Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4 Dr. Herrera dropped off Lydia and Daniel at Moose Manor bright and early. Abbi barely even waited long enough to say hello before she was racing to the TV crew's campsite. "Did you hear it?" she called as she sped toward the command center. Arthur was leaning over the table. Uncle Walker stood next to him. A laptop was resting on the various maps and open books. Abbi was so eager to see what Arthur had found that she didn't notice Steph holding a camera or Amy lifting a big mic over the table.

第四章一大早，埃雷拉医生就把莉迪亚和丹尼尔送到了慕斯庄园。 阿比甚至没等打个招呼就直奔电视摄制组的营地。 “你听到了吗？”她一边向指挥中心疾驰，一边喊道。 阿瑟趴在桌子上。 沃克叔叔站在他旁边。 一台笔记本电脑放在各种地图和打开的书上。 阿比迫不及待地想看看亚瑟发现了什么，她没有注意到斯蒂芬拿着相机，艾米把一个大麦克风举过桌子。

They were filming! And Abbi had rushed right into the frame! Daniel and Lydia ran up behind her and skidded to a stop on either side. "Ah, there are our little nature experts now! I was just telling everyone how you helped us get settled yesterday." Arthur didn't seem upset that Abbi had ruined the shot. In fact, Steph had swung the camera in her direction! She swallowed, fighting stage fright, and repeated her question. "Did you hear it last night? That strange noise?" Daniel snapped his head toward Abbi. "What noise?" "It sounded like…" She tried to find words to describe the sound, but nothing felt right. Arthur helped her out. "Like screaming, almost? Like what you'd hear in a nightmare or a horror movie?"

他们在拍戏！阿比冲进了画面！丹尼尔和莉迪亚跑到她身后，两边都打滑停了下来。 “啊，我们的小自然专家来了！”我正跟大家说你昨天是怎样帮助我们安顿下来的呢。” 阿瑟似乎并没有因为阿比毁了镜头而生气。 事实上，斯蒂芬已经把镜头对准了她！她忍着怯场咽了一口唾沫，又重复了一遍她的问题。 “你昨晚听到了吗？” 那奇怪的声音？”丹尼尔朝阿比啪地一声摇头。 “什么声音?”“听起来像……”她想找个词来形容这声音，但总觉得不对劲。 阿瑟帮了她一把。“几乎是尖叫？” 就像你在噩梦或恐怖电影中听到的那样？”

"Yes!" Abbi shouted. "I've never heard anything like it before." Uncle Walker whistled. "Now, that's saying something if even Abbi's stumped. You know she collects animal sounds? She has hundreds and hundreds of recordings! She—"

“是的!”艾比喊道。“我从来没听过这样的事。” 沃克叔叔吹了声口哨。“现在，如果连阿比都被难住了，这就说明了一些问题。 你知道她收集动物的声音吗？ 她有成百上千的录音！她- - - - - -”

Abbi interrupted. "You had mics set up all over, right? One of them must have caught something!" Arthur nodded, then began clicking through folders on the laptop. "We happened to be filming when we heard that noise last night. But we can't confirm what made it by sound alone. It could be a cougar, but it could be another animal, too." "Can we look through the trail cameras, then?" Daniel suggested shyly. "Go to the same timestamp as the sound recording and see if there's any movement in the footage?" It was a good plan, Abbi thought. Arthur seemed to think so, too, because he pulled up the video on the laptop right away.

艾比中断。“你们到处都放了麦克风，对吧？” 他们中一定有人抓到了什么东西！”阿瑟点点头，然后开始在笔记本电脑上点击文件夹。 “昨晚听到那声音时，我们正在拍戏。 但我们无法仅凭声音确认是什么造成的。 可能是美洲狮，但也可能是另一种动物。” “那我们能看看跟踪摄像头吗？”丹尼尔害羞地建议道。 “找到与录音时间相同的时间戳，看看录像中是否有任何移动？”这是个好计划，阿比想。 阿瑟似乎也这么认为，因为他马上调出了笔记本电脑上的视频。

He fast-forwarded to the same time that the sound happened. Abbi held her breath, but not a single cougar showed up! Abbi sighed in disappointment. She heard Daniel do the same. "Wait!" Lydia said suddenly. "What's that on the screen? Can you zoom in?" Arthur clicked a few times to make the image bigger. "That smudge," Lydia said. "What is that? It looks like…" Abbi leaned forward as much as she could. She stared at the spot and gasped. "It's a paw print!" she said. "You're right!" Arthur said. "And whatever made it was big."

他快进到声音发生的同一时间。 阿比屏住呼吸，但没有一只美洲狮出现！阿比失望地叹了口气。 她听见丹尼尔也这样做。 “等等!”丽迪雅突然说。 “屏幕上的是什么？” 你能放大吗？”阿瑟点了几下，把图像放大。 “那个污迹。”莉迪亚说。 “那是什么？”看起来……”阿比尽量向前倾着身子。 她盯着那个地方，倒吸了一口气。 “这是爪印！”她说。 “你是对的!”阿瑟说。 “不管它是什么，它都是大的。”