7 The trap is set

Chapter Seven THE TRAP IS SET Clinging tightly to her perch up in the tree, Leah watched through the warehouse window. The poachers were hard at work. Four of them were packing the stolen flytraps up into crates. The other two—the man and woman she'd seen the night before—were wheeling the crates out on a trolley and loading them into the cars and trucks.

利亚紧紧抓住树上的栖木，透过仓库的窗户往外看。 偷猎者正在努力工作。 其中四个人正在把偷来的捕蝇器装进板条箱。 另外两个人——她前一天晚上见过的一男一女——正用手推车把板条箱推出去，装进汽车和卡车里。

Leah noticed the window was slightly open. Maybe if she shuffled closer, she'd be able to hear the poachers talking. She made up her mind and edged farther along the branch. It gave a sinister creak… but it held. "What do you think you're doing?" came the woman's angry voice. "Having a party? These all need to be boxed up by tonight! Do you want to be the one who has to tell my buyer that half their plants are missing?"

莉娅注意到窗户微微开着。 也许如果她挪近一点，就能听到偷猎者的谈话。 她打定了主意，沿着树枝往前爬。 它发出一种不祥的吱吱声……但它顶住了。 “你以为你在干什么？”女人愤怒的声音传来。 “开派对？”这些东西今晚前必须装好！你想成为那个不得不告诉我的买家他们的植物少了一半的人吗？”

"We're working as fast as we can," complained a sweaty poacher. "And it's hot in here!" The woman grabbed a plant spray bottle and squirted the poacher in the face with it. "There! Better? Now quit your whining and get back to work."

“我们已经尽可能快了，”一个满头大汗的偷猎者抱怨道。 “而且这里很热！”这名女子抓起一个植物喷雾瓶，朝偷猎者的脸上喷了一下。 “有!更好吗?现在别抱怨了，回去工作吧。”

As the miserable poacher hurried to pack more plants, Leah turned to Gustavo in horror. "Did you hear that? They're planning to sell the plants tonight!" "That doesn't leave us with much time," Gustavo said. "What are we going to do?" Leah thought hard. Whenever the Secret Explorers went on a mission, the Beagle always made sure they had all the equipment they needed, even if they didn't always know it at first. So what did they have that she could use? Leah went down the list in her mind. They had the camping gear, which they'd put back inside the Beagle. Food—but they'd eaten that. Then there was the tablet. She'd tried to video the poachers with it, but without any luck. All she'd been able to record with it were some blurry images and bear noises…

当这个可怜的偷猎者匆忙地装上更多的植物时，利亚惊恐地转向古斯塔沃。 “你听到了吗？”他们打算今晚卖掉这些植物！”“我们没有多少时间了，”古斯塔沃说。 “我们该怎么办？”利亚苦思冥想。 每当秘密探险者执行任务时，小猎犬号总是确保他们有所需的所有设备，即使他们一开始并不总是知道。 那他们有什么她能用的？ 利亚在脑子里顺着名单往下想。 他们有露营装备，他们把它们放回了小猎犬号。 食物——但他们已经吃过了。 然后是平板电脑。 她试图用它来拍摄偷猎者，但没有成功。 她只能用它录下一些模糊的图像和熊的声音……

Just like that, an idea began to take shape in her mind. She thought of the Venus flytrap closing its spiky leaves shut over the bug. Maybe they needed to set a trap of their own! "Gustavo, I've got a plan," she said. "It's risky, but it might work! Listen. Here's what we do…" Leah and Gustavo sneaked back to the Beagle. They put a video call through to Luisa at the conservation center.

就这样，一个想法开始在她的脑海中形成。 她想到捕蝇草把它尖尖的叶子合在虫子身上。 也许他们需要自己设一个陷阱！“古斯塔沃，我有个计划，”她说。 “这很冒险，但可能会成功！”听。 我们这样做……”利亚和古斯塔沃偷偷地回到了小猎犬号。 他们给保护中心的路易莎打了个视频电话。

"We found the poachers," Leah said. "Sending you the location now. Can you notify the rangers and get here as quickly as you can? They're leaving any minute!" "Of course," Luisa said. Her eyes were wide with surprise. "But how are you going to keep the poachers there? They could drive off at any moment, and they're not going to sit and wait for us to arrive!" "Leave it to us," Leah said, and gave her a salute. Gustavo grabbed the tent ropes from the Beagle's cargo pod, while Leah took the tablet. Together they crept back to the warehouse. While Leah kept a wary eye out for the poachers, Gustavo hid the ropes under a bush. So far, so good. Now for the tricky part.

“我们找到了偷猎者，”利亚说。 “现在给你发送位置。 你能通知护林员尽快赶过来吗？ 他们马上就要走了！”“当然，”路易莎说。 她惊讶地睁大了眼睛。 “但是你要怎么把偷猎者留在那里呢？” 他们随时都可能开车走，他们不会坐着等我们来的！”“交给我们吧，”利亚说，向她行了个礼。 古斯塔沃从小猎犬号的货舱里抓起帐篷的绳子，莉亚拿着平板电脑。 他们一起爬回仓库。 利亚时刻警惕着偷猎者，古斯塔沃把绳子藏在灌木丛下。 到目前为止，一切顺利。现在是棘手的部分。