Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Ruth Rose backed up as Dink and Josh stepped out of the closet. Behind her, five other people were in the room. Ellie was leaning against the wall, wearing her uniform and apron. Mr. Paskey and Mr. Linkletter were sitting on the edge of the bed.

当丁克和乔希走出壁橱时，露丝·罗斯后退了几步。 在她身后，房间里还有另外五个人。 艾莉靠在墙上，穿着制服，系着围裙。 帕斯基先生和林克莱特先生坐在床边。

Officer Fallon was sitting in the big chair in the corner. The fifth person was Dr. A. Cula, dressed all in black. He had taken off his dark glasses and was sitting on the floor, leaning against the desk. Everyone was smiling at Dink and Josh and watching their faces. "What's going on?" Josh asked. The man in black stood up and stuck out his hand. "I'm Jimmy Jett," he said. "Hi, Dink. Hi, Josh." Confused, Dink and Josh shook the man's hand. "He's an actor, not a vampire," Ruth Rose said. She held up a magazine. It showed a picture of Jimmy Jett wearing the same black clothes. A caption read: JIMMY JETT JUMPS AT CHANCE TO PLAY DRACULA. "I have a new movie coming out," Jimmy Jett said. "I play Dracula." "Remember I said he looked famil-iar?" Ruth Rose asked. "I saw this when we were helping my mom with the old newspapers. I

法伦警官坐在角落里的大椅子上。 第五个人是A博士。 库拉，一身黑衣。 他摘下墨镜，坐在地板上，靠在书桌上。 每个人都对丁克和乔希微笑，看着他们的脸。 “发生什么事了?”杰克问。 黑衣人站起来，伸出手来。 “我是吉米·杰特，”他说。 “嗨,丁克。嗨,杰克。”丁克和乔希困惑地握了握那人的手。 “他是个演员，不是吸血鬼，”露丝·罗斯说。 她举起一本杂志。上面有一张吉米·杰特穿着同样黑色衣服的照片。 配文写道:吉米·杰特抓住了出演德古拉的机会。 “我有一部新电影要上映，”吉米·杰特说。 “我演德古拉。”“记得我说过他很眼熟吗?”露丝·罗斯问。 “当我们帮妈妈处理旧报纸时，我看到了这个。 我

totally forgot until I saw Jimmy on TV when I went home after we talked to Officer Fallon." Dink had a hundred questions, but he didn't know which one to ask first. He did ask, "Can we sit down? I don't know about Josh, but my legs feel all wobbly." Mr. Linkletter made room on the bed. "Sit here," he said. After Dink and Josh were comfortable, Officer Fallon took over from Ruth Rose. "When you kids left me, I came over here to meet this mysterious man in black." He waved at Jimmy Jett, who grinned. "I found him and Mr. Linkletter together, chatting like old friends. That's when I learned that your 'vampire' was an actor from New York." Jimmy made a little bow. "I'm sorry if I scared you kids," he said. "I was on my way

我完全忘记了，直到我和法伦警官谈完后回家在电视上看到吉米。” 丁克有一百个问题，但他不知道该先问哪一个。 他确实问过:“我们能坐下吗?” 我不知道乔希怎么样，但我的腿总觉得不稳。” 林克莱特先生在床上腾出了地方。 “坐在这儿，”他说。等丁克和乔希都适应了，法伦警官接替了露丝·罗斯的工作。 “你们这些孩子离开我的时候，我来这里见这个神秘的黑衣人。” 他向吉米·杰特挥手，后者咧嘴一笑。 “我发现他和林克莱特先生在一起，像老朋友一样聊天。 那时我才知道你的‘吸血鬼’是一个来自纽约的演员。” 吉米微微鞠了一躬。“如果吓到你们这些孩子了，我很抱歉，”他说。 “我在路上

to Vermont for a little vacation. Green Lawn looked like a nice place to stop, so I did. I went into the super-market to buy a few things. When I saw you following me, I decided to have some fun." "You knew we were following you?" Dink asked. Jimmy grinned. "Oh, yes. I thought you recognized me and that you knew about my new Dracula movie." "But we didn't know," Josh said. "I thought you were a real vampire biting people's necks. We saw the Band-Aids!" Jimmy nodded. "I always pack Band-Aids when I travel, in case I nick myself shaving," he said. "When I spotted you following me, I got an idea. That's why I went into Ellie's Diner." Jimmy looked at Ellie. "You want to take over?" he asked. Ellie smiled. "There I was, polishing my glass case," she said. "I looked up, and Jimmy Jett was standing in my diner! I recognized him right away and asked for his autograph."

去佛蒙特度个小假 绿草坪看起来是个不错的地方，所以我就去了。 我走进超市买了一些东西。 当我看到你跟着我时，我决定找点乐子。” “你知道我们在跟踪你?”丁克问道。 吉米咧嘴一笑。“哦,是的。我以为你认得我，还以为你知道我的新电影《德古拉》。” “但我们不知道，”乔希说。 “我以为你是一个真正的吸血鬼，咬人的脖子。 我们看到了创可贴!”吉米点点头。 他说:“我旅行时总是带着创可贴，以防刮胡子时划伤自己。” “当我发现你在跟踪我时，我有了个主意。 所以我才去了埃莉餐厅。” 吉米看着埃莉。“你想接手吗?”他问。 艾莉笑了。她说:“我当时正在擦我的玻璃柜。” “我抬头一看，吉米·杰特正站在我的餐厅里!”我立刻认出了他，并向他要了签名。”

"Instead, I handed her a Band-Aid," Jimmy said, cutting into Ellie's story. "I told her three kids were following me and I wanted to play a prank about being a vampire." Ellie laughed. "I let Jimmy leave through the back of the diner, and I stuck on the Band-Aid just as you kids walked in." "The same thing happened to you, right, Mr. Paskey?" Dink asked. Everyone looked at Mr. Paskey. "That's right, Dink," he said. "Jimmy came in, explained who he was, and handed me a Band-Aid to put on my neck. He left through my back door just as you kids came in through the front." Josh laughed. "Boy, were we fooled," he said to Jimmy. "What about that book, Vampires Among Us?" Dink asked. "I thought that would be a nice touch," Mr. Paskey said. "I lent the book to Jimmy, making it look as if he had taken it off my shelf and left the money for it." "You guys are awesome!" Josh said.

“相反，我递给她一个创可贴，”吉米打断艾莉的故事说。 “我告诉她有三个孩子跟着我，我想跟她开个吸血鬼的玩笑。” 艾莉笑了。“我让吉米从餐厅后面走了，你们进来的时候我把创可贴贴好了。” “同样的事情也发生在你身上，对吗，帕斯基先生?”丁克问道。 大家都看着帕斯基先生。 “没错，丁克，”他说。 吉米走了进来，解释了他的身份，然后递给我一块创可贴，让我贴在脖子上。 他从我的后门走了，你们这些孩子正好从前门进来。” 杰克笑了。“天哪，我们被愚弄了，”他对吉米说。 “那本《我们身边的吸血鬼》怎么样?”丁克问道。 “我觉得这是个不错的主意，”帕斯基说。 这个人说:“我把书借给吉米，弄得好像他把书从我书架上拿下来，把钱留下了。” “你们太棒了!”杰克说。

Jimmy made a little bow. "The last step was when I got back to my hotel," he said. "Mr. Linkletter already knew who I was. I had signed in as Dr. A. Cula because I use that name in the movie." Dink looked at Ruth Rose. "What about that list?" he asked. "And Nate's purple crayon?" Ruth Rose laughed. "When I finally figured out who Dr. Cula really was, I came right here to the hotel," she said. "I had Nate's crayon in my pocket." "And she forced me to tell all," the actor said with good humor. "I asked her if she'd like to help me with my prank." "That's when I made that phone call to get you here," Ruth Rose said. "I wrote the list of names to scare you into thinking we were next!" "And it worked!" Josh said. "So you were all in it together," Dink said, looking at Officer Fallon. "Even you!" "Only at the very end," Officer Fallon said. "After Ruth Rose left her message on Josh's machine, I got Ellie and Mr. Paskey to join us

吉米微微鞠了一躬。“最后一步是回到酒店，”他说。 “林克莱特先生已经知道我是谁了。 我登记时用的是A. Cula博士，因为我在电影里用的是这个名字。” 丁克看着露丝·罗斯。“那张单子呢?”他问。 “那内特的紫色蜡笔呢?”露丝·罗斯笑了。 “当我终于弄清楚是谁。 Cula真的是，我直接来到酒店，”她说。 “我口袋里有内特的蜡笔。” “她强迫我把一切都说出来，”这位演员幽默地说。 “我问她是否愿意帮我搞恶作剧。” “就在那时，我给你打了那个电话，叫你来这儿，”露丝·罗斯说。 “我写名单是为了吓唬你，让你以为我们是下一个!”“而且成功了!”杰克说。 “所以你们都是一伙的，”丁克看着法伦警官说。 “即使你!”“只是在最后一刻，”法伦说。 露丝·罗斯在乔希的答录机上留言后，我让艾莉和帕斯基先生加入我们