Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 "KIDNAPPED!" Ruth Rose gasped. Everyone in the crowd began talking at once. Officer Fallon ran to talk to Irene. "Where's Winnie?' Nate asked. "I want to see Winnie!" "Winnie has gone away for a little while," Ruth Rose told her little brother.

第二章“绑架!”露丝·罗斯倒抽了一口冷气。 人群中的每个人都立刻开始说话。 法伦警官跑过去和艾琳说话。 “温妮在哪里?”内特问道。 “我要看温妮!”“温妮离开了一段时间，”露丝·罗斯告诉她的小弟弟。

"Where?" the four-year-old insisted. Ruth Rose put her arm around Nate's shoulders. "We don't know yet," she said. Officer Fallon stepped up to the microphone. "Folks, you might as well go home," he said. "We have every reason to believe that Winnie is safe. We'll do our best to get her back." Tom Steele, Flip Frances, and Irene Napper left Panda Park together. Officer Fallon and Jimmy began walking around the outside of the panda enclosure. The crowd slowly wandered away. "What a lousy thing to do!" Josh said, helping Nate down from the bench. "What's going to happen to Winnie?" Ruth Rose asked. "Doesn't she need her mother to feed her?" Dink glanced at the story in The Panda Paper. "It says Winnie's almost six months old," he said. "She's eating by herself now." "Come on," said Ruth Rose. "Let's go talk to Officer Fallon."

“在哪儿?”四岁的孩子追问道。 露丝·罗斯搂着内特的肩膀。 “我们还不知道，”她说。 法伦警官走到麦克风前。 “伙计们，你们还是回家吧，”他说。 “我们完全有理由相信温妮是安全的。 我们会尽全力把她找回来的。” 汤姆·斯蒂尔、弗朗西丝和艾琳·纳珀一起离开了熊猫公园。 法伦警官和吉米开始在熊猫围场外面走来走去。 人群慢慢散去。 “这是多么糟糕的事情啊!”乔希说着，把内特从板凳上扶了下来。 “温妮会怎么样?”露丝·罗斯问。 “她不需要妈妈喂她吗?”丁克瞥了一眼《熊猫报》上的故事。 “上面说温妮差不多六个月大了，”他说。 “她现在一个人吃饭了。” “来吧，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我们去和法伦警官谈谈。”

The kids caught up with the police chief and his grandson outside the fence behind the bamboo forest. Pal flopped on his belly and stuck his nose through the fence rails. Nate sat next to him and patted the dog's head. "Hey, kids," Officer Fallon said. "Some situation, eh?" "The kidnappers want a million bucks for Winnie!" Jimmy Fallon blurted out. "Jimmy!" his grandfather said. "Is it true?" Ruth Rose asked. Officer Fallon nodded. "I'm afraid that's what this says," he said. Holding the note by its edges, he let the kids inspect it. Josh read the note aloud: "Leave one million dollars in the hollow tree on Goose Island by midnight tonight. No tricks, or you'll never see Winnie again." "A MILLION DOLLARS!" Ruth Rose cried. "Where would Green Lawn get all that money?"

孩子们在竹林后面的栅栏外追上了警察局长和他的孙子。 帕尔扑通一声趴在地上，把鼻子伸进栅栏里。 内特坐在他旁边，拍拍狗的头。 “嘿，孩子们，”法伦警官说。 “什么情况，嗯?”“绑匪想要一百万美元买温妮!”吉米·法伦脱口而出。 “吉米!”他的祖父说。 “这是真的吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 法伦警官点点头。“恐怕这上面就是这么说的，”他说。 他抓住纸条的边缘，让孩子们检查。 乔希大声念着纸条:“今晚午夜前，在鹅岛的树洞里留下一百万美元。 别耍花招，否则你就再也见不到温妮了。” “一百万美元!”露丝·罗斯哭了。 “绿草坪从哪儿弄来这么多钱?”

"As I recall," Officer Fallon said, "there's still over a million left from the money Winifred Frances left. The kidnapper must know that." Dink examined the note. "What does the kidnapper mean by 'tricks'?" he asked. "He means we shouldn't put any police officers on the island to catch him when he comes for the money," Officer Fallon said. "Or tamper with the bills so we can trace them." Ruth Rose studied the ransom note. "These letters were cut out of a newspaper," she said. "Yes," Officer Fallon said. "Which means we can't trace the note." Suddenly Pal let out a woof. He stuck a paw through the fence and began scratching. Josh bent down to see what Pal was doing. "Guys, look!" he said. Partly hidden among the bamboo stalks was something shiny. "It's a knife!" Jimmy Fallon said.

“我记得，”法伦警官说，“温妮弗雷德·弗朗西丝留下的钱还剩下100多万。 绑架者一定知道这一点。” 丁克仔细看了看纸条。“绑架者说的‘诡计’是什么意思?”他问道。 “他的意思是，当他来拿钱的时候，我们不应该在岛上派任何警察去抓他，”法伦警官说。 “或者篡改票据，这样我们就能追踪到它们。” 露丝·罗斯仔细研究了那封勒索信。 “这些信是从报纸上剪下来的，”她说。 “是的，”法伦警官说。 “也就是说我们无法追踪到那张纸条。” 突然，帕尔叫了一声。 他把一只爪子伸进篱笆，开始抓起来。 乔希弯下腰去看看帕尔在做什么。 “伙计们，看!”他说。有个东西半藏在竹竿中间，闪闪发亮。 “是把刀!”吉米·法伦说。

Officer Fallon got down on his knees. "It sure is," he said. He scratched Pal behind the ears. "Good dog!" Officer Fallon stuck a long arm through the fence and picked up the knife. He brought it out, being careful not to cut himself. The knife had a thin blade and a fat handle made of cork. "Looks like a fishing knife," Officer Fallon said. "If the knife gets dropped in the water, the handle will float." "Can I have it, Grandpa?" Jimmy asked. "Afraid not, Jimmy," Officer Fallon said. "This is evidence." He drew a clean handkerchief from his pocket and carefully wrapped the knife. "Hey, look at this," Josh said. He reached through the fence and pulled back a stalk of bamboo. The top had been sliced neatly off.

法伦警官跪了下来。 “当然是，”他说。他搔了搔帕尔的耳后。 “好狗!”法伦警官伸出一只长长的手臂穿过栅栏，捡起了刀。 他小心翼翼地把它拿了出来，以免割伤自己。 这把刀的刀刃很薄，柄很粗，是用软木做的。 “看起来像一把钓鱼刀，”法伦警官说。 “如果刀子掉进水里，刀柄就会浮起来。” “爷爷，能给我吗?”吉米问。 “恐怕不行，吉米，”法伦警官说。 “这就是证据。”他从口袋里掏出一块干净手帕，小心地把刀包起来。 “嘿，看看这个，”乔希说。 他把手伸进篱笆，拔了一根竹竿。 顶部被切得整整齐齐。

"There's more," Josh said, pointing through the fence. "Someone cut a bunch of this stuff." "Maybe the kidnapper took some bamboo to feed Winnie," Ruth Rose said. "At least she won't be hungry," Josh said. "That explains the knife," Officer Fallon said. "With a struggling panda in his arms, the kidnapper probably never knew he dropped it." Officer Fallon reached into his pocket. He pulled out the object that had been found in Ping's cave. "Know what this is?" he asked. "It looks like an alarm clock," Dink said. "It is," Officer Fallon said. "It's an alarm clock with the volume set on loud. I'm guessing the kidnapper tossed it into Ping's cave, knowing the pandas would run out when the thing went off. He probably grabbed Winnie as she came out of the cave." "And if we want her back," Dink said, "Green Lawn has to pay a million dollars!"

“还有呢。”乔什指着栅栏后面说。 “有人割了一堆这种东西。” “也许绑匪拿了些竹子喂温妮，”露丝·罗斯说。 “至少她不会饿。”乔希说。 “这就解释了那把刀，”法伦说。 “绑匪怀里抱着一只挣扎的熊猫，可能根本不知道他把熊猫掉在地上了。” 法伦警官把手伸进口袋。 他把在平的山洞里发现的东西拿了出来。 “知道这是什么吗?”他问。 “它看起来像个闹钟，”丁克说。 “是的，”法伦说。 “这是一个把音量调大的闹钟。 我猜绑匪把它扔进了平的山洞，他知道一旦爆炸熊猫们就会跑出来。 他可能是在温妮从山洞里出来的时候抓住了她。” “如果我们想要她回来，”丁克说，“绿草坪必须支付一百万美元!”