Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 "I hope your foot gets better fast," Dink said. "Thanks, and I hope you find the skeleton," Mr. Palmer said. The kids left and walked toward their room.

第六章“我希望你的脚快点好起来，”丁克说。 “谢谢，我希望你能找到那具骨架，”帕尔默说。 孩子们离开了，朝自己的房间走去。

"We must've figured something wrong," Josh said. "One of these people has to be the perp." "The perp?" Dink said. Josh grinned. "Yeah, you know, the guy that did it." "So if it wasn't anyone on this list, who was it?" Ruth Rose asked. "That footprint didn't get there by magic." "I wonder if it could be a trick footprint," Dink said. "What do you mean?" Josh asked. "I read a story once about some kids who made fake bear tracks to fool their parents," Dink said. "They taped some rolled-up socks onto an old rake. Then they stamped 'bear' tracks in the snow all around their house." "But why would the skeleton snatcher leave a fake footprint?" Ruth Rose asked. Dink shrugged. "Why would anyone steal the school skeleton in the first place?" "Well, whoever did it is pretty mean," Josh grumbled. "Playing tricks on innocent kids isn't nice!" Dink and Ruth Rose burst out laughing. They were still giggling as they got close to their room.

“我们一定是想错了什么，”乔希说。 “这些人中肯定有一个是罪犯。” “补?”丁克说。杰克笑了。 “是的，你知道的，就是那个人干的。” “如果不是名单上的人，那是谁呢?”露丝·罗斯问。 “那个脚印不是凭空出现的。” 丁克说:“我想知道这是不是一个骗局。” “你是什么意思?”杰克问。 丁克说:“我曾经读过一个故事，讲的是一些孩子制作假熊的足迹来欺骗父母。” 他们把一些卷起的袜子粘在一把旧耙子上。 然后他们在房子周围的雪地上踩上了‘熊’的脚印。” “但为什么盗骨者会留下假脚印呢?”露丝·罗斯问。 丁克耸耸肩。“一开始怎么会有人偷学校的骸骨呢?”“好吧，不管是谁干的，都很卑鄙。”乔希嘟囔道。 “捉弄无辜的孩子是不好的!”丁克和露丝·罗斯突然大笑起来。 当他们走近自己的房间时，还在咯咯地笑着。

"Wait a sec, I want to put this drawing away," Josh said. "STOP!" Ruth Rose shouted as Josh stepped up to his locker. "DON'T MOVE!" "What!" Josh gasped, smacking his chest with one hand. "You almost gave me a heart attack!" "Look what you almost stepped on!" Ruth Rose pointed to a circle of white powder on the floor. In the center of the circle was a footprint. It was a very familiar footprint. Ruth Rose grabbed Josh's footprint sketch from his hand and knelt next to the new print. "Check it out, guys," she said. Dink and Josh bent down for a closer look. It was a left footprint with a zigzag pattern. When Ruth Rose placed Josh's drawing on the floor, the two footprints were identical.

“等一下，我想把这幅画收起来，”乔希说。 “住手!”当乔希走向他的储物柜时，露丝·罗斯喊道。 “不要动!”“什么!”乔希喘着气，用一只手拍着胸口。 “你差点把我吓出心脏病!”“看你差点踩到什么!”露丝·罗斯指着地板上的一圈白色粉末。 圆圈的中心是一个脚印。 这是一个非常熟悉的脚印。 露丝·罗斯从乔希手里抢过他的脚印草图，跪在新印的旁边。 “看看吧，伙计们，”她说。 丁克和乔希弯下腰仔细看了看。 这是一个锯齿形的左脚印。 当露丝·罗斯把乔什的画放在地板上时，两个脚印一模一样。

"Oh my gosh!" Josh cried. "The skeleton snatcher was here!" Just then Mrs. Eagle popped her head through the door. "What's going on?" she asked. Ruth Rose pointed at the footprint. "Look, Mrs. Eagle." "He's back!" Josh said. "And he came right to your locker," Dink added, grinning. "The zombie is after you!" "No way!" Josh argued. "See, the footprint is halfway between my locker and yours."

“我的天哪!”杰克哭了。“抢骨架的人来过这里!”就在这时，鹰太太从门里探出头来。 “发生什么事了?”她问。 露丝·罗斯指着那个脚印。 “看，鹰太太。”“他回来了!”杰克说。 “他直接来到你的储物柜前，”丁克咧嘴笑着补充道。 “僵尸在追你!”“不可能!”杰克说。 “看，脚印就在我的储物柜和你的储物柜中间。”

"Maybe he stole something from one of your lockers," Ruth Rose said. Mrs. Eagle knelt and put her finger in the white stuff. Then she lifted her finger to her nose. "Hmm," she said. "This smells like talcum powder. Why don't you boys open your lockers?" "You go first," Josh told Dink. "Okay," Dink said. "Since you're such a scaredy-cat." "Am not." "Are too." "Boys," Mrs. Eagle said. Dink pulled open his locker door. His jacket hung on a hook. On the shelf, his books were neatly arranged. His lunch bag sat on top of his books. "Nothing's missing," Dink said. "Now you, Josh." "No problem," Josh said, flipping up the latch on his locker door. His jacket hung on the hook. His books were stacked on the shelf. His brownbag lunch was perched on the books. But in front of the lunch bag was a twisted piece of white paper.

“也许他从你的储物柜里偷了什么东西，”露丝·罗斯说。 鹰太太跪下来，把她的手指放在白色的东西。 然后她把手指举到鼻子上。 “嗯，”她说。“这闻起来像滑石粉。 你们男孩子为什么不打开你们的储物柜呢?”“你先来，”乔希对丁克说。 “好吧，”丁克说。“既然你是个胆小鬼。” “我不是。”“太”。“男孩们，”鹰太太说。 丁克拉开了储物柜的门。 他的夹克挂在钩子上。 书架上，他的书摆放得整整齐齐。 他的午餐袋放在他的书上面。 “什么都没少，”丁克说。 “现在轮到你了，乔希。”“没问题，”乔希说着，掀开了储物柜门上的门闩。 他的夹克挂在钩子上。 他的书堆在书架上。 他的棕色便当放在书本上。 但是在午餐袋的前面有一张扭曲的白纸。

"What's that?" Josh asked. "I didn't put that there." Dink leaned close and whispered, "Maybe it's a note from the snatcher!" "Yeah, right," Josh said, grabbing the paper twist. "Hey, there's something inside!" When Josh untwisted the paper, a metal object fell onto the floor. But Dink, Josh, Ruth Rose, and their teacher were all staring at the paper in Josh's hand. It was a drawing of a smiling skeleton. Someone had sketched a big "2" in the center of its forehead. Mrs. Eagle bent down and picked up what had fallen. "How odd," she said, showing the kids a shiny key.

“那是什么?”杰克问。 “我没有把它放在那里。” 丁克凑近一点，小声说:“也许是劫掠者留下的纸条!”“是啊，没错，”乔希说着，抓住了那张纸。 “嘿，里面有东西!”当乔希解开纸时，一个金属物体掉到了地板上。 但是丁克、乔希、露丝·罗斯和他们的老师都盯着乔希手里的那张纸。 画的是一具微笑的骷髅。 有人在它的前额中央画了一个大大的“2”。 鹰太太弯下腰，捡起掉在地上的东西。 “真奇怪，”她说着，给孩子们看了一把闪闪发亮的钥匙。