9 DON'T WALK

CHAPTER 9 DON'T WALK The all-afternoon recess seemed to fly by on shiny new swings, slides, and monkey bars. Alexander, Rip, and Nikki walked away from the playground happy and tired. "Look," said Nikki. She pointed to the school. "Now the whole building is dark!" Rip grinned. "Maybe no power means ALL- DAY recess tomorrow!"

整个下午的课间休息在崭新的秋千、滑梯和单杠上飞快地过去了。 亚历山大、里普和尼基离开了操场，既高兴又疲惫。 “看，”妮基说。她指着学校。 “现在整栋楼都黑了！”Rip咧嘴一笑。 “也许没有电就意味着明天要休学一整天！”

"I don't get it," said Alexander as he unlocked his bike. "Our school has a wind fan and solar panels! It should be powering itself!" They walked a few blocks, and stopped at a busy intersection. Honking cars were backed up in all directions. "Whoa!" said Nikki. "Major traffic jam!" "All these cars are waiting for a green light," Rip said, looking up at the stoplight.

“我不明白，”亚历山大一边打开自行车，一边说。 “我们学校有风扇和太阳能板！”它应该给自己提供能量！”他们走了几个街区，在一个繁忙的十字路口停了下来。 鸣笛的汽车向四面八方堵了起来。 “哇！”妮基说。“严重的交通堵塞！”“所有的车都在等绿灯，”里普抬头看着红绿灯说。

Alexander followed Rip's gaze. The stoplight was dark. Alexander shook his head. "Let's cross the street and get out of here." They looked at the crossing signal. It showed a red stop hand for a few seconds, and then it switched to a green walk finger. But then— BZZZT!

亚历山大顺着瑞普的目光望去。 红绿灯是暗的。亚历山大摇了摇头。 “我们穿过马路离开这里吧。” 他们看着十字路口的信号。 它显示了一个红色的停止手指几秒钟，然后它变成了一个绿色的行走手指。 但是，然后——砰！

The walk figure became a skeleton! "A skeleton?!" said Rip. "How'd that get up there?!" The signal flashed again. The skeleton was replaced by a zigzag arrow. "Look!" said Alexander, "The same shape from my clock and the menu!" "Another warning?" said Nikki. "Is everything in town going wonky?" "Well, everything that uses electricity," said Alexander. "You were right, Salamander This must be the work of a monster!" said Rip. "Is there a machines-act-weird monster in the notebook?" "Hmm," said Alexander. He leaned his bike against a mailbox and pulled out the notebook. "Maybe a rust-buster?"

走路的身影变成了骷髅！“骷髅？！”瑞普说。 “那是怎么上去的？！”信号又闪了起来。 骨架被一个之字形箭头所取代。 “看！”亚历山大说，“和我的钟和菜单上的形状一模一样！”“又一个警告？”妮基说。 “城里的一切都不正常了吗？”“嗯，所有用电的东西，”亚历山大说。 “你说得对，蝾螈，这一定是怪物干的！”瑞普说。 “笔记本里有一个机器行为怪异的怪物吗？”“嗯，”亚历山大说。 他把自行车靠在一个邮筒上，拿出了笔记本。 “也许是防锈剂？”

RUST-BUSTER Metal-eating monster. HABITAT shipyards, iron miners, used-car lots.

吃金属的怪物。 栖息地造船厂，铁矿商，二手车场。

WEE-OOH! Rust-busters love to chase fire engines. DIET Dishwashers, bulladzers, lawn mowers... Any kind of metal machine. BEHAVIOR These monsters breathe a cloud of mist that causes metal to instantly rust. WARNING! Rust-busters are allergic to wood. Hide in a tree house to be safe.

WEE-OOH !防锈队员喜欢追消防车。 洗碗机、推土机、割草机…… 任何一种金属机器。 这些怪物呼吸一团雾，使金属瞬间生锈。 警告!防锈剂对木头过敏。 为了安全，躲在树屋里。