Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7 The kids hurried to Josh's house. His parents were waiting. "We'll be back in about an hour," Josh's mom told him as she climbed into the family car. Josh's dad waved and pulled out of their driveway. "I wanna ride the pony!" Brian yelled, tugging at Josh's arm.

孩子们匆匆赶到乔希家。 他的父母在等他。“我们大约一个小时后回来，”乔希的妈妈一边爬进家里的车里，一边告诉他。 乔希的爸爸挥了挥手，把车开出了车道。 “我想骑小马!”布莱恩喊着，拽着乔什的胳膊。

"No! I wanna catch turtles in the river!" Brian's twin brother, Bradley, bellowed, yanking the other arm. "You can't do either one without Mom and Dad's permission," Josh said. "Then we get candy!" Brian said. "No, we get ice cream!" Bradley argued, bolting for the house. Josh sighed and followed his brothers. Dink and Ruth Rose laughed, trailing after Josh. Inside, Josh poured five glasses of orange juice. Brian jumped off his chair and ran from the room. He was back in a flash with a flat cardboard box. "Let me help!" Bradley said. "No, it's my puzzle!" Brian yelled. "Josh!"

“不!我想在河里抓乌龟!”布莱恩的孪生兄弟布拉德利咆哮着，猛拉着另一只胳膊。 “没有爸妈的允许，你不能做任何一件事，”乔希说。 “然后我们得到糖果!”布莱恩说。 “不，我们吃冰淇淋!”布拉德利争辩着，向房子跑去。 乔希叹了口气，跟着哥哥们走了。 丁克和露丝·罗斯笑了，跟在乔希后面。 进屋后，乔希倒了五杯橙汁。 布莱恩从椅子上跳起来，跑出了房间。 他拿着一个扁平的纸板箱，一眨眼就回来了。 “让我来帮你!”布拉德利说。 “不，这是我的谜题!”布莱恩喊道。 “杰克!”

"You guys do the puzzle together or not at all," Josh said, "and don't get your sticky little fingers all over the pieces." "What's the puzzle, Bradley?" Ruth Rose asked. "Gwizzly bears!" Bradley answered, dumping the pieces onto the table. The picture on the box top showed a mama grizzly bear and her cub. The puzzle pieces were large, just right for fouryear- old fingers. Brian and Bradley had done this puzzle before. Their hands flew over the pieces, jamming them into place. A few minutes later, the puzzle was complete, except for one piece. The baby grizzly bear's face was missing. "You took it!" Brian yelled at Bradley. "Did not. You did!" Bradley yelled right back. "Don't argue, guys," Josh said. He dropped down to the floor and looked under the table. "Not here. Maybe it's in your room."

“你们要么一起做拼图，要么就不做，”乔希说，“别把你黏糊糊的小手指弄得到处都是。” “布莱德利，有什么谜题吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “Gwizzly熊!”布拉德利回答，把棋子扔在桌子上。 盒子顶部的照片是一只灰熊妈妈和她的幼崽。 拼图的碎片很大，正好适合四岁孩子的手指。 布莱恩和布拉德利以前做过这个谜题。 他们的手在碎片上飞舞，把它们塞好。 几分钟后，拼图完成了，除了一块。 小灰熊的脸不见了。 “你拿走了!”布莱恩对布拉德利喊道。 “没有。你做的!”布拉德利立刻喊道。 “别吵了，伙计们，”乔希说。 他倒在地板上，往桌子底下看。 “不是这里。也许它在你的房间里。”

The twins flew out of the kitchen and thundered toward their bedroom. Twenty seconds later, they charged back into the kitchen. Bradley held the missing piece in his little hand. He lurched back onto his chair and fitted the piece into place. "Where'd you find it?" Josh asked. "Under my bed," Bradley said, grinning. "I wish finding a missing panda bear was that easy," Dink said. Ruth Rose sat up. "That's it!" she said. "Maybe we should be looking for Winnie, not the guy who took her." "But where?" Dink asked. "He could've stuck her anywhere." "If I kidnapped a panda bear," Ruth Rose said, "where would I hide it?" Josh took a bowl of apples out of the refrigerator and gave one to Brian and one to Bradley. "You can feed the cores to the pony," he told them. The twins shot out the back door, racing each other to the barn. Pal waddled after them. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose took their apples outside. They sat on the back steps and watched

那对双胞胎冲出厨房，轰隆隆地朝卧室跑去。 20秒后，他们冲回厨房。 布拉德利用他的小手拿着丢失的那块。 他蹒跚地坐回椅子，把那块东西放好。 “你在哪儿找到的?”杰克问。 “在我床底下，”布拉德利笑着说。 丁克说:“我真希望找到一只失踪的熊猫能这么容易。” 露丝·罗斯坐了起来。“就是这样!”她说。 “也许我们应该找的是温妮，而不是那个带走她的人。” “但在哪里?”丁克问道。“他可以把她塞到任何地方。” “如果我绑架一只熊猫，”露丝·罗斯说，“我会把它藏在哪里?”乔希从冰箱里拿出一碗苹果，一个给了布莱恩，一个给了布拉德利。 “你们可以用这些果核喂小马，”他告诉他们。 那对双胞胎从后门冲出，争先恐后地跑向谷仓。 朋友摇摇摆摆地跟在他们后面。丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯把苹果拿到了外面。 他们坐在后面的台阶上看着

the twins pet Polly through the corral rails. "Baby panda bears aren't house-broken like regular pets," Josh said, munching his apple. "You couldn't really hide one in your house." "And I bet Winnie misses her mom," Ruth Rose said. "She'd probably cry a lot. People would hear her." "Right," said Josh. "So the kidnapper probably hid her where it's already noisy." Dink watched Polly the pony chomp Brian's apple core. "The kidnapper has to feed Winnie, so he'd keep her nearby." "I know a place," Ruth Rose said. "It's noisy and smelly, and not far away from the petting zoo." Josh grinned at Ruth Rose. "I do, too. The fitness center, right?" Ruth Rose nodded. "If Flip stole Winnie, that would be a perfect place to hide her." "Should we go back and have a look?" Dink asked.

双胞胎把波莉从围栏里抱过去。 “熊猫宝宝不像一般的宠物那样被宠坏了，”乔希边说边嚼着他的苹果。 “你不可能把它藏在家里。” “我敢打赌，温妮一定很想念她的妈妈，”露丝·罗斯说。 “她可能会哭个不停。 人们会听到她的声音。”“对，”乔希说。 “所以绑匪可能把她藏在已经很吵的地方。” 丁克看着小马波莉咬着布莱恩的苹果核。 “绑匪必须喂温妮，这样他才会把她留在身边。” “我知道一个地方，”露丝·罗斯说。 “这里又吵又臭，而且离宠物动物园不远。” 乔希朝露丝·罗斯咧嘴一笑。 “我也是。健身中心，对吧?”露丝·罗斯点点头。 “如果是菲普偷了温妮，那绝对是把她藏起来的好地方。” “我们要回去看看吗?”丁克问道。

"But what do we do about Flip?" Josh asked. "If he really is the kidnapper, won't he be suspicious when we show up again?" Dink reached into his pocket and brought out the passes. "Kids get in free today," he said. "Excellent!" Ruth Rose said. "We can go over for a swim and a snoop!"

“但是我们该拿Flip怎么办呢?”杰克问。 “如果他真的是绑架者，我们再出现时他不会起疑吗?”丁克把手伸进口袋，拿出通行证。 “孩子们今天可以免费入场，”他说。 “太好了!”露丝·罗斯说。 “我们可以去游泳和窥探!”