Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Sammi said something to Mr. Baz, and the man nodded. He walked back into the bank, with Fin and the kids at his heels. Mr. Baz took them to the vault. The door was wide open. Inside they could see a hole in the vault floor. Chunks of stone and concrete lay next to the opening. Mr. Baz spoke excitedly to Sammi, then hurried away. The kids peered down inside the hole. "There's a tunnel down there!" Ruth Rose said. "The crooks dug their way in from outside somewhere." Dink looked around the empty vault. The only thing he saw was a wide wooden platform.

萨米对巴兹先生说了些什么，巴兹先生点了点头。 他走回银行，芬恩和孩子们跟在他后面。 巴兹先生带他们去了金库。 门大开着。在里面，他们可以看到金库地板上有一个洞。 洞口旁边躺着大块的石头和混凝土。 巴兹先生兴奋地对萨米说了几句，然后匆匆走开了。 孩子们往洞里看。 “下面有条隧道!”露丝·罗斯说。 “骗子们从外面某个地方挖了一条路进来。” 丁克环视了一下空空的金库。 他唯一看到的是一个宽阔的木平台。

"Where was the gold kept?" he asked. Sammi pointed to the pallet. "It was stacked there," he said glumly. "Fifty-two bars." Dink knew that much gold would be very heavy. He wondered how anyone could carry it away. Just then Sammi's father rushed into the bank vault, followed by a man and a woman wearing police uniforms. Mr. Baz stood beside them. It was cool in the vault, but Dink noticed that Mr. Baz was sweating. The king got on his knees to examine the hole, then stood up. "The tunnel was dug from the aquarium pit," he said. "Please check it, officers!" The king turned to Mr. Baz. "Let's go into your office, Lees," he said. "Fin, will you come, too, please? I'd like a witness to our conversation."

“金子放在哪里?”他问。 萨米指着托盘。 “它堆在那里，”他闷闷不乐地说。 “52酒吧。”丁克知道很多金子会很沉。 他不知道怎么有人能把它带走。 就在这时，萨米的父亲冲进了银行金库，后面跟着一男一女身穿警服。 巴兹先生站在他们旁边。 保险库里很凉爽，但丁克注意到巴兹先生在出汗。 国王跪下来检查这个洞，然后站了起来。 “这条隧道是从水族馆的坑里挖出来的，”他说。 “请检查一下，警官们!”国王转向巴兹先生。 “我们去你的办公室吧，李，”他说。 “芬，你也来好吗?” 我希望有人见证我们的谈话。”

After the three men left, Sammi leaned close to Dink. "Let's follow the cops!" he whispered. The four kids scooted out of the bank and walked to the edge of the construction site. Down

三个人走后，萨米靠向丁克。 “我们跟着警察吧!”他低声说。 四个孩子飞快地跑出银行，走到建筑工地的边缘。 下来

in the pit, the officers were already talking to Riko and two other workers. The kids moved closer so they could hear what was going on. They saw the policeman checking out the boulders lined up near the edge of the pit. He gave one of the boulders a tug. "Hey, these things are fake!" he shouted in English. "They hardly weigh anything!" To prove it, the man rolled the boulder out of line. It was as tall as him, but he moved it easily. "They're all artificial," Riko said. "They'll be used inside the aquarium when it's finished. Real boulders would be too heavy." "Let's move them," the policewoman said. Riko and his workers helped roll the boulders aside. It took only a few minutes to find the tunnel opening. The policeman crawled into the tunnel while everyone else watched. He backed out two minutes later. "There's food wrappers in the dirt," the officer reported. "I have a feeling someone spent a lot of time digging the tunnel." The other officer looked at Riko. "Can you explain how anyone could have dug that tunnel

在矿井里，警官们已经在和里科和另外两名工人交谈了。 孩子们凑得更近些，这样他们就能听到发生了什么。 他们看见警察在检查坑边排成一排的巨石。 他拉了一下其中的一块巨石。 “嘿，这些东西是假的!”他用英语喊道。 “它们几乎没有重量!”为了证明这一点，那个人把巨石滚出了线。 它和他一样高，但他很容易移动它。 “它们都是人造的，”Riko说。 “建成后，它们将在水族馆内使用。 真正的巨石太重了。” “我们把他们移走吧，”女警察说。 里科和他的工人们帮忙把巨石推到一边。 只花了几分钟就找到了隧道的洞口。 警察在大家的注视下爬进隧道。 两分钟后他退出了。 “泥土里有食品包装纸，”警官报告说。 “我有一种感觉，有人花了很多时间挖隧道。” 另一个军官看着瑞科。 “你能解释一下为什么有人会挖那条隧道吗?

without your knowledge?" she asked. Riko shook his head. "The tunnel was hidden behind the boulders. How was I supposed to know?" he asked. "But you're in charge here, right, sir?" the policewoman asked. "That's right," Riko said. "I'm the site foreman." The officer beckoned to her partner to join her. "We need you gentlemen to come with us while we sort this out," she said. One of the workmen started to pull away, but Riko stopped him. "Sure, we'll go with you," Riko said. He led them to a sloping part of the pit, where the heavy machinery was driven in and out. "Do you think Riko did it?" Ruth Rose asked Sammi when the officers and crew were gone. "I hope not," Sammi said. "He seems like such a nice guy." Josh peered inside the tunnel entrance. "It must have taken the crooks a while to dig this thing," he said. "Let's check it out," Dink said.

你不知道吗?”她问。 理子摇了摇头。“隧道隐藏在巨石后面。 我怎么会知道呢?”他问。 “但你是这里的负责人，对吗，先生?”女警察问道。 “没错，”丽子说。 “我是工地工头。”军官向她的同伴招手，叫他加入她的行列。 “我们需要你们两位先生和我们一起来解决这个问题，”她说。 一个工人想要离开，但理子阻止了他。 “当然，我们和你一起去。”丽子说。 他把他们带到一个倾斜的地方，重型机械在那里进进出出。 “你认为是力科干的吗?”露丝·罗斯问萨米，军官和船员什么时候离开。 “我希望不会，”萨米说。“他看起来是个很好的人。” 乔希往隧道入口里看了看。 他说:“那些骗子挖这个东西肯定花了不少时间。” “让我们检查一下，”丁克说。

The kids dropped to their knees and crawled into the tunnel. Dink went first, followed by Josh, then Ruth Rose. Sammi came last. The tunnel was about the length of two school buses, but too low to allow standing up. The dirt under their knees was mostly sand and pebbles. The kids could see with the help of dim light coming from both ends of the tunnel. They stopped in a spot that was wider than the rest of the passageway. Ten feet ahead, the tunnel sloped upward to the bank vault. "Look at all this junk," Josh said. He pointed to a pile of burger wrappers and soda cans. Dink kicked at the food debris. "I'd say he was in here a few days, at least." "Wait, what's that?" Josh said. He scooted forward and grabbed a paper that Dink's sneaker had revealed. "It's some kind of note," Dink said, looking over Josh's shoulder. "But it's written in Costran, Sammi." The kids hunched together while Sammi quickly read the note. "This is impossible," Sammi said after a minute.

孩子们双膝跪地，爬进隧道。 丁克先去，接着是乔希，然后是露丝·罗斯。 萨米最后一个。隧道大约有两辆校车那么长，但是太矮了，站不起来。 他们膝盖下的泥土大多是沙子和鹅卵石。 在隧道两端微弱的光线的帮助下，孩子们可以看到东西。 他们停在一个比其他通道都宽的地方。 在前方十英尺处，隧道向上倾斜，通向银行金库。 “看看这些垃圾，”乔希说。 他指着一堆汉堡包装纸和汽水罐。 丁克踢着食物残渣。 “我敢说他至少在这里待了几天。” “等等，那是什么?”杰克说。 他快步向前，抓起丁克的运动鞋露出来的一张纸。 “这是某种纸条，”丁克说，从乔希的肩膀上看过去。 “但这是用科斯特兰写的，萨米。” 孩子们凑在一起，萨米飞快地读着纸条。 “这是不可能的，”萨米过了一分钟说。