Chapter 7

Chapter 7 The kids hurried back to Dink's house. There was no one home. Dink opened the front door with his key. He saw a note on the kitchen table.

孩子们匆匆回到丁克家。 没有人在家。丁克用钥匙打开了前门。 他看到厨房桌子上有一张纸条。

Dink was glad his folks were out. He knew they wouldn't like him playing detective. When this was all over, he'd tell them how he earned the hundred bucks. Josh opened Dink's refrigerator. "What do you have to eat?" he asked. Dink set the tape on the counter. "There should be some doughnuts on the counter." He pulled the paper with the detective's number on it out of his pocket. He called the number. "Hello, is this Detective Reddy? This is Dink Duncan. Me and my friends found that video for you. What? No, we haven't looked at it. Okay. Bye." Dink hung up smiling. "He'll be right over. He said we were good detectives. He told us not to look at the video." Josh was eating a doughnut. "Why not?" he said with his mouth full. "He said it was top secret." They all looked at each other. "Come on!" Dink said, grabbing the video. They ran into the living room. Dink turned on the TV and slid the tape into the VCR.

丁克很高兴他的家人都出去了。 他知道他们不喜欢他扮演侦探。 等这一切都结束了，他会告诉他们他是怎么赚到那一百块钱的。 乔希打开丁克的冰箱。 “你有什么吃的?”他问。 丁克把磁带放在柜台上。 “柜台上应该有一些甜甜圈。” 他从口袋里掏出那张写着侦探号码的纸。 他打了这个号码。“喂，是雷迪侦探吗?” 我是丁克·邓肯。我和我的朋友为你找到了那个视频。 怎么啦？不，我们还没看过。 好吧。再见。”丁克微笑着挂了电话。 “他马上就来。他说我们是好侦探。 他告诉我们不要看视频。” 乔希正在吃甜甜圈。 “为什么不呢?”他嘴里塞满了东西。 “他说这是最高机密。” 他们都面面相觑。 “来吧!”丁克说着，抓起录像带。 他们跑进客厅。 丁克打开电视，把录像带塞进录像机。

The first part of the video showed a big dog chewing on a rubber bone. Then they saw a girl in a bathing suit. She was laughing and running away from the camera. Next came a birthday party. Most of the people in the picture looked like Lucky O'Leary. Dink recognized little Josephine. Finally, they saw the front of the Green Lawn Savings Bank. The door opened and a man came running out. He was pulling off a ski mask. "That must be the robber!" Dink said. He pressed the pause button. The man on the tape was completely bald. His head was shiny in the sunlight. He was wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt, and he was carrying a gym bag. He had a surprised look on his face. "That must be when he noticed Lucky taping him," Josh said. Ruth Rose moved closer to the TV. "Look, he's got a dimple on his chin." Suddenly, Ruth Rose gasped. She ran across the room and out of the house. The door slammed behind her. Dink looked at Josh. "What's going on?" Josh shrugged. "Maybe she doesn't like guys with dimples."

视频的第一部分展示了一只大狗在咀嚼一根橡胶骨头。 然后他们看到一个穿着泳衣的女孩。 她笑着从镜头前跑开了。 接下来是一个生日聚会。 照片中的大多数人看起来都像拉奇·奥利里。 丁克认出了小约瑟芬。 最后，他们看到了绿草坪储蓄银行的前面。 门开了，一个男人跑了出来。 他正在摘下滑雪面罩。 “那一定是强盗!”丁克说。 他按了暂停键。 录像带上的男人完全秃顶了。 他的头在阳光下闪闪发光。 他穿着运动裤和运动衫，拿着一个运动包。 他脸上露出惊讶的表情。 “那一定是他注意到幸运仔在拍他的时候。”乔希说。 露丝·罗斯走近了电视机。 “看，他下巴上有个酒窝。” 突然，露丝·罗斯倒吸了一口气。 她跑过房间，跑出了房子。 门在她身后砰地关上了。 丁克看着乔希。“发生什么事了?”杰克耸耸肩。 “也许她不喜欢有酒窝的男人。”

A minute later, the door burst open and Ruth Rose ran back in. She was carrying her Elvis wig and her fake eyebrows. Ruth Rose stuck one eyebrow on the TV screen, under the bandit's nose. It looked like a mustache. She held the wig over the bandit's bald head. "Who does that look like?" she demanded. Josh jumped into the air. "Oh, my gosh! The bank robber looks exactly like Detective Reddy!" Just then the doorbell rang. Dink peeked through the front window. "Who is it?" Josh asked. Dink's eyes were bugging out when he turned around. "It's Detective Reddy!"

一分钟后，门突然开了，露丝·罗斯跑了进来。 她带着她的猫王假发和假眉毛。 露丝·罗斯把一只眉毛贴在电视屏幕上，就在强盗的鼻子下面。 它看起来像胡子。 她把假发罩在强盗的光头上。 “那看起来像谁?”她问。 乔希跳到了空中。“哦，我的天哪!银行抢劫犯长得和雷迪侦探一模一样!”就在这时，门铃响了。 丁克从前面的窗户往外偷看。 “是谁?”杰克问。丁克转过身来，眼睛都要跳出来了。 “是雷迪侦探!”