Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Dink stared at the spot where daylight had been. He could feel Ruth Rose and Josh come closer. "What if he doesn't let us out?" Ruth Rose asked. "Let's try to get that window flap open again," Dink said. Dink and Josh hoisted Ruth Rose up to the window. She shoved against the flap. "Forget it,"

第十一章丁克凝视着刚刚天亮的地方。 他能感觉到露丝·罗斯和乔希走近了。 “如果他不让我们出去怎么办?”露丝·罗斯问。 丁克说:“让我们试着把那扇窗户打开。” 丁克和乔希把露丝·罗斯抬到窗前。 她推着门板。 “算了,”

she said. "He must have locked it." They tried pushing against the door, but it too was solidly locked. "What're we gonna do, guys?" Josh asked. "No one even knows we're here!" Dink walked around the dim shed, feeling the walls for openings. In one corner, he stumbled over some rakes and shovels. "Guys, look!" Ruth Rose said suddenly. "Look at what?" Josh asked. "On the floor, by my foot," she said. Dink looked down and saw a round spot of white. "Sunlight!" Josh said. They looked up. There was a small hole in the roof. Dink ran to the corner and grabbed a shovel. "Maybe we can bust through!" he said. Josh took a rake. Together, they tried to poke at the small hole. "I can't reach!" Josh said. "Some of these cages are empty" Ruth Rose said. "Maybe you could stand on them!" Together, Josh and Dink dragged four cages over and made a platform. Standing on it, they

她说。“他一定把门锁上了。” 他们试着推门，但门也锁得严严实实。 “我们该怎么办，伙计们?”杰克问。 “甚至没有人知道我们在这里!”丁克在昏暗的棚子里走来走去，摸着墙壁寻找洞口。 在一个角落里，他被一些耙子和铲子绊倒了。 “伙计们,看!”露丝·罗斯突然说。 “看什么?”杰克问。 “在地板上，在我脚边，”她说。 丁克往下看，看见一个白色的圆点。 “阳光!”杰克说。他们抬起头来。 屋顶上有一个小洞。 丁克跑到角落抓起一把铲子。 “也许我们能闯过去!”他说。 乔希拿起耙子。他们一起试着戳那个小洞。 “我够不着!”杰克说。 “有些笼子是空的，”露丝·罗斯说。 “也许你可以站在上面!”乔什和丁克一起拖了四个笼子，搭建了一个平台。 站在上面，他们

found that they could easily reach the ceiling. They smashed at the hole. After a few minutes, it was the size of a soft-ball. Hunks of wood, shingle, and tar paper fell on their heads and shoulders. Dink stopped to wipe his eyes. "My arms are killing me," Josh said, sitting on the cages to rest. "At least now we can see better," Ruth Rose said. She walked around, looking at the caged falcons. "The cages all have labels," she said. "The first two initials are different, but the second two are always KS." "Guys, I found Flash," Dink said. He was looking at a cage holding three young falcons. The label on the cage door read GLKS-6- 17. "OH MY GOSH!" Ruth Rose yelled. "I just remembered what I couldn't remember!" "What?" Dink asked. "When we went to Curt's office, I saw a nameplate on his desk," she said. "His name is spelled with a K, not a C!" "I don't get it," Josh said.

发现他们可以轻易地到达天花板。 他们使劲砸那个洞。几分钟后，它变成了一个软球那么大。 大块的木头、瓦片和沥青纸落在他们的头上和肩膀上。 丁克停下来擦了擦眼睛。 “我的胳膊疼死了，”乔希说，坐在笼子上休息。 “至少现在我们看得更清楚了，”露丝·罗斯说。 她四处走动，看着笼子里的猎鹰。 “这些笼子都有标签，”她说。 “前两个名字的首字母不同，但后两个总是KS。” “伙计们，我找到了Flash，”丁克说。 他看着一个关着三只小猎鹰的笼子。 笼门上的标签写着GLKS-6- 17。 “我的天哪!”露丝·罗斯喊道。 “我刚记起了我记不住的东西!”“什么?”丁克问道。 “当我们去科特的办公室时，我看到他桌子上有一个铭牌，”她说。 “他的名字是K，不是C!”“我不明白，”乔希说。

"I do," Dink said. "The KS on Flash's leg band stands for Kurt Striker, right, Ruth Rose?" "Right! And I bet the GL stands for Green Lawn!" she said. "Now I get it," Josh said. "He labeled the falcons with the place he found them and his own initials." "We have to tell Officer Fallon," Ruth Rose said. "First we have to get out of here!" Josh grabbed his rake and climbed back on the stack of cages. With Dink and Josh both smashing at the roof, they made the hole larger. Sunlight poured in on their sweaty, dirty faces. Finally, the hole was wide enough to crawl through.

“是的，”丁克说。“闪电侠腿上的KS代表库尔特·斯特莱克，对吧，鲁斯·罗斯?”“正确!我打赌GL代表绿草坪!”她说。 “现在我明白了，”乔希说。 “他用找到猎鹰的地方和自己名字的首字母做了标记。” “我们必须告诉法伦警官，”露丝·罗斯说。 “首先我们得离开这里!”乔希抓起耙子，爬回那堆笼子上。 丁克和乔希都在砸屋顶，他们把洞弄得更大了。 阳光照在他们又湿又脏的脸上。 最后，洞宽到可以爬过去了。

"Pile up more cages!" Ruth Rose said. With two more cages on the stack, the kids could climb out onto the shed roof. They sat for a minute, breathing in the clean air and feeling the sun on their faces. "It was him the whole time," Josh said, sounding disappointed. "At least we found the falcons," said Dink. Josh walked to the edge of the roof and looked down. "The barrel's still there," he said. "Come on, we can climb down." As soon as they were on the ground, the kids ran toward Main Street and the police station.

“堆更多的笼子!”露丝·罗斯说。 堆栈上多了两个笼子，孩子们就可以爬到棚顶上去了。 他们坐了一会儿，呼吸着清新的空气，感受着阳光照在脸上的感觉。 “一直都是他。”乔希说，听起来很失望。 “至少我们找到了猎鹰，”丁克说。 乔希走到屋顶的边缘，往下看。 “桶还在那儿，”他说。 “来吧，我们可以爬下去。” 孩子们一落地，就朝大街和警察局跑去。