Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 "Josh, wake up." Dink shook Josh's shoulder, then yanked the covers off him. "Come on, help me clean the kitchen before my uncle gets up." Josh mumbled something and pulled the covers back over himself. "He made us breakfast …," Dink said. Josh shot out of the bed, tripping over his sneakers as he charged into the kitchen. Ruth Rose was already there, washing the fruit bowl.

第六章“乔希，醒醒。” 丁克摇了摇乔希的肩膀，然后扯开了他身上的被子。 “来吧，在我叔叔起床之前帮我打扫厨房。” 乔希咕哝了几句，把被子拉回身上。 “他给我们做了早餐……”丁克说。 乔希猛地从床上爬起来，冲进厨房时被他的运动鞋绊倒了。 露丝·罗斯已经在那儿洗水果盘了。

"I don't see any food," Josh grumbled. "No, but you will after we get this mess cleaned up," Dink told him. "Blueberry pancakes are my uncle's specialty." Josh dropped into a chair. "I've been lied to," he mumbled. "Come on, Josh," Dink said. "If we work together, we can have this done in ten minutes." "I'll wash the floor," Ruth Rose said, dragging a mop from a closet. Dink handed Josh a damp sponge. "While you're sitting there, wipe the chairs and tabletop." "I thought we were going to talk to Mrs. Cornelius this morning," Josh said, giving the table a fast swipe. "We are." Dink opened his uncle's address book. "I'm calling her right now." When Dink had Mrs. Cornelius on the line, he introduced himself and asked if they could visit her for a few minutes. He thanked her and hung up. "We can go down as soon as we're done cleaning up," he said. "Let's get to work!" Dink turned the radio on low, and they cleaned to country songs.

“我没看见吃的。”乔希抱怨道。 “不，等我们把这烂摊子收拾干净了，你就会知道了。”丁克告诉他。 “蓝莓煎饼是我叔叔的拿手好菜。” 乔希跌坐在椅子上。 “我被骗了。”他咕哝道。 “来吧，乔希。”丁克说。 “如果我们一起努力，我们可以在十分钟内完成。” “我来擦地板，”露丝·罗斯说着，从壁橱里拖出一把拖把。 丁克递给乔希一块湿海绵。 “当你坐在那里的时候，把椅子和桌面擦干净。” “我以为今天早上我们要和科尼利斯夫人谈谈呢。”乔希说着，飞快地扫了一下桌子。 “我们”。丁克打开了他叔叔的通讯录。 “我现在就给她打电话。” 当丁克接通科尼利厄斯太太的电话时，他自我介绍了一下，并问他们是否可以去看她几分钟。 他谢过她，挂了电话。 “我们一清理完就可以下去了，”他说。 “我们开始工作吧!”丁克把收音机的音量调得很低，他们开始唱乡村歌曲。

"Hey, look what I found!" Josh said. He held up a long orange hair. "It was caught on the back of this chair." Dink and Ruth Rose walked over and studied the hair. "Looks like one of yours, Josh," Ruth Rose said. "Is not," Josh said. "My hair is red, not this orange color. And mine's a lot cleaner!" Ruth Rose took the hair and held it up to the light. "Miss Booker has orange hair," she said. "We can check her out later," Dink said. He folded the hair inside a paper towel and stuck it in

“嘿，看我找到了什么!”杰克说。 他扬起一头橙色的长发。 “它被这把椅子的靠背夹住了。” 丁克和露丝·罗斯走了过来，仔细研究着她的头发。 “看起来像你的，乔希，”露丝·罗斯说。 “不是，”乔希说。“我的头发是红色的，不是橙色的。 我的干净多了!”露丝·罗斯接过头发，把它举到灯光下。 “布克小姐的头发是橙色的，”她说。 丁克说:“我们可以稍后再检查她。” 他把头发包在纸巾里，插了进去

his pocket. "Let's finish up and go see Mrs. Cornelius." Ten minutes later, the kids quietly left the apartment. They found the stairs and walked down one floor. Dink knocked on Mrs. Cornelius's door. It was opened by a woman who had white hair and was wearing a fuzzy robe. Behind thick eyeglasses, her pale blue eyes looked huge. "Good morning!" Mrs. Cornelius chirped. "I see I'm not the only one who likes to get up with the birds. Come in, come in!" Using a cane, she led them into a cheerful living room. "Please sit on the sofa, where I can see you," she said. The kids lined up on the sofa. Mrs. Cornelius sat opposite them. She leaned close and studied their faces. "Now tell me why three children have come to visit an old lady like me," she said. Dink told Mrs. Cornelius about the stolen painting. "Goodness!" she said. "I always miss the excitement. When did it happen, dear?" "Last night, during the block party," Ruth Rose said.

他的口袋里。“我们把这事做完，然后去看康奈利夫人吧。” 十分钟后，孩子们安静地离开了公寓。 他们找到楼梯，走下一层楼。 丁克敲了敲科尼利厄斯夫人的门。 开门的是一个白发苍苍、穿着毛绒绒长袍的女人。 在厚厚的眼镜后面，她淡蓝色的眼睛显得很大。 “早上好!”科尼利厄斯太太叫道。 “我知道我不是唯一一个喜欢和鸟儿一起起床的人。 请进，请进!”她用一根手杖把他们领进了一间宽敞的客厅。 “请坐在沙发上，这样我就能看见你了，”她说。 孩子们在沙发上排成一排。 康奈利太太坐在他们对面。 她凑近身子，仔细端详着他们的脸。 “现在告诉我，为什么三个孩子来看望像我这样的老太太，”她说。 丁克把偷画的事告诉了科尼利厄斯太太。 “天哪!”她说。“我总是怀念那种激动人心的感觉。 什么时候发生的，亲爱的?”“昨晚，在街区聚会的时候，”露丝·罗斯说。

Mrs. Cornelius clapped her hands. "That prowler I saw on my balcony must have been the thief!" she said. "I'm a witness!" "Um, we were wondering if you could tell us what happened." Using her cane for support, Mrs. Cornelius stood up. "Come with me." She walked to her balcony. "Pull those drapes, dear," she said to Josh. When the drapes were opened, the kids looked out onto the balcony. It was just like Uncle Warren's, except that several bird feeders were attached to the balcony railing. "I love to feed the birds, but I have trouble seeing them," Mrs. Cornelius said. "That's why I bought this!" She pointed to a round magnifying glass about the size of a pie plate. It was stuck to the inside of the balcony's glass door. Dink looked curiously through the magnifying glass. "Wow, everything looks bigger!" he said.

科尼利厄斯太太拍了拍手。 “我在阳台上看到的那个贼一定就是那个贼!”她说。 “我是证人!”“嗯，我们想知道你能否告诉我们发生了什么。” 科尼利厄斯夫人拄着拐杖站了起来。 “跟我来。”她走到阳台。 “拉上窗帘，亲爱的。”她对乔希说。 窗帘打开后，孩子们向阳台望去。 它就像沃伦叔叔的一样，除了阳台栏杆上拴着几个喂鸟器。 “我喜欢喂这些鸟，但我很难看到它们，”科尼利厄斯夫人说。 “所以我才买了这个!”她指着一个圆形放大镜，大约有一个馅饼盘那么大。 它被粘在阳台的玻璃门内侧。 丁克好奇地透过放大镜看。 “哇，所有东西看起来都变大了!”他说。

"Isn't it fun?" Mrs. Cornelius said. "I heard a noise last night, so I walked over and peeked

“这不是很有趣吗?”康奈利太太说。 “昨晚我听到有声音，所以我走过去偷看