Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Officer Fallon drove Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to Hartford. He had called Officers Peters and Washington. The two cruisers met down the street from the museum.

第十章法伦警官开车送丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯去哈特福德。 他叫来了彼得斯警官和华盛顿警官。 两艘巡洋舰在博物馆附近的街上相遇。

"Officer Washington will nab the young woman in the restaurant," Officer Peters told Officer Fallon. "You and I will take the museum. Kids, you come with us." Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose—flanked by the two officers—crossed Main Street and entered the quiet museum. They followed the hallway until they came to Dr. Tweed's office door. With the kids standing behind him, Officer Peters knocked. When there was no answer, he turned the knob and opened the door. "Not here," he said. Officer Fallon and the kids peered into the office. They saw the little mummy lying on a table.

“华盛顿警官会在餐厅里抓住那个年轻女子，”彼得斯警官告诉法伦警官。 “你和我去博物馆。 孩子们，你们跟我们走。”丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯——在两名警官的陪同下——穿过主街，进入了安静的博物馆。 他们沿着走廊一直走到格林医生跟前。 Tweed办公室的门。孩子们站在他身后，彼得斯警官敲了敲门。 没人应声，他转动门把手打开了门。 “这里不行，”他说。法伦警官和孩子们往办公室里看了看。 他们看见小木乃伊躺在桌子上。

Officer Peters looked at Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. "Let's check that tomb," he said. The kids and the two officers walked back through the lobby. They stopped in front of the closed tomb door. "How do we get in?" Officer Fallon asked. "I know!" said Josh. He pressed the secret stone, and the door slid open. Dr. Tweed was standing in front of the small sarcophagus. He whipped around, clasping a lumpy gym bag to his chest. In the sarcophagus, Dink saw a pile of gold objects. Dr. Tweed's eyes were blinking and twitching at the same time. "Hello there," Officer Fallon said. "Taking a trip?" Dr. Tweed lunged toward the plywood-covered hole in the wall. Swinging both hands, he smashed the gym bag into the wood. The wood crunched and fell outward, and Dr. Tweed leaped through the opening. Outside, he tripped over a bag of cement and plunged into the goldfish pond. The gym bag sank to the bottom.

彼得斯警官看了看丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯。 “我们去看看那个坟墓吧，”他说。 孩子们和两位警官穿过大厅走了回来。 他们在紧闭的墓门前停了下来。 “我们怎么进去?”法伦警官问。 “我知道!”乔希说。他按下秘石，门就滑开了。 特威德博士站在小石棺前。 他猛地转过身来，把一个鼓鼓囊囊的运动包扣在胸前。 在石棺里，丁克看到了一堆金器。 特威德医生的眼睛同时又眨又跳。 “你好，”法伦警官说。 “去旅行?”特威德医生扑向墙上那个用胶合板覆盖的洞。 他挥动双手，把运动包砸在木头上。 木头嘎吱一声向外倒去。 特威德从洞口跳了过去。 在外面，他被一袋水泥绊倒，跳进了金鱼池。 运动包沉到水底了。

Dr. Tweed flopped around in the shallow pond, then sat up, spitting out water. Lily pads hung from his ears and slimy algae dripped from his eyebrows. "I need to call my lawyer," he sputtered. Just then Officer Washington walked into the park. She was leading the woman from the restaurant, who wore handcuffs. "So she talked?" Officer Peters asked his partner. "Yep. These two were supposed to take a taxi to the airport in a few minutes," Officer Washington said. "Their next stop was Europe, where they hoped to sell the treasures."

特威德博士在浅池塘里扑腾着，然后坐起来，吐着水。 他的耳朵上挂着睡莲花瓣，黏糊糊的海藻从他的眉毛上滴下来。 “我得给我的律师打电话，”他气急败坏地说。 就在这时，华盛顿警官走进了公园。 她带着那个戴着手铐的女人从餐馆出来。 “她说话了?”彼得斯警官问他的搭档。 “是的。这两个人应该在几分钟内打车去机场，”华盛顿警官说。 “他们的下一站是欧洲，他们希望在那里出售这些宝藏。”

"Take her away," Officer Peters said. "I'll bring our wet friend along in a few minutes." Officer Washington led her prisoner out of the park. Officer Peters stepped into the pond and helped Dr. Tweed to his feet. He leaned the wet thief against a tree and snapped handcuffs onto his dripping wrists. Officer Fallon pulled off his shoes and socks and waded into the pond. He lugged out the gym bag, filled with Egyptian treasure and pond water. "Thanks for your help," Officer Peters told Officer Fallon. "I'll call you later." Officer Peters picked up the heavy gym bag with a grunt. He nudged Dr. Tweed forward, and the two left the park. Their sopping shoes made squishing noises as they walked. Officer Fallon sat on a bench next to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. He wrung pond water from his dripping pant legs. "Good job, kids," he told them. Then he pulled out his pad, opened to a fresh page, and began writing. He paused. "In all the excitement," Officer Fallon said, "I've forgotten what day this is."

“把她带走，”彼得斯警官说。 “我一会儿就把我们的湿朋友带来。” 华盛顿警官把她的囚犯带出了公园。 彼得斯警官走到池塘里，扶了扶博士。 给他的脚穿上粗花呢。他把湿淋淋的小偷靠在一棵树上，把手铐扣在他湿淋淋的手腕上。 法伦警官脱下鞋子和袜子，涉水进入池塘。 他拖出一个健身包，里面装满了埃及的宝藏和池塘里的水。 “谢谢你的帮助，”彼得斯警官对法伦警官说。 “我一会儿给你打电话。”彼得斯警官咕哝了一声，拿起沉重的健身包。 他把特威德医生往前推了推，两人离开了公园。 他们走路时，湿鞋发出咯吱咯吱的声音。 法伦警官坐在丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯旁边的长凳上。 他从淌水的裤腿上拧出池塘里的水。 “干得好，孩子们，”他对他们说。 然后他拿出便笺簿，翻开新的一页，开始写起来。 他停顿了一下。“太兴奋了，”法伦警官说，“我都忘了今天是什么日子了。”

The kids grinned at each other. "It's Wet Wednesday!" Josh told him.

孩子们相视而笑。 “今天是潮湿的星期三!”乔希告诉他。