Chapter 6

Chapter 6 "I think Josh is sick," Ruth Rose whispered to Dink. "I am not sick," Josh said. He took another bite of his tuna sandwich. The kids were eating lunch at Dink's picnic table. "Then why are you so quiet?" Ruth Rose asked. "You haven't insulted me all day!"

“我想约什病了，”露丝·罗斯低声对丁克说。 “我没病，”乔希说。 他又咬了一口金枪鱼三明治。 孩子们在丁克的野餐桌旁吃午饭。 “那你为什么这么安静?”露丝·罗斯问。 “你一整天都没侮辱我!”

Josh chewed his sandwich. "I'll insult you later," he said. "Right now I'm thinking about those missing falcons." He looked at his friends. "I think Grace Lockwood took them." "Grace Lockwood!" Dink said. "Why do you think it was her?" "You saw that magazine she was reading," Josh said. "It was all about falcons." Ruth Rose nodded. "She was acting a little strange at Doc Henry's." "Yeah, and remember how she looked at us at Ellie's," Josh said. "She was staring right at me." "Staring at you?" Dink said. "Josh, she stared at us because we were staring at her!" Josh snitched one of Ruth Rose's carrot sticks. "Let's go back to the vet's and talk to her," he said. "Maybe she'll say something that'll be a clue!" Dink got up to go. "Okay, but I think you're wrong, Josh. Just because Grace Lockwood reads magazines about falcons doesn't mean she goes around robbing nests."

乔希嚼着他的三明治。“我以后再侮辱你，”他说。 “现在我在想那些失踪的猎鹰。” 他看着他的朋友们。“我想是格蕾丝·洛克伍德拿的。” “恩典洛克伍德!”丁克说。 “你为什么认为是她?”“你看到她正在看的那本杂志了，”乔希说。 “都是关于猎鹰的。” 露丝·罗斯点点头。“她在亨利医生那儿表现得有点奇怪。” “是啊，还记得在艾莉家她是怎么看我们的吗?”乔希说。 “她一直盯着我看。” “盯着你看?”丁克说。 “乔希，她盯着我们是因为我们在盯着她!”乔什偷了一根露丝·罗斯的胡萝卜棒。 “让我们回到兽医那里和她谈谈，”他说。 “也许她会说些线索!”丁克起身要走。 “好吧，但我觉得你错了，乔希。 格蕾丝·洛克伍德读过关于猎鹰的杂志，但这并不意味着她就会到处抢劫巢穴。”

At the vet's, the kids peered through the window at Grace Lockwood. "Look!" Josh whispered. "She's wearing long leather gloves! Falconers wear gloves like that!" "So do firefighters," Dink said. They went inside. Grace Lockwood was holding a crow down on a table. The bird had plastic wrapped around its leg and neck. She looked up. "Yes?" she asked. "Um, we came to see how Flash is doing," Ruth Rose said. "What happened to the crow?" Grace shook her head. "Plastic six-pack holders!" The kids watched as Grace carefully snipped the plastic with scissors. The crow bit her gloves several times. Dink shuddered. That beak looked sharp! When the crow was untangled, Grace moved toward the rear of the building. "Will one of you get the door for me?" Dink opened the door and held it. Grace carried the crow through a small courtyard that was filled with cages and pens. She threw the black bird into the air. "And stay away from plastic!" she yelled. The crow

在兽医诊所，孩子们透过窗户凝视着格蕾丝·洛克伍德。 “看!”杰克小声说。“她戴着长皮手套!”驯鹰人也戴那样的手套!”“消防员也一样，”丁克说。 他们走了进去。格蕾丝·洛克伍德把一只乌鸦放在桌子上。 这只鸟的腿和脖子被塑料包裹着。 她抬起头来。“什么事?”她问。 “嗯，我们来看看Flash做得怎么样，”鲁斯·罗斯说。 “乌鸦怎么了?”格蕾丝摇了摇头。 “塑料的六块装支架!”孩子们看着格蕾丝小心翼翼地用剪刀剪塑料。 乌鸦咬了她好几次手套。 丁克战栗。那嘴看起来很锋利!当乌鸦被解开后，格蕾丝向大楼的后面走去。 “你们谁能帮我开门吗?”丁克打开门，扶着门。 格蕾丝带着乌鸦穿过一个满是笼子和围栏的小院子。 她把那只黑鸟抛向空中。 “离塑料远点!”她喊道。 乌鸦

disappeared into the trees. Dink looked around the yard. It was as big as a basketball court and surrounded by a tall wooden fence with a gate. Dink saw a sleeping skunk in one cage. Other cages held raccoons and rabbits. He saw a few snakes and a lot of birds. He even saw a baby fox! "I always thought vets just took care of cats and dogs," Josh said. "Some do," Grace said. "I happen to like wildlife." Josh looked at Dink and Ruth Rose and wiggled his eyebrows. "Where's Flash?" Josh asked, looking around at several other cages. "I put him over here," she said, walking toward a corner of the courtyard. "Doc likes to separate the newcomers from the other animals." Grace stopped in front of a cage covered by a small rug. "He may be sleeping," she said. She removed the rug. The bottom of the cage was covered with straw. Inside was a section of hollow log. "That's where he goes to hide from us," Grace said. She tapped lightly on the side of the cage.

消失在树林里。 丁克环顾了一下院子。 它有篮球场那么大，周围有高高的木栅栏和门。 丁克看到一个笼子里有一只熟睡的臭鼬。 其他的笼子里关着浣熊和兔子。 他看到了几条蛇和许多鸟。 他甚至看到了一只小狐狸!“我一直以为兽医只是照顾猫和狗，”乔希说。 “有些人会，”格蕾丝说。“我碰巧喜欢野生动物。” 乔希看着丁克和露丝·罗斯，扭动着眉毛。 “Flash在哪儿?”乔希问，看了看其他几个笼子。 “我把他放在这儿了，”她边说边朝院子的一个角落走去。 “医生喜欢把新来的人和其他动物分开。” 格蕾丝在一个盖着小地毯的笼子前停了下来。 “他可能在睡觉，”她说。 她移开地毯。笼子的底部盖着稻草。 里面是一段中空的原木。 “那是他躲我们的地方，”格蕾丝说。 她轻轻地拍了拍笼子的侧面。

"That's strange," she said, opening the cage door. She jiggled the log, then peered inside. "What's the matter?" Ruth Rose asked. "He's gone," Grace said.

“真奇怪，”她说着，打开笼子的门。 她摇了摇木头，然后往里面看。 “怎么啦?”露丝·罗斯问。 “他走了，”格蕾丝说。