Nate the Great and the Stolen Base

Nate the Great and the Stolen Base

大侦探内特与被盗的垒包

I, Nate the Great, am a detective. Sometimes, I'm a baseball player. This morning, I was a detective and a baseball player. My dog, Sludge, and I went to the field. I had to practice batting and running and fielding. I belong to a team.

我，大侦探内特，是个侦探。 有时候，我也是个棒球运动员。 今天早上，我既是侦探，又是棒球运动员。 我和我的狗狗斯拉奇一起去了球场。 我得练习击球、跑垒还有接球。 我加入了一支球队。

Rosamond's Rangers. Rosamond, Annie, Harry, Oliver, Esmeralda, Claude, Thinley, and Pip belong too. They were at the field. Rosamond's four cats were there. They are the team's mascots.

罗莎蒙德游骑兵队。罗莎蒙德、安妮、哈利、奥利弗、埃斯梅拉达、克劳德、辛利，还有 皮普也都是队里的成员。他们都在球场上。罗莎蒙德的四只猫也在，它们是 球队的吉祥物。

Annie's dog, Fang, was there. Fang is not on the team. He is not a mascot. Fang should have stayed home. Rosamond came up to me. We can't practice today, she said. Somebody stole second base. We can get another second base, I said. I bent down and picked up a big stone. A stone for second base, Rosamond said. Not while I'm coach. Everybody uses stones. Rosamond's Rangers do not. Rosamond is a strange coach.

安妮的狗狗小牙也在那儿。 小牙不是球队的一员。 他也不是吉祥物。 小牙本该待在家里的。 罗莎蒙德朝我走了过来。 “我们今天没法训练了。”她说。 有人把二垒垒包偷走了。 “我们可以找个别的东西当二垒呀。”我说。 我弯下腰捡起了一块大石头。 “用石头当二垒？”罗莎蒙德说。 只要我还是教练，就不行。 所有人都用石头当垒包呀。 罗莎蒙德游骑兵队就不行。 罗莎蒙德这个教练可真奇怪。

That was no surprise. Rosamond is a strange person. She said, When we play baseball, I bring first base, Oliver brings second base, and Annie brings third base. Rosamond held up a large tuna -fish can. Here's today's first base. Nobody stole it. Annie held up a large dog bone. Here's today's third base, she said. Nobody ate it. Fang and Sludge sniffed.

这一点都不奇怪，罗莎蒙德本来就是个怪人。她说： 我们打棒球的时候，我带一垒垒包，奥利弗带二垒垒包，安妮带三垒垒包。 罗莎蒙德举着一个大大的金枪鱼罐头：“这是今天的一垒，没人偷它。” 安妮举着一根大大的狗骨头：“这是今天的三垒，”她说，“没人把它吃掉。” 小牙和斯拉奇都凑上去闻了闻。