4 Combing for Clues

Hamster Holmes and his firefly friend, Dr. Watt, liked solving mysteries. In between cases, they did fun experiments. "If I mix yellow and blue," Hamster Holmes asked Dr. Watt, "what color will I make?"

仓鼠福尔摩斯和他的萤火虫朋友瓦特医生，最喜欢破解谜案了。 没案子的时候，他俩会做些好玩的小实验。 “如果我把黄色和蓝色混在一起，”仓鼠福尔摩斯问瓦特医生，“会变出什么颜色呀？”

Dr. Watt spoke in Morse code. He blinked his light on and off to form the dashes and dots of each letter. A long flash of light was a dash. A short flash of light was a dot.

瓦特医生用莫尔斯电码说话。 他忽闪忽闪地开关自己的光，用长短信号拼出每个字母的点和划。 长亮的光代表一划。 短闪的光代表一点。

Dr. Watt flashed, "Dash-dash-dot, dot-dash-dot, dot, dot, dash-dot." They mixed the yellow and blue and watched as the color changed. "G-R-E-E-N. Green it is, Dr. Watt!" Hamster Holmes said with a smile. All of a sudden, there was a knock at the door.

瓦特医生闪着光：“哒哒滴，滴哒滴，滴，滴，哒滴。” 他们把黄色和蓝色混在一起，看着颜色慢慢变化。 “绿-色。真的是绿色，瓦特医生！” 仓鼠福尔摩斯笑着说。 就在这时，响起了敲门声。

It was Ouchy the porcupine. "I need your help to solve a mystery," he cried. "We're on the case, old friend!" Hamster Holmes looked at Ouchy, then added, "Does the mystery have something to do with the park and your messy quills?"

来的是豪猪奥奇。 “我需要你们帮忙破个案！”他着急地喊。 “交给我们吧，老朋友！” 仓鼠福尔摩斯看了看奥奇，接着问：“案子是不是和公园有关，还和你乱糟糟的尖刺有关呀？”

Ouchy looked surprised. "How did you know?" he asked. "I observed," said Hamster Holmes. "Your paws are coated with a kind of sand found only in the park!" Then he explained that, usually, Ouchy's quills were neatly combed. But today they looked quite messy!

奥奇一脸惊讶。 “你怎么知道的？”他问。 “我观察到的呀，”仓鼠福尔摩斯说。 “你的爪子上沾了一种只有公园里才有的沙子！” 他又解释说，平时奥奇的尖刺都梳得整整齐齐的。 但今天看起来乱哄哄的！