12 A BRIGHT IDEA

CHAPTER 12 A BRIGHT IDEA Alexander could hear the screams of freaked- out students (and Mr. Hoarsely) running around the pitch-black planetarium. "Nikki!" Alexander shouted. "What can you see with your night vision?" "Everyone is scrambling to find the exit!" she said. "We've got to get the other students out of here," said Alexander. "But it's too dark!" "You need light, weenie?" said Rip. "Stand back. It's my time to shine!" Rip stamped his fool. His shoe made a flash of light.

第十二章一个好主意亚历山大能听到惊慌失措的学生们（还有沙哑先生）在漆黑的天文馆里跑来跑去的尖叫声。 “妮可!”亚历山大喊道。 “你用夜视镜能看到什么？”“每个人都在争先恐后地寻找出口！”她说。 “我们得让其他学生离开这里，”亚历山大说。 “但是太黑了！”“你需要光吗，小家伙？”瑞普说。 “退后。是我发光的时候了！”里普踩了他的傻瓜。 他的鞋子发出一道闪光。

"Rip, you're a genius!" said Alexander. "Keep doing that!" Rip stomped in place, lighting up the room every couple of seconds. "Everyone!" Alexander yelled. "Walk toward Rip's shoe lights! He's near the exit! Then Mr. Hoarsely will lead you back to class!" Mr. Hoarsely peeked out from his hiding spot. "I will?" he said. "Oh, right! I will! Follow me!" He led the other students out of the planetarium. "What about us?" asked Nikki. RIP was still stomping, but a little slower now. "Yeah! Aren't we going downstairs, too?" "Nope. We're going upstairs— to the root!" said Alexander. He pointed to a nearby ladder: It led up to a hatch in the ceiling.

“里普，你真是个天才！”亚历山大说。 “继续这样做！”里普一脚踩在原地，每隔几秒钟就照亮整个房间。 “大家好!”亚历山大喊道。 “朝里普的鞋灯走去！”他在出口附近！然后沙哑先生会领你们回教室！”沙哑先生从藏身之处探出头来。 “我会吗？”他说。“哦,对了!我要!跟我来!”他领着其他学生走出了天文馆。 “我们怎么办？”尼基问。 安息之神还在跺脚，但现在慢了一些。 “是啊!我们不也下楼去吗？”“不。 我们要上楼去——到树根那儿去！”亚历山大说。 他指着附近的一架梯子，梯子通向天花板上的一个舱口。

RIP stopped stopping. The room went back to being dark. "Are you nuts?!" said Rip. "That warning said to stay off the roof!" "And don't forget about the lightning!" said Nikki. "We should not be up there when it's lightning out!" "But it's not real lightning!" said Alexander: "Monsters are behind this! We've got to get up there and stop them!" BZZZT! The lightning bugs suddenly lit up the dome above chew heads. Now the bugs were growing all kinds of colors: pink, purple, yellow, green, and blue.

RIP停止停止。房间又变黑了。 “你疯了吗？”瑞普说。 “那个警告说不要上屋顶！”“别忘了闪电！”尼基说。 “外面有闪电的时候，我们不应该在上面！”“但这不是真的闪电！”亚历山大说，“这背后有怪物！我们必须上去阻止他们！”BZZZT !闪电虫突然照亮了咀嚼头上方的圆顶。 现在，虫子长出了各种各样的颜色：粉红色、紫色、黄色、绿色和蓝色。

The bugs swirled around, and then lined up in a pointy zigzag formation. "Hey! There's that jagged arrow again!" said Alexander. "But wait, it's not an arrow. It's a lightning bolt!" The lightning-bolt shape floated in place for a moment. Then it zoomed straight at Alexander's head.

这些虫子在周围打转，然后排成尖尖的z字形队形。 “嘿!那支锯齿箭又来了！”亚历山大说。 “等等，这不是箭。 那是一道闪电！”闪电的形状在原地漂浮了一会儿。 然后它直冲亚历山大的头。