Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX Surely, surely they couldn't be the biscuits that George had bought for Timmy the day before, and put in the outhouse? 'They are!' said George. Look- exactly the same kind. Who on earth would want to steal dog biscuits and bring them here -and oranges and grapes- and for goodness' sake, WHY?'

第六章肯定，肯定不会是乔治前一天给蒂米买的、放在外屋里的饼干吧？ “他们!乔治说。看，一模一样。 究竟是谁想偷狗饼干带到这里来——还有桔子和葡萄——看在上帝的份上，为什么？”

'Well, that settles it,' said Julian. 'You were right, George- someone is here. But how did they get here without a boat?' 'We'll soon find out!' said George grimly. We know he's a thief, anyway! Tim! Find him, find him, whoever he is! Smell him out, Tim!'

“好吧，这就解决了，”朱利安说。 “你说得对，乔治——有人在这儿。 但是他们没有船是怎么来的呢？“我们很快就会知道的！”乔治严肃地说。 反正我们知道他是个贼！蒂姆!找到他，找到他，不管他是谁！嗅一嗅他，蒂姆！”

Over the sand and on to the rocks went Timmy, right up to where the SEAWEED was piled in great masses by the wind and the waves. He stopped and began to sniff anxiously. 'He's lost the trail!' said George, disappointed. 'It's the smell of the SEAWEED that's put him off.'

蒂米越过沙滩，爬上岩石，一直爬到海草被风和海浪堆成一团的地方。 他停了下来，开始焦急地嗅着。 “他迷路了！”乔治失望地说。 “是海草的味道把他吓跑了。”

'Or else whoever was here came in a boat at high tide, which would bring it to the shore- and has sailed off again now the tide has gone out, said Julian, frowning. 'There wouldn't be any trail to smell, then.' 'Timmy- sniff round again,' said George. 'Go on- you may pick up some other trail.' Timmy obediently sniffed here and there, and occasionally gave a strange growl of anger. Why? George was puzzled. George wanted to go on hunting, but the others felt that it was no use. If Timmy had found the scent, and couldn't follow it, no one else would be able to! Anyway, probably the trespasser was far away by now, safely in his boat!

“要不就是这里的人在涨潮的时候坐船来的，这船会把它带到岸边——现在退潮了，他又起航了，”朱利安皱着眉头说。 “那就不会有什么气味了。“蒂米——再闻一闻，”乔治说。 “继续走吧——你也许能找到别的线索。”蒂米顺从地嗅了嗅这里那里，偶尔发出一声奇怪的愤怒的咆哮。 为什么?乔治很困惑。乔治想继续打猎，但其他人觉得没有用。 如果蒂米发现了气味，却无法追踪，那么其他人也无法追踪！不管怎么说，侵入者现在可能已经远在他乡，安全地在他的船上了！

They went back to where they had left their biscuits and bars of chocolate, Anne stopped suddenly and stared down in amazement. 'Look! Half the biscuits have gone- and two of the chocolate bars! Surely the jackdaws couldn't have taken them so quickly!'

他们回到放饼干和巧克力棒的地方，安妮突然停了下来，惊奇地盯着下面。 “看!一半的饼干不见了，还有两块巧克力棒！寒鸦肯定不会这么快就把他们抓走的！”