Chapter 4

Chapter 4 "Th-thanks a lot, Mr. Linkletter," Dink stammered. He hurried Josh and Ruth Rose out of the hotel. "Did you see Mr. Linkletter's neck?" he whispered when they were on the sidewalk. "He had on a Band-Aid just like Ellie's and Mr. Paskey's!" "Are you sure?" Ruth Rose asked.

“非常感谢，林克莱特先生。”丁克结结巴巴地说。 他催促乔希和露丝·罗斯离开旅馆。 “你看到林克莱特先生的脖子了吗?”他们走到人行道上时，他低声说。 “他贴了一个创可贴，就像埃莉和帕斯基先生的一样!”“你确定吗?”露丝·罗斯问。

Dink put a finger on his own neck. "It was right here!" he said. "Now do you guys believe something weird is going on?" Josh croaked. "A vampire is stalking Green Lawn! He's drinking everyone's blood! We gotta call 911!" "Josh, calm down," Ruth Rose said. "There could be a lot of reasons for those three Band-Aids." "Name one," Josh said. "Mr. Linkletter could have cut himself shaving," Ruth Rose suggested. "Okay, but Ellie didn't cut herself shaving, did she?" Josh retorted. "It's strange that all three of them needed Band-Aids on the same day," Dink put in. "Yeah, and the people wearing them are acting strange," Josh said. "Mr. Link-letter never gives out the names of his guests, but he did today!" Josh squinted his eyes. "I'll bet if we looked under those Band-Aids, we'd see fang marks!"

丁克用手指掐了自己的脖子。 “它就在这儿!”他说。 “现在你们相信发生了什么奇怪的事情吗?”杰克死掉。 “一个吸血鬼正在绿草坪附近游荡!”他喝所有人的血!我们得打911!”“乔希，冷静点，”露丝·罗斯说。 “这三个创可贴可能有很多原因。” “说一个，”乔希说。“先生。 林克莱特可能是刮胡子时割伤了自己，”露丝·罗斯建议道。 “好吧，但艾莉刮胡子的时候没有割伤自己吧?”Josh反驳道。 “奇怪的是，他们三个人在同一天都需要贴创可贴，”丁克插嘴说。 “是的，戴着它们的人表现得很奇怪，”乔希说。 “林克先生从不透露客人的名字，但今天他却透露了!”乔希眯起眼睛。 “我敢打赌，如果我们看看那些创可贴下面，会看到牙印的!”

Ruth Rose grinned. "Are you going to go back inside and ask Mr. Linkletter to take off his Band-Aid?" "No, but we have to find this guy," Josh said. "He's already turned Ellie and Mr. Paskey and Mr. Linkletter into vampires! We have to save Green Lawn!" "Josh, calm down," Dink said. "I agree that something weird is going on around here, but I don't think that guy is a vampire. And even if he is, what could we do about it?" "Run him out of town!" Josh said. Ruth Rose shook her head. "Run him out of town? How?" Just then a shadow fell over the kids. A voice asked, "What're you guys whispering about?" The kids jumped, and Josh let out a moan. But it was only their friend Livvy Nugent. She worked as a maid in the Shangri-la. "Hi, Livvy," Ruth Rose said. "How are Nicole and Ned?" "Growing like weeds and eating like lion cubs," Livvy said. "So what's up?"

露丝·罗斯咧嘴一笑。“你要不要进去让林克莱特先生把他的创可贴取下来?”“不，但我们必须找到这个人，”乔希说。 “他已经把艾莉、帕斯基先生和林克莱特先生变成了吸血鬼!”我们必须拯救绿草坪!”“乔希，冷静点，”丁克说。 “我同意这里发生了一些奇怪的事情，但我不认为那个人是吸血鬼。 即使他是，我们又能做什么呢?”“把他赶出城去!”杰克说。 露丝·罗斯摇了摇头。“把他赶出城?” 如何?”就在这时，一个影子落在了孩子们的身上。 一个声音问道:“你们在窃窃私语什么?”孩子们跳了起来，乔希发出一声呻吟。 但那只是他们的朋友利维·纽金特。 她在香格里拉当女佣。 “嗨，莉薇，”露丝·罗斯说。 “妮可和内德还好吗?”“长得像野草，吃得像小狮子，”利维说。 “怎么啦?”

"Do you know Dr. Cula?" Dink asked. "He's staying in the hotel." Livvy nodded. "He checked in last night from New York. Wears all black, right?" she said. "That's him," Josh said. "Have you been inside his room?" "Sure I have," Livvy said. "When he checked in, I took him up in the elevator." "Um, did you happen to notice anything weird?" Josh persisted. Livvy shook her head. "Not really," she said, starting to enter the hotel. She stopped and turned around. "There was one strange thing," Livvy said. "As soon as we got in the room, Dr. Cula lay down on the bed. He asked me to turn up the airconditioning to extra cold. I did, and asked him if he wanted another blanket. He said no, he'd brought his own." Livvy lowered her voice. "When I turned around, he was lying there with his eyes closed, wrapped in a black cape!"

“你认识库拉医生吗?”丁克问道。 “他住在旅馆里。” Livvy点点头。“他昨晚从纽约登记入住。 穿一身黑，对吧?”她说。 “就是他。”乔希说。“你去过他的房间吗?”“当然，”利维说。 “当他登记入住时，我把他送上了电梯。” “嗯，你有没有注意到什么奇怪的事情?”杰克仍然存在。 莉薇摇了摇头。“不完全是，”她说着，开始走进旅馆。 她停下来，转过身来。 “有一件事很奇怪，”李维说。 “我们一进房间。 库拉躺在床上。他让我把空调开到特别冷。 我照做了，问他要不要再要一条毯子。 他说没有，他自己带了。” 利维放低了声音。“当我转身时，他躺在那里，眼睛闭着，裹着一件黑色的斗篷!”

The three kids stared at Livvy. She shook her head. "Poor guy must have been exhausted," she said. "He fell asleep so fast I thought he was dead!" Livvy waggled her fingers good-bye and entered the lobby. "Vampires sleep in cold coffins," Josh moaned. "And they wear capes!"

三个孩子盯着莉薇。 她摇了摇头。“可怜的家伙一定累坏了，”她说。 “他睡得太快了，我还以为他死了呢!”利维摇着手指说再见，走进了大厅。 “吸血鬼睡在冰冷的棺材里。”乔什呻吟道。 “他们还穿着斗篷!”

"Magicians and Salvation Army peo-ple also wear capes, Josh," Ruth Rose said. "Dr. Cula could be a magician," Dink said. "That might explain how he escaped from Ellie's Diner and the Book Nook without us seeing him." "And does he also make Band-Aids appear on people's necks?" Josh asked. "I'm going home." He started walking up Main Street. "Why?" asked Dink. "I thought you wanted to find Dr. Cula." "I do!" Josh said over his shoulder. "But first we need protection." Ruth Rose looked at Dink. They both caught up to Josh. "What kind of protection?" she asked. "Garlic!" Josh said. "Garlic?" Dink and Ruth Rose repeated, staring at Josh. "Vampires hate garlic," Josh said. "We have to hang some around our necks." "Around our necks?" Dink said. "Josh, garlic stinks!" Josh rolled his eyes. "Duh! That's what keeps the vampires away!"

“魔术师和救世军的人也穿斗篷，乔什，”露丝·罗斯说。 “库拉博士可能是个魔术师，”丁克说。 “这也许可以解释为什么他从埃莉餐厅和书角逃走了，而我们却没有看到他。” “他也把创可贴贴在人们的脖子上吗?”杰克问。 “我要回家了。”他开始沿着主街走。 “为什么?”丁克问。“我还以为你想去找他呢。 Cula。”“我做的!”乔希回过头说。 “但首先我们需要保护。” 露丝·罗斯看着丁克。他们俩都追上了乔希。 “什么样的保护?”她问。 “大蒜!”杰克说。“大蒜吗?”丁克和露丝·罗斯盯着乔希重复道。 “吸血鬼讨厌大蒜，”乔什说。 “我们必须在脖子上挂一些。” “挂在我们脖子上?”丁克说。 “乔希，大蒜臭死了!”乔希翻了个白眼。 “咄!这就是让吸血鬼远离我的原因!”