Chapter 7

Chapter 7 Josh scratched his knee, then his neck, then his left elbow. "Guess I'd better buy some calamine lotion," he said. "We're almost at the supermarket," Dink said. He glanced over his shoulder. "What're you looking at?" Ruth Rose asked. Dink shrugged. "Nothing, I guess. I just keep thinking about that creepy guy in the boat." "Do you think he recognized us?" Josh asked. "I mean, if we couldn't see his face, maybe he couldn't see ours."

乔希搔了搔膝盖，接着搔脖子，接着搔左肘。 “我想我最好买一些炉甘石洗剂，”他说。 “我们快到超市了，”丁克说。 他回头瞥了一眼。 “你在看什么?”露丝·罗斯问。 丁克耸耸肩。“没什么，我想。 我一直在想船上那个令人毛骨悚然的家伙。” “你觉得他认出我们了吗?”杰克问。 “我是说，如果我们看不见他的脸，也许他也看不见我们的脸。”

"I hope you're right," Dink said. "If the guy in the boat was the counterfeiter, he could be anyone, even someone we know!" "Oh, great, Dinkus," Josh said. "Now I'm going to have nightmares!" The kids walked into the supermarket and headed for the pharmacy. Mrs. Hernandez looked up and smiled. "Hi, kids, what do you need?" she asked. Josh scratched his knee. "Do you have any calamine lotion?" he asked. Mrs. Hernandez came out from behind her counter. She gave Josh a once-over. "That's poison ivy all right," she said. She took a pink bottle from a shelf and handed it to Josh. "That's my last bottle. Ron Pinkowski came in yesterday and bought up my other three."

“我希望你是对的，”丁克说。 “如果船上的人是造假者，他可能是任何人，甚至是我们认识的人!”“哦，太好了，Dinkus，”Josh说。 “现在我要做噩梦了!”孩子们走进超市，朝药房走去。 埃尔南德斯太太抬起头，笑了。 “嗨，孩子们，你们需要什么?”她问。 乔希挠了挠膝盖。“你有炉甘石洗剂吗?”他问。 埃尔南德斯太太从柜台后面走了出来。 她把乔希打量了一番。 “没错，那是毒葛，”她说。 她从架子上拿了一个粉红色的瓶子递给乔希。 “这是我最后一瓶了。罗恩·平考斯基昨天来了，把我另外三个都买走了。”

Josh paid Mrs. Hernandez and thanked her. Then the kids left the store. They sat on a bench while Josh dabbed calamine lotion on his itchy spots. "I wonder why Mr. P needs this stuff," Ruth Rose said. "Didn't he tell us he stays away from poison ivy?" "He wasn't scratching when we saw him yesterday," Dink said. Suddenly Josh jumped to his feet. "Oh, my gosh! It's him!" Dink looked around. "Who's him?" "Mr. Pinkowski!" Josh said. "He bought the calamine lotion because he's got poison ivy. And he's got poison ivy because he was on Squaw Island hiding his counterfeit money!" Dink shook his head. "If Mr. P has poison ivy, he could've gotten it anywhere." "Maybe he's hiding a printing press in one of his empty fish tanks!" Josh said. "Josh, what are you talking about?" Ruth Rose asked. "It's perfect!" Josh said. "He sells bait to fool people, but he's really getting rich making phony money!"

乔希付了钱并感谢了埃尔南德斯太太。 然后孩子们离开了商店。 他们坐在长凳上，乔希把炉甘石洗剂涂在他发痒的地方。 “我想知道P先生为什么需要这些东西，”露丝·罗斯说。 “他不是告诉我们他远离毒葛吗?”丁克说:“我们昨天看到它的时候，它没有抓挠。” 突然，乔希跳了起来。 “哦，我的天哪!这是他!”丁克环顾四周。 “他是谁?”“Pinkowski先生!”杰克说。 “他买了炉甘石洗剂，因为他有毒葛。 他长了毒葛，因为他在斯阔岛上藏了他的假币!”丁克摇了摇头。 “如果P先生有毒葛，他可以在任何地方染上。” “也许他把一台印刷机藏在他的空鱼缸里了!”杰克说。 “乔希，你在说什么?”露丝·罗斯问。 “太完美了!”杰克说。 “他卖诱饵骗别人，但他真的靠赚假钱发财了!”

"That's crazy," Dink said. "Just because Mr. P bought calamine lotion doesn't mean he's a counterfeiter." Josh screwed the bottle cap on and shoved the lotion into a pocket. "I'm not crazy!" he said. "He's tall, so he's probably got big feet, right?" Ruth Rose opened her mouth, but Josh cut her off. "And he lives right on the river," Josh went on. "He's got boats! He knows Squaw Island is the perfect place to stash money. It has to be him!" Dink looked at Ruth Rose. "What do you think?" he asked her. "It could have been Mr. Pinkowski in the boat," Ruth Rose said. "But he's our friend. I can't believe he's a counterfeiter!" "I can't either," Dink said. "Well, I can!" Josh said. He scratched his stomach. "Let's go back to the bait shop and see if he has poison ivy." "But how will we know?" Ruth Rose asked. Josh grinned. "He bought three bottles of calamine lotion," he reminded her. "He'll be pink!"

“这太疯狂了，”丁克说。 “P先生买了炉甘石洗剂，并不意味着他就是造假者。” 乔希拧上瓶盖，把乳液塞进口袋里。 “我没疯!”他说。“他很高，所以他的脚可能很大，对吧?”露丝·罗斯开口说话，但乔希打断了她的话。 “他就住在河边，”乔希接着说。 “他有船!”他知道斯阔岛是藏钱的好地方。 一定是他!”丁克看着露丝·罗斯。 “你觉得怎么样?”他问她。 “船上可能是平科夫斯基先生，”露丝·罗斯(Ruth Rose)说。 “但他是我们的朋友。我真不敢相信他是个伪造者!”“我也不能，”丁克说。 “嗯，我能!”杰克说。他挠了挠肚子。 “我们回到鱼饵店去，看看他有没有毒葛。” “可是我们怎么知道呢?”露丝·罗斯问。 杰克笑了。“他买了三瓶炉甘石洗剂，”他提醒她。 “他会是粉红色的!”

Dink laughed. "Okay, let's go back to the bait shop," he said. "You look for poison ivy. I want to see if Mr. P's feet are as big as those footprints!"

丁克笑了。“好吧，我们回鱼饵店去吧，”他说。 “你找毒葛。我想看看P先生的脚是不是和那些脚印一样大!”