Chapter 13

Chapter 13 NINA!" yelled all twenty-three pigs, and they rushed forward to hug her. "Ahem...," I said. Nina took off her earmuffs and they all began chattering away about celebrity gossip, nuclear physics, and hoof care products. Why is Nina always so popular? I'm the famous detective! And I don't go around eating things that don't belong to me unless they are flies. "This is not a hugging emergency. It's a THRILLING emergency! We need to solve this giant-fly problem." "OK, go ahead, solve it," said the first pig. "Yeah, we're waiting," said the second pig.

第13章妮娜！”23头猪齐声叫道，它们冲上前去拥抱她。 “嗯哼…我说。尼娜摘下耳罩，他们开始聊起名人八卦、核物理学和护蹄产品。 为什么妮娜总是那么受欢迎？ 我是著名的侦探！我不会到处吃不属于我的东西，除非是苍蝇。 “这不是拥抱的紧急情况。 这是令人激动的紧急情况！我们需要解决这个巨型苍蝇的问题。” “好吧，去吧，解决它，”第一只猪说。 “是的，我们在等，”第二只猪说。

"Well, I don't have a solution yet!" I snapped. "That's why I'm here! I need some scientific information about the giant alien space fly." "Well, first of all, it's big," said the third pig. "I already knew that," I said. "REALLY big," said the fourth pig. "REALLY big," "REALLY REALLLLLLLLLY BIG," said the fifth pig. "We've never seen anything like it before!" said the sixth pig. "Well, actually, we've seen lots of flies like this before," said the seventh pig. "Just smaller," said the eighth pig.

“嗯，我还没有解决办法！”我厉声说。 “这就是我来这里的原因！”我需要一些关于巨型外星太空苍蝇的科学信息。” “嗯，首先，它很大，”第三只猪说。 “我已经知道了，”我说。 “真的很大，”第四只猪说。 “真的很大。”“真的很大。”第五只猪说。 “我们以前从未见过这样的东西！”第六只猪说。 “嗯，实际上，我们以前见过很多这样的苍蝇，”第七只猪说。 “就是小一点，”第八只猪说。

"We've used the Computatotron 80001 to pinpoint every sighting of the giant Venus fly on this map," said the ninth pig, pulling a map from the computer's printer. "Could you please ask your goat not to eat the map?" said the tenth pig. "Thank you," said the eleventh pig. "As you can see, the giant fly is basically flying in circles around the city," said the twelfth pig. "That wouldn't be such a problem if it wasn't destroying national landmarks every time it lands," said the thirteenth pig.

“我们已经用计算机80001定位了这张地图上每一个巨大金星蝇的位置，”第九个猪说着，从计算机的打印机里拿出一张地图。 “你能让你的山羊不要吃地图吗？”第十只猪说。 “谢谢你，”第十一只猪说。 “正如你所看到的，这只大苍蝇基本上是在绕着城市飞，”第十二只猪说。 “如果它每次着陆时没有破坏国家地标，那就不会有这么大的问题，”第十三只猪说。

BUZZZZZ... CRACK... CRASH! came a terrible noise from outside. The fourteenth pig wet his pants. "That was the Washington Monument!" said the fifteenth pig. "But why is he doing this?" said the sixteenth pig. "WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?" squealed the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth pigs together. "Big squeal," said Nina, and she put her earmuffs back on. "Brilliant!" I said.

BUZZZZZ……裂缝……崩溃!外面传来一阵可怕的声音。 第十四只猪尿裤子了。 “那是华盛顿纪念碑！”第十五只猪说。 “但他为什么要这样做呢？”第十六只猪说。 “为什么?为什么?为什么?为什么？”第十七只、第十八只、第十九只和第二十只猪一起尖叫。 “大尖叫。”尼娜说着，戴上了耳罩。 “太好了!”我说。

"Really? Which one of us was brilliant?" asked all the pigs together. "The ones who asked Why? Why? Why? Why?" "Why?" "Yes, that is the correct question. I have been asking the wrong question. If you ask the wrong question, you'll never get the right answer. And if you never get the right answer, you'll never be the World's Greatest Detective." "None of us wants to be the World's Greatest Detective," said the pigs. "But I do!" I said. "And that's why I am now going to ask the right question: 'Why is the fly doing this?' If we can answer that question, then we'll know how to stop it." All the pigs squealed with excitement. "So tell us why, already," said Nina. "Er... I don't actually know why." All the pigs grumbled with disappointment.

“真的吗?我们俩谁更聪明？”所有的猪一起问。 “那些问为什么的人？”为什么? 为什么?为什么?”“为什么?”“是的，这是正确的问题。 我一直在问错误的问题。 如果你问错了问题，你永远不会得到正确的答案。 如果你永远得不到正确答案，你就永远不会成为世界上最伟大的侦探。” “我们谁也不想成为世界上最伟大的侦探，”猪们说。 “但我喜欢！”我说。“这就是为什么我现在要问一个正确的问题：‘苍蝇为什么这样做？’”如果我们能回答这个问题，那么我们就知道如何阻止它。” 所有的猪都兴奋地尖叫起来。 “那就告诉我们为什么吧，快点。”尼娜说。 “呃……我也不知道为什么。” 所有的猪都失望地嘟囔着。

"But I know how to find out!" All the pigs squealed with excitement. But I have to admit they didn't squeal as loud as they had before, and a couple of them left to check their email. "To solve a crime, one must think like a criminal," I told the pigs. "So in this case it will be necessary for me to think like a fly." I thought like a fly. "AHA!" I shouted. "I have solved this THRILLING mystery!" "You have?" asked the twenty-first pig. "By thinking like a fly?" asked the twenty-second pig. "Yes!" I said! "What is different about this city today? What is here now that wasn't here yesterday?" "A statue of President Horse G. Horse, with most of the mane missing?" said the twenty-third pig. "Yes!" I said. "Now, think about it from the giant fly's point of view. He sees a horse... the biggest

“但我知道怎么去弄清楚！”所有的猪都兴奋地尖叫起来。 但我不得不承认，他们不像以前那样大声尖叫了，有几个人离开去查看电子邮件了。 “要破案，一个人必须像罪犯一样思考，”我对猪说。 “所以在这种情况下，我有必要像苍蝇一样思考。” 我像苍蝇一样思考。“啊哈!”我叫道。 “我解开了这个惊心动魄的谜团！”“是吗？”第二十一头猪问。 “通过像苍蝇一样思考吗？”第二十二只猪问。 “是的!”我说!“今天的这座城市有什么不同？” 昨天没有的东西现在有了吗？”“马·G总统的雕像。 是一匹鬃毛掉了大部分的马吗？”第23头猪说。 “是的!”我说。“现在，从大苍蝇的角度来考虑这个问题。 他看到一匹马……最大的