8. Dog-Napper

Chapter 8 Dog-Napper "We have to tell Officer Fallon!" Brian said. "We tried before, and he's gone somewhere with Jimmy, remember?" Bradley said. "Then I'm calling Nate and Lucy," Brian went on. He tiptoed out of the room. Two minutes later, he was back. "They're coming over."

第八章给狗午睡的人“我们得告诉法伦警官！”布莱恩说。 “我们以前试过，他和吉米去了什么地方，记得吗？”布拉德利说。 “那我就打电话给内特和露西，”布莱恩接着说。 他蹑手蹑脚地走出房间。 两分钟后，他回来了。 “他们过来了。”

"I can't believe someone snuck in here and stole the puppy," Bradley said. "Besides Nate and Lucy, who else even knows we found him?" "That guy Leonard," Brian said. "And Ellie. Oh, and whoever I talked to at the police station." Bradley nodded. "And don't forget we told Jimmy Fallon's mom," he said. "So those four people knew we had the puppy," Brian said. "But why would any of them steal him?" Brian sat on his bed. "Maybe he's worth a million dollars!" he said. "Maybe he's a famous dog on TV or in the movies!" Bradley grinned. "Bro, he's just a baby puppy," he said. "He's too young to be famous." "Well, someone took him, and this is totally a clue!" Brian said, pointing to the clump of boot snow. He slid a sheet of drawing paper under the clump, folded the paper carefully, and ran out of the room. Bradley thought about a dog-napper sneaking into their house. Maybe the person wore a ski mask! He got goose bumps.

布拉德利说：“我不敢相信有人偷偷溜进来偷走了小狗。” “除了内特和露西，还有谁知道我们找到了他？”“那个叫伦纳德的家伙，”布莱恩说。 ”和艾莉。噢，还有我在警察局跟谁说过话。” 布拉德利点点头。“别忘了我们告诉了吉米·法伦的妈妈，”他说。 “所以那四个人知道我们养了这只小狗，”布莱恩说。 “但他们为什么要偷他呢？”布莱恩坐在他的床上。 “也许他值一百万美元！”他说。 “也许他是电视或电影里有名的狗！”布拉德利咧嘴一笑。 “兄弟，他只是一只小狗，”他说。 “他太年轻了，不可能出名。” “嗯，有人带走了他，这完全是个线索！”布莱恩指着靴子上的一堆雪说。 他把一张画纸塞到那堆东西下面，小心地折好，然后跑出了房间。 布拉德利想到了一个偷狗贼溜进他们家。 也许那个人戴着滑雪面罩！他起了鸡皮疙瘩。

Brian burst back into the room. "I put the snow in the freezer," he said. "Why?" Bradley asked. "In case we need it to show Officer Fallon," Brian said. "When we catch the bad guy!" "What bad guy?" Nate asked as he and Lucy walked into the room. They were still wearing their jackets. "How'd you get in?" Brian asked. "We didn't hear you." "Josh let us in," Lucy said. "He was heading over to Dink's when we got here. Your mom made us take off our boots." "It's a house rule," Bradley said. "What bad guy?" Nate asked again. "And why wouldn't you tell us anything on the phone?" Lucy asked Brian. "You said it was an emergency." "WHAT BAD GUY?" Nate asked for the third time. Bradley opened the closet door. "The bad guy who stole the puppy," he said. Nate and Lucy stared at the empty box. "Someone stole the puppy!" Nate yelped.

布莱恩冲回房间。 “我把雪放在冰箱里了，”他说。 “为什么?”布拉德利问。“以防我们需要给法伦警官看，”布莱恩说。 “等我们抓到坏人的时候！”“什么坏人？”内特和露西走进房间时问道。 他们还穿着夹克衫。 “你是怎么进来的？”布莱恩问。 “我们没听见。”“乔希让我们进去的。”露茜说。 “我们到这儿的时候，他正往丁克餐厅去。 你妈妈让我们脱靴子的。” “这是家规，”布拉德利说。 “什么坏人？”内特又问了一遍。 “你为什么不在电话里告诉我们呢？”露西问布赖恩。 “你说有紧急情况。” “什么坏人？”内特第三次问了。 布拉德利打开了壁橱的门。 “那个偷小狗的坏人，”他说。 内特和露西盯着空盒子。 “有人偷了小狗！”内特叫喊起来。

"When did it happen?" Lucy finally asked. "We just left him in the closet a little while ago!" Bradley explained how they'd been downstairs eating popcorn and opening presents. "We didn't see or hear anybody," he said. "We heard the puppy bark," Brian said. "And we heard a door slam. Then when we came back up here, he was gone!" "Maybe he just ran away, like last time," Lucy said. "No way," Brian said. "We found a clue. There was snow in our room!" "Snow?" Nate asked. "Why is that a clue?" "Snow from the bottom of someone's boot, and it wasn't ours!" Bradley said. "We're going to show it to Officer Fallon, if we ever find him!" Nate looked around the room. "Show him the snow? Won't it melt?" he asked. Brian grinned. "I put it in the freezer downstairs." "You think whoever took the puppy left the snow?" Lucy asked. "How will it help Officer Fallon find the crook?"

“什么时候发生的？”露茜最后问道。 “我们刚才把他留在壁橱里了！”布拉德利解释了他们是如何在楼下吃爆米花、拆礼物的。 “我们没有看到或听到任何人，”他说。 “我们听到小狗在叫，”布莱恩说。 我们听到砰的一声把门关上了。 等我们回来的时候，他已经不见了！”“也许他只是逃跑了，就像上次一样。”露茜说。 “不可能，”布莱恩说。“我们找到了一条线索。 我们的房间里有雪！”“雪?”内特问道。 “为什么这是一条线索？”“雪是从别人的靴子底下掉下来的，而且不是我们的！”布拉德利说。 “我们要把它拿给法伦警官看，如果我们能找到他的话！”内特环顾了一下房间。 “给他看雪？”它不会融化吗？”他问。 布莱恩笑了。“我把它放在楼下的冰箱里了。” “你认为带走小狗的人留下了雪吗？”露西问。 “这对法伦警官找到骗子有什么帮助？”

"It's in a pattern," Brian explained. "Little shapes like you see on the bottom of boots and sneakers. Detectives on TV check out the soles of shoes and boots all the time!" "My boots have little triangles on the bottom," Lucy said. "Brian's and mine have zigzags," Bradley said.

“这是一种模式，”布莱恩解释说。 “就像你在靴子和运动鞋底部看到的那种小形状。 电视上的侦探总是在检查鞋子和靴子的鞋底！”“我的靴子底部有小三角形。”露茜说。 “布莱恩的和我的都有之字形，”布拉德利说。

"Can you show us the snow?" Nate asked Brian. "Sure. Let's go downstairs," Brian said. In their stocking feet, the four kids crept down the stairs. They could hear Christmas music coming from the living room. In the kitchen, Brian opened the freezer. He carefully pulled the folded drawing paper from behind some frozen peas. "Just take a quick peek," Brian said. "I don't want it to melt." He unfolded the paper. The four kids stared at the boot print. They saw a bunch of squares of snow. Anyone could tell it came off the bottom of someone's shoe or boot. Nate started to laugh. "Dude, that's no dognapper. That came from my sister's boot. She leaves clumps just like this all over our kitchen floor."

“你能让我们看看雪吗？”内特问布莱恩。 “当然。我们下楼吧，”布莱恩说。 四个孩子穿着袜子，蹑手蹑脚地走下楼梯。 他们可以听到从客厅传来的圣诞音乐。 在厨房里，布莱恩打开了冰箱。 他小心翼翼地从冷冻豌豆后面抽出折叠的画纸。 “就看一眼，”布莱恩说。 “我不想让它融化。” 他把纸展开。四个孩子盯着鞋印。 他们看到了一堆方形的雪。 任何人都能看出它是从某人的鞋底或靴子上掉下来的。 内特笑了起来。“伙计，那不是狗狗。 那是我姐姐靴子里的。 她在我们厨房的地板上留下了一大堆这样的东西。”