Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 Flora gave a great gasp of shock. 'So the Great Catsby is missing as well?' 'What do you mean, "as well"?' Wogan asked. 'First the chinchillas went missing from the zoo,' said Flora. 'Then the pets from town. And now the Great Catsby too? There's something going on here, boys, and no mistake.' 'What is it?' asked Wogan. 'I'm not sure yet,' said Flora, staring off into the distance. 'I'm not sure…' 'You said that twice. You must really not be sure,' said Wogan. 'You know Flora,' said Mohsen. 'She'll get there in the end. She loves a good mystery. She's like the Sherlock Holmes of our school. Remember the Case of My Missing Easter Egg?' 'Err… yes,' replied Wogan.

第五章弗洛拉吓得倒吸了一口气。 “这么说，伟大的猫比也不见了？”“你说‘也’是什么意思？”Wogan问道。 “首先，龙猫从动物园里失踪了，”弗洛拉说。 “然后是镇上的宠物。现在伟大的猫比也来了？ 这里肯定发生了什么事，伙计们，毫无疑问。“什么事？”沃根问。 “我还不确定，”弗洛拉盯着远处说。 “我不确定……” “你一定是真的不确定。”沃根说。 “你认识弗洛拉的，”莫森说。 “她最终会到达那里的。 她喜欢悬疑悬疑。她就像我们学校的福尔摩斯。 还记得我丢失复活节彩蛋的案例吗？“嗯……是的，”沃根回答。

'How Flora quickly deduced you had eaten it because you had chocolate all over your face and were complaining of a stomachache?' 'Yes, well…' 'And what about the Case of the Spiders All Over My Bedroom, when my bedroom was suddenly filled with spiders, and Flora worked it out because she asked you if you'd forgotten to close the lid on your spider collection box, and you started crying and confessed everything? Flora is so clever. She'll definitely work it out.' Mohsen shook his head, smiling. 'I was still finding spiders under my pillow months later. What fun times we have together, guys, don't we?' 'So,' said Charlie. 'Do you have any ideas at all, Flor?' 'Hmm,' hmmed Flora. 'Well, there is one clue…' 'You see!' said Mohsen, thumping his palm. 'I knew she'd solve the case!' 'I haven't solved anything yet!' 'No. But you nearly have.' 'I'm nowhere near.' 'What's the clue, Flora?' asked Charlie. 'OK, so remember the signs about the missing pets? Well, one of them said they'd discovered paw prints in the garden. What if a big wild animal is attacking people's pets?' Mohsen nodded. 'And didn't the sign say they were feline paw prints? Like a lion or a tiger?' Charlie shook his head. 'A lion would have had to escape from the zoo, and I'm sure the police would

“弗洛拉是如何迅速推断出你吃了巧克力的，因为你脸上都是巧克力，还抱怨肚子疼？”“那我卧室里到处都是蜘蛛的那件事呢？我的卧室里突然满是蜘蛛，弗洛拉知道了，因为她问你是不是忘记盖蜘蛛收集盒的盖子了，你哭了起来，把一切都坦白了。” 弗洛拉真聪明。她一定会解决的。”莫森摇了摇头，微笑着。 “几个月后，我仍然在枕头下发现蜘蛛。 我们在一起有多开心啊，伙计们？“是啊，”查理说。 “你有什么想法吗，弗洛尔？”“嗯，”弗洛拉哼着。 “嗯，有一条线索……”莫森拍着手掌说。 “我就知道她能破案！”“我还没有解决任何问题！”“没有。 但你几乎做到了。“我离这儿很远。”“有什么线索吗，弗洛拉？”查理问。 “好吧，还记得关于丢失宠物的告示牌吗？” 其中一个说他们在花园里发现了爪印。 如果一只大型野生动物袭击了人们的宠物怎么办？”Mohsen点点头。 “牌子上不是说那是猫爪印吗？” 像狮子还是老虎？”查理摇了摇头。 “狮子必须从动物园里逃出来，我相信警察也会这么做

know if that had happened.' 'So it CAN'T be that,' said Wogan. 'Flora, you're a terrible detective.' 'It's true that it can't have escaped from the zoo,' replied Flora. 'But maybe it's a wild animal the police don't know about.' 'But where would that have come fr–' Mohsen stopped in his tracks, and turned to Charlie, his eyes going wide. 'It's you!' 'What's me?' asked Charlie, looking around. 'You've been turning into a lion and eating all the missing animals!' Wogan jumped up, pointing at Charlie accusingly. 'Daisy is going to be FURIOUS when she hears you scoffed all the chinchillas!' 'No! That's not what I meant!' cried Flora. 'I wasn't saying it was Charlie! I just meant maybe there's a wild panther or something roaming about. You know, you hear about that sort of thing.' 'It's possible,' said Mohsen. 'But I think my Charlie theory makes much more sense.' 'I have NOT been turning into a lion, and eating cats and chinchillas, thank you very much!' shouted Charlie. 'I can't believe you think I would do that.'

知道这是否发生过。“所以不可能是那样，”沃根说。 “弗洛拉，你是个糟糕的侦探。“这是真的，它不可能从动物园里逃出来，”弗洛拉回答。 “但也许是警察不知道的野生动物。“可是那是从哪儿来的呢——”莫森停住脚步，转向查理，眼睛睁得大大的。 “是你!”“我是什么？”查理环顾四周，问道。 “你变成了一头狮子，把所有失踪的动物都吃掉了！”沃根跳了起来，指责地指着查理。 “当黛西听到你嘲笑所有的龙猫时，她会暴跳如雷的！”“不!我不是那个意思！弗洛拉叫道。 “我没说那是查理！”我的意思是，可能有只豹子或什么东西在四处游荡。 你知道，你听说过这种事。“有可能，”莫森说。 但我认为我的查理理论更有道理。“我没有变成狮子，吃猫和龙猫，非常感谢！”查理喊道。 “我真不敢相信你认为我会那样做。”

'OK…' said Mohsen, eyes still narrowed with suspicion. 'I can see your eyes still narrowed with suspicion, Mohsen,' said Charlie. 'Fine,' said Mohsen, forcing his eyes open wider. The gang had reached the school gates. As they entered, Lola ran up to them. 'Hi, guys,' said Lola. 'Hello, Lola,' said Wogan, Flora and Charlie. 'Lello, Hola,' Mohsen stammered in a high voice, then slapped himself on the forehead. 'Really sorry, Wogan,' said Lola. 'But Daisy has asked me to tell you that she doesn't want to go to the dance with you any more.' 'Oh,' said Wogan.

“好吧……”莫森说，眼睛仍然眯着，充满了怀疑。 “我能看到你的眼睛仍然眯着怀疑，莫森，”查理说。 “很好，”莫森说，用力把眼睛睁得更大。 那伙人已经到了学校门口。 他们一进去，萝拉就跑向他们。 “嗨，伙计们，”萝拉说。“你好，萝拉，”沃根、弗洛拉和查理说。 “你好，你好，”莫森结结巴巴地大声说，然后拍了拍自己的前额。 “真的很抱歉，沃根，”萝拉说。 “但是黛西要我告诉你，她不想再和你一起去舞会了。“哦，”沃根说。

'But, Mohsen,' said Lola. 'Yes,' yelped Mohsen. 'That's me.' 'Would you like to go with me?' 'I… err… yes.' 'Great!' And without another word, Lola skipped off. Charlie put his arm around Wogan. 'Never mind! I don't have anyone to go to the dance with either!' Flora swallowed. 'Charlie, would you–' 'Yeah,' interrupted Wogan, glumly. 'Maybe you and I should go to the dance together. No one else will go with us.' 'Not a bad idea, that,' Charlie agreed. 'What were you saying, Flor?' Flora shook her head. 'Nothing,' she said quietly. Wogan's day did not get any better, what with the feared spelling test after lunch. He came out, shaking his head and muttering, 'This is the actual worst day of my life.' Charlie agreed. It wasn't made any better when Dylan walked out right behind them. 'You'd have to be a right dummy to have messed that test up. It was SO easy,' he gloated, a smug smile plastered across his face. 'What's that plastered across your face?' asked Charlie. 'Erm… a smug smile?' replied Dylan. 'No, next to it,' Charlie said, pointing to a big plaster on Dylan's cheek.

“可是，莫森，”萝拉说。“是的，”莫森叫道。 “那就是我。“你愿意和我一起去吗？”“我……嗯……是的。”“太好了!”萝拉二话没说就溜走了。 查理搂住了沃根。 “没关系!我也没有人陪我去舞会！”植物吞下。 “查理，你能不能——”“是的，”沃根闷闷不乐地打断他。 “也许你和我应该一起去参加舞会。 没有人会和我们一起去。“这主意不错，”查理表示同意。 “你刚才说什么，弗洛尔？”弗洛拉摇了摇头。 “没什么，”她平静地说。 沃根的日子并没有好转，午饭后还要进行可怕的拼写测试。 他走了出来，摇着头喃喃自语：“这真是我一生中最糟糕的一天。”查理同意了。 迪伦跟在他们后面走了，情况也没好转。 “只有傻瓜才会把考试搞砸。 “太容易了，”他幸灾乐祸地说，脸上挂着得意的笑容。 “你脸上涂的是什么？”查理问。 “嗯……得意的微笑？”迪伦回答。 “不，在它旁边，”查理指着迪伦脸颊上的一块大膏药说。

'Oh that! I… erm… fell over and grazed myself,' Dylan replied. 'Anyway, must dash,' he continued. 'Great talking to you. Byeee!' And Dylan ran off as fast as possible. 'What a weirdo,' said Wogan, shaking his head. Charlie couldn't disagree. Dylan was acting even weirder than usual. Before they could think any further about it, though, Flora and Mohsen came running up. 'Have you heard?' Flora said, breathlessly. 'What?' said Wogan, full of breath.

“哦!“我……呃……摔倒了，擦伤了自己，”迪伦回答。 “不管怎样，我得赶紧走了。”他接着说。 “和你谈话很愉快。Byeee !”迪伦以最快的速度跑掉了。 “真是个怪人。”沃根摇着头说。 查理不能不同意。 迪伦的行为比平时更奇怪。 他们还没来得及多想，弗洛拉和莫森就跑了过来。 “你听说了吗？”弗洛拉上气不接下气地说。 “什么?沃根气喘吁吁地说。