Chapter 12

Chapter 12 An hour later, it was all over. Doc Henry, Grace Lockwood, and Officer Fallon sat with the kids in a booth at Ellie's Diner. "They caught Kurt Striker in Massachusetts," Officer Fallon said. "He's sitting in a jail in Springfield right now, waiting to be shipped back here." "So he took the falcons from the nest?" Josh asked.

一小时后，一切都结束了。 亨利医生、格蕾丝·洛克伍德和法伦警官和孩子们坐在埃莉餐厅的一个小隔间里。 “他们在马萨诸塞州抓住了库尔特·斯特莱克，”法伦说。 “他现在被关在斯普林菲尔德的监狱里，等着被运回来。” “所以他把猎鹰从巢里带走了?”杰克问。

"Not only that nest, Josh," Grace Lockwood said. "He took birds from nests in three other states that we know of." Doc Henry smiled. "I think we owe you kids an explanation," he said. "Grace isn't a vet. She's an undercover agent with the Department of Environmental Protection. She was assigned to Green Lawn for one reason: to keep an eye on our falcon population." Josh stared at Grace. "I knew there was something weird about you!" Everyone laughed. "Grace knew about the nest," Officer Fallon told Josh. "And she knew that you were out there a lot with your binoculars." "I watched you watching the falcons," Grace said. "At first I thought you had taken them." "You thought it was Josh?" Dink said. "He thought it was you!" "I know," Grace said, smiling at Josh. "You kept looking at me funny!" "Did you suspect Kurt Striker?" Ruth Rose asked. Grace shook her head. "Not a clue. We have you kids to thank for figuring that out."

“不只是那个巢，乔希，”格蕾丝·洛克伍德说。 “据我们所知，他从其他三个州的鸟巢里抓鸟。” 亨利医生笑了。“我想我们欠你们这些孩子一个解释，”他说。 “格蕾丝不是兽医。她是环境保护部的卧底特工。 她被派到绿草坪只有一个原因:监视我们的猎鹰数量。” 乔希盯着格蕾丝。“我就知道你有点奇怪!”每个人都笑了。 “格蕾丝知道巢穴的事，”法伦警官告诉乔希。 “她知道你经常带着望远镜出去。” “我看到你在看猎鹰，”格蕾丝说。 “起初我还以为是你拿的呢。” “你以为是乔希?”丁克说。 “他以为是你!”“我知道，”格蕾丝笑着对乔什说。 “你一直用奇怪的眼神看着我!”“你怀疑库尔特·斯特莱克吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 格蕾丝摇了摇头。“不知道。 我们要感谢你们这些孩子，是你们弄明白了这一点。”

"So what was he doing with the falcons?" Dink asked. "You kids were right about that one, too," Doc Henry said. "Striker had a little business going. He was taking young falcons and training them to race." "What will happen to them?" Dink asked. "We'd like to set them all free," Grace said. "But they've had a lot of human contact, so they probably wouldn't make it in the wild. Don't worry, there are plenty of wonderful zoos that keep animals happy and safe." "Maybe Flash could live in the Green Lawn Petting Zoo!" Josh said. "Now, there's a great idea!" Doc Henry said. "I'll talk to them about adopting all three from Flash's nest." "As for Kurt Striker, he'll spend some time in jail," Officer Fallon said. "He'll no doubt rat on a few of his cronies, and they'll join him." Ellie came over carrying a large tray. "Ice cream on the house!" she said. "I brought vanilla for every—" "But I always get pistachio!" Josh said. "You didn't let me finish, Josh," Ellie said.

“那他拿猎鹰干什么?”丁克问道。 “你们这些孩子在这一点上也说对了，”亨利医生说。 “斯特莱克有个小生意。 他带着年幼的猎鹰，训练它们比赛。” “他们会怎么样?”丁克问道。 “我们想让他们都自由，”格蕾丝说。 “但它们与人类有过很多接触，所以它们可能无法在野外生存。 别担心，有很多很棒的动物园可以让动物们快乐和安全。” “也许闪电侠可以住在绿草坪宠物动物园!”杰克说。 “现在，我有一个好主意!”亨利医生说。 “我会和他们谈谈，把这三个孩子都从闪电侠的窝里养出来。” “至于库尔特·斯特莱克，他将在监狱里呆上一段时间，”法伦说。 “毫无疑问，他会告发几个亲信，他们也会加入他的行列。” 埃莉端着一个大托盘走过来。 “冰淇淋免费!”她说。 “我每次都带了香草——”“可我总是带开心果!”杰克说。 “你没让我说完，乔希。”艾莉说。

"You'll have to excuse Josh," Ruth Rose said. "He gets cranky when he's hungry." "And he's always hungry!" Dink added. "As I was saying," Ellie went on, "vanilla for everyone except Joshua Pinto, the boy who saved our falcons!" She set a huge dish of pistachio ice cream in front of Josh. "And I want you to eat every bite," she said, smiling. "Don't worry about Josh," Dink said. "That'll be gone in a flash!"

“你得原谅乔希，”露丝·罗斯说。 “他饿了就会变得暴躁。” “而且他总是很饿!”丁克补充道。 “就像我说的，”艾莉接着说，“除了约书亚·平托，那个救了我们的猎鹰的男孩，所有人都要香草味的!”她在乔希面前放了一大盘开心果冰淇淋。 “我要你把每一口都吃掉，”她笑着说。 “别担心乔希，”丁克说。 “转眼就过去了!”