Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 The trail camera wasn't far from the campsite. They trooped off together and found the paw print in no time. Arthur and Daniel both crouched down to get a closer look at the print. "As expected," Arthur said, "definitely a wild cat of some kind." "Can you tell if it's a cougar?" Abbi asked. He looked up at her. "Hard to say. It could be a bobcat, but the print looks too big. It could also be a Canadian lynx." "But they don't usually travel this far south, do they?" Steph said from behind their

第五章跟踪摄像机离营地不远。 他们成群结队地走了，很快就找到了那个爪印。 阿瑟和丹尼尔都蹲下来仔细看了看指纹。 “不出所料，”阿瑟说，“肯定是某种野猫。” “你能分辨出它是不是美洲狮吗？”艾比问道。 他抬头看着她。“很难说。 可能是只山猫，但脚印看起来太大了。 也可能是一只加拿大猞猁。” “但它们通常不往南走这么远，对吧？”库里从他们身后说

camera. "So it is a cougar!" Lydia said decisively. Daniel elbowed his sister. "Arthur just said we can't tell for sure!" His sister shrugged. "Sounds to me like a cougar's a possibility." Abbi scanned the ground nearby. "Look, there's another one!" She pointed farther down the path that led away from the campsite. "We could follow the trail, right?" "Good eyes, Abbi!" Arthur said. Abbi smiled at the praise. Daniel gave her a high five. "Why don't we hang back for this part, kids?" Uncle Walker said. He had been staying

相机。“原来它是一只美洲狮！”丽迪雅果断地说。 丹尼尔用胳膊肘碰了碰他妹妹。 “阿瑟刚才说我们不能肯定！”他妹妹耸了耸肩。 “听起来很有可能是美洲狮。” 阿比扫视了一下附近的地面。 “看，还有一只！”她指着离营地更远的那条小路。 “我们可以沿着小路走，对吧？”“好眼睛，阿比！”阿瑟说。 阿比听到夸奖笑了。 丹尼尔和她击掌。 “孩子们，我们为什么不等一下呢？”沃克叔叔说。 他一直待在

off to the side near Amy, just out of camera range. But now he stepped toward the small group and into the frame. "Could be dangerous." Arthur turned to Steph and looked into the camera. "Walker's right, everyone. Cougars are wild animals. You should never approach one if you aren't a trained professional." He swung his attention back to the kids. "But since you are with trained professionals and cougars are most active at night, you can follow along. You might see something we don't! Just stay quiet." "No problem," Daniel whispered. As they followed the tracks, Abbi made sure to keep her chair moving at a steady pace. Her motor always made a loud clicking noise when she stopped or started. She didn't want to be the only noisy one! The tracks led farther into the woods but kept to the path. Pretty soon, though, they

离艾米很近，刚好在摄像机范围之外。 但现在他走向那一小群人，走进了画框。 “可能很危险。”阿瑟转向斯蒂芬，看着镜头。 “各位，沃克说得对。 美洲狮是野生动物。如果你不是训练有素的专业人士，你就不应该接近他们。” 他把注意力转回到孩子们身上。 “但由于你和训练有素的专业人士在一起，而且美洲狮在晚上最活跃，所以你可以跟着他们。 你可能会看到一些我们看不到的东西！保持安静。” “没问题，”丹尼尔低声说。 当他们沿着铁轨走的时候，阿比确保她的椅子以稳定的速度移动。 当她停车或启动时，马达总是发出响亮的咔嗒声。 她不想成为唯一一个吵闹的人！这些脚印一直延伸到树林深处，但一直延伸到小路上。 不过，很快，他们

came upon a stream and couldn't find any more prints on the other side. "Dead end," Arthur said, shaking his head. Everyone seemed disappointed. They were all hoping to find the big cat at the end of the tracks!

遇到一条小溪，在对岸找不到任何指纹。 “死路一条。”阿瑟摇着头说。 每个人似乎都很失望。 他们都希望在铁轨的尽头找到那只大猫！

"So what next?" Lydia asked. "Oh, that's easy," Amy said. "This is his favorite part." Arthur leaned down and beckoned to everyone. They joined him in a huddle. "It's time for a good old-fashioned stakeout."

“那么接下来呢？”利迪娅问。 “哦，那很容易，”艾米说。 “这是他最喜欢的部分。” 阿瑟俯下身，向大家招手。 他们和他挤成一团。 “是时候来一次老式的监视了。”