Chapter 2

Chapter 2 "A ten-dollar bill!" Josh said, grabbing the bill and holding it up. "Wrong," Dink said, plucking it out of Josh's fingers. "Count the zeroes!"

第二章“一张十美元的钞票!”乔希说着，抓起钞票举了起来。 “错了，”丁克说着，把它从乔希的手指上拔了下来。 “数一数0 !”

Josh's mouth fell open. Ruth Rose's blue eyes got huge. Dink was holding a hundred-dollar bill! "A hundred bucks!" Josh squeaked. He reached for the bill, but Dink quickly handed the money to Ruth Rose. "She found it," he said. "But who lost it?" Ruth Rose asked, shoving the bill into a pocket. Dink pointed to the footprints in the sand. "Maybe he did." The kids stared at the footprints. "Maybe he lost more," Josh said. "Let's search!" The kids separated. With their eyes on the ground, they climbed over boulders and peeked under bushes. They found plenty of poison ivy, but no more hundred-dollar bills. "Hey, guys, look at this," Dink called from near the water's edge. Josh and Ruth Rose ran to where he was standing. Dink pointed to a long patch of sand that was perfectly smooth. It looked as if

乔希张大了嘴。露丝·罗斯的蓝眼睛变得很大。 丁克手里拿着一张一百美元的钞票!“一百美元!”Josh发出“吱吱”的响声。 他伸手去拿账单，但丁克很快把钱递给了露丝·罗斯。 “她找到了，”他说。“可是谁丢的呢?”露丝·罗斯问，把钞票塞进口袋。 丁克指着沙滩上的脚印。 “也许是吧。”孩子们盯着脚印看。 “也许他失去的更多，”乔希说。 “让我们搜索!”孩子们分开了。 他们的眼睛盯着地面，爬过巨石，在灌木丛中窥视。 他们发现了很多毒葛，但没有更多的百元大钞。 “嘿，伙计们，看这个。”丁克在水边附近喊道。 乔希和露丝·罗斯跑到他站着的地方。 丁克指着一片非常光滑的长沙地。 看起来好像

someone had scraped a board over the sand, flattening all the little bumps. "I'll bet somebody came out here with a rowboat," Ruth Rose said. "This must be where they dragged it up on the beach." "I wonder if the same person who brought the boat made those footprints," Dink said, pulling his T-shirt back on. "And dropped that hundred-dollar bill," said Josh. Ruth Rose patted her pocket. "I don't know, but we have to try to find him." "Why?" Josh said, grinning. "Think of what we could buy with that money. Split three ways, of course!" "Forget it, Josh," Ruth Rose said. "The money isn't ours. We have to return it." "To who?" "To whoever lost it," Dink said. "And how are we supposed to find the guy?" Josh asked. The kids sat in the sand and thought. "I know," Ruth Rose said. "We can go to Ron's Bait Shop. Maybe Mr. P knows who was out here."

有人在沙滩上刮了一块木板，压平了所有的小凸起。 “我敢打赌，有人划着小船来到这里，”露丝·罗斯说。 “这一定是他们把它拖到海滩上的地方。” “我想知道这些脚印是不是那个把船带来的人留下的，”丁克说着，把t恤穿上。 “然后掉了那张一百美元的钞票，”乔希说。 露丝·罗斯拍了拍自己的口袋。 “我不知道，但我们必须试着找到他。” “为什么?”乔希咧嘴笑着说。 “想想我们用这些钱能买些什么。 当然是分成三份了!”“算了吧，乔希，”露丝·罗斯说。 “钱不是我们的。我们必须归还它。” “谁?”“给丢了它的人，”丁克说。 “那我们怎么才能找到那个人呢?”杰克问。 孩子们坐在沙滩上思考。 “我知道，”露丝·罗斯说。“我们可以去罗恩的鱼饵店。 也许P先生知道谁来过这里。”

"Good idea," Dink said. "Boy," said Josh, getting to his feet. "You guys sure wanna get rid of that money fast." "How would you feel if you lost a hundred-dollar bill?" Ruth Rose asked Josh. He grinned. "Trust me, if I ever got one, I'd never lose it! Anyway let's eat the watermelon my mom packed. Those cookies made my mouth dry." They walked back to Josh's pack and slurped on sweet, juicy chunks of watermelon. They spit the seeds at each other as they packed up. Josh shrugged into his backpack. "Well, if we have to return the money, maybe we'll get our names in the paper," he said. He scratched his ankles. "Maybe we'll get a reward!" Ruth Rose giggled. "Josh, the only thing you're going to get is poison ivy!"

“好主意，”丁克说。“孩子。”乔希说着站了起来。 "你们肯定想尽快把钱花光" “如果你丢了一张一百美元的钞票，你会怎么想?”露丝·罗斯问乔希。 他咧嘴一笑。“相信我，如果我有一个，我绝对不会丢的!”不管怎样，我们吃我妈妈包的西瓜吧。 那些饼干让我口干舌燥。” 他们走回乔希的背包，吃着香甜多汁的西瓜块。 他们一边收拾行李，一边互相吐着种子。 乔希耸耸肩，背进背包。 “好吧，如果我们必须归还这笔钱，也许我们的名字会出现在报纸上，”他说。 他挠了挠脚踝。“也许我们会得到奖励!”露丝·罗斯咯咯地笑起来。 “乔希，你唯一能得到的就是毒葛!”