8. More Sneakers

Chapter 8 More Sneakers "You did?" Bradley cried. "Who?" Josh handed the sneakers to Bradley. "A kid named Will. He plays basketball, and he's in the Junior Inventors club I joined." Bradley's mind was going a hundred miles an hour. Did this Will kid steal Goldi? Was he leaving little sneakers all over town?

第八章更多的运动鞋“是吗？”布拉德利哭了。 “谁?”乔希把球鞋递给布拉德利。 “一个叫威尔的孩子。他打篮球，他是我加入的少年发明家俱乐部的成员。” 布拉德利的思想以每小时一百英里的速度飞速前进。 这个威尔小子偷了戈尔迪吗？ 他把小球鞋扔得到处都是吗？

"What's the Junior Inventors club?" Nate asked. "Just a bunch of kids who like inventing things," Josh said. He waved his notebook and grinned. "Someday this invention is going to change the world!" Josh headed for the barn. Nate, Brian, and Lucy sat at the picnic table with the cookies between them. Bradley stood next to the table with the green sneakers in his hand. Bradley felt a tug. Pal yanked the sneakers out of his hand and dropped them on the ground. His big, wet nose traveled all over the sneakers, inside and out. Then he threw his head back and let out a howl. Pal flopped down on his belly and tossed one of the sneakers into the air. It landed on his head. Pal whimpered and looked at the kids with big brown eyes. "He used to look just like that when he was playing with Goldi," Lucy said. "He must miss her." When he heard Goldi, Pal barked. Then he stuck his snout inside one of the sneakers.

“什么是少年发明家俱乐部？”内特问道。 “就是一群喜欢发明的孩子，”乔希说。 他挥舞着笔记本，咧嘴一笑。 “总有一天，这项发明会改变世界！”乔希朝谷仓走去。 内特、布莱恩和露西坐在野餐桌旁，中间夹着饼干。 布拉德利站在桌子旁边，手里拿着一双绿色的运动鞋。 布拉德利感到一阵拉扯。帕尔猛地把他手里的运动鞋扔在地上。 他那湿漉漉的大鼻子在球鞋里里外外扫来扫去。 然后他把头往后一仰，发出一声嚎叫。 帕尔扑通一声趴在地上，把一只球鞋抛向空中。 它落在了他的头上。帕尔呜咽着，用棕色的大眼睛看着孩子们。 “他以前和戈尔迪玩的时候就是这个样子，”露西说。 “他一定很想念她。”当听到戈尔迪的声音时，帕尔叫了起来。 然后他把鼻子伸进了一只运动鞋里。

Bradley thought about Pal's sense of smell. He dropped down and clipped the leash on to Pal's collar. "Come on, Pal, let's go to the high school!" he said. "Why do you want to go there?" Nate asked. "To find this Will kid Josh mentioned," Bradley said. "He has sneakers like these. If we can find Will, I'll bet we can find out everything else!" They headed down Farm Lane. Nate was carrying the sneakers, looped around his neck. They cut through a field to get to the high school. The outdoor basketball court was next to the gym. Three tall kids were shooting hoops. None of them was wearing green-and-orange sneakers. The four kids and Pal walked over to the players.

布拉德利想到了帕尔的嗅觉。 他跳了下来，把皮带夹在帕尔的项圈上。 “来吧，伙计，我们去高中吧！”他说。 “你为什么想去那儿？”内特问道。 “去找乔什提到的那个叫威尔的孩子，”布拉德利说。 “他有这样的运动鞋。 如果我们能找到威尔，我敢打赌我们也能找到其他一切！”他们沿着农场巷走去。 内特拿着那双球鞋，挂在脖子上。 他们抄近路穿过一片田地到达那所高中。 室外篮球场在体育馆旁边。 三个高个子的孩子在打篮球。 他们都没有穿绿橙相间的运动鞋。 四个孩子和帕尔走到球员们面前。

Bradley took the sneakers from Nate. When one of the big kids looked at him, Bradley held them

布拉德利从内特那里拿走了运动鞋。 当一个大孩子看着他时，布拉德利抓住了他们

up. "Do you know who these belong to?" he asked. All three players walked over. "No, but I've seen a few guys wearing sneakers just like them," one of the boys said. "They're way cool!" "A few guys?" Brian asked. "Like who?" "Will Taylor and Buddy Plotsky," the tallest boy said. "And I think Hunter Tery has a pair." "Hunter Tery?" Bradley asked. "Our teacher is Ms. Tery." The tall boy grinned. "Yup. Hunter's her kid. Those guys hang out together all the time." The three boys continued their game. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy looked at each other. Finally they walked over to a bench and sat. "Ms. Tery has a kid who owns sneakers like these?" Nate asked. "I guess a bunch of his friends do, too," Bradley said. "So how do we know which one owns these?" Nate asked. Brian pulled out the flyer he'd taken from the supermarket. "And what's up with this?" he asked.

向上。“你知道这些是谁的吗？”他问。 三个球员都走了过去。 “没有，但我见过几个人穿的运动鞋和他们一模一样，”其中一个男孩说。 “它们太酷了！”“几个人？”布莱恩问。 “像谁?”“威尔·泰勒和巴迪·普洛特斯基，”最高的男孩说。 “我想亨特·特里也有一双。” “猎人Tery ?”布拉德利问。 “我们的老师是特里女士。” 高个子男孩咧嘴一笑。“是的。 亨特是她的孩子。那些家伙总是在一起玩。” 三个男孩继续他们的游戏。 布拉德利、布莱恩、内特和露西面面相觑。 最后他们走到一张长凳前坐了下来。 “特里女士的孩子有一双这样的运动鞋？”内特问道。 布拉德利说：“我想他的一些朋友也这么认为。” “那我们怎么知道谁拥有这些呢？”内特问道。 布莱恩拿出他从超市拿的传单。 “这是怎么回事？”他问。

He read from the flyer: "'Sweet feet coming soon!!!!!'" "Maybe feet means sneakers," Nate suggested. "A lot of sneakers have been showing up around here!" "You're right, Nate," Bradley said. "I wonder if there's a pattern to where the little sneakers have been found. That man on Owl Road found one on his porch. And his friend on Pheasant Lane found one." "And Bobby Arnold, who lives on Blue Jay Way, got one," Nate said. "Zack lives on Wren Drive," Brian said. "He found a little sneaker, too." "And Mr. Vooray did," Lucy added. "Where does he live?" "On Eagle Lane," Brian said. "Not too far from our house." Bradley jumped up. "All those places are pretty near Thrush Court," he said. "Where Ms. Tery lives with her son, Hunter. And Hunter owns green-and-orange sneakers, too!" "Sneakers that Pal thinks smell like Goldi!" Lucy said.

他从传单上读到：“甜蜜的脚即将到来！！！！！“也许脚的意思是运动鞋，”内特建议道。 “这里出现了很多运动鞋！”“你说得对，内特，”布拉德利说。 “我想知道这些小运动鞋的发现是否有某种规律。 猫头鹰路上的那个人在门廊上发现了一个。 他在野鸡巷的朋友找到了一个。” “住在蓝鸦街的鲍比·阿诺德也得到了一个，”内特说。 “扎克住在鹪鹩大道，”布莱恩说。 “他还找到了一只小运动鞋。” “是沃莱先生。”露茜补充说。 “他住在哪里？”“在鹰巷，”布莱恩说。 “离我们家不远。” 布拉德利跳了起来。“所有这些地方都离画眉山庄很近，”他说。 特里女士和她的儿子亨特住在那里。 亨特也有绿橙相间的运动鞋！”“伙计觉得闻起来像戈尔迪的运动鞋”露西说。