Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 "I hope we don't have to go far off the road," Abbi said. "My chair can't drive over anything too rough!" "Or too soft," Lydia said. "Remember when you tried to follow that seagull at the beach and got stuck in the sand?" "I didn't know the sand was that loose!" Abbi said, laughing. "Uncle Walker made the funniest noises trying to pull me out." "He squawked more than the seagulls did!" Lydia imitated the sound. Daniel nudged her shoulder, laughing. "Hey, he was doing his best!"

“我希望我们不用离开大路太远，”阿比说。 “我的椅子不能碾过太粗糙的东西！”“或者太软了，”丽迪雅说。 “还记得你在海滩上想跟着那只海鸥，却被困在沙子里吗？”“我不知道沙子这么松！”阿比笑着说。 “沃克叔叔想把我拉出来，发出了最滑稽的声音。” “他叫得比海鸥还响！”丽迪雅模仿着声音。 丹尼尔轻轻碰了碰她的肩膀，笑了起来。 “嘿，他已经尽力了！”

"I should have recorded him for my sound collection instead," Abbi said. They reached the edge of the woods. Soft grass turned into hard dirt and tree roots. "Don't worry," Lydia said, serious now. "We'll make sure you don't get stuck this time." The three friends made their way through the trees carefully. The ground was definitely bumpier here. Lydia and Daniel moved the bigger rocks and fallen branches that occasionally blocked Abbi's way. But mostly it was smooth sailing. Soon the trees opened up into a little clearing. "Look!" Lydia cried. She ran over to a pile of fabric and started rummaging through it. She held up an alpaca-size pirate hat.

阿比说：“我应该把他的声音录进我的声音集。” 他们到达了树林的边缘。 柔软的草变成了坚硬的泥土和树根。 “别担心，”丽迪雅说，现在严肃起来。 “我们会确保你这次不会被卡住的。” 三个朋友小心翼翼地穿过树林。 这里的地面肯定更颠簸。 莉迪亚和丹尼尔移开偶尔挡住阿比去路的大石块和掉落的树枝。 但总的来说，一切都很顺利。 不久，树林就长出了一小块空地。 “看!”丽迪雅哭了。她跑到一堆布料前，开始翻找起来。 她举起一顶羊驼大小的海盗帽。

"Think it would look good on Barkley?" she asked. He gave a sharp bark as if to say "Don't even think about it." "These are the costumes, all right," Daniel said. He fished a sparkly rainbow ribbon from

“你觉得巴克利穿会好看吗？”她问。 他尖锐地叫了一声，好像在说：“想都别想。” “这些是服装，好吧，”丹尼尔说。 他从水中钓出一条闪闪发光的彩虹缎带

the pile. Abbi held up her wrist expectantly and smiled as he tied the ribbon on to her. "So what do we know?" Abbi asked. "Someone used lettuce to lead away all the alpacas—" "Except Alpaca in Wonderland!" Lydia clarified. "All the alpacas except him," Abbi confirmed. "They probably loaded them up in some sort of truck and drove a little ways down the road." "Then they must have taken off all the costumes and left them here," Daniel said. He gestured to the oversized baby bonnet his sister

桩。阿比满怀期待地举起她的手腕，微笑着把丝带系在她身上。 “那我们知道什么？”艾比问道。 “有人用莴苣把所有的羊驼都引走了——”“除了仙境里的羊驼！”莉迪亚澄清。 “所有的羊驼，除了他。”阿比确认道。 “他们可能把它们装上某种卡车，沿着这条路开了一小段路。” “那么他们一定是脱下了所有的戏服，把它们留在这里了，”丹尼尔说。 他指了指姐姐那顶超大的婴儿帽

had tied on to her head. "You think the alpacas waited in the truck?" Abbi nodded. "There's no way the kidnappers would have made eleven alpacas trek through the woods. Why bother?" "Okaaaaay, so…what now?" Lydia asked. "Where would they go next?" Abbi bit her lip. The trail had gone cold.—

绑在她头上。“你觉得羊驼在卡车里等着吗？”艾比点了点头。 “绑架者不可能让十一头羊驼长途跋涉穿过树林。 何苦呢?”“好吧，那么……现在怎么办？”利迪娅问。 “他们接下来会去哪里？”阿比咬着嘴唇。 线索消失了

The walk out of the woods seemed even longer than before. Abbi couldn't shake the feeling of failure. Lydia looked as down as Abbi felt. "We did everything we could," Daniel said. "And hey! Maybe someone found them while we were gone!" Abbi tried to smile. "Maybe." They were nearly back to the road when Barkley jerked his head upward. His ears pricked up, too. "What's wrong, buddy?" Abbi asked. Just then, a loud, strange sound echoed through the woods. "What was that?" Lydia asked. Abbi cocked her head, listening intently. The sound came again. Loud, like a chimpanzee. But melodic, like a bird.

走出树林的路似乎比以前更长了。 阿比无法摆脱失败的感觉。 丽迪雅的神情和阿比一样低落。 “我们做了我们能做的一切，”丹尼尔说。 ”,嘿!也许我们不在的时候有人发现了它们！”阿比试图微笑。 “也许吧。”他们快回到路上时，巴克利猛地抬起头来。 他的耳朵也竖起来了。“怎么了，伙计？”艾比问道。 就在这时，一个响亮而奇怪的声音在树林里回荡。 “那是什么？”利迪娅问。 阿比歪着头，专心地听着。 声音又传来了。像黑猩猩一样大声。 但旋律优美，像一只小鸟。