Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Dink jumped out of bed. He shook Josh by the shoulder. "Josh, get up! We're going back to the dock!" Josh opened one eye. "Time izzit?" he asked sleepily.

丁克跳下床。 他摇了摇乔希的肩膀。 “乔希，起来!”我们要回码头去!”乔希睁开一只眼睛。 “时间到了吗?”他睡眼惺忪地问。

Dink glanced at the clock next to his bed. "Almost eight. Hurry up!" Dink dressed in shorts and a T-shirt. He washed, brushed his hair, and grabbed the poster he'd drawn the night before. "Come on, Josh!" he said, hurrying downstairs. Ruth Rose was sitting at the table, spreading peanut butter on a bagel. "Gram's out for her morning swim," she said. She pushed the plate of bagels toward Dink. "Where's Josh?" Dink sat down and reached for the strawberry jam. "Still waking up," he said. Dink unrolled the poster as Josh stumbled into the kitchen. His red hair was sticking straight up, "This plan had better work," he said. "I was dreaming I was King Midas. Only everything I touched turned to chocolate!" Josh got a bagel and read Dink's poster through sleepy eyes. At the bottom Dink had drawn a man's arm with a tattoo of an owl.

丁克看了看床边的钟。 “几乎8。快点!”丁克穿着短裤和t恤。 他洗了澡，梳了头发，抓起前一天晚上画的海报。 “来吧，乔希!”他边说边匆匆下楼。 露丝·罗斯正坐在桌旁，把花生酱涂在百吉饼上。 “奶奶早上出去游泳了，”她说。 她把那盘百吉饼推给丁克。 “杰克在哪儿?”丁克坐下来，伸手去拿草莓酱。 “还在醒，”他说。 丁克打开海报，乔希跌跌撞撞地走进厨房。 他的红头发笔直地竖着，“这个计划最好能奏效，”他说。 “我梦见我是迈达斯国王。 只是我碰到的所有东西都变成了巧克力!”乔希拿了一个百吉饼，睡眼惺忪地读着丁克的海报。 在画的底部，丁克画了一个男人的手臂，上面有一只猫头鹰的纹身。

"What happens when a bunch of people with tattoos show up, and there's no contest?" Josh asked. Dink shrugged. "We have to find out if Spike has that tattoo on his ankle. Can you think of another way?" Josh just shrugged. "All right, then. Let's get going," Dink said. They each grabbed an apple and headed for the dock. Dink carried the poster and four thumbtacks. Even this early, people were strolling along the concrete pier. Dink tacked the poster to a light

“如果一群有纹身的人出现了，而且没有比赛，会发生什么?”杰克问。 丁克耸耸肩。“我们必须查明斯派克的脚踝上是否有那个纹身。 你能想到别的办法吗?”乔希只是耸耸肩。 “那好吧。我们走吧，”丁克说。 他们每人抓了一个苹果，朝码头走去。 丁克拿着海报和四个图钉。 即使这么早，人们还在沿着混凝土码头散步。 丁克把海报钉在灯上

pole. "Okay, now let's go find Spike and Chip," he said. They hurried to the dock. A few people were on their boats, drinking coffee and enjoying the morning sun. The Golden Goose was tied at its slip. Not a sound came from the boat. "Think they're still asleep?" Josh asked. Dink shrugged. "I don't hear any snoring." Ruth Rose peered through one of the round cabin windows. "Nobody's down there," she said. "Look, the door's open," Josh said. "They must be here." Dink stepped onto the boat deck and knocked on the wood. "Hello?" he called. "Anyone home?" Dink hopped back onto the dock. "Maybe they went out for breakfast," he said. "Let's wait." The kids sat in the sun. A pelican waddled along the dock, stopping at each of the boats. A woman tossed him some bread. Josh pulled his book out and began reading. "Listen to this," he said. "'No matter how long it has been on the bottom of the ocean, gold stays shiny. But silver requires several days in a special chemical solution before it looks shiny again.'"

杆。“好了，现在我们去找斯派克和奇普吧。”他说。 他们匆匆赶到码头。有几个人在他们的船上，喝着咖啡，享受着早晨的阳光。 金鹅被拴在它的鞋带上。 船上一点声音也没有。 “你觉得他们还在睡觉吗?”杰克问。 丁克耸耸肩。“我没听到鼾声。” 露丝·罗斯透过船舱的一扇圆窗向外张望。 “下面没人，”她说。 “看，门开着。”乔希说。 “他们一定在这儿。”丁克走上甲板，敲了敲木头。 “喂?”他喊道。“有人在家吗?”丁克跳回到码头上。 “也许他们出去吃早餐了，”他说。 “我们等待。”孩子们坐在阳光下。 一只鹈鹕摇摇摆摆地沿着码头走，停在每艘船旁边。 一个女人扔给他一些面包。 乔希拿出书，开始读起来。 “听着，”他说。 “不管在海底呆了多久，金子总是闪闪发光。 但银需要在一种特殊的化学溶液中浸泡几天才能再次发光。”

Josh looked up. "Yesterday, Spike told everyone they cleaned the gold and silver with vinegar!" The kids looked at each other. Dink got up and stepped aboard the Golden Goose. He walked around the deck, looking at everything and peeking into corners. He stopped near an oxygen tank propped against a bench, then came back to the dock. "That tank's empty," he told Josh and Ruth Rose. "How do you know?" Josh asked. "There's a round window with a dial," Dink said. "The little arrow is pointing to E." "So maybe they used up all the oxygen and haven't filled it up yet." "Maybe," Dink said. "But I don't see any other diving equipment." Ruth Rose stepped closer to the deck. "Maybe they keep it down below," she said. She looked at the guys. "I say we check it out." "Me too," Dink said. Josh glanced back toward the pier. "What if they come back and catch us snooping?" he said. "We'll tell them my grandmother sent us," Ruth Rose said. "I'll say she wants to ask them more

乔希抬起头来。“昨天，斯派克告诉大家，他们用醋清洗了金银!”孩子们面面相觑。 丁克站起身，登上了金鹅号。 他在甲板上走来走去，看了看所有的东西，还往角落里偷看。 他在靠在长凳上的氧气罐旁停了下来，然后回到了被告席。 “油箱空了，”他告诉乔希和露丝·罗斯。 “你怎么知道的?”杰克问。 “有一个带刻度盘的圆窗，”丁克说。 “小箭头指向e。” “所以也许他们用光了所有的氧气，还没有把它填满。” “也许吧，”丁克说。“但我没有看到任何其他潜水设备。” 露丝·罗斯走近甲板。 “也许他们把它藏在下面，”她说。 她看着那些家伙。“我说我们去看看。” “我也是，”丁克说。乔希回头朝码头瞥了一眼。 “如果他们回来发现我们在窥探呢?”他说。 “我们会告诉他们是我祖母派我们来的，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我会说她想问他们更多

questions." "I think they hang pirates," Josh said. "Josh, just looking on someone's boat doesn't make us pirates," Ruth Rose said. "If they're trying to cheat my grandmother, I'm gonna find out! Come on, we won't touch anything, we'll just look around." She hopped aboard the boat and scooted down the cabin stairs. Josh and Dink followed. The three stood in the middle of the small cabin. "What a smell!" Ruth Rose said. "They aren't very neat, are they?" Josh said. The beds were unmade, and the tiny kitchen was a jumble of dirty dishes and glasses. The small eating table was covered with sticky-looking stains. Dink glanced into a few dark corners. "I still don't see—" "Shh! I heard something!" Ruth Rose said. She pointed above their heads. Suddenly, they all heard footsteps. The kids looked at each other, wide-eyed.

的问题。”“我想他们会绞死海盗，”乔希说。 “乔希，仅仅看看别人的船并不能让我们成为海盗，”露丝·罗斯说。 “如果他们想欺骗我奶奶，我一定会发现的!”来吧，我们什么也不碰，我们只是四处看看。” 她跳上小船，飞快地跑下船舱的楼梯。 乔希和丁克紧随其后。三个人站在小木屋的中间。 “好难闻的味道!”露丝·罗斯说。 “它们不太整洁，是吗?”杰克说。 床没有整理，小小的厨房里堆满了脏盘子和玻璃杯。 小餐桌上布满了看起来黏糊糊的污渍。 丁克朝几个阴暗的角落瞥了一眼。 “我还是没看见——”“嘘!我听到了什么声音!”露丝·罗斯说。 她指着他们的头顶。 突然，他们都听到了脚步声。 孩子们面面相觑，睁大了眼睛。