Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Buddy gasped. His eyes grew wide, and Dink thought he would start crying. "Don't worry Buddy. Pete will be fine till we get to the bottom of this," Officer Fallon said. He looked at the troubled teenager. "But what are we going to do with you?" "What do you mean?" Buddy asked. "How old are you, son?" Officer Fallon asked. "Fourteen," Buddy said. "But I'll be fifteen in three months!" "Fourteen," Officer Fallon repeated.

巴迪倒吸了一口冷气。他的眼睛睁得大大的，丁克想他要哭了。 “别担心，巴迪。在我们弄清真相之前，皮特会没事的，”法伦说。 他看着这个问题少年。 “但是我们该拿你怎么办呢?”“你是什么意思?”朋友问。 “你多大了，儿子?”法伦警官问。 “十四，”巴迪说。“可是再过三个月我就满十五岁了!”“十四，”法伦警官重复道。

"So I can't let you stay in that trailer alone." Buddy glanced up with a sly look in his eyes. "So why don't you put me in jail with Pete?" Officer Fallon laughed. "No, that won't do." "He can stay with us," Dink said. "My folks won't mind. We've got a spare room." Officer Fallon turned his gaze on Dink. "Are you sure?" "I can call my mom and ask her," Dink said. "Sound all right with you?" Officer Fallon asked Buddy. "Sure, I guess," the boy said. He looked at Dink. "Thanks, man." Officer Fallon handed his phone to Dink. Two minutes later, it was settled, and Dink hung up. "Mom says Buddy can stay as long as he needs to," he said. "She's getting two huge pizzas for tonight!" "Cool!" cried Josh. Then he looked at Dink. "I'm invited, right?" Dink nodded. "Ruth Rose, too. We'll have a party." "Okay, why don't I drive you four to Dink's right now?" Officer Fallon asked.

“所以我不能让你一个人待在拖车里。” 巴迪抬起头来，眼里带着狡黠的神情。 “那你为什么不把我和皮特关进监狱呢?”法伦警官笑了。 “不，那不行。”“他可以和我们住在一起，”丁克说。 “我父母不会介意的。我们有一间空房。” 法伦警官把目光转向丁克。 “你确定吗?”“我可以打电话问我妈妈，”丁克说。 “你听起来还好吧?”法伦警官问巴迪。 “当然，我想，”男孩说。 他看着丁克。“谢谢你,小伙子。” 法伦警官把手机递给丁克。 两分钟后，事情解决了，丁克挂断了电话。 “妈妈说巴迪想待多久就待多久，”他说。 “她今晚要买两个大披萨!”“酷!”乔希叫道。 然后他看了看丁克。“我被邀请了，对吧?”丁克点点头。 “还有露丝·罗斯。我们要开个派对。” “好吧，我现在送你们四个去丁克餐厅吧?”法伦警官问。

"Can I go get my toothbrush and stuff?" Buddy asked. Officer Fallon stood up. "Fine, we'll stop at the trailer first. Shall we go?" Dink, Josh, Ruth Rose, Buddy, and Pal all climbed into Officer Fallon's cruiser. Buddy rode up front, and Pal lay sprawled across Josh's lap in the back. It took only a minute to reach the quiet campsite. Officer Fallon parked near the picnic table. "Buddy, I need to search the trailer before you go inside," Officer Fallon said. "Search for what?" Buddy asked. "As far as I can see, both you and your brother had a chance to take the baseballs," Officer Fallon said kindly "I want to believe you, but there are too many unanswered questions about those baseballs. If they're not in your trailer, that's one question answered." Buddy dug in his pocket, then handed over the key to the trailer. "But you won't find 'em," he muttered.

“我能去拿我的牙刷和其他东西吗?”朋友问。 法伦警官站了起来。“好吧，我们先在拖车前停一下。 我们走吧?”丁克、乔希、露丝·罗斯、巴迪和帕尔都爬上了法伦警官的巡逻车。 巴迪骑在前面，巴迪趴在后面乔希的腿上。 我们只花了一分钟就到达了安静的营地。 法伦警官把车停在野餐桌附近。 “伙计，在你进去之前，我需要搜查拖车，”法伦警官说。 “找什么?”朋友问。 “据我所知，你和你哥哥都有机会拿走棒球，”法伦警官和蔼地说，“我想相信你，但关于那些棒球有太多悬而未决的问题。 如果他们不在你的拖车里，那么这个问题就得到了回答。” 巴迪在口袋里掏了掏，然后把拖车的钥匙递给了他。 “可是你找不到的。”他喃喃地说。

Officer Fallon climbed out of his cruiser. He strode to the trailer and used Buddy's key to let himself inside. "He doesn't believe me," Buddy grumbled. He picked up a pinecone and tossed it at the trash barrel. "Officer Fallon just wants to find Mr. Pocket's baseballs," Dink said. "They're really valuable." "Well, he won't find them in our trailer," Buddy insisted. "I believe you," Ruth Rose told Buddy. "If you and your brother didn't steal them, we have to find

法伦警官从巡逻车里爬了出来。 他大步走向拖车，用巴迪的钥匙把自己放了进去。 “他不相信我，”巴迪抱怨道。 他捡起一个松果，朝垃圾桶扔去。 “法伦警官只是想找到口袋先生的棒球，”丁克说。 “它们真的很有价值。” “好吧，他在我们的拖车里是找不到的，”巴迪坚持说。 “我相信你，”露丝·罗斯对巴迪说。 “如果不是你和你哥哥偷的，我们必须找到

out who did!" "Great, but how?" Buddy asked. "Anyone could have snuck into the clubhouse." "But only people who came to the game knew the baseballs were in that glass case," Dink said. "Oh my gosh!" Josh said. "The thief might live right here in Green Lawn!" "Yeah," Dink grumbled. He was remembering the hundreds of people sitting in the bleachers. Was one of them the baseball thief? "The first pitch was at eleven o'clock," Buddy said. "What time did Pete go inside for his medicine?" Dink asked. "It was around quarter past eleven," Buddy said. "Then I went looking for him a few minutes later. That's when I saw the smashed case and took off for the trailer." "So that means someone stole the balls between eleven and eleven-fifteen," Ruth Rose said.

谁干的!”“很好，但怎么做呢?”朋友问。 “任何人都有可能溜进俱乐部。” 丁克说:“但只有来观看比赛的人才知道棒球在那个玻璃盒子里。” “我的天哪!”杰克说。“小偷可能就住在绿草坪!”“是啊，”丁克抱怨道。 他想起了坐在露天看台上的数百人。 他们中有偷棒球的吗? “第一次投球是在十一点，”巴迪说。 “皮特什么时候进去拿药的?”丁克问道。 “大约是十一点一刻，”巴迪说。 几分钟后我就去找他了。 就在那时，我看到了被砸碎的箱子，就跑去拖车了。” “所以这意味着有人在11点到11点15分之间偷走了球，”露丝·罗斯说。