Nate the Great Goes Down in the Dumps

Nate the Great goes down in the dumps.

大侦探内特心情不好啦。

I, Nate the Great, and my dog, Sludge, were taking a walk. We walked too far. We walked to Rosamond's house. Rosamond and her four cats were sitting on a crate behind a table in front of her house.

我大侦探内特，和我的狗斯拉奇，正在散步。 我们走得太远了。 走到了罗莎蒙德家。 罗莎蒙德和她的四只猫，正坐在她家门前桌子后面的一个板条箱上。

There was a crystal ball on the table. There was a sign next to the crystal ball Rosamond reads the future two cents I Will read your future Rosamond said for two cents My future is worth more than two cents. I said Three cents then Rosamond said

桌子上摆着个水晶球，水晶球旁边立着个牌子。 罗莎蒙德占卜未来，每次两美分 我 会帮你占卜未来哦，罗莎蒙德说，只要两美分。 我的未来可比两美分值钱多了。我说。 那三美分就行。罗莎蒙德说。

She gazed into her crystal ball. You will have a new case to solve very soon. Three cents. I, Nate the Great, always have cases to solve, I said. Rosamond gazed into her crystal ball again. I can tell you more, she said. Someone has lost a box. A money box. You have to look for it. A money box, I said. How much money is in it? No money, Rosamond said. It's empty. Empty? Yes, it's my box.

她盯着自己的水晶球看。 你很快就要接到一个新案子要破啦。 三美分哦。 我大侦探内特，从来都有案子要破。我说。 罗莎蒙德又盯着她的水晶球看。 我还能告诉你更多哦。她说。 有人丢了一个盒子。 一个存钱罐。 你得去找它。 存钱罐？我说。 里面有多少钱呀？ 一分钱都没有。罗莎蒙德说。 它是空的。 空的？ 对呀，是我的盒子。

I was going to use it to hold the money I got for reading the future. Sludge was tugging at me to leave. He did not see any money in Rosamond's future. Don't go, Rosamond said. Listen to what happened. Claude helped me set up my business. We brought out the table, this sign, the box, and four cans of tuna fish for my cats. Cats want to know what's in their future too, like tuna fish.

我本来打算用它来装占卜赚的钱呢。 斯拉奇拽着我想走。 他觉得罗莎蒙德未来根本赚不到钱。 别走呀。罗莎蒙德说。 听听发生什么事了嘛。 克劳德帮我摆摊做生意来着。 我们搬出来桌子、这个牌子、盒子，还有给我的猫准备的四罐金枪鱼。 猫咪也想知道自己的未来有什么呀，比如金枪鱼呀。

Of course, I said. I put the sign on the table, Rosamond said. I put the box on the grass near the table. I put the tuna fish cans in a neat pile near the box. What happened next, I asked. My cats and I went into my house.

那当然啦。我说。 我把牌子摆到桌子上。罗莎蒙德说。 我把盒子放在桌子旁边的草地上。 我把金枪鱼罐头整整齐齐堆在盒子旁边。 接下来发生什么了？我问。 我和我的猫进了屋。