Chapter 8

Chapter 8 My phone rang. "Hello," I said. "Flytrap Detective Agency. Do you have a BIG DEAL mystery?" "You'd better believe it's a BIG DEAL, Mr. Flytrap!" said a crazy voice. "Are you kidding me? It's big, all right! It sure ain't small, I'll tell you that!" "My name is Inspector Flytrap!" I said. "If your mystery is really that big, maybe I should come over and see it for myself."

我的电话响了。“你好，”我说。 捕蝇蝇侦探事务所。 你有什么大交易的秘密吗？”“你最好相信这是件大事，捕蝇草先生！”一个疯狂的声音说。 “你在开玩笑吧？”它很大，好吧！我告诉你，它确实不小！”“我是捕蝇草探长！”我说。 “如果你的秘密真的那么大，也许我应该过来亲自看看。”

"See it? Flytrap, you need to come down here to Koko Dodo's Cookie Shop and smell it! Take one whiff and you won't have to ask if it's a BIG DEAL!" This guy really is crazy, I thought, but he did seem to have a BIG DEAL mystery. I decided to take the case. "Nina, get the skateboard," I said. "There's a BIG DEAL mystery down at Koko Dodo's Cookie Shop!"

“看到了吗?捕蝇器，你得到可可渡渡鸟饼干店来闻一闻！只要吸一口，你就不用问这是不是件大事了！”这家伙真是疯了，我想，但他似乎确实有一个大交易之谜。 我决定接这个案子。 “尼娜，去拿滑板，”我说。 “科科渡渡鸟的饼干店有一个大秘密！”

"Big deal," said Nina. But I think she was secretly excited. She loves cookies. The cookie shop was all the way across town, so Nina pushed me to the subway. I hate taking the subway because I'm afraid of getting stepped on. When you're a plant, getting stepped on isn't a joke. Luckily, I found a seat next to a sloth reading a newspaper. He never moved.

“有什么大不了的，”尼娜说。但我觉得她暗地里很兴奋。 她喜欢饼干。饼干店在镇子的另一头，所以妮娜把我推到了地铁站。 我讨厌乘地铁，因为我怕被人踩到。 当你是一株植物时，被踩到可不是闹着玩的。 幸运的是，我在一只正在读报的树懒旁边找到了一个座位。 他从未动过。

As soon as we got out of the subway, I noticed a strange smell. "That doesn't smell like fresh-baked cookies," I told Nina. Nina pushed me down the street to the cookie store. The smell got worse and worse. A dodo was waiting for us out front. "I'm Koko Dodo," said the dodo.

我们一走出地铁，我就闻到一股怪味。 “这闻起来不像新鲜出炉的饼干，”我告诉尼娜。 尼娜把我推到街上的饼干店。 气味越来越难闻。 一只渡渡鸟在外面等着我们。 “我是科科渡渡鸟，”渡渡鸟说。

"My name is—," I began, but Koko Dodo kept right on talking. "Do you smell that? That smells like a BIG DEAL, doesn't it? Huh? Yeah, yeah, it does!" I wanted to hold my nose, but I don't have one. "Is that smell coming from inside your cookie store?" I asked. "How dare you!" snarled Koko Dodo. "The only smell that comes from inside my shop is from freshly baked cookies made using super-secret recipes from my great-great-great-grandpop's super-secret cookbook! I have super-secret recipes for over 300 different kinds of cookies, and they all smell good." "Do you have a super-secret recipe for cookies with dead flies in them?" I asked. "Of course not!" shouted Koko Dodo. "Too bad," I said. "OK, if the smell isn't coming from inside your store, then where is it coming from?"

“我的名字是——”我开口了，但科科渡渡鸟一直在说。 “你闻到了吗？”这闻起来像是一件大事，不是吗？ 嗯?是的，是的，确实如此！”我想捏住鼻子，但我没有。 “那味道是从你的饼干店里来的吗？”我问。 “你怎么敢！”科科吼道。 “我店里唯一的气味就是用我曾曾曾祖父的超级秘密食谱制作的新鲜饼干的味道！”我有300多种不同饼干的超级秘密食谱，它们都很香。” “你有什么超级秘密的饼干配方，里面有死苍蝇吗？”我问。 “当然不会！” “太糟糕了，”我说。“好吧，如果气味不是来自你的商店，那么它是从哪里来的呢？”

"From up there! On the roof!" I looked at the roof. There was a very big shoe up there. It was as big as a bathtub. "Big heel," said Nina.

“从上面！”在屋顶上！”我看了看屋顶。 上面有一只很大的鞋。 它和浴缸一样大。 “大鞋跟，”尼娜说。