Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 Lydia looked angry. "Are they trying to frame Ms. Margery?" She looked as if she might storm off. Abbi grabbed her friend's sleeve before she could take another step. "We don't even know if that's where they are! Let's just go have a look first." Lydia took a long, calming breath. "Fine. No jumping to conclusions. But if this is a frame job, I'll make sure those kidnappers regret it!" She held up her fists as if ready to fight.

丽迪雅看上去很生气。 “他们是想陷害奥巴马吗？” 玛杰里?”她看上去好像要愤然离去。 阿比抓住她朋友的袖子，她还没来得及再走一步。 “我们甚至不知道他们是不是在那里！”我们先去看看吧。” 莉迪亚深深地吸了一口气，平静下来。 “很好。不要妄下结论。 但如果这是陷害，我会让那些绑匪后悔的！”她举起拳头，好像准备打架似的。

Abbi and Daniel laughed. Lydia wouldn't hurt a fly. Literally! Whenever a fly got in the house, she would carefully catch it and let it go outside. "You look ridiculous," Abbi said, still giggling. "Come on, let's follow that peacock call before it stops singing!"

阿比和丹尼尔笑了。莉迪亚连一只苍蝇都不会伤害。 字面上!每当苍蝇进了屋子，她就小心翼翼地抓住它，然后放它出去。 “你看起来很可笑。”阿比说，还在咯咯地笑。 “来吧，在孔雀停止歌唱之前，我们跟着它叫吧！”

Meadows' Meadows was even closer than they'd thought. Within ten minutes, they had found the entrance. "It's been a while since we've been here," Lydia said. "Mom hasn't taken us to volunteer as much as usual." "Why not?" Abbi asked. Lydia shrugged. "No reason. Just busy, I guess. I miss it, though." "Me too," Daniel said. Abbi looked around for the peacock. She wanted to record that sound it was making! "There's the main barn," Lydia said. "Let's check there first." They headed toward the main barn, where the petting-zoo animals lived. When the farm was open to visitors, many of the sheep and bunnies and alpacas would be out on the gated front lawn. But now the farm was closed, so all the animals stayed cozy near their private barn.

梅多斯的梅多斯比他们想象的还要近。 不到十分钟，他们就找到了入口。 “我们来这儿有一段时间了，”莉迪亚说。 “妈妈不像往常那样经常带我们去做志愿者了。” “为什么不?”艾比问道。丽迪雅耸耸肩。 “没有理由。我想可能是太忙了。 不过我很怀念它。”“我也是，”丹尼尔说。 阿比四处寻找孔雀。 她想把它发出的声音录下来！“那是主谷仓，”莉迪亚说。 “我们先去那里看看。” 他们朝大谷仓走去，那里住着动物园里的动物。 当农场向游客开放时，许多绵羊、小兔子和羊驼会在门前的草坪上玩耍。 但是现在农场关闭了，所以所有的动物都呆在他们的私人谷仓附近。

Lydia and Daniel raced off to inspect the barn. Abbi took her time getting there, making sure to look for clues. Just then, the peacock sound stopped for a moment, and Abbi heard something else. A long, low humming sound. Almost like a cow's moo but softer. It was the same sound Alpaca in Wonderland had made earlier! She turned toward the noise. "We found them!" Lydia shouted at the same time. "Over here!" Sure enough, a small herd of alpacas were grazing in the field next to the barn.

莉迪亚和丹尼尔跑去查看谷仓。 阿比不慌不忙地赶到那里，确保寻找线索。 就在这时，孔雀的叫声停了一会儿，阿比听到了别的声音。 一种长而低的嗡嗡声。 几乎像牛的叫声，但更柔和。 这和之前仙境里的羊驼发出的声音是一样的！她转过身去听那声音。 “我们找到他们了！”丽迪雅同时喊道。 “在这里!”果然，一小群羊驼正在谷仓旁边的地里吃草。

Lydia took off, too excited to wait. Abbi called out, "No, don't run! We don't want to scare them." Lydia stopped and nodded. "Always in such a hurry!" Daniel said, just as he had that morning. The three friends approached slowly. "Do these look like Ms. Margery's usual alpacas?" Abbi asked.

莉迪亚走了，太兴奋了，等不及了。 阿比喊道：“不，别跑！我们不想吓到他们。” 莉迪亚停了下来，点了点头。“总是那么匆忙！”但以理说，和早晨一样。 三个朋友慢慢走近。 “这些看起来像玛杰里女士平常养的羊驼吗？”艾比问道。