7. Officer Fallon’s Trade

Chapter 7 Officer Fallon's Trade The kids thanked Mr. Paskey. As they were leaving, he said, "Happy reading!" "This is a mess," Ben said. "Nobody thinks Lucky stole those dumb leprechauns, but he's still in jail." Bradley could see the police station across Main Street. "Let's go talk to Officer Fallon," he said. "Tell him what you told us. Maybe he'll believe you if we go with you." The six kids crossed the street to the police station.

第七章法伦警官的生意孩子们感谢帕斯基先生。 临走时，他说：“阅读愉快！”“这真是一团糟，”本说。 “没人认为幸运仔偷了那些愚蠢的小矮妖，但他还在监狱里。” 布拉德利可以看到主街对面的警察局。 “我们去和法伦警官谈谈，”他说。 “把你对我们说的话告诉他。 如果我们和你一起去，也许他会相信你的。” 六个孩子穿过街道来到警察局。

Inside, they walked down a quiet hallway. They passed a room where two officers were dressing a leprechaun statue in a tiny police suit. Officer Fallon was at his desk sipping tea when the kids walked in. "Hello, gang," he said. "What brings you here?" "We came to see Lucky," Ben said. "Is he okay?" "Your brother is very comfortable," Officer Fallon said. "We want to confess!" Ralphie said. Officer Fallon raised his bushy eyebrows. "What do you mean, Ralphie?" "We did it. Ben and me." Ralphie and Ben told Officer Fallon how they had stolen all three leprechauns the night before. "We hid them in Lucky's closet," Ben said. "We were gonna return them, honest!" Ralphie cried. "We did it to get back at Lucky," Ben went on. "We were mad at him, so we lied and told Bradley

进去后，他们走过一条安静的走廊。 他们经过一个房间，那里有两名警官正在给一个小妖精雕像穿一件小小的警服。 孩子们进来时，法伦警官正在办公桌前喝茶。 “你们好，”他说。“什么风把你吹来了？”“我们来看Lucky，”Ben说。 “他还好吗？”“你哥哥过得很舒服，”法伦警官说。 “我们要招供！”拉尔夫说。 法伦警官扬起了浓密的眉毛。 “你这是什么意思，拉尔菲？”“我们做到了。 本和我。”拉尔菲和本告诉法伦警官他们是如何在前一天晚上偷走了三个小妖精的。 “我们把它们藏在Lucky的衣柜里，”Ben说。 “我们本来要还的，真的！”拉尔夫哭了。 “我们这么做是为了报复拉奇，”本接着说。 “我们很生他的气，所以我们撒谎告诉了布拉德利

that it was Lucky. And we're really sorry!" Everyone got quiet. Bradley could feel his heart beating too fast. "Officer Fallon, who told you that Lucky stole the leprechauns?" he asked. "We talked to Mrs. Wong and Mr. Paskey, and they said they didn't tell you." Officer Fallon looked at Bradley. He tugged on an earlobe. He smoothed his mustache. "I'm afraid I can't tell you," he finally answered. "Not while an investigation is going on." Officer Fallon stood up. "Ben and Ralphie, you're very brave to admit what you did," he said. "Now just go get the statues and return them to their owners. Then I'll let Lucky out of jail." "But that's the problem," Ben said. "The leprechauns aren't in the closet anymore." "Well, where are they?" Officer Fallon asked. "We don't know!" Ralphie wailed. Bradley thought the poor kid was going to burst into tears.

它是幸运的。我们真的很抱歉！”大家都安静了。 布拉德利能感觉到他的心跳得太快了。 “法伦警官，谁告诉你‘幸运’偷走了小矮妖？”他问道。 “我们跟黄太太和帕斯基先生谈过，他们说他们没有告诉你。” 法伦警官看着布拉德利。 他拽了拽耳垂。他捋了捋胡子。 “恐怕我不能告诉你，”他最后回答。 “调查还在进行中。” 法伦警官站了起来。“本和拉尔菲，你们勇于承认自己的所作所为，”他说。 “现在去把雕像找回来，还给它们的主人。 然后我就放幸运仔出狱。” “但这就是问题所在，”本说。 “小矮妖已经不在壁橱里了。” “那么，他们在哪里？”法伦警官问。 “我们不知道！”拉尔夫恸哭。 布拉德利以为这个可怜的孩子要哭出来了。

Officer Fallon looked down at the O'Leary brothers. "You don't know where the leprechauns are?" "No," Ben mumbled. "Someone stole them from Lucky's closet!" Ralphie said. "Oh, now I see," Officer Fallon said. "First you stole them, then you hid them, then someone else stole them, right?" "Right!" Ben and Ralphie both said. "Some stranger walked into your house and took three leprechauns from Lucky's closet?" Officer Fallon asked. Ben and Ralphie nodded. "Well, we have a problem," Officer Fallon said. "I can't let Lucky out of jail until the stolen goods are returned." "But—but we don't know where they are," Ralphie stuttered. Officer Fallon sighed. "Sorry, kids, that's the way it will have to be. We'll make a trade. When

法伦警官低头看着奥利里兄弟。 “你不知道小矮妖在哪儿？”“不，”本咕哝着。 “有人从幸运仔的衣橱里偷走了！”拉尔夫说。 “哦，现在我明白了，”法伦警官说。 “你先是偷了它们，然后把它们藏起来，然后又被别人偷了，对吧？”“没错!”本和拉尔菲都说。 “有个陌生人走进你家，从幸运仔的衣橱里拿走了三个小妖精？”法伦警官问。 本和拉尔菲点点头。“我们有麻烦了，”法伦说。 “在赃物归还之前我不能放幸运仔出狱” “可是——可是我们不知道他们在哪儿，”拉尔菲结结巴巴地说。 法伦警官叹了口气。“对不起，孩子们，这是必须的。 我们做个交易。当

you give me the leprechauns, I'll give you Lucky."

你给我小矮妖，我就给你幸运。”