Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose ran toward Tyrone. "What happened?" Dink asked. "Our money got stolen—that's what happened!" Scoop said. "The money you just collected?" Josh asked. Jud shook his head. "No, I still have that." He held up two thick stacks of bills with rubber bands around them. "I was going to add it to the rest of the money, but it's gone!"

丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯向蒂龙跑去。 “发生什么事了?”丁克问道。 “我们的钱被偷了——事情就是这样!”勺说。 “你刚收的钱?”杰克问。 裘德摇了摇头。“不，我还留着。” 他举起两叠厚厚的钞票，上面系着橡皮筋。 “我本来想把它加到剩下的钱里，但是它不见了!”

Dean pointed to the floor inside Tyrone's belly. The table, chair, and carpet had been moved. Where the table and chair had stood was a square hole cut into the flooring. A hinged door was open, revealing a compartment. It was empty.

迪恩指着蒂龙肚子里的地板。 桌子、椅子和地毯都挪动过了。 原来放桌子和椅子的地方，在地板上凿了一个方洞。 一扇铰链门开着，露出一个隔间。 它是空的。

"I built that as a hiding place," Dean said. "That's where we kept the money, in a duffel bag. We've been putting it in there since we left Montana." "How much money was there?" Josh asked. Jud's face was white. "All the money we've made so far," he said in a shaky voice. "Almost five thousand dollars." Six pairs of eyes stared into the empty compartment. "I don't see when anyone could have gotten in there," Scoop said. Jud closed his eyes for a second. "I put the duffel bag in there yesterday," he said, "after we got Tyrone all set up." "So someone stole it between yesterday afternoon and this morning," Dean said. "And it couldn't have happened last night, because I slept out here." "I'm going to get Officer Fallon!" Ruth Rose said. "He's the chief of police."

“我把它造成一个藏身之处，”迪安说。 “我们把钱放在那里，放在一个行李袋里。 自从我们离开蒙大拿，我们就一直把它放在那里。” “有多少钱?”杰克问。 裘德的脸变白了。“我们到目前为止赚的钱，”他用颤抖的声音说。 “差不多五千美元。” 六双眼睛盯着空荡荡的车厢。 “我不知道什么时候会有人进去，”Scoop说。 裘德闭了一会儿眼睛。 “我昨天把行李袋放进去了，”他说，“我们把泰龙安顿好之后。” “所以昨天下午到今天早上之间有人偷了它，”迪安说。 “昨晚也不可能发生，因为我睡在外面。” “我要去找法伦警官!”露丝·罗斯说。 “他是警察局长。”

"What can he do now?" Jud asked. "The money is long gone." "Officer Fallon catches a lot of crooks," Dink said. Josh glanced down at the ground, dry-now from the sun. "He might find some clues around here." "They're right about bringing the police in, Jud," Dean said. "We have to do everything we can to find our money." "I'll be right back!" Ruth Rose said as she took off running. "Well, no one's getting this money," Jud said. He opened his shirt and stuffed the bills inside. Dink felt Josh pinching his arm. When Dink looked at him, Josh motioned with his head for Dink to walk away with him. He followed Josh away from the three men. "I hate to say this," Josh whispered, "but I think one of them stole the money." He tipped his chin toward Jud, Dean, and Scoop.

“他现在能做什么呢?”Jud问道。 “钱早就没了。”“法伦警官抓了很多骗子，”丁克说。 乔希低头看了看地面，现在已经被太阳晒干了。 “他可能会在这附近找到一些线索。” “他们叫警察来是对的，裘德。”迪安说。 “我们必须尽一切努力找到我们的钱。” “我马上回来!”露丝·罗斯一边跑一边说。 “好吧，没人能得到这笔钱，”贾德说。 他打开衬衣，把钞票塞了进去。 丁克感到乔希在捏他的胳膊。 当丁克看着他时，乔希用头示意丁克和他一起走开。 他跟着乔什离开了那三个人。 “我不想这么说，”乔希低声说，“但我认为他们中的一个偷了钱。” 他把下巴朝裘德、迪安和斯丘歪了歪。

"Why would they do it?" Dink asked. "Jud and Dean really want to build the museum. And Scoop's going to work there. They wouldn't steal their own money Josh." "But who else has a key to the door or knows about that hiding place inside Tyrone?" Josh insisted. Dink shook his head. He kicked a small stone. "No one can make me believe Jud would do such a rotten thing," he said. Just then Ruth Rose and Officer Fallon came hurrying across Center Park. Dink and Josh walked back to the dinosaur. Officer Fallon introduced himself and pulled his notebook and pen from a shirt pocket. "Ruth Rose told me what happened," he said. He looked at the three men. "May I have your names, please?" He wrote down each name. "Scoop?" he asked. "Is that a nickname?" Scoop grinned. "Yeah, I was the editor of my college newspaper. I got the name because I was always first with a news scoop. My real name is Michael Raker." Officer Fallon wrote it down. "Can you show me where the money was when you fellas last saw

“他们为什么要这么做?”丁克问道。 “贾德和迪恩真的很想建博物馆。 而Scoop会在那里工作。 乔什，他们不会偷自己的钱。” “但还有谁有钥匙，或者知道泰龙体内的藏身之处呢?”杰克坚持道。 丁克摇了摇头。他踢了一块小石头。 “没人能让我相信朱迪会做出这么坏的事，”他说。 就在这时，露丝·罗斯和法伦警官匆匆穿过中央公园。 丁克和乔希走回恐龙身边。 法伦警官做了自我介绍，然后从衬衫口袋里掏出笔记本和笔。 “露丝·罗斯告诉我发生了什么，”他说。 他看着那三个人。 “请问你们叫什么名字?”他写下了每个名字。 “独家新闻?”他问。“那是昵称吗?”勺咧嘴一笑。 “是的，我是大学校报的编辑。 我得到这个名字是因为我总是第一个获得独家新闻。 我的真名是迈克尔·雷克。” 法伦警官记下来了。 “你能告诉我你们最后一次看到钱的时候钱在哪里吗?

it?" Dean pointed through the door at the empty compartment. "It was in there, except when we were on the road. Then we kept it with us in the truck." "I put the duffel inside that compartment yesterday afternoon," Jud said. "That's the last time I saw it." "Wouldn't it be safer to keep your money in a bank?" Officer Fallon asked. "We thought the money was safe inside the dinosaur," Jud said. "No one but us knew about the hidden compartment. And I was planning on taking the money to my bank back in Montana." "Was that compartment locked?" the police chief asked, writing in his notebook. Jud shook his head. "No, but we always keep this outer door locked." Officer Fallon examined the keyhole. He removed the rubber wedge and swung the door

吗?”迪安指着门外的空车厢。 “它就在里面，除了我们在路上的时候。 然后我们把它放在卡车里。” “我昨天下午把行李袋放在那个隔间里了，”贾德说。 “那是我最后一次见到它。” “把钱存在银行不是更安全吗?”法伦警官问。 “我们以为钱在恐龙体内是安全的，”贾德说。 “除了我们，没人知道那个隐藏的隔间。 我打算把钱存回蒙大拿的银行。” “那个隔间锁上了吗?”警察局长在他的笔记本上写道。 裘德摇了摇头。“没有，但我们总是把外面的门锁着。” 法伦警官检查了锁眼。 他卸下橡胶楔子，把门打开