Chapter 6

Chapter 6 "Let's check it out," Dink said, moving toward the path. Josh and Ruth Rose followed him. The narrow track was steep, but rocks and roots provided footholds. "Stop!" Josh shouted after they'd gone down about fifty feet. "What?" asked Ruth Rose. She was directly behind Josh and nearly collided with his back. "Blueberries!" Josh said. The bushes on both sides of the trail were loaded with clusters of dark

“我们去看看。”丁克说着朝小路走去。 乔希和露丝·罗斯跟着他。 狭窄的小路很陡，但岩石和树根提供了立足点。 “住手!”他们下了大约50英尺后，乔希喊道。 “什么?”露丝·罗斯问。她就在乔希的后面，差点撞到他的后背。 “蓝莓!”杰克说。小路两旁的灌木丛里爬满了一簇簇的黑花

blue berries. Josh reached for a branch and began picking. "Eat some, guys," he told Dink and Ruth Rose. "They're excellent!" But Dink was looking at the ground under their feet. Dozens of blueberries had been crushed in the dirt. "These berries are fresh," Dink said. "Someone walked on them recently!" "Someone like the wolf kidnappers!" Ruth Rose said. "They must have carried the cage down this way!"

蓝色的浆果。乔希伸手拿起一根树枝，开始采摘。 “吃点吧，伙计们，”他对丁克和露丝·罗斯说。 “他们太棒了!”但是丁克看着他们脚下的土地。 几十个蓝莓被压碎在泥土里。 “这些浆果很新鲜，”丁克说。 “最近有人踩到它们了!”“像绑架狼人那样的人!”露丝·罗斯说。 “他们一定是从这边把笼子搬下来的!”

"Let's keep going," Dink said. Three minutes later, they were standing on a small beach. "A boat could land here," Dink said. Ruth Rose looked back up at the path they'd just come down. "It would be easy," she said. "Just drag your boat up here, carry the cage up that path, and steal the puppies." "Just about everybody out here must have a fishing boat or sailboat," Josh said. Dink sat on the sand and gazed out at the water. "I still don't understand why anyone would want those wolves," he said. Josh sat on one side of Dink, and Ruth Rose sat on the other. Josh's fingertips and lips were stained dark blue. "Are wolves valuable?" Ruth Rose asked. "I mean, can you get money for them?" Dink shrugged. "Maybe, but who would buy a baby wolf?" he asked. Josh glanced up at the darkening sky. "We'd better head back," he said. The kids climbed back up the trail to the clifftop. They looked around but didn't see the mother wolf again.

“让我们继续前进，”丁克说。 三分钟后，他们站在一个小海滩上。 “船可以在这里靠岸，”丁克说。 露丝·罗斯回头看了看他们刚刚走过的小路。 “这很容易，”她说。 “把你的船拖到这里来，把笼子搬到那条小路上，把小狗偷走。” “这里几乎每个人都有一艘渔船或帆船，”乔希说。 丁克坐在沙滩上，凝视着外面的水。 “我仍然不明白为什么有人想要那些狼，”他说。 乔希坐在丁克的一边，露丝·罗斯坐在另一边。 乔希的指尖和嘴唇都染成了深蓝色。 “狼有价值吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “我的意思是，你能为他们弄到钱吗?”丁克耸耸肩。 “也许吧，但谁会买小狼呢?”他问。 乔希抬头看了看逐渐变暗的天空。 “我们最好回去，”他说。 孩子们沿着小路爬回悬崖顶上。 他们环顾四周，但没有再看到母狼。

With dark clouds hiding the sun, the kids headed into the woods. They started walking downhill. "Is this the right way?" Josh asked after a few minutes. "All these trees look alike." Ruth Rose turned back around and squinted her eyes. "I can still see the dead tree," she said. She turned to face downhill. "So the flagpole should be down there somewhere." They looked, but their eyes couldn't penetrate the thick shrubbery. "We're lost," Josh said. "We'll be out here forever! I'll have to eat bark and twigs!" "Maybe you will," Ruth Rose said. "But not me!" She picked out a tall tree and started climbing nimbly up it.

乌云遮住了太阳，孩子们走进了树林。 他们开始往山下走。 “这条路对吗?”几分钟后，乔希问道。 “这些树看起来都很像。” 露丝·罗斯转过身来，眯起眼睛。 “我还能看到那棵死树，”她说。 她转身面对山下。 “所以旗杆应该在下面的某个地方。” 他们看了看，但他们的眼睛无法穿透茂密的灌木丛。 “我们迷路了，”乔希说。“我们将永远在这里!”我得吃树皮和树枝了!”“也许你会的，”露丝·罗斯说。 “但不是我!”她挑了一棵高大的树，开始敏捷地往上爬。

"Where are you going?" Josh asked. "To get a hamburger and a milkshake," Ruth Rose said over her shoulder. When all Dink and Josh could see were the bottoms of Ruth Rose's sneakers, she stopped climbing. "We're not lost! I can see Wallis's flagpole!" Ruth Rose yelled down. When Ruth Rose was back on the ground, she led them to the original trail. Ten minutes later, they all saw the back of Wallis's cabin. Raindrops splashed on the kids as they bounded up the cabin steps. They found Walker, Wallis, and

“你要去哪儿?”杰克问。 “去买一个汉堡包和一杯奶昔，”露丝·罗斯回过头说。 当丁克和乔希只能看到露丝·罗斯运动鞋的鞋底时，她停止了攀登。 “我们没有迷路!”我看见沃利斯的旗杆了!”露丝·罗斯大声喊道。 当露丝·罗斯回到地面上时，她把他们带到原来的小路上。 十分钟后，他们都看到了沃利斯小屋的后面。 孩子们跳上小木屋的台阶时，雨点溅在他们身上。 他们找到了沃克，沃利斯，还有

Abbi sitting at the kitchen table. "Hey, guys," Walker said. "Abbi told us you went to the scene of the crime." "Without telling us," Wallis added. "Sorry," Dink said. "But you weren't here and —" "It's okay this time," Wallis said. "Abbi explained why you left so suddenly." "Did you see the mother wolf?" Abbi asked. "Yes! She was standing on some rocks howling at us, then she took off!" Josh said. "I still have goose bumps!" The kids explained what else they'd seen. "We think the people Abbi saw carried the cage down to the ocean. There was a little path, and blueberries that were crushed by their feet. They must have had a boat waiting!" Ruth Rose said. "But any hiker could have crushed the berries," Wallis said. "It didn't have to be the wolfnappers." "How else would they get away from there with the wolves?" Abbi asked. "Are there roads up there for cars?" "No, but there are other trails that lead to roads," Wallis said.

阿比坐在厨房的桌子旁。 “嘿，伙计们，”沃克说。“阿比告诉我们你去过犯罪现场。” “没有告诉我们，”沃利斯补充道。 “对不起，”丁克说。“可是你当时不在这儿，而且——”“这次没事了，”沃利斯说。 “阿比解释了你为什么突然离开。” “你看到母狼了吗?”艾比问道。 “是啊!她站在岩石上冲我们吼叫，然后就跑了!”杰克说。 “我还是起鸡皮疙瘩!”孩子们解释了他们还看到了什么。 “我们认为阿比看到的人把笼子搬到了海里。 那里有一条小路，还有被他们踩碎的蓝莓。 他们一定有一条船在等着!”露丝·罗斯说。 沃利斯说:“但是任何一个徒步旅行者都有可能碾碎这些浆果。” “不一定非得是猎狼人。” “不然他们怎么能和狼群一起离开那里呢?”艾比问道。 “那里有汽车道路吗?”沃利斯说:“没有，但是有其他的小路通向大路。”