Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Dr. Tweed was standing by the front doors talking with two police officers. Dink dashed over to them. "Excuse me," he said, his mouth suddenly dry.

特威德医生正站在前门和两个警察谈话。 丁克向他们冲了过去。“对不起，”他说，他的嘴突然发干。

"Can we help you?" one of the officers asked. The name tag on her shirt read S. WASHINGTON. "My friend found the mummy in the ladies' room!" Dink said. "Show us," said the other officer. His name tag read P. PETERS. Everyone rushed over to where Josh and Ruth Rose were standing outside the rest rooms. "Will you come inside with me?" Officer Washington asked Ruth Rose. Ruth Rose and the officer walked into the rest room. A few seconds later, they both came out again. "Dr. Tweed, will you step in with me, please?" Officer Washington said. Dr. Tweed followed the officer back inside the rest room.

“我们能帮你吗?”其中一名警官问道。 她衬衫上的名牌上写着S。 华盛顿。“我的朋友在女厕里发现了木乃伊!”丁克说。 “指给我们看。”另一个军官说。 他的名牌上写着P. PETERS。 每个人都冲到约什和露丝·罗斯站在休息室外面的地方。 “你愿意和我一起进去吗?”华盛顿警官问露丝·罗斯。 露丝·罗斯和警官走进休息室。 几秒钟后，他们俩又出来了。 "特威德医生，你能和我一起进来吗"华盛顿警官说。 特威德医生跟着警察回到了休息室。

"So where was it?" Josh asked Ruth Rose. "You know those tables they have so parents can change a baby's diaper?" she said. "It was right there on the table!" "In plain sight?" Dink asked. Ruth Rose nodded. "At first I thought it was a big doll, so I took a closer look…." "Yuck!" Josh said. The rest room door opened again. Officer Washington walked out, with Dr. Tweed behind her. He was carrying the child mummy in his arms. "The mummy seems to be undamaged," Dr. Tweed said. "But I'll have to examine it in my office." Dr. Tweed and the two police officers crossed the lobby and disappeared through the door behind the counter. "I guess we might as well go home," Dink said. "Some Mummy Monday," Ruth Rose grumbled. "Look, there's a cafeteria," Josh said. "Let's get something to drink." The kids entered the large room, paid for cold drinks, and sat at a round table.

“那它在哪儿呢?”乔希问露丝·罗斯。 “你知道他们有那些桌子，父母可以给孩子换尿布?”她说。 “它就在桌子上!”“在众目睽睽之下?”丁克问道。 露丝·罗斯点点头。“一开始我以为是个大娃娃，所以我仔细看了看....” “啐!”杰克说。休息室的门又开了。 华盛顿警官走了出去。 花呢在她身后。他怀里抱着小木乃伊。 “这具木乃伊似乎完好无损。” 粗花呢说。“但我得在办公室里检查一下。” 特威德医生和两名警察穿过大厅，从柜台后面的门消失了。 “我想我们还是回家吧，”丁克说。 “什么妈妈星期一，”露丝·罗斯抱怨道。 “看，那里有一家自助餐厅。”乔希说。 “我们去喝点什么吧。” 孩子们走进大房间，付了冷饮的钱，坐在一张圆桌旁。

"I wonder where the thief went after she left the mummy in the rest room," Ruth Rose said as she sipped her lemonade. "What do you mean?" Dink asked. "There weren't any windows in there, so she couldn't have gotten out that way," Ruth Rose said. "And if she'd come through the door, she would have bumped right into us." "But a woman did come out," Josh said. "Remember, she was talking on a cell phone?" "Yeah, but she looked totally different," Ruth Rose said. "Maybe she was in disguise," Dink said. "Maybe the mummy snatcher changed clothes in the rest room!" "She might've hidden her dress in the briefcase," Josh said. "And the blond hair could've been a wig." "Guys, I just realized something," Ruth Rose said. "When that woman came out of the rest room, she walked toward the tomb. Maybe she went back to steal something else!" The kids left their drinks on the table and ran to the tomb.

“我想知道小偷把木乃伊留在洗手间后去了哪里，”露丝·罗斯一边喝着柠檬水一边说。 “你是什么意思?”丁克问道。 “那里没有窗户，所以她不可能从那里出去，”露丝·罗斯(Ruth Rose)说。 “如果她从那扇门进来，她会撞到我们的。” “但是一个女人出来了，”乔希说。 “记得吗，她当时正在打电话?”“是的，但她看起来完全不同，”露丝·罗斯说。 “也许她乔装打扮了，”丁克说。 “也许抢尸者在洗手间换了衣服!”“她可能把裙子藏在公文包里了，”乔希说。 “金发可能是假发。” “伙计们，我刚意识到一件事，”露丝·罗斯说。 那妇人从洗手间出来，向坟墓走去。 也许她回去偷别的东西了!”孩子们把饮料放在桌子上，跑向坟墓。

"Open, sez me!" Josh said. He pressed the stone and the door rumbled open. Tiny lights shone from the tomb ceiling, casting shadows on the floor. The child mummy's sarcophagus lay empty. Its lid still leaned against the wall. The other two mummies stood guard over the room. Ruth Rose grabbed Dink and Josh and pointed them toward the treasure chamber. Without speaking, the three tiptoed under the arch. The treasure chamber, like the tomb, had a stone floor partly covered with sand and gravel. The walls were also stone, with no windows. "She's not here," Dink whispered, glancing into the chamber's dim corners. His arms suddenly bristled with goose bumps. "Yeah, but look at all the gold!" Josh said, pressing his nose up against a glass display case. There were six cases in the chamber. Four were filled with pottery and farming equipment. The other two held gold carvings and jewelry.

“开门，看着我!”杰克说。 他按了一下石头，门轰隆一声开了。 坟墓的天花板上闪烁着微弱的灯光，在地板上投下阴影。 小木乃伊的石棺空着。 它的盖子仍然靠在墙上。 另外两具木乃伊守卫着房间。 露丝·罗斯抓住丁克和乔希，指给他们看宝库。 三个人一言不发，踮着脚尖走到拱门下。 宝库和坟墓一样，有一块石头地板，上面部分覆盖着沙子和砾石。 墙壁也是石砌的，没有窗户。 “她不在这里。”丁克小声说，朝房间里昏暗的角落瞥了一眼。 他的手臂突然起了鸡皮疙瘩。 “是啊，但是看看这些金子!”乔希说，把鼻子贴在一个玻璃陈列柜上。 房间里有六个箱子。 其中四个装满了陶器和农具。 另外两个则是金雕和珠宝。

"You'd think if someone wanted to steal something," Dink said, "it'd be this treasure, not a mummy." "These cases are locked, and they have alarms," Ruth Rose said. She pointed to thin gray wires running along the edges of each case. Suddenly, Dink heard a low rumbling noise. "What's that?" he asked. "It sounds like the tomb door!" Ruth Rose said.

“你会认为，如果有人想偷什么东西，”丁克说，“那肯定是这些宝藏，而不是一具木乃伊。” “这些箱子是锁着的，还有警报器，”露丝·罗斯说。 她指着每个箱子边缘的细灰线。 突然，丁克听到一阵低沉的隆隆声。 “那是什么?”他问。“听起来像坟墓的门!”露丝·罗斯说。