Chapter 12

Chapter 12 "What's Operation Game Thief?" Dink asked the next day. "It's an 800 number you can call in Maine to report poachers," Wallis explained. She brought more hot pancakes to the table. No one had gotten much sleep. After locking the trapdoor, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose had run back to wake up Wallis. She'd called 911 and reported poachers on her property. The police had come and arrested Rip. The officers gave Wallis the Operation Game Thief phone number.

第12章“什么是游戏盗贼行动?”丁克第二天问道。 沃利斯解释说:“在缅因州，你可以拨打800电话举报偷猎者。” 她把更多的热煎饼端上餐桌。 没有人睡得好。 锁好活板门后，丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯跑回去叫醒沃利斯。 她打了911报警说她家有偷猎者。 警察来了，逮捕了里普。 警察把偷游戏行动的电话号码给了沃利斯。

Wallis had then driven Walker's Jeep to his house and brought him back to the castle. "The Maine Fish and Game Department will have plenty of questions for Rip," Walker said. "Trading in endangered animals is a federal crime." "How did Rip get the parrots?" Josh asked. "He must have contacts in the countries where they were captured," Walker said. "The police will be checking his phone bills to see whom he called." "He probably used his own lobster boat," Wallis said, shaking her head. "No wonder it always looked so clean." "Why did he have your Jeep?" Josh asked. Walker speared another pancake. "Rip's car conked out a few days ago, so I let him borrow mine." "It was a perfect set-up," Wallis said. "Rip needed money, and he had contacts who would pay a lot for rare parrots." "I wonder if he sold any other animals," Josh said, "like monkeys or snakes." "We may find out yet," Walker said. He winked at Josh. "What made you decide to shut the

沃利斯随后把沃克的吉普车开到他家，把他带回了城堡。 “缅因州渔猎部门会有很多问题要问里普，”沃克说。 “买卖濒危动物是联邦犯罪。” “里普是怎么得到鹦鹉的?”杰克问。 沃克说:“他肯定在他们被捕的国家有联系。” “警察会查他的电话账单，看看他打给了谁。” “他可能用了自己的龙虾船，”沃利斯摇着头说。 “难怪它看起来总是那么干净。” “他为什么开你的吉普车?”杰克问。 沃克又戳了一个煎饼。 “里普的车几天前坏了，所以我把我的借给他了。” “这是一个完美的安排，”沃利斯说。 “里普需要钱，他有熟人愿意出高价买稀有的鹦鹉。” “我想知道他是否卖过其他动物，”乔希说，“比如猴子或蛇。” “我们可能会找到答案，”沃克说。 他朝乔希眨了眨眼睛。“是什么让你决定关闭。

trapdoor on Rip?" "I got mad!" Josh said. "I wanted him to see how it felt to be in a cage." "So that green feather on Josh's sneaker came from Rip, right?" Dink asked. Walker nodded. "He probably brought it into the Jeep on his foot. And the one you found on my boat got there the same way." Josh blushed. "For a while we thought you were the poacher," he told Walker. "Well, I never did!" Ruth Rose said. Walker grinned at Ruth Rose. "Thanks! What made you so sure?" "You're too busy," she answered. "And you wouldn't be mean to parrots. You threw those little crabs back in the water yesterday." "What will happen to the parrots?" Dink asked. "I assume they'll go back to where they came from," Walker said. "And Rip will most likely go to jail." "And thanks to you kids, I won't have to hear any more strange noises," Wallis said. She grinned shyly "But to tell the truth, I think I'll miss the ghost of Emory Scott. I kind of liked living in a haunted castle!"

里普的活板门?”“我气疯了!”杰克说。 “我想让他看看被关在笼子里是什么感觉。” “那么乔什球鞋上的绿色羽毛是里普给的，对吧?”丁克问道。 沃克点点头。“他可能是用脚把它带进吉普车的。 你在我船上找到的那只也是用同样的方法到达那里的。” Josh脸红了。“有一段时间我们以为你是偷猎者，”他告诉沃克。 “嗯，我从来没有!”露丝·罗斯说。 沃克朝露丝·罗斯咧嘴一笑。 “谢谢!你凭什么这么肯定?”“你太忙了，”她回答。 “你也不会对鹦鹉那么刻薄。 你昨天把那些小螃蟹扔回水里了。” “鹦鹉会怎么样?”丁克问道。 “我想他们会回到他们来的地方，”沃克说。 “而里普很可能会进监狱。” “多亏了你们这些孩子，我再也不用听到任何奇怪的声音了，”沃利斯说。 她害羞地笑了笑，“但说实话，我想我会想念埃默里·斯科特的鬼魂。 我有点喜欢住在闹鬼的城堡里!”

Just then a loud screech came from the mud room.

就在这时，从泥房里传来一声尖叫。