Chapter 6

Chapter 6 At one-thirty that afternoon, the bus dropped the kids off in front of the museum. The digital sign over the bank Said 90 DEGREES. "We've still got a half hour," Josh said. "I could use a snack."

第六章那天下午一点半，公共汽车把孩子们送到博物馆门口。 银行上的数字标牌上写着90度。 “我们还有半个小时，”乔希说。 “我想吃点零食。”

"Josh, we just ate!" Ruth Rose said. "I think you're part wolf." Josh growled and wiggled his eyebrows. "It's too hot to eat, anyway," Dink said. "Let's go sit in the shade for a few minutes." The kids followed a gravel path around the side of the museum. They passed trees, shrubs, and flower beds. At the corner of the building, they found a goldfish pond and a few benches. Fat goldfish came to the surface, as if expecting food. "Look!" Josh said, pointing at the back wall of the museum. "That must be where the bomb blew up."

“乔希，我们刚吃过!”露丝·罗斯说。 “我觉得你有一半狼的血统。” 乔希咆哮着，扭动着眉毛。 “反正太热了，吃不下去，”丁克说。 “我们到阴凉处坐几分钟吧。” 孩子们沿着博物馆旁边的一条砾石小道走。 他们经过树木、灌木和花坛。 在大楼的拐角处，他们发现了一个金鱼池和几条长凳。 胖胖的金鱼浮出水面，好像在等待食物。 “看!”乔希指着博物馆的后墙说。 “那一定是炸弹爆炸的地方。”

A large sheet of plywood covered the blastedout hole. Bags of cement and a stack of cinder blocks stood nearby. "The crooks must have run right past this bench," Josh said. The kids sat down. From their bench, they could see the bank clock on Main Street. "I wonder where they went," Dink said. "They couldn't have carried that gold far." Ruth Rose pulled the museum map from her back pocket. On one side was a drawing of the rooms inside the museum. On the other side was a map showing the little park, the museum, and Main Street. Josh pointed at Main Street. "Maybe they had a getaway car waiting," he said. Ruth Rose shook her head. "Parking isn't allowed in front of the museum. If the crooks had left a car there, the police would have noticed it." "And there are no other streets near the museum where they could have parked," Dink observed, studying the map. Josh glanced around at the trees and shrubs. "So where did they take the gold?" He looked down at the ground. "Maybe they buried it!"

一大片胶合板覆盖在爆破孔上。 附近放着几袋水泥和一堆煤渣砖。 “那些骗子一定是从这张长凳旁边跑过去的。”乔希说。 孩子们坐了下来。从他们的长凳上，他们可以看到主街上的银行时钟。 “我想知道他们去哪儿了，”丁克说。 “他们不可能把那些金子运到很远的地方。” 露丝·罗斯从后口袋里掏出博物馆的地图。 一面画着博物馆内部的房间。 另一边是一张地图，上面标出了小公园、博物馆和主街。 乔希指着主街。 “也许他们有一辆逃跑的车在等着，”他说。 露丝·罗斯摇了摇头。“博物馆前不允许停车。 如果那些骗子把车停在那里，警察会注意到的。” “而且博物馆附近没有其他街道可以让他们停车，”丁克观察着地图。 乔希扫视了一下周围的树木和灌木。 “那么他们把金子带到哪里去了?”他低头看着地面。 “也许他们把它埋了!”

Dink shook his head. "They were in a hurry. I can't see them taking the time to dig a hole," he said. He checked the digital sign in front of the bank. "Anyway we'd better get inside. It's almost two o'clock." The kids left, following the path back around to the front of the museum. "Yum, I smell something good," Josh said as they hurried up the front steps. "You're always smelling something good," Ruth Rose said. They entered and paid the woman behind the counter. An inflated rubber tyrannosaur stood in the center of the lobby. In its teeth, it held a sign that said FOLLOW THE ARROWS. A minute later, the kids found Dr. Tweed standing outside an open door. "Hello again," he said. "Come on in. We're just about to start." A bunch of kids were sitting in a circle of desks. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose slid into three empty seats. In the middle of the circle stood a giant dinosaur skeleton. Its huge head almost touched the ceiling!

丁克摇了摇头。“他们很匆忙。 我看不出他们会花时间挖洞，”他说。 他检查了银行门前的数字标牌。 “不管怎样，我们还是进去吧。 都快两点钟了。”孩子们离开了，沿着小路回到博物馆前面。 “好吃，我闻到了一些好东西。”他们匆匆走上前面的台阶时，乔希说。 “你总是闻到一些好东西，”露丝·罗斯说。 他们走了进去，给柜台后面的女人付了钱。 大厅中央立着一只充气的橡胶霸王龙。 它的牙齿上咬着一块牌子，上面写着“跟着箭头走”。 一分钟后，孩子们找到了医生。 粗花呢站在敞开的门外。 “又见面了，”他说。“进来吧。 我们就要开始了。” 一群孩子围成一圈坐着。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯坐进了三个空座位。 在圆圈的中间站着一具巨大的恐龙骨架。 它巨大的头几乎碰到了天花板!

"I'm sure most of you recognize Tyrannosaurus rex," Dr. Tweed said. Dink stared up at the skeleton. He tried to picture what the massive dinosaur would have looked like when it was alive. "Today," Dr. Tweed went on, "we are going to study this prehistoric carnivore—" A boy in the front row raised his hand. "Did you get the mummy back?" he asked. "Yes, one of our guests found it in the ladies' room," Dr. Tweed said. "Now, as I was say—" "I saw on TV that someone broke in and stole the treasure," a girl said. Dr. Tweed sighed. "Yes, that is true. The thieves are still at large, and the treasure is missing. But we are here to discuss dinosaurs today." He opened a cupboard and pulled out a long bone. "A tyrannosaur leg fossil," he said. "This dinosaur lived and died in what we now know as Utah. You can touch the bone, but please be gentle." The kids crowded around Dr. Tweed to touch the fossil. "What do we know about the tyrannosaur?" Dr. Tweed asked.

“我相信你们大多数人都认得雷克斯暴龙。” 粗花呢说。丁克抬头盯着那具骷髅。 他试图描绘出这种巨大的恐龙活着时的样子。 “今天，”特威德博士继续说，“我们要研究这种史前食肉动物——”前排的一个男孩举起了手。 “你找回木乃伊了吗?”他问。 “是的，我们的一位客人在女洗手间发现了它。” 粗花呢说。“我在电视上看到有人破门而入，偷走了宝藏，”一个女孩说。 特威德医生叹了口气。“是的，这倒是真的。 盗贼仍逍遥法外，财宝不见了。 但我们今天是来讨论恐龙的。” 他打开一个橱柜，拿出一根长骨头。 “一个暴龙腿化石，”他说。 “这种恐龙生活在我们现在所知的犹他州。 你可以摸骨头，但是请温柔一点。” 孩子们簇拥在医生周围。 我想摸一下化石。 “我们对暴龙了解多少?”博士。 粗花呢问道。

Answers came swiftly: "They had big teeth!" "They ate other dinosaurs!" "They laid eggs!" "Good," Dr. Tweed said. "Did you also know that Tyrannosaurus rex had an amazing sense of smell? It could smell its food from hundreds of yards away." "Like Josh," Dink whispered. "And T. rex also had a very small brain for his size," Dr. Tweed went on. "Like Dink," Josh mumbled. Dr. Tweed dimmed the lights and showed slides. The kids learned how the dinosaur lived, what it ate, and how it raised its young. When the slide show was over, Dr. Tweed turned the lights up again. He pulled open a cupboard. "Now you can construct your own dinosaur." He asked for volunteers to pass out clay, wood, and wire. "Your creation will stand on the wood. Use the wire to help shape the legs and tail." Soon twenty pairs of hands were building miniature tyrannosaurs.

答案很快就来了:“他们有大牙齿!”“它们吃其他恐龙!”“它们下蛋了!”“好,”博士。 粗花呢说。“你知道雷克斯暴龙有惊人的嗅觉吗?” 它能在几百码外闻到食物的味道。” “就像乔希。”丁克低声说。 “而且就其体型而言，雷克斯霸王龙的大脑也非常小。” 特威德继续说。“像丁克一样。”乔希咕哝着。 特威德博士调暗灯光，播放幻灯片。 孩子们了解了恐龙是如何生活的，它吃什么，以及它是如何养育后代的。 幻灯片放映结束后。 特威德又把灯打开了。 他拉开了一个橱柜。 “现在你可以建造自己的恐龙了。” 他要求志愿者分发粘土、木头和铁丝。 “你的创造物将站在木头上。 用金属丝帮助塑造腿和尾巴。” 很快，二十双手开始制作微型暴龙。