Chapter 4

Chapter 4 The kids examined the other two notes. They found pinholes through the letters O, F, and E. "H, D, J, O, F, and E all have holes through them," Dink said, writing the letters on a pad. "Maybe the letters spell a secret message," Ruth Rose said. "Let's try to make words out of them." She grabbed the pad. "I get hoe, Joe, doe, foe, and fed," she said after a minute. "How about of, Ed, oh, and he," Dink suggested. "Those words don't make any sense," Josh said. "Maybe each letter stands for a word. You know,

孩子们检查了另外两张纸条。 他们在字母O、F和E上发现了针孔。 “H、D、J、O、F和E都有洞，”丁克边说边在便笺簿上写下这些字母。 “也许这些字母拼出了一个秘密信息，”露丝·罗斯说。 “让我们试着把它们变成文字吧。” 她抓起笔记本。“我有锄头、乔、鹿、敌人和饲料，”她过了一会儿说。 “那个怎么样，艾德，哦，还有他，”丁克建议道。 “这些话没有任何意义，”乔希说。 “也许每个字母代表一个单词。 你知道的,

like SCUBA." Dink and Ruth Rose just stared at him. "You know, SCUBA? S, C, U, B, and A? The letters stand for 'self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.'" Dink grinned. "Josh, how come you look so dumb, but you're really so smart?" Josh grinned right back. "How come you look so dumb, and you really are?" "Guys, stop fooling around," Ruth Rose said. "Let's figure out what these letters mean." The kids spent ten minutes trying to make a message out of the letters J, H, D, O, F, and E. "I give up," Dink said finally. "Wait a minute," Josh said. "Maybe Mother's already shown us the secret words." He picked up one of the notes and peered at the pinholes. "Look," he said. "This hole is in the first E in envelope. Maybe it's the word envelope that's part of the code!"

喜欢潜水。”丁克和露丝·罗斯只是盯着他看。 “你知道吗，SCUBA?”S, C, U, B和A? 这些字母代表“自给式水下呼吸器”。’”丁克咧嘴一笑。 “乔希，为什么你看起来这么笨，其实你很聪明?”乔希也咧嘴一笑。 “你怎么看起来那么笨呢，而你真的很笨?”“伙计们，别胡闹了，”露丝·罗斯说。 “让我们弄清楚这些字母是什么意思。” 孩子们花了十分钟试着用字母J、H、D、O、F和E组成一条信息。 “我放弃了，”丁克最后说。 “等一下，”乔希说。 “也许妈妈已经把密语给我们看了。” 他拿起一张纸条，仔细看了看上面的针孔。 “看，”他说。“这个洞在第一个E信封里。 也许信封这个词就是密码的一部分!”

Dink and Ruth Rose arranged the four notes by date. Then they looked at the words next to the pinholes. Dink wrote down six words: Jenny, hid, den, on, fifth, envelope. Ruth Rose started to read them out loud, then suddenly grinned. "Listen, guys. 'Jenny hidden on fifth envelope."' "Awesome!" Josh said, giving Ruth Rose a big grin. "The one that came today is the fifth envelope," Dink said, holding it up. "But who—or what—is

丁克和露丝·罗斯按日期排列了四张音符。 然后他们看了看针孔旁边的字。 丁克写下了六个字:珍妮，藏，登，上，第五，信封。 露丝·罗斯开始大声朗读，然后突然咧嘴一笑。 “听着,伙计们。珍妮藏在第五个信封上。”“太棒了!”乔希说着，朝露丝·罗斯咧嘴一笑。 “今天收到的是第五个信封，”丁克说着把它举了起来。 “但是，是谁——或者是什么?

Jenny?" "The message says Jenny is on the envelope," Josh said. "But all I see are the stamps." "Don't forget the ink and glue," Dink said. "What about looking for the letters J, E, N, N, and Y in the addresses?" Ruth Rose suggested. "E, N, N, and Y are there," Josh said after a minute. "But there's no J." "That leaves the stamps," Dink said. The stamps were pictures of big yellow sunflowers. "I don't see any Jenny there." "Guys, look," Ruth Rose said. She grabbed the other envelopes. "The first four envelopes have just one stamp each. But the one that came today has three." "You're right," Dink said. "I wonder why." He rubbed his fingers across the three sunflower stamps. "I feel something under there!" he said. Dink held the envelope up to the window. "There's something dark under those stamps," he said. "I can see an outline!"

珍妮?”“信上说珍妮在信封上，”乔希说。 “但我看到的都是邮票。” “别忘了墨水和胶水，”丁克说。 “在地址里找字母J、E、N、N和Y怎么样?”露丝·罗斯建议道。 “E, N, N, Y在那儿。”乔希过了一会儿说。 “但是没有j。”“那就剩下邮票了，”丁克说。 这些邮票是大的黄色向日葵的图片。 “我没看到珍妮在那儿。” “伙计们，看，”露丝·罗斯说。 她抓起其他信封。 “前四个信封上各有一枚邮票。 但今天来的有三个。” “你说得对，”丁克说。 “我不知道为什么。”他用手指在三张向日葵邮票上摩擦。 “我觉得下面有东西!”他说。 丁克把信封举到窗前。 “这些邮票下面有一些黑暗的东西，”他说。 “我能看到一个轮廓!”