Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Josh and Ruth Rose followed Dink through the living room to the porch. They sat on the front steps. "What's going on?" Josh asked. "I wasn't through with those cookies!"

乔希和露丝·罗斯跟着丁克穿过客厅来到门廊。 他们坐在前面的台阶上。 “发生什么事了?”杰克问。 “我还没吃完那些饼干呢!”

"Remember the guy I told you about at the airport yesterday?" Dink asked. "Talking on the phone?" Ruth Rose grinned. "Yeah, the cook you thought was planning a robbery." Dink turned around and looked through the screen door. "I think it was Spike!" Josh and Ruth Rose just stared at Dink. Finally, Josh said, "What are you talking about, Dinkus?" "I recognized his voice!" Dink said. "The guy at the airport said the same thing, that some old cookies were loaded." Josh shook his head. "So?" "Don't you see?" Dink said. "Maybe he meant Gram Hathaway's friends are loaded—loaded with money!" Suddenly, the door opened, and Gram's friends began coming out. They all seemed excited about investing with Spike and Chip. Then Spike and Chip came out carrying the box of gold. Gram Hathaway followed them onto the porch. "Thanks for calling us a cab, Mrs. Hathaway" Spike said. "Do you really think your friends will

“还记得我昨天在机场跟你说的那个人吗?”丁克问道。 “打电话?”露丝·罗斯咧嘴一笑。 “对，就是那个你以为在策划抢劫的厨师。” 丁克转过身，透过纱门往外看。 “我想是斯派克!”乔希和露丝·罗斯只是盯着丁克。 最后，乔希说:“你在说什么，丁库斯?”“我听出了他的声音!”丁克说。 “机场的那个人也说了同样的话，说一些旧饼干装上了。” 乔希摇了摇头。“所以?”“你还不明白吗?”丁克说。 “也许他的意思是格兰·海瑟薇的朋友们都很有钱!”突然，门开了，奶奶的朋友们开始走出来。 对于投资Spike and Chip，他们似乎都很兴奋。 然后斯派克和奇普拿着那箱金子出来了。 格兰姆·海瑟薇跟着他们来到门廊上。 “谢谢你给我们叫了一辆出租车，海瑟薇夫人。”斯派克说。 “你真的认为你的朋友会吗?

help us out?" Gram Hathaway smiled. "I wouldn't be a bit surprised. I'm going to talk to my banker on Monday morning!" A yellow cab pulled up, and Spike and Chip climbed in with the box. They waved out the window as the cab sped away. "Wasn't that fun!" Ruth Rose's grandmother said. She stepped back into the house. "There are plenty of goodies left if anyone is hungry!" she called through the screen door. "Thanks, Gram!" Ruth Rose said. "She's pretty excited," she added after her grandmother had gone inside. "I would be, too, if I was gonna get rich," Josh said. Dink stood up. "Well, I don't think she's gonna get rich," he said. "I think she's gonna get robbed!" "ROBBED!" Ruth Rose yelled. "Yeah," Dink said. "Spike and Chip could just take off with your grandmother's money." "But what about all that gold they just showed us?" Josh asked.

帮帮我们?”格兰·海瑟薇笑了。 “我一点也不惊讶。 星期一早上我要和我的银行家谈谈!”一辆黄色出租车停了下来，斯派克和奇普带着箱子爬了进去。 出租车疾驰而去时，他们向窗外挥手。 “那不是很有趣吗?”露丝·罗斯的祖母说。 她走回屋里。 “如果有人饿了，还有很多好吃的!”她隔着纱门喊道。 “谢谢,克!”露丝·罗斯说。 “她非常兴奋，”她在祖母进去后补充道。 “如果我要发财的话，我也会的，”乔希说。 丁克站了起来。“嗯，我不认为她会变得富有，”他说。 “我觉得她要被抢了!”“抢劫!”露丝·罗斯喊道。 “是的，”丁克说。“斯派克和奇普可以带着你祖母的钱跑掉。” “但是他们刚才给我们看的那些金子呢?”杰克问。

Dink shook his head. "I don't know about that, but I do know what I heard." "You know what you thought you heard," Josh said. "Besides, you don't know it was Spike. You never saw the guy on the phone." "But I did see his feet!" Dink said. He told Josh and Ruth Rose about the tattoo he'd seen on the man's ankle. "It's a good thing I'm such an observant young man," Josh said. "I know how we can settle this whole thing." "How?" Ruth Rose asked. "By finding out if it really was Spike that Dink heard on the phone." Dink looked at him. "And how do we do that, oh observant one?" Josh grinned. "Easy. We get Spike to show us his tattoo!"

丁克摇了摇头。“我不知道，但我知道我听到了什么。” “你知道你以为自己听到了什么，”乔希说。 “再说，你也不知道是斯派克干的。 你从没见过电话里的那个人。” “但我确实看到了他的脚!”丁克说。 他告诉乔什和露丝罗斯他在那个男人脚踝上看到的纹身。 “我是一个善于观察的年轻人，这是件好事，”乔希说。 “我知道怎么解决这整件事了。” “如何?”露丝·罗斯问。"弄清楚丁克在电话里听到的是不是斯派克" 丁克看着他。“那我们该怎么做呢，敏锐的人?”杰克笑了。 “简单。我们让斯派克给我们看他的纹身!”