6 Searching for Clues

6 Searching for Clues When I got back to class, Mrs. Patty, our school secretary, made an announcement over the loudspeaker. "Attention, all teachers and students," Mrs. Patty said. "This will be a perfectly normal day at Ella Mentry School. Continue with your lessons as scheduled. Principal Spence is now in charge." "PRINCIPAL SPENCE?!" we all said. "He's taking over the school," whispered Ryan, who was sitting next to me. "He's crazy!" Our teacher, Mr. Granite, had been talking about protecting the environment, as usual. Mr. Granite is an alien. No, really, I mean it! Mr. Granite is from another planet. It's called Etinarg, which is "granite"

当我回到教室时，我们学校的秘书帕蒂夫人通过扩音器宣布了一件事。 “请注意，所有的老师和学生，”帕蒂夫人说。 “这将是艾拉门特里学校非常正常的一天。 继续按计划上课。 现在由斯宾塞校长负责。” “斯宾塞校长？！”我们都说。 “他要接管学校了，”坐在我旁边的瑞恩小声说。 “他疯了!”像往常一样，我们的老师格拉尼特先生一直在谈论保护环境。 花岗岩先生是个外星人。不，真的，我是认真的！花岗岩先生来自另一个星球。 它被称为Etinarg，意思是“花岗岩”

spelled backward. "Here's a little trick to save water," said Mr. Granite. "Put an empty bucket on the floor of your shower. While you wait for the water to warm up, the bucket will catch some of the cold water. Then you can use it to water your plants." Mr. Granite is always giving us tips to save energy. But that's when something weird happened. A head appeared in the doorway. It was Officer Spence's head. He was crawling around on the ground, and he was looking through a magnifying glass. "Uh, what are you doing, Officer Spence?" asked Mr. Granite. "Searching for clues," Officer Spence replied. "I'm trying to nab the peanut butter and jelly bandit." "But you already said the peanut butter and jelly bandit was Mr. Klutz," said

拼写向后。“这里有一个节水的小技巧，”格拉尼特先生说。 “在浴室的地板上放一个空水桶。 当你等待水变热的时候，水桶会接住一些冷水。 然后你可以用它来浇灌你的植物。” 花岗岩先生总是给我们一些节约能源的小窍门。 但就在这时，奇怪的事情发生了。 门口出现了一个头。 那是斯宾塞警官的头。 他在地上爬来爬去，用放大镜看东西。 “呃，你在干什么，斯宾塞警官？”格拉尼特先生问。 “寻找线索，”斯宾塞警官回答。 “我想抓住那个花生酱和果冻大盗。” “但是你已经说过花生酱和果冻强盗是克鲁茨先生，”他说

Michael. "Klutz is just one suspect," Officer Spence said. "This could be a conspiracy." I never heard that word before. "A conspiracy?" I asked. "What's that?" "A conspiracy is a secret agreement between two or more people to break the law," said Andrea, all proud of herself. "Could you possibly be more boring?" I asked Andrea. Little Miss I-Know-Everything keeps a dictionary on her desk to look up words. That way she can show everybody how smart she is. "Aha!" Officer Spence suddenly shouted. "I found a clue!" "What is it?" Emily asked. "What did you find?"

迈克尔。“克鲁茨只是嫌疑人之一，”斯宾塞警官说。 “这可能是个阴谋。” 我从来没听过这个词。 “阴谋?”我问。“那是什么?”“阴谋是两个或两个以上的人之间秘密达成的违反法律的协议，”安德烈说，她为自己感到自豪。 “你还能再无聊一点吗？”我问安德烈。 无所不知的小小姐在她的桌子上放着一本字典来查单词。 这样她就可以向大家展示她有多聪明。 “啊哈!”斯宾塞警官突然喊道。 “我找到了一条线索！”“什么事？”艾米丽问。 “你发现了什么？”

"A hair," said Officer Spence.

“一根头发，”斯宾塞警官说。

"So?" we all asked. "This is proof that the peanut butter and jelly bandit has hair," Officer Spence announced. "Well, Mr. Klutz doesn't have any hair at all," Mr. Granite told him. "So he must be innocent, right?" "Yes, but you've got hair, don't you?" Officer Spence said, looking at Mr. Granite. "Well, yes, but I didn't steal—" Mr. Granite didn't have the chance to finish his sentence, because at that moment Officer Spence jumped up and pointed his finger at him like it was a gun. "Freeze, dirtbag! You're under arrest!" "That's not even a gun," said Mr. Granite. "Maybe I have a gun hidden inside my finger," said Officer Spence. "Hands up!" "What did I do?" Mr. Granite said,

“那又怎样？”我们都问。斯宾塞警官宣布：“这证明花生酱和果冻强盗有头发。” “嗯，克鲁茨先生根本没有头发，”格拉尼特先生告诉他。 “那么他一定是无辜的，对吗？”“是的，但是你有头发，不是吗？”斯宾塞警官看着格拉尼特先生说。 “嗯，是的，但我没有偷——”格拉尼特先生没有机会把话说完，因为就在这时，斯宾塞警官跳了起来，用手指指着他，就像那是把枪一样。 “冻结,垃圾袋(失败者)!你被捕了！”“那根本不是枪，”格拉尼特先生说。 “也许我的手指里藏着一把枪，”斯宾塞警官说。 “举起手来!”“我做了什么？”花岗岩先生说：

putting his hands up. "I don't even have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich." "No, but you're an illegal alien!" shouted Officer Spence. "Well, that's true," admitted Mr. Granite as Officer Spence put handcuffs on him. "I am from the planet Etinarg." "Are you going to send Mr. Granite to jail too?" asked Neil the nude kid. "No," said Officer Spence. "Whew, that's a relief!" said Andrea. "I don't need to send him to jail," Officer Spence told us. "I brought the jail here." WHAT?! He went out in the hallway and came back in wheeling a big cage. It was sort of like a portable jail. "WOW," we all said, which is "MOM" upside down. "Where did you get that?" I asked.

举起双手。“我连花生酱果冻三明治都没有。” “不，但你是非法移民！”斯宾塞警官喊道。 “嗯，这倒是真的，”格拉尼特先生承认道，这时斯宾塞警官给他戴上了手铐。 “我来自艾蒂纳尔星球。” “你要把格拉尼特先生也送进监狱吗？”裸体小孩尼尔问。 “不，”斯宾塞警官说。 “咳，那就放心了！”安德烈说。 “我不需要把他送进监狱，”斯宾塞警官告诉我们。 “我把监狱带到这里来了。” 什么? !他从走廊出去，推着一个大笼子回来。 它有点像一个移动监狱。 “哇，”我们都说，这是“妈妈”的上下颠倒。 “你从哪儿弄来的？”我问。