Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7 Abbi rolled her eyes. "Daniel, there's no such thing as Bigfoot." "I dunno," Lydia said, tapping her finger against her mouth as she thought. "You know how the local news does the Bigfoot-sighting roundup at the end of every year? There are always a lot of people who say they saw one." Abbi wanted to keep arguing, but then she looked at Daniel. He was really shaken! Bigfoot or not, whatever he saw had clearly scared him. "Well, something is out there," Abbi said. "Let's tell Arthur. He'll look into it and find

第七章阿比翻了个白眼。 “丹尼尔，根本就没有大脚怪” “我不知道，”丽迪雅一边想，一边用手指轻敲嘴巴。 “你知道每年年底当地的新闻是怎么报道大脚怪目击事件的吗？ 总有很多人说他们看到过。” 阿比想继续争论下去，但她看了看丹尼尔。 他真的吓坏了！不管是不是大脚怪，他看到的东西显然吓到了他。 “嗯，外面有东西，”阿比说。 “我们去告诉阿瑟吧。他会调查的

out what it was, for sure!" The plan seemed to calm Daniel. His shoulders relaxed, and he nodded. Into the walkie-talkie, he said, "Arthur, are you there? Over." Static crackled through the little speaker, followed by Arthur's voice. "Little busy here, Daniel. Anything to report?" He sounded out of breath. As if he'd been running! Maybe they found more clues, Abbi thought, excited. Maybe they were chasing after the cougar right this moment! "We saw something, sir. Well, I saw something through the binoculars," Daniel said. "It wasn't on the trail cams. It looked like…it looked like Bigfoot!" As soon as he spoke the word Bigfoot, his cheeks and the tips of his ears flushed. It was fine for Daniel to suggest to his friends that

那是什么东西，我敢肯定！”这个计划似乎让丹尼尔平静了下来。 他的肩膀放松下来，点了点头。 他对着对讲机说：“亚瑟，你在吗？ 结束了。”小喇叭里传来一阵静电，接着是阿瑟的声音。 “这里有点忙，丹尼尔。 有什么要报告的吗？”他听起来上气不接下气。 好像他一直在跑似的！也许他们找到了更多线索，阿比兴奋地想。 也许他们此刻正在追赶美洲狮呢！“我们看到了一些东西，先生。 “嗯，我通过双筒望远镜看到了一些东西，”丹尼尔说。 “它不在跟踪摄像头上。 看起来……看起来像大脚怪！”他一说出“大脚怪”这个词，他的脸颊和耳尖就涨红了。 丹尼尔可以向他的朋友们建议

Bigfoot was real. But it was another matter altogether to suggest it to Arthur, of all people! Sure enough, Arthur laughed through the walkie-talkie. "Listen, the dark will play tricks on the mind. I know that more than anyone. You probably just saw a strange shadow or a bent tree limb. Or maybe you just wanted to liven up the proceedings? It must be getting kind of boring for you kids over there." Abbi frowned. She didn't believe in Bigfoot, either, but she believed in her friend! He wouldn't lie about something like this. She

大脚怪是真的。但偏偏要向阿瑟提出这个建议，那就完全是另一回事了！果然，阿瑟通过对讲机笑了起来。 “听着，黑暗会捉弄人的思想。 我比任何人都清楚这一点。 你可能只是看到了一个奇怪的影子或一根弯曲的树枝。 或者你只是想让整个过程活跃起来？ 你们那边的孩子一定觉得有点无聊了。” 艾比皱起了眉头。她也不相信大脚怪的存在，但她相信她的朋友！他不会在这种事上撒谎的。 她

was about to grab the walkie-talkie and say so, but the line crackled to life again before she could. "Why don't you call it a night and head home?" Arthur said. "We can—" "I see something," Steph said urgently in the background. "Hurry, let's check it out!" "We have to run, kids. We'll tell you what we find tomorrow!" The connection went dead. Silence fell over the three of them again, broken only by Uncle Walker's soft snores. Lydia stood, ready to head back to Moose Manor. Then she looked at Abbi and sighed. "I know that face," Lydia said. "We aren't going home, are we?" Abbi shook her head. "We're going after the maybe-Bigfoot, aren't we?" Lydia asked. Abbi nodded. Her mouth was set in a determined line.

她正要拿起对讲机说，但还没等她开口，电话就又断掉了。 “你为什么不收工回家呢？”阿瑟说。 “我们可以——”“我看到了一些东西，”斯蒂芬在后面急切地说。 “快点，我们去看看！”“我们得跑了，孩子们。 明天我们会告诉你我们发现了什么！”连接断了。 三个人又安静了下来，只有沃克叔叔轻柔的鼾声打破了沉默。 莉迪亚站着，准备回驼鹿庄园去。 然后她看着阿比，叹了口气。 “我认得那张脸，”丽迪雅说。 “我们不回家了，是吗？”阿比摇了摇头。 “我们要去追那个可能是大脚怪的家伙，是吗？”利迪娅问。 艾比点了点头。她的嘴绷得紧紧的。

Daniel snapped his head toward her. "We're what?" Lydia reached for the blanket spread over her lap and slung it around her shoulders like a cape. "Let's get going, then. We're going to catch a Bigfoot."

丹尼尔猛地把头朝她扭过去。 “我们什么?”丽迪雅伸手拿起铺在腿上的毯子，像披肩一样披在肩上。 “那我们走吧。我们要去抓一只大脚怪。”