灯柱上。

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" Hi, Snake," Henry said

“嗨，斯内克，”亨利说。

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" Is your band's float ready for the parade tomorrow?"

“你们乐队明天的游行彩车准备好了吗？”

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" Hi, Lemonade Kids." Snake sighed." We're not doing a float after all."

“嗨，柠檬水侦探。”斯内克叹了口气，“我们最终不做彩车了。”

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" Really? What happened?" Maggie asked

“真的吗？怎么了？”玛姬问道。

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" Our practice was going great yesterday," Snake said

“我们昨天的练习本来进行得很顺利，”斯内克说。

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" We were all having so much fun that we forgot about the time

“我们都玩得太开心了，以至于忘了时间。

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One member of the band got grounded for coming home late."

一个乐队成员因为回家晚了被禁足了。”

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" Wow, that's too bad," Henry said

“哇，那太糟糕了。”亨利说。

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" So the whole band is dropping out of the parade?"

“所以整个乐队都要退出游行吗？”

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" We don't have much choice." Snake shrugged

“我们没什么选择。”斯内克耸了耸肩。

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" Our music wouldn't sound right without all of us playing."

“少了任何一个人，我们的音乐听起来就不对劲了。”

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" Oh. Well... sorry," Henry said." See you around."

“噢。嗯……抱歉，”亨利说，“回头见。”

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He and Maggie wandered off

他和玛姬走开了。

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Maggie glanced back to make sure Snake was out of earshot

玛姬回头瞥了一眼，确保斯内克听不到他们说话。

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" Snake looked pretty upset," she said." But this is good news for us

“斯内克看上去挺难过的，”她说，“但这对我们来说是个好消息。

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It means we'll have less competition for those prizes!"

这意味着我们争夺奖品时的对手就少了！”

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Henry nodded, but he wasn't really listening

亨利点了点头，但其实没在听。

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He'd just noticed the town hall building up ahead

他刚刚注意到前方的市政厅大楼。

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" Jackson said Mayor Porter might have deleted that threatening comment from the website," he said

“杰克逊说过，波特市长可能从网站上删了那条威胁评论，”他说。

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" Maybe we should stop in and ask the mayor if that's true."

“也许我们该顺便进去问问市长，看是不是真的。”

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Maggie looked uncertain." Do you still think there's a mystery going on?"

玛姬露出不确定的神情。“你还觉得有什么谜团在调查吗？”

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" I don't know," Henry said

“我不知道，”亨利说。

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" It's possible that the threatening comment was a joke, and Mrs. Sweet just misplaced her candy

“可能那条威胁评论是个玩笑，而斯威特太太只是把糖果放错了地方。

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But it's also possible that someone is trying to ruin the parade."

但也可能有人想破坏这次游行。”

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" Okay," Maggie said." But let's hurry. I want to get back to our float soon."

“好吧，”玛姬说。“但我们得快点。我想早点回去做我们的彩车。”

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They went into the town hall building

他们走进了市政厅大楼。

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The mayor's secretary was a cheerful young man named Mr. Beck

市长的秘书是个性格开朗的年轻人，叫贝克先生。

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" I'm sorry, kids," he said after Henry and Maggie asked to see the mayor

“对不起，孩子们，”亨利和玛姬请求见市长后，他说道。

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" Mayor Porter has meetings all afternoon

“波特市长整个下午都有会议。

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I can make an appointment for you on Monday, if you like."

如果你们愿意，我可以帮你们约在星期一。”

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" Monday's too late," Maggie said." It's about the parade tomorrow."

“星期一太晚了，”玛姬说。“是关于明天的游行的事。”

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Henry nodded." It might be important."

亨利点点头。“这可能很重要。”

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" Might be?" Mr. Beck echoed." What do you mean?"

“可能？”贝克先生重复道。“什么意思？”

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" We're afraid someone might be trying to sabotage the parade," Henry said

“我们担心可能有人要破坏游行，”亨利说。

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" Mrs. Sweet thinks someone broke into her shed last night

“斯威特太太觉得昨晚有人闯进了她的棚子。

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And there was a threatening message in the comments on the town website."

而且小镇网站的评论里还有一条威胁信息。”

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" Oh dear. Really?" Mr. Beck quickly opened the town website on his computer

“天哪。真的吗？”贝克先生迅速在电脑上打开了小镇网站。

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" I didn't notice anything like that when I was updating the site a few minutes ago."

“几分钟前我更新网站时，没注意到有那样的内容。”

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" You mean you didn't delete the comment?" Maggie asked

“你是说你没有删掉那条评论？”玛姬问。

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" Only the person who leaves the comment can delete it."

“只有留下评论的人才能删除它。”

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Mr. Beck sounded skeptical now." What did you kids see?"

贝克先生语气里带着怀疑。“你们到底看到了什么，孩子们？”

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" There was a message right after the one by Miss Bishop," Henry explained

“在毕肖普小姐的评论后面紧跟着一条信息，”亨利解释道。

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" It said the parade was for losers, and the mayor should cancel it, or else."

“上面说游行是给失败者办的，市长应该取消它，否则后果自负。”

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" Hmm." A second later Mr. Beck closed the town website page

“嗯。”片刻之后，贝克先生关掉了小镇网站的页面。

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" Well, I'll mention the comment to the mayor when I see him."

“好吧，我见到市长时会跟他提一下那条评论的。”

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Henry could tell the secretary wasn't taking this seriously

亨利看得出这位秘书并没有把这事当真。

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" But what if —," he began

“可万一——，”他开口说道。

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" This is an outrage!" an angry shout interrupted him

“这太不像话了！”一声怒吼打断了他。

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An older, white-haired man had just stomped into the office

一个上了年纪、头发花白的男子刚刚大步冲进了办公室。

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He looked familiar, but Henry didn't know his name

他看起来很眼熟，但亨利不知道他的名字。

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" Good afternoon, Mr. Fleming," Mr. Beck greeted the older man

“下午好，弗莱明先生，”贝克先生向这位年长的男士打招呼。

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" Is something wrong?"

“出什么事了吗？”

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" You bet your life something's wrong!"

“那还用说，当然出事了！”

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Mr. Fleming pushed past Henry and Maggie and glared at the secretary

弗莱明先生从亨利和玛姬身边挤过去，瞪着那位秘书。

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" The window of my art studio overlooks an empty lot

“我的艺术工作室窗外能看见一片空地。

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I like it that way — very quiet

我喜欢那样——非常安静。

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But this week the high school soccer team has been building a float there

可这周，高中足球队一直在那里做彩车。

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So there's been hammering, sawing, shouting, and laughing all day long

结果整天都是敲敲打打、锯来锯去、大喊大笑的声音。

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I can't take it anymore!

我再也受不了了！

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If someone doesn't do something, I'll sue the town to call off the parade!"

要是再没人管，我就起诉小镇，取消这次游行！”