Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Later in Dink's room, Ruth Rose laid the Green Lawn newspaper across Dink's desk. There was a large photograph of Penelope Gwinn and a drawing of her penguin necklace. Under the pictures, the caption read: "PENELOPE'S PENGUIN PENDANT PURLOINED!" "What's 'purloined'?" Josh asked. He was flopped on Dink's bed with Dink's guinea pig,

后来在丁克的房间里，露丝·罗斯把《绿草坪》报纸放在丁克的桌子上。 里面有一张佩内洛普·格温的大照片和她的企鹅项链的画。 照片下面写着:“佩内洛普的企鹅吊坠被盗!”“‘失窃’是什么?”杰克问。 他和丁克的豚鼠一起躺在丁克的床上，

Loretta, on his chest. "I don't know," Dink said, reaching for his dictionary. He flipped to the P section and ran his finger down the page. "Purloin means 'to steal,'" he said after a minute. "Duh," Josh said. "I could have figured that out!" "Then why didn't you?" Dink asked, grinning at Josh. "Listen to what Penelope told the reporter," Ruth Rose said, reading the paragraph under the pictures. I always sign autographs during my intermission. I was signing and thanking my fans when suddenly someone grabbed my necklace. It all happened so fast. Before I could react, the thief was running away. "We were almost witnesses!" Josh said. "Except that the necklace didn't get stolen until we were on the carousel," Dink reminded him. Josh aimed a crooked smile at Dink.

洛丽塔，在他胸前。“我不知道，”丁克说着，伸手去拿字典。 他翻到P部分，手指顺着这一页滑了下来。 “Purloin的意思是‘偷窃’，”他过了一会儿说。 “废话，”乔希说。“我本来可以想到的!”“那你为什么不呢?”丁克问，咧嘴对着乔希笑。 “听听佩内洛普对记者说了些什么，”露丝·罗斯一边说，一边读着图片下面的段落。 我总是在中场休息时签名。 我正在签名感谢我的粉丝，突然有人抢走了我的项链。 这一切发生得太快了。我还没来得及反应，小偷就跑掉了。 “我们差点成了目击者!”杰克说。 “除了那条项链直到我们上了旋转木马才被偷，”丁克提醒他。 乔希朝丁克弯着腰笑了笑。

"Actually, only two of us were on the carousel," he said. "You were falling off!" "I didn't do it on purpose, Josh," Dink said, rubbing his arm. Ruth Rose was still reading. "It says Penelope stood by the gate as each person left the park," she said. "But she didn't recognize the thief." "Maybe the guy split right away," Josh said. "He purloined the necklace, then boogied out of the park before they closed the gates." Dink told Ruth Rose about the missing hot-dog cart. "You mean it just disappeared?" asked Ruth Rose. Dink shrugged. "It was gone when we all left the first-aid tent," he said. "I was right!" Josh said. "Just think, the same fingers that served our hot dogs stole Penelope

“实际上，我们只有两个人在旋转木马上，”他说。 “你要掉下去了!”“我不是故意的，乔希。”丁克边说边揉着胳膊。 露丝·罗斯还在读书。 “上面说佩内洛普在每个人离开公园的时候都站在门口，”她说。 “但是她没有认出那个小偷。” “也许那家伙马上就离开了，”乔希说。 “他偷走了项链，然后在公园关门前溜之大吉了。” 丁克告诉了露丝·罗斯丢失热狗车的事。 “你是说它就这么消失了?”露丝·罗斯问。 丁克耸耸肩。“我们离开急救帐篷的时候，它就不见了，”他说。 “我是对的!”杰克说。“想想看，为我们提供热狗的手指偷走了佩内洛普

Gwinn's necklace!" "Might have," Dink said. "But do you guys remember that woman sitting in front of me during the concert?" Ruth Rose and Josh shook their heads. "Well, there was this woman with an autograph book," Dink said. "As soon as Penelope Gwinn announced the intermission, she ran up to the stage. Then when the cops were stopping everyone at the exit, she got all mad at them. Maybe she stole the diamond penguin!" "Penelope never said it was a man," Ruth Rose commented. She glanced back at the newspaper. "She just told the reporter someone stole her necklace." "So it could have been a man or a woman," Dink said. "Even a tall kid!" "Maybe Penelope Gwinn remembers something else about the thief today," Ruth Rose said. "She was so upset yesterday, she could have forgotten something important. Why don't we go talk to her?" "Just like that?" Josh said. "This big star isn't gonna talk to three kids, Ruth Rose."

Gwinn项链!”“也许吧，”丁克说。 “但你们还记得音乐会时坐在我前面的那个女人吗?”露丝·罗斯和乔希摇了摇头。 “嗯，有个女人拿着一本签名簿，”丁克说。 佩内洛普·格温一宣布中场休息，她就跑到舞台上。 当警察在出口处拦住所有人的时候，她对他们非常生气。 也许她偷了钻石企鹅!”“佩内洛普从没说过是个男人，”露丝·罗斯评论道。 她回头看了看报纸。 “她只是告诉记者有人偷了她的项链。” 丁克说:“所以可能是男人也可能是女人。” “即使是一个高个子的孩子!”“也许佩内洛普·格温今天还记得小偷的其他事情，”露丝·罗斯说。 “她昨天太沮丧了，可能忘记了什么重要的事情。 我们为什么不去和她谈谈呢?”“就这样吗?”杰克说。 “这个大明星不会和三个孩子说话，露丝·罗斯。”

Ruth Rose grabbed her newspaper. "Well, I think she will. Meet me at my house in five minutes!" "But I'm hungry!" Josh said. "Don't you people ever eat?" But Ruth Rose was already out the door. Dink took Loretta from Josh and put her back in her cage. "Come on downstairs," he said. "Mom made some peanut butter cookies last night." Josh jumped off the bed. "Finally someone thinks of me!" he said, following Dink out of the room. Dink found a note on the kitchen table: GONE WITH DAD. BE BACK LATER.—MOM. Dink turned the note over and wrote a message of his own: GONE WITH JOSH AND RUTH ROSE. BE BACK LATER.—DINK. He and Josh each ate two cookies with milk. Dink took the last two as they headed out the door. "Can I have one of those?" Josh asked. "Oink, oink," Dink said. "These are for Ruth Rose and Nate." They walked across the lawn to Ruth Rose's house. Dink rang the bell, and Ruth Rose's four-year-old brother, Nate, opened the door.

露丝·罗斯抓起报纸。 “嗯，我想她会的。五分钟后在我家见!”“可我饿了!”杰克说。 “你们这些人从来不吃饭吗?”但露丝·罗斯已经出门了。 丁克把洛丽塔从乔什身边带走，放回笼子里。 “下楼吧，”他说。 “妈妈昨晚做了一些花生酱饼干。” 乔希跳下床。“终于有人想起我了!”他跟着丁克走出了房间。 丁克在厨房的桌子上发现一张纸条:“随爸爸去”。 待会儿回来-妈妈。丁克把纸条翻过来，写下了他自己的一句话:与乔希和露丝·罗斯同行。 一会儿回来-丁克。他和乔希每人吃了两块加了牛奶的饼干。 丁克在他们出门的时候拿走了最后两个。 “我能吃一个吗?”杰克问。 “呼噜，呼噜，”丁克说。“这是给露丝·罗斯和内特的。” 他们穿过草坪来到露丝·罗斯的家。 丁克按了门铃，露丝·罗斯四岁的弟弟内特开了门。

"Hi, Nate," Dink said, and handed him a cookie. "Wow, thanks!" Nate said. He turned and raced away. A minute later, Ruth Rose showed up. She was holding the photograph of Penelope Gwinn with the singer's signature on the bottom. "When Penelope sees what I wrote on the back, she'll talk to us," Ruth Rose said. She flipped the picture over. Ruth Rose's note said:

“嗨，内特，”丁克说，递给他一块饼干。 “哇,谢谢!”内特说。他转身跑开了。 一分钟后，露丝·罗斯出现了。 她手里拿着佩内洛普·格温的照片，照片底部有这位歌手的签名。 “当佩内洛普看到我在背面写的东西时，她会告诉我们的，”露丝·罗斯说。 她把画翻过来。 露丝·罗斯的字条上写道: