Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Ruth Rose bent over and peered through the telescope. She shook her head. "I don't see any wolves at all," she said. "Not even the mother." "The mother wasn't there," Abbi said. "She might have gone to look for food." Wallis looked at Abbi. "What exactly did you see, honey?" Abbi had tears in her eyes. "A man and a woman stuck the puppies into a cage!" Wallis gave Abbi a hug. "Let's go inside and call the police," she said.

露丝·罗斯弯下腰，透过望远镜往外看。 她摇了摇头。“我根本没看见狼，”她说。 “连母亲也不知道。”“妈妈不在家，”阿比说。 “她可能是去找吃的了。” 沃利斯看着阿比。“亲爱的，你到底看到了什么?”阿比眼里含着泪水。 “一个男人和一个女人把小狗放进笼子里!”沃利斯给了阿比一个拥抱。 “我们进去报警吧，”她说。

The four kids followed Wallis into the kitchen. The table was set with bread, sliced meats, cheese, and a big green salad. Wallis walked to the wall phone, where she had taped a list of emergency numbers. She dialed and waited. "Hello, police department?" she said. "This is Wallis Wallace, on Seal Harbor. My daughter, Abbi, just witnessed three baby wolves being stolen! No, she saw it through her telescope from our cabin." Wallis paused, said, "Thank you," then hung up. "The police are sending a game warden out to talk to you," she told Abbi. "When?" Abbi asked. "They have to catch them fast! Those babies need their mother to feed them!" "The officer I spoke with said the game warden would come right away," Wallis said. "So let's all have some lunch while we wait." They were halfway through their sandwiches when they heard a jeep pull up next to Wallis's van. A woman wearing a brown uniform stepped out. She had a badge that said GAME WARDEN over her shirt pocket.

四个孩子跟着沃利斯进了厨房。 桌子上摆着面包、肉片、奶酪和一大份蔬菜沙拉。 沃利斯走到墙上的电话前，她在那里录了一串紧急电话号码。 她拨通了电话，等待着。“喂，警察局吗?”她说。 我是海豹港的沃利斯·华莱士。 我的女儿阿比刚刚目睹了三只小狼被偷!不，她是从我们的船舱里用望远镜看到的。” 沃利斯停顿了一下，说了声“谢谢”，然后挂断了电话。 她告诉阿比:“警察派了一个狩猎管理员来找你。” “什么时候?”艾比问道。“他们必须尽快抓住他们!”那些孩子需要妈妈来喂养他们!”沃利斯说:“与我交谈的官员说，狩猎管理员马上就会来。” “那我们等的时候一起吃午饭吧。” 他们正吃着三明治，突然听到一辆吉普车停在沃利斯的货车旁边。 一个穿棕色制服的女人走了出来。 她的衬衫口袋上有一个徽章，上面写着狩猎管理员。

The woman was holding a small tape recorder. "Please come in," Wallis said. When they were all seated, the woman smiled at the kids. "I'm Nadine Banks. Which one of you is Abbi?" she asked. "I am," Abbi said. "Do you mind if I tape this interview?" Nadine asked. "Please tell me exactly what you saw through your telescope." Abbi told Nadine how she had been watching the wolves ever since she discovered them a couple of weeks ago. "It was just the mom at first," Abbi said. "Then one day, I saw the babies come out of the lair. It was so exciting!" "I'll bet it was," Nadine said. "I knew about the white wolf, but I didn't know she'd had puppies. Go on, Abbi." "Then today, I was watching while my mom made lunch," Abbi said. "The mother wolf was gone for a while, and the babies were sleeping in the sun. Suddenly a man and woman grabbed the babies and stuck them in a cage!" "Can you describe the man and woman?" Nadine asked.

那个女人拿着一台小录音机。 “请进，”沃利斯说。 当他们都坐下后，那位妇女对孩子们笑了笑。 “我是纳丁·班克斯。你们谁是阿比?”她问。 “是的，”阿比说。“你介意我把这次采访录下来吗?”Nadine问道。 “请告诉我你通过望远镜看到了什么。” 阿比告诉纳丁，自从几个星期前发现狼群以来，她就一直在观察它们。 “一开始只有妈妈，”阿比说。 “然后有一天，我看到孩子们从巢穴里出来。 太令人兴奋了!”“我敢打赌，”纳丁说。 “我知道那只白狼，但我不知道她有小狗。 接着说，阿比。”“然后今天，我看着妈妈做午饭，”阿比说。 狼妈妈走了一会儿，小狼崽们在太阳下睡觉。 突然，一个男人和一个女人抓住了婴儿，把他们关在笼子里!”“你能描述一下那个男人和女人吗?”Nadine问道。

"They were only there a couple of minutes," Abbi said. "They both wore T-shirts and shorts and baseball caps. But she had a long blond ponytail. It stuck out the back of her cap." "Good. Did you notice anything else?" Nadine asked. "No. After they put the puppies in the cage, the people left," Abbi said. "My telescope was trained just on the lair, so I couldn't see where they came from or where they went." Nadine shut off her tape recorder. "Taking animals out of Acadia National Park is illegal," she said. "I don't know if we'll catch these two, but we'll try. Thank you for reporting what you saw, Abbi." Nadine left, promising to be back in touch if she learned anything. "I wish we could do something!" Abbi said as the jeep pulled away. "Could Walker look for the thieves from his plane?" Ruth Rose asked. "What a great idea!" Wallis said. She picked up the kitchen phone again. Wallis dialed, listened, then said, "Walker, this is Sis. Call home as soon as you get this message.

“他们只在那里待了几分钟，”阿比说。 他们都穿着t恤和短裤，戴着棒球帽。 但她有一个长长的金色马尾。 它从她的帽子后面伸出来了。” “很好。你还注意到别的什么吗?”Nadine问道。 “没有。他们把小狗放进笼子后，人们就离开了。” “我的望远镜只对准了巢穴，所以我看不到它们从哪里来，也看不到它们去了哪里。” 纳丁关掉了录音机。 “把动物带出阿卡迪亚国家公园是非法的，”她说。 “我不知道我们能否抓住这两个人，但我们会努力的。 谢谢你报告你所看到的，阿比。” 纳丁走了，答应她一有消息就再联系。 “我希望我们能做点什么!”阿比说，吉普车开走了。 “沃克能从他的飞机上找到窃贼吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “好主意!”沃利斯说。 她又拿起厨房的电话。 沃利斯拨了电话，听了听，然后说:“沃克，我是姐姐。 收到留言后立即给家里打电话。

Abbi was at her telescope, and she saw a man and woman steal those baby wolves! Both in shorts and caps. The woman had blond hair." Wallis hung up the phone. "I got his voice mail," she said. "Don't worry, honey, your uncle is always good about checking his voice messages." Abbi backed away from the table and wheeled herself out to the deck. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose helped Wallis clear the table, then walked out themselves. They found Abbi peering through the telescope. "I saw the mother come back," Abbi said. "She sniffed the ground, then went into her lair." "Maybe we should go out there and investigate," Ruth Rose said, looking toward the woods. "Out where?" Josh asked. "To the wolf's lair," Ruth Rose answered. "We might find some clues." "Would you?" Abbi asked. Josh froze. "Um, what if the mother wolf thinks we took her babies?" he said. "Wolves are afraid of humans," Abbi told Josh. "If she sees you coming, she'll hide until you leave."

阿比在她的望远镜前，她看到一男一女偷了那些小狼!都穿着短裤和帽子。 那个女人是金发。” 沃利斯挂了电话。“我收到了他的语音信箱，”她说。 “别担心，亲爱的，你叔叔总是会检查语音信息的。” 阿比从桌子旁退了下来，推着轮椅走到甲板上。 丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯帮沃利斯收拾了桌子，然后自己走了出去。 他们发现阿比正透过望远镜往外看。 “我看见他妈妈回来了，”阿比说。 “她嗅了嗅地面，然后走进了她的巢穴。” “也许我们应该出去调查一下，”露丝·罗斯望着树林说。 “在哪里?”杰克问。“去狼窝，”露丝·罗斯回答。 “我们可能会找到一些线索。” “你会吗?”艾比问道。Josh冻结。 “嗯，如果母狼认为我们带走了她的孩子怎么办?”他说。 “狼害怕人类，”阿比告诉乔希。 “如果她看到你来了，她会躲起来，直到你离开。”

"How do we get there?" Dink asked. Abbi pointed toward a slight clearing in the woods behind the cabin. "I think there's a sort of trail there," she said. "If you follow it uphill, it should go pretty close to where the wolves live." "But what if the trail stops or leads somewhere else?" Josh said. "We could get lost out there." Abbi made room for Josh at the telescope. "See that big dead tree behind the rocks?" she asked. "Yeah, I see it," said Josh. "If you get lost, just look up and find the tree," Abbi said. "Coming back, look for our flagpole." "I say let's do it," Ruth Rose said. She looked at Dink and Josh. Dink nodded. Josh gulped. "Okay, let's hit the trail!" he said.

“我们怎么去那儿?”丁克问道。 阿比指了指小屋后面树林里的一小块空地。 “我觉得这里有某种线索，”她说。 “如果你顺着它上山，应该会走到离狼群很近的地方。” “但如果线索停止了，或者指向别的地方呢?”杰克说。 “我们可能会在那里迷路。” 阿比在望远镜旁给乔什腾出了地方。 “看到岩石后面那棵大枯树了吗?”她问。 “是的，我看到了。”乔希说。 “如果你迷路了，只要抬头找那棵树，”阿比说。 “回来，找我们的旗杆。” “我说我们就这么做吧，”露丝·罗斯说。 她看着丁克和乔希。 丁克点点头。杰克一饮而尽。“好吧，我们上路吧!”他说。