088 嫌疑与动机

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The next morning The Lemonade Detectives discussed the mystery as they put the finishing touches on their float

第二天早上，柠檬水侦探们一边做花车的最后修饰，一边讨论这个谜团。

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" Let's list everything suspicious that's happened," Henry suggested

“我们把所有发生的可疑事列出来吧，”亨利提议。

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" Okay," Cole said

“好的，”科尔说。

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" The first thing we found out about was that threat on the website."

“我们最早知道的就是网站上的那条威胁。”

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" True," Henry said." But that wasn't the first thing that happened

“没错，”亨利说，“但那不是最早发生的事。

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The threat appeared sometime yesterday

威胁是在昨天某个时候出现的。

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Mrs. Sweet's candy disappeared before that, on Thursday night."

斯威特太太的糖果在那之前就消失了，是在星期四晚上。”

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" Don't forget Mr. Fleming's threat," Maggie said

“别忘了弗莱明先生的威胁，”麦琪说。

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" That happened yesterday too."

“那也是昨天发生的。”

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" So did Jackson's comment about the parade being cancelled," Henry finished

“还有杰克逊说的游行取消那番话，”亨利总结道。

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" So who are our suspects?"

“那么，我们的嫌疑人都有谁？”

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" Jackson," Cole said

“杰克逊，”科尔说。

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" If your theory is right, he could be trying to create an interesting story to write about."

“如果你的推测正确，他可能是在试图制造一个有趣的新闻故事。”

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" Yeah," Maggie said." I think Snake is a better suspect, though."

“是啊，”麦琪说，“不过我觉得斯内克嫌疑更大。”

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" Snake?" Henry had forgotten about the teenager

“斯内克？”亨利已经忘了那个少年。

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" Why?" Henry asked Maggie." His band isn't even making a float anymore."

“为什么？”亨利问麦琪，“他的乐队都不做花车了。”

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" Exactly," Maggie said

“说得没错，”麦琪说。

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" This stuff started happening after the band dropped out of the parade

“这些怪事都是在他们乐队退出游行之后才开始发生的。

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Maybe Snake is mad about dropping out

也许斯内克对退出这件事很生气。

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And now he doesn't want anyone else to win those prizes either."

所以现在他也不想让别人赢得那些奖品。”

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" Maybe," Henry said." I guess we should keep him on the list. Who else?"

"也许吧，"亨利说，"我想我们应该把他留在名单上。还有谁？"

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" Mr. Newman," Cole said

"纽曼先生，"科尔说。

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" What about him?" Maggie asked

"他怎么了？"玛吉问。

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Cole shrugged." He was in Mrs. Sweet's shed the night her candy disappeared."

科尔耸耸肩。"斯威特夫人的糖果失窃那晚，他在她的棚屋里。"

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" True," Henry said

"没错，"亨利说。

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" The rumor Jackson started and the threat from Mr. Fleming could be red herrings — false clues that are confusing us

"杰克逊散布的谣言和弗莱明先生的威胁可能是红鲱鱼——那些迷惑我们的假线索。

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Why do you think Mr. Newman should be a suspect?"

你为什么认为纽曼先生应该是嫌疑人？"

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" You said his daughter is in Snake's band," Cole said

"你说过他女儿在斯内克的乐队里，"科尔说。

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" Maybe Mr. Newman wanted to sabotage other floats because of that."

"也许纽曼先生因此想破坏其他花车。"

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" Maybe," Henry said

"也许吧，"亨利说。

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" But he didn't seem very excited about the band when I heard him talking to Jade."

“但我听到他跟杰德说话时，他对乐队好像不太起劲。”

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" Yeah," Maggie agreed." But what about Miss Bishop?

“是啊，”玛姬赞同道。“不过毕肖普小姐呢？

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She was sneaking around Mrs. Sweet's shed yesterday."

她昨天在斯威特夫人的棚屋那边偷偷摸摸的。”

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" True," Cole said." But she has no reason to want the parade cancelled

“没错，”科尔说。“但她没理由希望游行取消。

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So she probably didn't post that threat on the website."

所以她大概没在网站上发那条威胁信息。”

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" I guess you're right," Henry agreed

“我想你说得对，”亨利赞同道。

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" That leaves one more suspect: Mr. Fleming."

“那就剩下一个嫌疑人了：弗莱明先生。”

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Maggie nodded." He definitely wants the parade shut down."

玛姬点点头。“他肯定想让游行办不成。”

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" But why would he steal Mrs. Sweet's candy?" Henry asked

“可他为什么要偷斯威特夫人的糖果呢？”亨利问道。

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" Who knows?" Cole grabbed a bottle of glue

“谁知道呢？”科尔抓起一瓶胶水。

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" Let's finish our float and then go try to find out

“我们先完成花车，再去查个明白。”

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We still have a few hours to investigate before the parade starts."

游行开始前，我们还有几个小时可以调查。”

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An hour later The Lemonade Detectives waved to Maggie's dad as he drove away down the street on his tractor

一个小时后，柠檬汁侦探们向麦琪的爸爸挥手告别，他开着拖拉机沿着街道离开了。

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The float was on the cart behind him

花车就在他身后的拖车上。

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It was covered in a sheet so nobody would see it until the parade started

花车被一块布盖着，这样在游行开始前没人会看见它。

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" I'll meet you kids at the high school at three o'clock," Maggie's dad said

“我三点钟在高中和你们碰面。”麦琪的爸爸说。

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" See you then," Henry called back." Thanks, Uncle Bruce!"

“到时见。”亨利喊道。“谢谢，布鲁斯叔叔！”

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Henry and his friends walked to Mr. Fleming's house

亨利和他的朋友们朝弗莱明先生家走去。

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A plump older woman was out in the yard watering some flowers

一位丰满的老妇人正在院子里浇花。

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" That's his wife," Cole whispered to the others

“那是他妻子。”科尔悄悄对其他人说。

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Then he waved to the woman." Hi, Mrs. Fleming!"

然后他向那位女士挥了挥手。“嗨，弗莱明太太！”

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" Oh, hello, Cole!" Mrs. Fleming put down her watering can and hurried over

“哦，你好，科尔！”弗莱明太太放下洒水壶，急忙走了过来。

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" It's so nice to see you! Are you excited for the parade this afternoon?"

“见到你们真高兴！你们为今天下午的游行感到兴奋吗？”

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" Definitely," Cole said

“当然啦，”科尔说。

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" We heard your husband isn't very happy about the parade," Henry put in

“我们听说你丈夫对游行不太高兴，”亨利插话道。

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" He thinks everyone is being too noisy building their floats."

“他觉得大家建造花车太吵了。”

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Mrs. Fleming sighed." Yes, I know. He's been complaining all week

弗莱明太太叹了口气。“是的，我知道。他整个星期都在抱怨。

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He hates noise

他讨厌噪音。

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He's always yelling at the neighbors about their barking dogs or their loud lawn mowers."

他总是对着邻居们大喊大叫，抱怨他们的狗叫或者割草机声音太大。”

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She smiled at the kids." He's really a nice man, though

她对孩子们笑了笑。“不过，他其实是个好人。

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Too much noise just makes him cranky."

只是太多噪音会让他变得暴躁。”

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Maggie stepped forward

麦琪向前迈了一步。

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" Do you think he was crabby enough to post a threatening message on the town website?" she asked

“你觉得他会暴躁到在镇网站上发布一条威胁信息吗？”她问道。

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Mrs. Fleming chuckled." Oh my, no," she said

弗莱明太太轻声笑了。“哦，天哪，不会的，”她说。

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" My husband hates computers. He won't touch one unless he has to

“我丈夫讨厌电脑。除非万不得已，他是不会碰电脑的。

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He even asks me to send emails to his clients for him."

他甚至让我帮他给他的客户发电子邮件。”

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" Yes, that's true," Henry said." Sorry to bother you, Mrs. Fleming."

“嗯，这倒是真的，”亨利说。“抱歉打扰你了，弗莱明太太。”

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" It's no bother at all." Mrs. Fleming waved as they walked away

“一点也不打扰。”当他们走开时，弗莱明太太挥手告别。

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" Enjoy the parade, kids!"

“祝你们游行愉快，孩子们！”

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" She's a lot nicer than her husband," Maggie said as The Lemonade Detectives headed down the sidewalk

“她比她丈夫好多了，”柠檬水侦探们沿着人行道走去时，麦琪说道。

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" Yeah," Henry said." It sounds like Mr. Fleming isn't the culprit

“是啊，”亨利说。“听起来弗莱明先生不是罪犯。

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He hates computers, so he probably wouldn't have posted that threat."

他讨厌电脑，所以他很可能不会发布那条威胁信息。”

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Cole nodded." Plus, it's hard to imagine him breaking into Mrs. Sweet's shed

科尔点了点头。“再说，很难想象他会闯入斯威特夫人的棚屋。

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So who should we investigate next?"

那我们下一个该调查谁呢？”

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" How about Jackson?" Henry suggested

“杰克逊怎么样？”亨利建议道。

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" Let's go to the newspaper office and see if he's there."

“我们去报社，看看他在不在。”

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Soon they reached the office

很快他们到了办公室。

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" I'm sorry, kids," the receptionist told them." Jackson isn't here

“抱歉，孩子们，”接待员告诉他们。“杰克逊不在这儿。

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He just rushed out

他刚刚冲出去了。

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He said there's some urgent breaking news that will make the newspaper's front page!"

他说有紧急的突发新闻，会上报纸的头版！”