Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9 Just then Uncle Warren walked into the barn. He was wearing flip-flops and a bathing suit and carrying a towel. "Coming for a swim?" he asked. "Sure," Dink said. The kids followed Uncle Warren toward the house. "After we swim, let's go get my film," Ruth Rose said quietly. The kids changed and joined Forest and Uncle Warren in the pool. They played keep-away with a plastic ball. "Still no sign of Sunny and Whirl-away" Forest said, nodding toward the barn. "I sure hope they

就在这时，沃伦叔叔走进了谷仓。 他穿着人字拖和泳衣，拿着一条毛巾。 “来游泳吗?”他问。 “当然，”丁克说。孩子们跟着沃伦叔叔朝房子走去。 “游完泳，我们去拿我的胶卷，”露丝·罗斯平静地说。 孩子们换了衣服，加入了福里斯特和沃伦叔叔的行列。 他们用一个塑料球玩控球游戏。 “还是没有Sunny和Whirl-away的踪迹。”Forest说着朝谷仓点了点头。 “我当然希望他们

didn't have any trouble on the road." "We're going to get my film," Ruth Rose said. "Maybe she'll be here when we get back." "There's a safe bike path on the side of the road," Forest said. "Have a nice walk." The kids dried off, pulled on their clothes, and headed across the lawn. "I wonder what's taking Sunny so long to get back here?" Dink asked as they hiked down the driveway. "She could have stopped for food," Josh said. He rubbed his belly. A few minutes later, they walked into Photo Finish. Josh immediately spied a rack of candy, so he bought a bag of M&M's. Ruth Rose's film was ready. She paid the clerk, and they started walking back to Forest's, where they could look at the pictures in private. Josh ripped open his candy and began munching, one piece at a time. When they got back to Forest's, the kids headed straight to the barn. Sunny and Whirlaway had

在路上没有遇到任何麻烦。” “我们要去拿我的电影，”露丝·罗斯说。 “也许我们回来的时候她会在这里。” “路边有一条安全的自行车道，”福里斯特说。 “祝你散步愉快。”孩子们擦干身子，穿上衣服，穿过草坪。 “我不知道桑尼怎么这么久才回来?”丁克一边沿着车道走一边问。 “她本可以停下来吃东西的，”乔希说。 他揉了揉肚子。几分钟后，他们走进了照片整理室。 乔希立刻发现了一架糖果，所以他买了一袋M&M。 露丝·罗斯的电影准备好了。 她付了店员的钱，然后他们开始走回福里斯特店，在那里他们可以私下看那些照片。 乔希撕开糖果，一口一口地大嚼起来。 当他们回到福里斯特家，孩子们直奔谷仓。 Sunny和Whirlaway有

still not returned. Ruth Rose opened the packet of pictures and took them out. There were a few of her cat, then the one taken by the train conductor. The next pictures were of horses and the barn at Saratoga. Then there was one of the horses on the track, but it was blurry. Next was Sunny with Whirlaway in barn E. The last picture was taken at the winner's circle. It showed Dink and Josh with Dancer's head

仍然没有回复。露丝·罗斯打开那包照片，把它们拿了出来。 有几张她的猫的照片，还有一张被列车员带走的。 接下来的照片是萨拉托加的马和谷仓。 然后有一匹马在跑道上，但很模糊。 接下来是Sunny和Whirlaway在谷仓E。 最后一张照片是在获胜者的圆圈处拍摄的。 上面是丁克和乔什和丹瑟的头

between them. The man in the cowboy hat was standing in the background. He was wearing a leather belt with a big silver buckle. "It's Mr. Bunks, all right," Dink said. The kids studied the picture. Ruth Rose brought it closer to her eyes. "Guys, do you see anything weird about Dancer's forehead?" she asked. "It looks shiny," Dink said, peering closely. "And darker than the rest of his face," Josh observed. "From a distance, you'd never notice," Ruth Rose said. "What could make it look like that?" asked Dink. "Something dark, like shoe polish," Josh said. "Wait a minute," Ruth Rose said. "Josh, let's see that mark on your shirt." Josh leaned in so Dink and Ruth Rose could inspect his collar. "It looks like shoe polish," said Dink.

他们之间。那个戴牛仔帽的人站在后面。 他系着一条带银色大扣的皮带。 “没错，是班克斯先生。”丁克说。 孩子们研究这幅画。 露丝·罗斯把它凑近眼睛。 “伙计们，你们看到丹瑟的额头有什么奇怪的地方吗?”她问。 “它看起来很亮。”丁克说着，凑近了看。 “而且比他脸的其他部分都黑。”乔希说。 “从远处看，你永远不会注意到，”露丝·罗斯说。 丁克问:“是什么让它看起来像那样?” “一些深色的东西，比如鞋油，”乔希说。 “等一下，”露丝·罗斯说。 “乔希，让我看看你衬衫上的记号。” 乔希靠过去，好让丁克和露丝·罗斯检查他的衣领。 “它看起来像鞋油，”丁克说。

"Yes!" Josh said. "Now I remember! Ruth Rose, when you took our picture, I felt Dancer nudge me in the back." "So Dancer made that mark!" Ruth Rose said. "But why would anyone want to put shoe polish on a horse?" Dink asked. "I don't know, but I know who could have done it," Ruth Rose said. "Sunny was polishing her boots with black polish right before the race!" "But Sunny doesn't have anything to do with Dancer," Josh pointed out. Ruth Rose shuffled through the pictures until she found the one of Sunny and Whirlaway in barn E. She looked at it for a second, then placed it next to the one of Dink and Josh with Dancer.

“是的!”杰克说。“现在我想起来了!”露丝·罗斯，你给我们拍照的时候，我觉得丹瑟在背后捅了我一下。” “原来丹瑟做了那个记号!”露丝·罗斯说。 “但为什么会有人想给马涂鞋油呢?”丁克问道。 “我不知道，但我知道可能是谁干的，”露丝·罗斯说。 “比赛前，桑妮正在用黑色指甲油擦她的靴子!”“但是桑妮和丹瑟没有任何关系。”乔希指出。 露丝·罗斯在照片中翻来翻去，直到找到了E仓里桑尼和旋风的那张。 她看了一会儿，然后把它放在丁克、乔希和丹瑟的照片旁边。

"Wow," Josh said. "The horses look like twins!" Dink picked up the picture of Sunny in barn E. "Except this one has a white mark on his forehead." "The shoe polish could be covering up a white mark on Dancer's forehead," Ruth Rose said. "But why would Sunny, or Mr. Bunks, or anybody want to cover up a white mark on Dancer's forehead? Why would it matter?" Josh asked. Dink thought about that. Then he remembered Sunny's comment after the race, about how she felt like she was riding a different horse. "That's it!" Dink said, snapping his fingers. "What's what?" Josh asked. "Guys, what if the horse we washed wasn't Whirlaway?" Dink asked. "What do you mean?" asked Josh. "I mean, what if someone stole Whirlaway, then brought back a different horse to replace him?" Josh and Ruth Rose just stared at Dink.

“哇，”乔希说。“这两匹马看起来像双胞胎!”丁克拿起桑尼在E仓的照片。 “除了这个人的额头上有一个白色的印记。” 露丝·罗斯说:“鞋油可能掩盖了丹瑟额头上的白色印记。” “可为什么桑尼、班克斯先生或其他人要掩盖丹瑟额头上的一个白斑呢?” 这有什么关系呢?”杰克问。 丁克想了想。然后他想起了赛妮在赛后的评论，说她感觉自己骑的是另一匹马。 “就是这样!”丁克打了个响指说。 “就是什么?”杰克问。 “伙计们，如果我们洗的马不是旋风马呢?”丁克问道。 “你是什么意思?”乔希问。 “我的意思是，如果有人偷走了旋风，然后又带回另一匹马来代替它呢?”乔希和露丝·罗斯只是盯着丁克。