Chapter 3

Chapter 3 What is it?" asked Sugar, sitting behind her sister. "A polar bear? A lion? A shark?" Dirt and Sugar had a clear view from a tree limb about fifteen feet above the ground. "The box is in the shade, and whatever is inside the box, it's kind of grayish, so I can't make it out. But I don't think it's big enough to be a polar bear or a lion. And, well... I'm pretty sure we can rule out a shark in a box." "Sharks can be gray," said Sugar. "And we haven't observed long enough to rule anything out just yet. KEEP AN OPEN MIND!"

第三章怎么回事？”休格坐在姐姐身后问。 “北极熊？”一头狮子吗?鲨鱼?”泥土和糖站在离地面大约十五英尺高的树枝上，视线清晰。 “盒子在阴凉处，不管盒子里是什么，都是灰色的，所以我看不清。 但我认为它不够大，不足以成为北极熊或狮子。 ,嗯…我很确定我们可以排除盒子里的鲨鱼。” “鲨鱼可以是灰色的，”糖糖说。 “我们还没有观察到足够长的时间来排除任何可能性。 保持开放的心态！”

"I'm ruling out shark," said Dirt. "Suit yourself. What is the not-a-shark doing?" asked Sugar impatiently. "I can see a flash of white and what I think is a food bowl. I think it's chewing," said Dirt, her binoculars trained on the box. "Write that down," said Sugar. Dirt lowered her binoculars and picked up the observation log. A few seconds went by. "What's it doing now?" asked Sugar.

“我排除鲨鱼的可能性。”泥土说。 “随你便。这条非鲨鱼在干什么？”糖不耐烦地问。 “我看到一道白色的闪光，我想那是一个碗。 我想它在咀嚼。”Dirt说，她的双筒望远镜对准了盒子。 “记下来，”糖说。 污垢放下双筒望远镜，拿起观察日志。 几秒钟过去了。“它现在在干什么？”糖问道。

Dirt picked her binoculars back up. "Chewing," she said. "Write that down," said Sugar. Dirt lowered her binoculars and picked up the observation log. A few seconds went by. "What's it doing now?" asked Sugar. Dirt picked her binoculars back up. "Chewing," she repeated. "Write that down," said Sugar. "Sharks chew. Are you sure it's not a shark?" "Wouldn't it be easier if I just tell you what I see and you write it down in the log?" said Dirt. "No one said surveillance was easy, kid," answered Sugar. "If I do all the work, how will you learn anything?" Dirt shook her head and turned her attention back to the binoculars. "It stopped chewing," announced Dirt. "Write that down," said Sugar. "Every detail is important."

Dirt拾起了她的双筒望远镜。 “咀嚼，”她说。“记下来，”糖说。 污垢放下双筒望远镜，拿起观察日志。 几秒钟过去了。“它现在在干什么？”糖问道。 Dirt拾起了她的双筒望远镜。 “咀嚼。”她重复道。“记下来，”糖说。 “鲨鱼咀嚼。你确定那不是鲨鱼吗？”“我把我看到的告诉你，你把它记在日志上，不是更容易吗？”泥土说。 “没人说监视很容易，孩子，”休格回答。 “如果我做所有的工作，你怎么能学到东西？”泥土摇了摇头，把注意力转回到双筒望远镜上。 “它停止了咀嚼。”泥土宣布。 “记下来，”糖说。 “每个细节都很重要。”

Sugar and Dirt sat in silence for a minute. Then Sugar took out her own binoculars and focused on the box. "Time to call it a day, kid. Three minutes is up." "I'm still not sure three minutes is enough time to really observe something and gather information," said Dirt. Sugar turned around, her mouth full of marshmallows. "Forget the time!" she mumbled. "Let me see the log." She read Dirt's entries out loud: Watching the creature, Chewing, chewing, chewing, stop. I like carrots, too.

Sugar和Dirt沉默地坐了一会儿。 然后休格拿出她自己的双筒望远镜，盯着盒子看。 “是时候收工了，孩子。 三分钟到了。”“我仍然不确定三分钟的时间是否足够真正观察事物并收集信息，”Dirt说。 糖转过身来，嘴里塞满了棉花糖。 “忘了时间！”她咕哝着。 “让我看看原木。”她大声念着Dirt的条目：看着这个生物，咀嚼，咀嚼，咀嚼，停止。 我也喜欢胡萝卜。

Watching the creature, Hopping, hopping, hopping, stop. Are you dangerous? "I bring you to your first stakeout and you spend all your time writing poetry?" Sugar slammed the observation log closed. "It was an accident," said Dirt. "Poetry is never an accident, kid," replied Sugar. Dirt opened her beak to say something, and then she changed her mind. "I don't want to embarrass you in front of the squad," said Sugar, lowering her voice, "but I didn't see the hopping you claim to have seen in your log. You might want to take that part out before we report back to headquarters."

看着这个生物，跳，跳，跳，停。 你危险吗？“我带你去第一次监视，你却把所有的时间都花在写诗上？”休格砰地关上了观察日志。 “那是个意外。”泥土说。 “诗歌从来不是偶然的，孩子，”休格回答。 泥土张开嘴想说些什么，然后她改变了主意。 “我不想在小分队面前使你难堪，”休格压低声音说，“但是我没有看到你说在你的日志里看到的跳跃。 在我们向总部汇报之前，你最好把这部分去掉。”

"You may have been napping," said Dirt. "Happens on surveillance all the time, kid." Sugar chuckled. "Especially the long ones." Dirt stared at Sugar for a moment and then packed up her binoculars and observation log. She waited until her sister was out of earshot. "Three minutes," she muttered to herself. "Three minutes!"

“你可能是在打盹。”泥土说。 “监视里经常发生这种事，孩子。” 糖咯咯地笑了。“尤其是长一点的。” 污垢盯着糖看了一会儿，然后收拾好她的双筒望远镜和观察日志。 她一直等到妹妹走到听不见的地方。 “三分钟，”她喃喃自语。 “三分钟!”