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My group started off in the barn, and our job was to move bales of hay from one end of the building to the other. It was SERIOUSLY hard, and I have a lot of respect for kids who had to do that kind of work every day. When we were FINISHED, everybody felt a huge sense of accomplishment.

我们小队一开始在谷仓干活，任务是把干草捆从谷仓的一头搬到另一头。 这活儿真的超级累，我特别佩服每天都要干这种活儿的孩子。 干完活的时候，每个人都收获了满满的成就感。

As we were leaving to move on to the next station, Mr. Nuzzis group came into the barn. He told his team their job was to move the hay bales to the other side, which was where they were to BEGIN with. So don't even ask me why we went to all that trouble. See, you shouldn't DO that kind of stuff to a kid. When I was in first grade, my teacher told me she was sending me on a "secret mission," and she gave me a note to deliver to another teacher down the hall.

就在我们动身去下一个站点的时候，努齐先生的小队走进了谷仓。 他告诉队员，他们的任务就是把干草捆搬到另一头——也就是干草原本放的地方。 所以你别问我们为啥白折腾这一趟了。 你看啊，真不该这么捉弄小孩子的。 我上一年级的时候，老师说派我去完成一个“秘密任务”，还给了我一张纸条，让我送给走廊另一头的另一位老师。

And every day after that, my teacher handed me ANOTHER note to deliver. Well, one day I got curious about what was IN those notes, and I opened one up. But it was BLANK inside. It turns out Mom had told my teacher she was worried about my "self-esteem," and the whole secret-mission thing was just a way to make me feel IMPORTANT. So if anyone wants to know why I have a hard time taking work seriously, that's how it started. Our team spent the rest of the morning going through the other stations. We painted a fence, repaired a stone wall, and stacked firewood outside the main lodge.

从那之后，老师每天都会再给我一张纸条让我送。 后来有一天，我忍不住好奇纸条里到底写了什么，就拆开了一张。 可里面居然是空白的。 原来是妈妈告诉老师，她担心我的自尊心，整个秘密任务就是为了让我觉得自己很重要。 所以要是有人问我为啥很难认真干活，根源就在这儿了。 我们小队一上午剩下的时间都在其他站点忙活。 我们刷了围栏，修了石墙，还在主木屋外堆好了柴火。

I'll tell you, when I'm older I'm gonna buy a farm of my OWN and set up a camp on the property. Because getting a bunch of kids to work for free and calling it education is GENIUS. After lunch, when we were heading back to our cabin, Gareth tripped over a rock sticking out of the ground. When Emilio saw it, he got really upset. The rock had some scrapes on it, and Emilio said the only person who could've done THAT was Silas Scratch.

跟你说哦，等我长大了，我要给自己买一个农场，在院子里建个营地。 因为忽悠一群孩子免费干活还美其名曰教育，这招实在太绝了。 午饭后，我们回小屋的路上，加雷思被一块露出地面的石头绊倒了。 埃米利奥看到这块石头之后，慌得不行。 石头上有几道划痕，埃米利奥说只有赛拉斯·斯克拉奇会弄出这种痕迹。

Jeffrey said the rock was probably Silas Scratch's GRAVESTONE, and now we were CURSED because we had disturbed his resting place. I tried to talk some sense into these guys. I said that, first of all, if Silas Scratch was DEAD, that was good news for everyone. And second of all, this COULDN'T be Silas Scratch's gravestone because he would've had to bury HIMSELF. I never should've said that, because it just upset everyone even MORE. Now all of a sudden Silas Scratch was an UNDEAD farmer who couldn't be killed.

杰弗里说这块石头搞不好是赛拉斯·斯克拉奇的墓碑，我们打扰了他安息，现在被诅咒了。 我试着跟这帮家伙讲道理。 我说啊，首先，如果赛拉斯·斯克拉奇已经死了，那对所有人来说都是好事啊。 其次，这不可能是他的墓碑，总不能是他自己埋了自己吧。 我真不该说这话，反而把大家吓得更慌了。 这下子赛拉斯·斯克拉奇直接变成了杀不死的不死农夫。

At dinner, Silas Scratch's "grave" was all anybody could talk about. Somebody claimed they saw Silas Scratch in the woods. And someone ELSE said they saw him on the other side of camp at the exact same time. Then Albert Sandy was telling everyone that He heard Silas Scratch had a network of tunnels beneath the cabins, and that's how he's able to move around so quickly.

吃晚饭的时候，所有人都在聊赛拉斯·斯克拉奇的“坟墓”。 有人说自己在树林里看到赛拉斯·斯克拉奇了。 还有人说同一时间自己在营地另一头也见到他了。 接着阿尔伯特·桑迪跟大家说，他听说赛拉斯·斯克拉奇在小屋下面有一整套隧道网，所以才能这么快到处移动。