4 SPECIAL DELIVERY

SPECIAL DELIVERY All around Pancake Court, rectangular cement lids lay beside slimy cement holes. "I don't think it counts as a mystery," said Prairie. She was nine. She argued a lot. "Sure it does," said Bean. "It was the Mystery of What's Under the Cement Rectangle. I solved it." "I feel a lot better now that I know for sure there aren't monsters in there," said Sophie S.

薄饼广场四周，黏糊糊的水泥洞旁，都是长方形的水泥盖。 “我不认为这算一个谜，”普雷里说。 她九岁。她经常争吵。 “当然有，”比恩说。 这就是《水泥矩形下的奥秘》。 我解决了。”“我现在感觉好多了，因为我确定里面没有怪物。”

"It's not mysterious," argued Prairie. "It's just pipes in the dirt." The nerve! Bean made her eyes into slits. "Look, I'm almost a private investigator, so I know about what's a mystery and what's not." Prairie made a snorty sound. "Hey, Dino!" she called as he zipped by on his skateboard. "Guess what Bean and Ivy are doing?!"

“这并不神秘，”普雷里争辩道。 “就是泥土里的管子。” 的神经!比恩把她的眼睛划成两条缝。 “听着，我几乎是一个私家侦探，所以我知道什么是神秘的，什么不是。” 普雷里发出一声鼾声。 “嘿，迪诺！”当他滑着滑板疾驰而过时，她喊道。 “猜猜憨豆和艾薇在干什么？！”

He skidded into the grass. "What?" "We're solving mysteries," said Bean firmly. Dino looked around. "What mysteries?" Bean looked at Prairie. "The Mystery of the Sleeping Mailman." "Shh!" whispered Ivy. They tiptoed down Ivy's driveway and stuffed themselves behind a bush. Very carefully, they leaned out and looked toward the mail truck parked at the curb. Inside, the mailman was lying across the two front seats. His eyes were closed. His mouth was open. He had earphones in his ears. "I don't see what's so mysterious about him," said Prairie. "He's just sleeping." "He does it every day," whispered Bean. "He whizzes around Pancake Court, parks in front of Ivy's house, and falls asleep for two hours. Why does he sleep in the middle of the

他滑倒在草地上。 “什么?”“我们在解开谜团。”比恩坚定地说。 迪诺环顾四周。“什么秘密?”比恩看着普雷里。 “沉睡邮差之谜” “嘘！”艾薇小声说。他们蹑手蹑脚地走下艾薇家的车道，躲在灌木丛后面。 他们小心翼翼地探出身子，望着停在路边的邮车。 在车厢里，邮递员正横躺在前排的两个座位上。 他的眼睛闭着。他的嘴张着。 他耳朵里戴着耳机。 “我看不出他有什么神秘之处，”普雷里说。 “他只是在睡觉。”“他每天都这么做，”比恩小声说。 他在煎饼阁（Pancake Court）兜了一圈，把车停在艾薇家门前，然后睡上两个小时。 他为什么要睡在中间

day? It's a mystery." Prairie looked doubtful but Bean didn't wait, for her to argue. She moved silently to a tree near the mail truck and beckoned for Ivy to follow her. One by one, Ivy and Sophie S. and Dino and Prairie came to her side. Together, they watched the mailman breathe in and out. Bean remembered how Al Seven had given a big sigh and walked toward Sammy La Barba. Bean pulled down her hat, gave a big sigh, and walked toward the mail truck. Silently, she stood at the open door of the truck. The mailman breathed in and out. Silently, the other kids gathered around her. The mailman breathed in and out. Silently, Bean bent down to look at the mailman. What was the matter with him?

一天?这是个谜。”普雷里看起来很怀疑，但比恩没有等她争辩。 她默默地走到邮车旁边的一棵树旁，示意艾薇跟她走。 一个接一个，艾薇和苏菲。 迪诺和普雷里来到她身边。 他们一起看着邮递员吸气呼气。 比恩记得阿尔·希文是如何长叹一声，走向萨米·拉·巴尔巴的。 比恩拉下帽子，深深地叹了口气，向邮车走去。 她默默地站在敞开的卡车门口。 邮递员呼进呼出。 其他孩子默默地围在她身边。 邮递员呼进呼出。 比恩默默地弯下腰看着邮递员。 他怎么了？