Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 The stolen Cat's Eye emerald is RIGHT THERE. "We just solved the case in record time!" cries Homey. "It looks EXACTLY like a cat's eye," says Tumbler nervously. Pigeons do not like cats. Cats eat birds. And are cranky sourpusses. But it's mostly the bird-eating thing.

第二章 失窃的猫眼 emerald 就在那儿呢。 “咱们这么快就破案啦！” 霍米大喊道。 “它看起来真的和猫眼睛一模一样哎。”坦布勒紧张地说。 鸽子可不喜欢猫。 猫会吃鸟儿呀。 而且它们都是脾气坏坏的臭脸鬼。 不过主要还是因为它们会吃鸟儿啦。

"Where did it come from?" asks Rock. Grandpouter gulps and points to the large bubble under his beak. "The emerald was in my CROP!" he says. "Where I keep snacks to swallow later." He coughs up a few more objects. slice of pie. flower. melted ice cream cone. alarm clock. "But I have no idea how the emerald got in there!" he adds. "And now we have another problem," says Rock.

“它是从哪儿来的呀？”洛克问道。 格兰普特咽了咽口水，指了指自己喙下面的大嗉囊。 “这颗绿宝石刚才在我的嗉囊里！” 他说道。 “就是我存零食等会儿再吃的地方呀。” 他又咳出来几样东西。 一块馅饼。 一朵花。 融化的冰淇淋甜筒。 一个闹钟。 “可我完全不知道这颗绿宝石是怎么跑到里面去的呀！” 他补充道。 “而且咱们现在又有新麻烦啦。”洛克说。

Some baddies have noticed the Cat's Eye. There are some moths, a lizard, and a... "Is that a swan?" asks Frillback, confused. "Or a snake pretending to be a swan?" "I don't know," says Rock. "But swans and snakes are always grumpy!" "I don't like the SwanSnake!" says Tumbler.

有几个坏蛋已经注意到猫眼宝石了。 有几只飞蛾，一只蜥蜴，还有一个……“那是天鹅吗？”弗里拜克困惑地问。 “还是一条假装成天鹅的蛇呀？” “我不知道。”洛克说。 “可天鹅和蛇都总是脾气坏坏的！” “我不喜欢这个天鹅蛇！”坦布勒说。

"We need to keep the Cat's Eye emerald safe," says Rock. "And return it to the museum." Frillback shoves the Cat's Eye back into Grandpouter's beak and FLY KICKS the baddies away. BAM! "HISS HISS oof!" The pigeons zoom off.

“我们得保护好猫眼绿宝石的安全。”洛克说。 “还要把它送回博物馆去。” 弗里拜克把猫眼宝石塞回格兰普特的喙里，飞起来一脚把坏蛋们踹跑了。 嘭！ “嘶嘶——哎哟！” 鸽子们嗖地一下飞走了。

"There are only three ways the Cat's Eye could have ended up in your CROP," Rock says to Grandpouter. "You might have accidentally eaten it." "Yum yum!" Grandpouter shakes his head. "I haven't eaten in days. Because I've had a pie in my crop." "Then maybe your crop magically turns things into emeralds?" says Rock. "Let's check!"

“猫眼宝石跑到你嗉囊里只有三种可能。”洛克对格兰普特说。 “你可能不小心把它吃下去了。” “好吃好吃！” 格兰普特摇了摇头。 “我都好几天没吃东西啦。 因为我嗉囊里一直塞着块馅饼呀。” “那会不会是你的嗉囊有魔法，能把东西变成绿宝石呀？”洛克说。 “咱们来试试看！”

The pigeons find old pieces of chewing gum on the street and shove them into Grandpouter's beak. But when he coughs them up, they are sadly not emeralds. "There's only one other explanation," says Rock. "Someone must have PUT the emerald in your beak."

鸽子们在街上找到了几块旧口香糖，把它们塞进了格兰普特的喙里。 可等他把它们咳出来的时候，可惜还是没变成绿宝石。 “那就只剩一种解释啦。”洛克说。 “肯定是有人把绿宝石塞到你喙里的。”