Chapter 2

Chapter 2 My phone rang. "Hello," I said. "Flytrap Detective Agency." A beautiful voice said, "Is this Mr. Flytrap?" "Actually, it's Inspector Flytrap," I said. "Do you have a mystery?" "Yes, I do," said the beautiful voice. "Is it a BIG DEAL mystery?" "Yes! It is a very, very BIG DEAL!" The beautiful voice told me all about it. I said I would be right over.

我的电话响了。“你好，”我说。 “捕蝇蝇侦探事务所。” 一个美妙的声音说：“是捕蝇草先生吗？”“实际上，是捕蝇草探长，”我说。 “你有什么秘密吗？”“是的，我喜欢。”那美丽的声音说。 “这是一个大谜团吗？”“是啊!这是一件非常非常重要的事情！”那美妙的声音告诉了我一切。 我说了我马上过去。

After I hung up the phone, I shouted for my assistant, Nina the Goat. She's a goat. "Nina! Get the skateboard! They've got a BIG DEAL mystery at the art museum!" "Big deal," said Nina, who was busy gnawing on my desk. She is always hungry. And she eats everything—old shoes, tires, broccoli, and cans of spaghetti. By that I mean she eats the spaghetti and the can! It's scary to have an assistant who eats everything, especially for a plant like me. But when she's not eating things and making me nervous, Nina is really helpful. She helps me get around. See, I can't just walk down to the crime scene or run after a suspect. Like I said, I'm a plant. Plants don't walk or run. We just sit. But I don't like to sit in one place too long.

挂了电话后，我大声呼唤我的助手——山羊尼娜。 她是一只山羊。“妮娜!去拿滑板！他们在艺术博物馆搞了个大秘密！”“有什么大不了的，”尼娜说，她正忙着啃我的桌子。 她总是很饿。她什么都吃——旧鞋、轮胎、花椰菜和罐装意大利面。 我的意思是她吃意大利面和罐头！有一个什么都吃的助手真是太可怕了，尤其是像我这样的植物。 但当她不吃东西让我紧张的时候，尼娜真的很有帮助。 她帮助我四处走动。我不能就这么走到犯罪现场去追嫌疑犯。 就像我说的，我是一株植物。植物不会走也不会跑。 我们只是坐着。但是我不喜欢在一个地方坐太久。

Nina puts my flowerpot on a skateboard. Then she pushes me wherever I need to go. This time we were headed downtown to the art museum. It's always scary when Nina has to push me through traffic. She never wants to wait for the light to change or to cross at the corner. She just shoves me out into the street, right in front of speeding traffic! She always wants to go down one-way streets the wrong way, but I've told her it's too dangerous. I'd get run over, for sure!

妮娜把我的花盆放在滑板上。 然后她推着我去任何我想去的地方。 这次我们要去市中心的艺术博物馆。 每当妮娜推着我穿过车流的时候，我总是很害怕。 她从来不想等红灯变了，也不想在拐角处过马路。 她把我推到街上，就在超速行驶的车辆面前！她总是想逆行单行道，但我告诉过她那太危险了。 我肯定会被车撞倒的！

I also like to avoid hills. When we have to go up a hill, Nina complains a lot. And when we go down a hill, she jumps on the board and we go way, way too fast. When we rolled up to the art museum, there was an emu waiting for us. "What a beautiful emu," I said. "Big deal," said Nina.

我也喜欢避开山丘。 当我们要上山时，妮娜抱怨很多。 当我们下山的时候，她跳到滑板上，我们跑得太快了。 当我们到达艺术博物馆时，有一只鸸鹋在等着我们。 “多漂亮的一只鸸鹋啊，”我说。 “有什么大不了的，”尼娜说。

"Hello, Mr. Flytrap," said the emu. It was the same beautiful voice I had heard on the phone. "I am Lulu Emu." "Hello, Lulu Emu. I am Inspector Flytrap, and this is Nina the Goat. We're ready to solve your BIG DEAL mystery." "SHHHHHHHHHHHH! This is all top secret!" said Lulu Emu. "We can't let anyone hear about it. There could be spies around." I looked, but all I saw was a sloth reading a newspaper. It didn't look like a suspicious sloth, but then I'm not sure what a sloth looks like when it's being suspicious.

“你好，捕蝇草先生，”鸸鹋说。 这就是我在电话里听到的那个美妙的声音。 “我是鸸鹋露露。”“你好，鸸鹋露露。 我是捕蝇器探长，这位是山羊尼娜。 我们已经准备好解开你的大交易之谜了。” “SHHHHHHHHHHHH !这是最高机密！” “我们不能让任何人听到这件事。 周围可能有间谍。” 我看了看，但我只看到一只树懒在看报纸。 它看起来不像一只可疑的树懒，但我不确定树懒可疑的时候是什么样子。

"If you'll follow me, I'll take you to the Top Secret Art Lab," said Lulu Emu. She started to push me into the museum. "We don't allow horned mammals in here," she said to Nina. Nina's eyes turned red. She gave Lulu a very, very nasty look. "Nina is my assistant," I said. "I cannot and will not work on your BIG DEAL mystery without her." "Oh, all right," said Lulu Emu. "But she has to be on her best behavior."

“如果你跟我来，我带你去绝密艺术实验室。” 她开始把我推进博物馆。 “我们不允许有角的哺乳动物进来，”她对尼娜说。 尼娜的眼睛变红了。她恶狠狠地瞪了露露一眼。 “尼娜是我的助手，”我说。 “没有她，我不能也不会为你的大交易之谜工作。” “哦，好吧，”鸸鹋璐璐说。 “但她必须表现得最好。”