Chapter 5

Chapter 5 That evening, Dink ate dinner in front of the TV with his parents. His mother cut his meat for him and made his favorite cookies for dessert. His bandaged arm was resting on a pillow that he held on his lap. Dink's father winked at him. "Some kids will do anything to get out of their chores," he said.

第五章那天晚上，丁克和他的父母在电视机前吃晚饭。 妈妈给他切肉，做他最喜欢的饼干当甜点。 他包扎着的手臂搁在膝上的枕头上。 丁克的父亲对他眨了眨眼睛。 他说:“有些孩子会想尽一切办法摆脱家务。”

"Look, there's Penelope Gwinn!" Dink's mother said. She turned up the volume on the TV. A reporter was interviewing the singer about the theft of her diamond pendant. Dink could see the white PENGUIN trailer behind them. "It was a gift from someone special," PENGUIN said. "I'm shocked and angry that anyone would steal it." "I'm sure you must feel terrible," the reporter said. "But your fans feel awful, too. Will you give another concert tomorrow?" "No, I'm too upset," Penelope said. "I can't think of singing right now, even for my loyal fans. I'll make sure everyone gets a refund." The camera left Penelope's face. "Well, that's the story" the reporter said into the camera. "Someone wearing a penguin mask stole

“看，那是佩内洛普·格温!”丁克的妈妈说。 她把电视的音量调大了。 一位记者正在采访这位歌手关于她的钻石吊坠被盗的事。 丁克可以看到他们身后的白色企鹅拖车。 “这是一个特别的人送的礼物，”企鹅说。 “我很震惊，也很生气居然有人偷它。” “我相信你一定很难过，”记者说。 “但你的粉丝也感觉很糟糕。 明天你会再开一场音乐会吗?”“不，我太难过了，”佩内洛普说。 “我现在不想唱歌，即使是为我的忠实粉丝。 我保证每个人都能拿到退款。” 镜头离开了佩内洛普的脸。 “嗯，就是这样。”记者对着镜头说。 “有人戴着企鹅面具偷东西

Penelope Gwinn's priceless necklace while asking her for an autograph!" The phone rang. Dink's mother answered it, then handed the portable phone to Dink. "Hello?" he said. "Did you see that?" Ruth Rose asked. "The thief was one of her fans!" "I know," Dink said. "Pretty rotten." Dink stared ahead. He was trying to remember something when Ruth Rose said, "Dink, are you there?" "Yeah," he said. "Listen, come over tomorrow after I get back from the doctor's, okay?" Just as Dink hung up, the phone rang again. "Hello?" "I think it was that hot-dog guy!" Josh exclaimed. "He had an autograph book, remember?" "Lots of people there had autograph books," Dink said. Then he remembered something. "Josh? After we came out of the first-aid tent, the hot-dog cart was gone." "See, I told you!" Josh said. "That guy with the hairy fingers is the thief!"

佩内洛普·格温的无价项链，并向她索要签名!”电话响了。 丁克的妈妈接了电话，然后把手提电话递给了丁克。 “喂?”他说。“你看到了吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “小偷是她的粉丝之一!”“我知道，”丁克说。 “很烂。”丁克盯着前方。 他正在努力回忆什么，这时露丝·罗斯说:“丁克，你在吗?”“是的，”他说。 “听着，明天我从医生那里回来后你过来，好吗?”丁克刚挂断电话，电话又响了。 “喂?”“我想是那个卖热狗的家伙干的!”杰克喊道。 “他有一本签名簿，记得吗?”“那里很多人都有签名簿，”丁克说。 然后他想起了一件事。 “杰克?我们从急救帐篷出来后，热狗车就不见了。” “看，我告诉过你!”杰克说。 “那个手指长毛的家伙是小偷!”

"Maybe," Dink said. "Can you come over tomorrow so we can talk about it with Ruth Rose?" he asked. "What time is lunch?" Josh asked. Dink laughed and hung up. Dink's father shut off the TV and picked up a book. Seeing the book made Dink remember the yellow-haired woman who had been sitting in front of him during the concert. She had been holding an autograph book. And she seemed pretty mad at that cop for not letting her leave the park right after the theft. At ten o'clock the next morning, Dink and his mom drove to the family medicine clinic on Main Street. The receptionist brought them to Dr. Bryte's office. Dr. Bryte snapped on a pair of rubber gloves.

“也许吧，”丁克说。“你明天能过来吗?我们可以和露丝·罗斯谈谈这件事。” “午饭是什么时候?”杰克问。 丁克笑着挂了电话。丁克的父亲关掉电视，拿起一本书。 看到这本书，丁克想起了音乐会时坐在他前面的那个黄头发的女人。 她一直拿着一本签名簿。 她似乎很生气那个警察在盗窃之后不让她离开公园。 第二天早上十点钟，丁克和他妈妈开车去了主街的家庭医学诊所。 接待员把他们带到医生那里。 Bryte的办公室。布莱德医生戴上了一副橡胶手套。

Dink handed him the envelope containing the X-rays. "What's this?" Dr. Bryte asked, holding up the x'ed-out X-ray.

丁克把装着x光片的信封递给他。 “这是什么?”布莱特医生举起x光片问道。

"The other doctor took that one while I had the bandage on," Dink explained. "He said it was too blurry, so he did another one with my bandage off." Dink pointed to the envelope. Dr. Bryte slid the X-ray back into the envelope and pulled out the other one. He attached it to a light board and examined Dink's arm bones. "I see nothing in this X-ray except healthy bones," Dr. Bryte said. "I think you just suffered a minor sprain, Dink." Dr. Bryte unwrapped Dink's bandage and examined his arm. He cleaned the scrape and put on a sterile Band-Aid. "No sports for a few days, kiddo," he said. "And stay off carousels!"

丁克解释说:“另一位医生在我还缠着绷带的时候给我取了那个。” “他说这张照片太模糊了，所以他把我的绷带拿掉了，又拍了一张。” 丁克指着信封。 布莱德医生把x光片放回信封，拿出另一张。 他把它绑在一块光板上，检查了丁克的臂骨。 “在这张x光片上，除了健康的骨骼，我什么也没看到。” Bryte说。“我想你只是轻微扭伤了，丁克。” 布莱特医生解开丁克的绷带，检查他的手臂。 他清洗了擦伤，贴上了无菌创可贴。 “这几天不能运动，孩子，”他说。 “离旋转木马远点!”