Chapter 10

Chapter 10 The kids walked Officer Fallon back to the police station on West Green Street. "So are you going to arrest her?" Josh asked. "Arrest who, Josh?" "Grace Lockwood!" Josh said. Officer Fallon smiled and shook his head. "We don't have any proof that she's done anything wrong."

孩子们送法伦警官回到西格林街的警察局。 “那你要逮捕她吗?”杰克问。 “逮捕谁，乔希?”“恩典洛克伍德!”杰克说。 法伦警官微笑着摇了摇头。 “我们没有任何证据证明她做错了什么。”

Dink decided not to say anything about the GL initials on the band. Josh was already trying to throw Grace Lockwood in jail! "Don't worry Josh," Officer Fallon continued. "I'm sure we'll catch whoever's doing this." The kids watched him walk into the station. "Come on," Dink said. "Let's go to the petting zoo for a while." "Dink, don't you care about the falcons?" Josh asked. "Sure I care. But you heard Officer Fallon," Dink said, crossing West Green Street. "We don't have any proof that it was Grace Lockwood." Josh kicked at a stone. "Trust me, you guys. There's something weird about her!" Dink laughed. "Josh, you just think she's weird 'cause she caught you staring at her cheeseburger!" The kids cut around the library and entered the zoo. Llamas and baby deer nibbled pellets from kids' hands. A goose waddled along in front of six goslings. There were a few animals in cages, but most were loose. Several teenagers walked around selling animal food. They wore dark green shorts and shirts with

丁克决定对乐队上的GL首字母只字不提。 乔什已经想把格蕾丝·洛克伍德送进监狱了!“别担心，乔希，”法伦警官继续说。 “我肯定我们会抓到凶手的。” 孩子们看着他走进车站。 “来吧，”丁克说。“我们去宠物动物园玩一会儿吧。” “丁克，你不关心那些猎鹰吗?”杰克问。 “我当然在乎。但你听到了法伦警官的话，”丁克穿过西格林街时说道。 “我们没有任何证据证明那就是格蕾丝·洛克伍德。” 乔希踢了一块石头。“相信我，伙计们。 她有点奇怪!”丁克笑了。 “乔希，你觉得她很奇怪，因为她发现你盯着她的芝士汉堡看!”孩子们绕过图书馆进入了动物园。 大羊驼和小鹿啃食孩子们手中的颗粒。 一只鹅在六只小鹅前面摇摇摆摆地走着。 笼子里有几只动物，但大多数都是松散的。 几个十几岁的孩子走来走去卖动物食品。 他们穿着深绿色的短裤和衬衫

big round badges. The badges said GLPZ, for Green Lawn Petting Zoo. "Wait a sec, guys," Ruth Rose said. "I want to feed the fawn." Dink and Josh watched her hurry over to one of the teenagers. "Well, I still think Grace Lock-wood's the one," Josh insisted. "We should tell Curt about her." "Tell him what, that she gave you a dirty look?" Dink asked. "For one thing, I'm gonna tell him about the initials on that leg band," Josh said. "He might know what they mean." Ruth Rose came back with a small bag of pellets. "Want some?" she asked Dink and Josh. "Better not give any to Josh," Dink said. "He might eat 'em!" "Haw haw," Josh said, taking a few of the pellets from Ruth Rose's bag. They fed the deer and the llamas, then left the zoo. Josh called Curt Striker's office from the lobby of the Shangri-la Hotel. He hung up. "Not there." "Now what?" Ruth Rose said.

大大的圆形徽章。徽章上写着GLPZ，代表绿草坪宠物动物园。 “等一下，伙计们，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我想喂小鹿。” 丁克和乔希看着她匆匆走向一个青少年。 “嗯，我仍然认为格蕾丝·洛克伍德是我的真命天子，”乔希坚持说。 “我们应该把她的事告诉科特。” “告诉他什么，告诉他她瞪了你一眼吗?”丁克问道。 “首先，我要告诉他腿带上的首字母，”乔希说。 “他也许知道那是什么意思。” 露丝·罗斯带着一小袋药丸回来了。 “要来点吗?”她问丁克和乔希。 “最好不要给乔希，”丁克说。 “他可能会吃掉它们!”“唧唧。”乔希说着，从露丝·罗斯的包里拿出了几粒。 他们喂了鹿和美洲驼，然后离开了动物园。 乔什从香格里拉酒店的大厅给科特·斯特莱克的办公室打了电话。 他挂断了电话。“没有。”“现在什么?”露丝·罗斯说。

"Let's go to his cabin again," Josh said. "If he's not there, we can leave a note." "Saying what?" Dink asked. Josh dug a pencil out of his pocket. He got a piece of paper from Mr. Linkletter, the hotel clerk, and wrote on it. "This," he said, showing the paper to Dink and Ruth Rose. FOR CURT STRIKER: FLASH'S LEG BAND HAS GLKS 6.17 WRITTEN ON IT. I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE GL STANDS FOR. JASH PINTO Dink stared at Josh. "What do you think GL stands for?" he asked. Josh grinned. "Grace Lockwood!" "But what about the KS?" Ruth Rose asked. Josh shrugged. "That's what we'll ask Curt. Come on!"

“我们再去他的小屋吧。”乔希说。 “如果他不在，我们可以留张纸条。” “说什么?”丁克问道。 乔希从口袋里掏出一支铅笔。 他从旅馆职员林克莱特先生那里拿了一张纸，在上面写了几个字。 “这个，”他说着，把报纸拿给丁克和露丝·罗斯看。 闪电射手:闪电的腿带上写着GLKS 6.17。 我想我知道gl代表什么了。 杰什·平托·丁克盯着乔希。 “你认为GL代表什么?”他问道。 杰克笑了。“恩典洛克伍德!”“但是KS呢?”露丝·罗斯问。 杰克耸耸肩。“这就是我们要问柯特的问题。 来吧!”

The kids hiked up River Road to Bridge Lane. Halfway there, Ruth Rose suddenly stopped. "What's the matter?" Dink asked. She was staring into space. "Something's bugging me. It was something I saw at the DEP office, but I can't remember what!" "Maybe it was that stuffed owl," Josh said. He made big owl eyes at Ruth Rose. "No, I think it was something I saw on a desk." She stomped her foot in the dusty road. "Why can't I remember?" A few minutes later, they reached Curt's cabin. Josh walked up and knocked on the door. There was no answer. "Guess he's not home," Dink said. "Maybe he's in the backyard," Josh suggested. "Let's take a look." The backyard was empty except for a pile of firewood. Ruth Rose pointed to a dirt path that led into the woods. "Maybe this is how he got to the tree yesterday," she said. Suddenly, they heard a low whistle. "What's that?" Josh said.

孩子们沿着河路徒步到桥巷。 走到一半，露丝·罗斯突然停了下来。 “怎么啦?”丁克问道。 她凝视着天空。 “有什么事在困扰我。这是我在警察局办公室看到的东西，但我不记得是什么了!”“也许是那个猫头鹰标本吧，”乔希说。 他对露丝·罗斯瞪了大大的猫头鹰眼。 “不，我想是我在桌子上看到的东西。” 她在尘土飞扬的路上跺着脚。 “为什么我记不起来了?”几分钟后，他们来到科特的小屋。 乔希走上前，敲了敲门。 没有人回答。“我猜他不在家，”丁克说。 “也许他在后院。”乔希暗示道。 “让我们看看。”后院除了一堆柴火外空无一人。 露丝·罗斯指着一条通往树林的土路。 “也许他昨天就是这样走到那棵树上的，”她说。 突然，他们听到一声低沉的哨声。 “那是什么?”杰克说。

"Just someone calling his dog," Dink said. "Come on, let's get out of here. We're trespassing." The whistle sounded again. Josh started running up the path. "That's a falcon!" Dink and Ruth Rose followed Josh. They found him standing in front of a small shed. On one side, a window flap had been propped open. "Listen," Josh whispered. The kids heard tweeting sounds and more whistles coming from the shed. "There are falcons in there!" Josh said. He ran around the side and started tugging at a thick padlock on a door. "Stupid thing is locked!" Josh said. Ruth Rose went back to the window. "Boost me up, guys." Dink and Josh crisscrossed their arms. Ruth Rose climbed on and hoisted herself up. "There are about ten cages in there filled with falcons!" she said. Josh and Dink let her down. "I'm going inside," Josh said. "We're going with you!" Ruth Rose said.

“只是有人在叫他的狗，”丁克说。 “来吧，我们离开这里。 我们侵入。”汽笛又响了。 乔希开始沿着小路跑。 “那是一只猎鹰!”丁克和露丝·罗斯跟着乔希。 他们发现他站在一个小棚子前。 一边的窗扇被撑开了。 “听着，”乔希小声说。孩子们听到了小棚里传来的啾啾声和更多的哨声。 “那里有猎鹰!”杰克说。 他跑到旁边，开始拉门上的一把厚厚的挂锁。 “这该死的东西上锁了!”杰克说。 露丝·罗斯回到窗前。 “扶我一把，伙计们。”丁克和乔希交叉着手臂。 露丝·罗斯爬了上去，爬了上去。 “那里大约有十个笼子，里面都是猎鹰!”她说。 乔希和丁克让她失望了。 “我要进去了。”乔希说。 “我们和你一起去!”露丝·罗斯说。