2024.4.4星期四

索菲亚驾驶着一辆小巧玲珑的代步车，如同悠然穿行于林间的精灵。她巧妙地将座驾停驻在距朱迪所在的蔬菜亭不远的隐蔽处，那里既便于观察又不至于扰动这份田园般的宁静。三日前，在浣熊爸爸悉心的安排下，索菲亚顺利落脚于温馨恬静的兔窝镇。浣熊爸爸深知，一具代步车能有效减少索菲亚与众多食草动物的日常接触，于是慷慨赠予她亲友闲置的这部轻巧座驾。面对如此贴心之举，索菲亚心中涌动着无尽的感激之情。

栖身之处妥善安置后，索菲亚便开始了秘密探访之旅，她发挥出一只敏捷的猎豹的天然优势，悄无声息地游走在小镇的街巷之间，期盼能捕捉到朱迪的身影。果不其然，她在那蔬果飘香的亭阁前邂逅了正神情黯淡、默默贩卖胡萝卜的朱迪。自那时起，每日清晨或黄昏，索菲亚都会如约而至，躲在视线的边缘静静关注朱迪忙碌的身影。

今日，当阳光温柔地洒满大地，索菲亚一如既往地出现在蔬菜亭周边。此刻，她意外发现除了朱迪的父母，还有只狐狸也在场不仅对朱迪非常关切，还在将一些馅饼糕点送给朱迪。索菲亚见状，立即俯身敛息，宛如一只悄然贴近地面的猫儿，确保无人察觉自己的存在。随后，她小心翼翼地从口袋中掏出一支精致的胡萝卜形状监听笔，指尖轻轻一触，旋即开启了潜藏其中的秘密聆听功能。

#“不管怎样，我给你们带了些馅饼。”吉丁说着，把馅饼拿了上来。兔宝宝们看见，纷纷从田野里径直奔向馅饼。

斯图说：“嘿，小朋友们!不要从藏红花田里穿过来!”吉丁说：“现在有个非常简单的词来称呼它，H先生。我们家一直把它们叫作夜嚎者。”

朱迪的耳朵竖了起来，问道：“你说什么?”

斯图指了指种在庄稼边上的花说：“哦，朱迪，吉丁说的是那些花。我们用这些花来驱虫，但是因为你叔叔泰利的事情，我不想让小孩子靠近它们。”

邦尼说：“对，在我们小的时候泰利吃了一整棵，然后就发疯了。”

斯图说：“你妈妈还被他咬了，伤得不轻。”

朱迪把事情的各个细节拼在了一起，说道：“兔子也可以发狂……”

邦尼说：“发狂?这个词可有点夸张。”

斯图说：“你手臂上沾了一大块草皮，我也可以叫它发狂。”朱迪静静地站着，脑子里飞快地思索着。“夜嚎者不是狼，是花。这种花可以让食肉动物发狂。就是它!这就是我漏掉的线索。”她跑开了，然后又转身回来：“钥匙!钥匙!钥匙!快!给我!”斯图把自己那辆小卡车的钥匙扔给了她，朱迪便跳上了车：“谢谢，我爱你，再见!”

她加足马力，直奔动物城。

“Anyhow, I brought you all these pies, " said Gideon, holding them up. Kid bunnies ran across the field, beelining it for the pies.

"Hey, kids!" shouted Stu."Don't run through the Midnicampum holicithias!”

“Now, there's a four-dollar word, Mr. H. My family always just called them night howlers, " said Gideon.

Judy's ears pricked up."What did you say?"she asked.

Stu gestured to the flowers growing on the edge of the crops. "Oh, Gid's talking about those flowers. Judy. I use them to keep bugs off the produce But I don't like the little ones going near them on account of your Uncle Terry.

"Yeah, Terry ate one whole when we were kids and went completely nuts, ' said Bonnie.

"He bit the dickens out of your mother," added Stu.

"A bunny can go savage...,"said Judy, putting the pieces together.

"Savage? Well, that's a strong word, " said Bonnie.

“There's a sizable divot in your arm. I'd call that savage, "said Stu.

Judy stood still as the thoughts raced through her head. "Night howlers aren't wolves. They're flowers.The flowers are making the predators go savage.That's it. That's what I've been missing." She raced away, then turned back."Keys! Keys! Keys! Hurry! Come on!" Stu tossed her the keys to his pickup truck and Judy jumped in. "Thank you, I love you, bye!”

She peeled out and raced toward Zootopia.

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在这字句流转间，我心底悄然滋生疑问：为何揭示破夜嚎者神秘面纱的，偏偏是那狡黠的吉丁狐？而掌握关键线索的朱迪，又为何毫不犹豫地选择首先寻访尼克？