Chapter 6

Chapter 6 The kids stared at Lucky. "Why not?" Ruth Rose asked. "The detective is helping the bank find the robber. You could be a HERO!" "Shh!" said Lucky. He looked around nervously. Then he beckoned Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose inside. "Come on." Inside Lucky's house, the kids followed him down a hallway into his bedroom. Dink noticed that he was limping. His room had posters of

孩子们盯着幸运仔。 “为什么不?”露丝·罗斯问。 侦探正在帮助银行找到抢劫犯。 你会成为英雄的!”“嘘!”幸运仔说。 他紧张地环顾四周。 然后他招呼丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯进屋。 “来吧。”在Lucky的房子里，孩子们跟着他穿过走廊进入了他的卧室。 丁克注意到他一瘸一拐的。 他的房间里挂着海报

basketball players on the walls. There were clothes all over the floor. Lucky flopped down on his bed. "Listen," he said. "I'm afraid to give that tape to the detective. What if the robber found out I handed it over? With my luck, he'd come after me." "How would the robber know it was you who taped him?" Dink asked. Lucky sat up. "Because he looked right at me when he ran out of the bank. The guy saw me taping him! That's why I ran to Howard's to get my head shaved." Lucky scratched his fuzzy head. "But if you turn in the tape, the robber will get caught. Then you won't have to worry about him at all," said Josh. "Besides, we'll give you half of our reward," Ruth Rose said. "Right, guys?" "Right," Dink said. "Is Lucky your real name?" The kid shook his head. "It's Paul. Lucky is my nickname. People call me that because I always have such rotten luck. Since school started, my dog died, my bike got stolen, and I broke my toe. I can barely walk to school."

墙上的篮球运动员。 地板上到处都是衣服。 幸运仔扑通一声倒在床上。 “听着，”他说。“我不敢把那盘带子交给侦探。 如果抢劫犯发现是我交的呢? 以我的运气，他会来追我的。” “强盗怎么知道是你给他粘的胶带呢?”丁克问道。 Lucky坐了起来。“因为他跑出银行的时候直直地看着我。 那家伙看见我在拍他!所以我才跑到霍华德那儿去剃头。” 幸运仔挠了挠毛茸茸的脑袋。 “但是如果你交出录像带，强盗就会被抓住。 “那你就完全不用担心他了。”乔希说。 “此外，我们会给你一半的奖励，”露丝·罗斯说。 “对不对?”“好的，”丁克说。 “幸运是你的真名吗?”孩子摇了摇头。 “这是保罗。幸运是我的昵称。 人们这么叫我是因为我总是这么倒霉。 自从开学以来，我的狗死了，我的自行车被偷了，我的脚趾也骨折了。 我几乎不能走路去学校。”

"You can buy a new bike with the reward money," Ruth Rose said. "Then you won't have to walk." Lucky smiled at Ruth Rose. "I'm saving all my money for college," he said. Then he sighed. "It seems like I'll never get enough." Lucky thought for a minute. "Listen, that reward money would really help," he said. "But you guys have to promise not to tell who gave you the video." They all nodded. "Okay," said Lucky. He got off the bed and limped over to his closet. He pulled a box from the top shelf. The box was filled with videotapes. He handed one of the tapes to Dink.

“你可以用奖金买一辆新自行车，”露丝·罗斯说。 “那你就不用走路了。” 幸运对露丝·罗斯笑了笑。 “我把所有的钱都存起来上大学，”他说。 然后他叹了口气。“似乎我永远都不会满足。” 幸运仔想了一会儿。 “听着，赏金真的很有用，”他说。 “但你们必须保证不告诉别人是谁给了你们视频。” 他们都点了点头。“好吧，”Lucky说。 他下了床，一瘸一拐地走到他的衣柜前。 他从最上面的架子上拿出一个盒子。 盒子里装满了录像带。 他把其中一盘磁带递给丁克。

Lucky looked embarrassed. "Um… when can I get the money?" he asked. "Maybe tomorrow," Dink said. "We'll let you know, okay?" "Sure, that'll be fine," said Lucky. He pretended to zip his lips closed. "And remember, you promised not to tell anyone where you got the video. nkledc. Not even that detective." The kids nodded again.

幸运看起来很尴尬。“嗯……我什么时候能拿到钱?”他问。 “也许明天吧，”丁克说。 “我们会告诉你的，好吗?”“当然，那很好，”幸运仔说。 他假装闭上了嘴。 “记住，你答应过不告诉任何人你从哪里得到视频的。 连那个侦探也没有。”孩子们又点了点头。

Lucky walked them to the door, stepping around a pile of kids wrestling on the living room floor. Dink noticed they all had red hair and freckles. Josephine popped up out of the pile. "Bye!" she said, smiling at Dink. As soon as they were on the sidewalk, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose triple-high-fived each other. "We got it!" Josh yelled. Dink slipped the tape into his pocket. "Now we just have to call Detective Reddy and get our money!"

幸运仔把他们送到门口，绕过一堆在客厅地板上摔跤的孩子。 丁克注意到他们都是红头发和雀斑。 约瑟芬从那堆东西里跳出来。 “再见!”她微笑着对丁克说。 他们一走到人行道上，丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯就互相击掌致意。 “我们找到了!”杰克喊道。丁克把带子塞进口袋。 “现在我们只需要打电话给雷迪侦探，拿回我们的钱!”