Missing Students

Missing Students.

失踪的学生们

Drip, drip, drip, chirp, chirp. With her super hearing, Roxy heard lots of usual school sounds. She heard water dripping from the art room sink. She heard a cricket chirping in one of the kindergarten rooms. But she also heard something unexpected. It was a deep voice coming from under the school.

滴答，滴答，滴答，唧啾，唧啾。 凭借着超强的听力， 罗克西听到了好多学校里常见的声音。 她听见美术室的水槽在滴水。 她听见一只蟋蟀在叫 就在其中一间幼儿园教室里。 但她还听到了意料之外的动静。 是从学校地下传来的低沉嗓音。

Work, work, work! growled the voice. Move faster! That's Mr. Sweeps! gasped Roxy. I knew I shouldn't trust him. Roxy ran down the stairs to the basement. She came to a pair of locked doors. Roxy stared hard at the doors. Lasers shot out from her eyes.

干活，干活，都干活！ 那个声音低吼道。 动作快点！ 是斯威普斯先生！ 罗克西倒抽一口凉气。 我就知道不该相信他。 罗克西跑下楼梯去往地下室。 她走到了一对上了锁的门前。 罗克西紧紧盯着那两扇门。 激光从她的眼睛里射了出来。

Whiz -hoo! The doors blew apart and Roxy ran through the opening. The basement was empty. Roxy glanced around and spotted a trap door. She rushed over and opened it. Roxy jumped down landing in a large cavern. There, Roxy saw all the students hard at work.

嗖——呼！ 门被炸得四分五裂，罗克西从缺口跑了进去。 地下室里空空荡荡的。 罗克西扫了一圈，发现了一扇活板门。 她冲过去打开了活板门。 罗克西跳了下去，落到了一个巨大的洞穴里。 在那里，罗克西看到所有学生都在卖力干活。

Some were chipping away at the rock walls with pickaxes. Others were pushing wheelbarrows. Is this a mine? Roxy wondered. She looked around some more. She saw one student pull something sparkly from the wall. Whoa! gasped Roxy.

有的孩子在用镐凿岩壁，还有的在推独轮手推车。 这是个矿场吗？罗克西满是疑惑，又多打量了几圈四周。 她看见一个学生从岩壁里掏出了什么亮晶晶的东西。 哇哦！罗克西忍不住惊呼出声。

This is a diamond mine! The students were all wearing the star buttons from Mr. Sweeps. Nobody looked at Rocket Girl. They were all too busy working. This is totally weird, Roxy said to herself. She saw Tyrell. What's going on here? Roxy called to him.

这是个钻石矿！ 所有学生都戴着斯威普斯先生给的星星纽扣。 没人抬头看火箭女孩，大家都忙着干活，没空分心。 这也太奇怪了。罗克西心里嘀咕着。 她看见了泰瑞尔。 这里发生什么事了？ 罗克西朝他喊道。