Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Ruth Rose snatched the wig and eyebrow off the TV and hid them behind her back. Josh pushed the eject button and slid the video inside his shirt. Dink stared at the door. He didn't think he could walk. The bell rang again. Dink looked at his friends. Then he took a deep breath and opened the door. Ruth Rose slipped out just as Detective Reddy walked in.

露丝·罗斯从电视机上夺过假发和眉毛，藏在背后。 乔希按下弹射按钮，把视频塞进衬衫里。 丁克盯着门。他觉得自己走不动了。 铃又响了。丁克看着他的朋友们。 然后他深吸了一口气，打开了门。 露丝·罗斯溜出去时，雷迪侦探正好走了进来。

"Hi, there," said Detective Reddy. He grinned at Dink and Josh. "Gee, you kids are clever. How'd you find the redhead with the video?" Dink stared at the man in front of him. He couldn't believe it. Detective Reddy wasn't a detective at all. He was a bank robber! And he was standing in Dink's own living room! "We were just lucky I guess," Dink mumbled. The man patted his mustache. "So where is it?" Dink wouldn't let his eyes look at the lump under Josh's shirt. "Where's what?" "The video. You called and said you had the video. So where is it?" Dink's mind went blank. He didn't know what to say. Think, Dink! he commanded himself. Josh came to the rescue. "We hid the tape upstairs, remember, Dink?" Dink stared at Josh. "Huh? Oh, yeah, now I remember." He grinned at the man. "We wanted to make sure no one saw it before we gave it to you." "Come on, Dink." Josh headed for the stairs. "It takes two of you to get one video?" the man said.

“你好，”雷迪侦探说。 他朝丁克和乔希咧嘴一笑。 “哎呀，你们这些孩子真聪明。 你是怎么找到那个拿着录像带的红发女人的?”丁克盯着他面前的人。 他简直不敢相信。雷迪警探根本就不是警探。 他是个银行抢劫犯!他就站在丁克家的客厅里!“我想我们只是运气好。”丁克咕哝道。 那人拍了拍他的胡子。 “那么它在哪儿呢?”丁克不让他的眼睛看乔什衬衫下的肿块。 “什么?””的视频。 你打电话说录像在你手上。 那么它在哪里呢?”丁克的脑子一片空白。 他不知道该说什么。 想,丁克!他命令自己。 乔希来帮忙了。“我们把带子藏在楼上了，记得吗，丁克?”丁克盯着乔希。 “嗯?哦，是的，现在我想起来了。” 他朝那人咧嘴一笑。“我们想确保在给你之前没有人看到它。” “来吧，丁克。”乔希朝楼梯走去。 “你们两个才能拍一段视频?”

"Well…um…it's in my mother's room." Dink held up his front door key. "I'm the only one allowed to unlock her door." Dink hurried up the stairs behind Josh. They ran into Dink's bedroom and shut the door. Dink's guinea pig, Loretta, started squeaking and running around in her cage. "Not now, Loretta," Dink said. "Where'd Ruth Rose go?" said Josh. "I can't believe she ditched us!" Dink didn't answer. He paced back and forth in front of his bed. He tugged on his hair. He snapped his fingers nervously. "Dink, stop, I'm getting dizzy." Josh said. "What're we gonna do?" Dink stopped. "I don't know! We can't give him the video. He'll destroy it. Then nobody can prove anything! He'll get away scot-free. And he might even go after Lucky!" "We have to catch him and hand him over to the cops," Josh said. "Do you have any rope? We'll jump him and tie him up!" "I don't keep rope in my bedroom, Josh," Dink said. "Besides, he's bigger and stronger than us. He might even have a gun!"

“嗯……嗯……在我妈妈的房间里。” 丁克举起前门的钥匙。 “我是唯一可以打开她房门的人。” 丁克跟在乔希后面匆匆上楼。 他们跑进丁克的卧室，关上了门。 丁克的豚鼠洛丽塔开始在笼子里吱吱叫着跑来跑去。 “现在不行，洛蕾塔，”丁克说。 “露丝·罗斯去哪儿了?”乔希问。 “我不敢相信她抛弃了我们!”丁克没有回答。 他在床前来回踱步。 他拉了拉头发。他紧张地打了个响指。 “丁克，停下，我头晕了。” 杰克说。“我们该怎么办?”丁克停了下来。 “我不知道!”我们不能把视频给他。 他会毁掉它的。那就没人能证明什么了!他会逍遥法外的。 他甚至可能去追幸运!”“我们必须抓住他，把他交给警察，”乔希说。 “你有绳子吗?”我们要跳起来把他绑起来!”“我的卧室里没有绳子，乔希，”丁克说。 “再说，他比我们高大强壮。 他甚至可能有枪!”

"Need any help up there?" the man yelled. Dink opened his door a crack. "No thanks. Well be right down." Dink grabbed a soccer video from his bookshelf and handed it to Josh. "Let's give him this." "But what happens when he finds out it's not the real video?" Josh asked. "I don't know. But we don't have any choice." Josh pulled Lucky's video out of his shirt. He dropped it in Loretta's cage and covered it with shavings. "Guard it, Loretta," he said. They walked downstairs. Dink tried to smile. "We found it!" he said. Josh handed over the soccer video.

“上面需要帮助吗?”那人喊道。 丁克把门打开了一条缝。 “不,谢谢。我们马上下来。” 丁克从书架上拿了一盘足球录像带递给乔希。 “我们给他这个吧。”“但如果他发现这不是真的视频怎么办?”杰克问。 “我不知道。但我们别无选择。” 乔什从幸运仔的衣服里拿出了录像。 他把它扔进了洛丽塔的笼子里，并用刨花盖住了它。 “守住它，洛蕾塔，”他说。 他们走下了楼。丁克试图微笑。 “我们找到了!”他说。乔希把足球录像递了过来。

Just then the front door flew open. Ruth Rose was standing there with Officer Fallon and Officer Keene from the Green Lawn Police Department. Dink was never so happy to see anyone. "That's him!" Ruth Rose declared. She pointed at the man holding the videotape. "He robbed the Green Lawn bank!" The officers stepped into the living room. The man smiled. "I'm a private detective, officers," he said. "Mind showing us some identification, sir?" said Officer Fallon. The man patted his mustache. "I don't have my wallet with me." "You don't?" Officer Keene said. "Detectives are required to carry their identification at all times." "Sure, and normally I do. But I left my wallet in the car. I'll get it and be right back." "His mustache is fake!" Ruth Rose said, stepping in front of the officers. "And so is that wig!" Everybody stared at the man. Suddenly, he grabbed Ruth Rose and held her in front of him.

就在这时，前门突然开了。 露丝·罗斯和格林草坪警察局的法伦警官和基恩警官站在那里。 丁克从来没见过这么高兴的人。 “就是他!”露丝·罗斯宣布。 她指着拿着录像带的那个人。 “他抢了绿草坪银行!”警官们走进客厅。 那人笑了。“警官们，我是个私家侦探，”他说。 “介意给我们看一下身份证明吗，先生?”法伦警官说。 那人拍了拍他的胡子。 “我没带钱包。” “你不?”基恩警官说。 “侦探必须随时携带身份证件。” “当然，我通常都是这样。但我把钱包落在车里了。 我去拿，马上回来。” “他的胡子是假的!”露丝·罗斯说着，走到警官面前。 “那顶假发也是!”每个人都盯着那个人。 突然，他抓住露丝·罗斯，把她抱在身前。

"Outta my way!" he yelled. "I'm leaving, and the girl's coming with me!" Ruth Rose took a deep breath. Then she let out the loudest scream of her life. "AIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!"

“别挡道!”他喊道。 “我要走了，那女孩跟我一起走!”露丝·罗斯深吸了一口气。 然后她发出了一生中最大声的尖叫。 “AIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE !”