10 TUNNEL VISION

CHAPTER 10 TUNNEL VISION Rip held up his arms, ready to say weeeee! as the coaster rolled into the tunnel. But he didn't say weeeeeee. He didn't even say woo. He just made a sound like a balloon losing air. "That was some dip," Rip said. "I've ridden shopping carts faster than this!"

利普举起双臂，准备说“再见”！过山车驶入隧道时。 但他没有说weeeeee。 他甚至都没说“喔”。他只是发出一种像气球失去空气的声音。 瑞普说：“这可真够糟的。” “我骑购物车都比这快！”

Alexander looked around. The tunnel walls were painted to look like a cave, with fake, rubbery rocks all around. Suddenly—CLACK! The coaster came to a stop. "What happened?" asked Nikki. SHUFF. SHUFF. There was a sound like footsteps up ahead. "Did you hear that?" Alexander whispered. He craned his neck to see around the bend. A second track branched off to the left, but the footsteps seemed to be coming from another direction.

亚历山大环顾四周。隧道的墙壁被漆成洞穴的样子，四周布满了假的橡胶状岩石。 Suddenly-CLACK !过山车停了下来。 “发生什么事了？”妮基问。 SHUFF。SHUFF。前面好像有脚步声。 “你听到了吗？”亚历山大低声说。 他伸长脖子往拐弯处看。 另一条小路岔开到左边，但脚步声似乎是从另一个方向传来的。

CLONK! The lights went out. "Whoa!" said Rip. The three friends leaned in close to one another. SHUFF. SHUFF. SHUFF. The footsteps were coming closer. "Nikki," whispered Alexander, "what can you see with your night-vision?" "Someone's coming this way," whispered Nikki. She gasped, then shouted: "Dottie!" "Hey!" Dottie called back. "Who turned out the lights?" Alexander unzipped his backpack. "Hang on, Dottie!" he shouted. "I've got a flashlight!" He flicked it on. Dottie ran over to the coaster. "What are you doing down here?" asked Rip.

叮当声!灯灭了。 “哇！”瑞普说。三个朋友靠在一起。 SHUFF。SHUFF。SHUFF。脚步声越来越近了。 “尼基，”亚历山大低声说，“你用夜视镜能看到什么？”“有人朝这边来了，”妮基低声说。 她喘着气喊道：“多蒂！”“嘿!”多蒂回话了。 “谁把灯关了？”亚历山大拉开背包的拉链。 “坚持住，多蒂！”他喊道。 “我有手电筒！”他把它打开。 多蒂跑向杯垫。 “你在这里干什么？”瑞普问。

"Well, Mr. Hoarsely ran off," said Dottie. "So I turned to head back for lunch. But then I saw a bunny by this ride! I tossed my backpack into a parked coaster car and chased the bunny down here. But I lost it after 99 hops!" "See, Salamander?" Rip said. "There was never a ghost—or a monster!" Alexander turned back to Dottie. "Did you see glowing red BRUGHMMMMMMMMM! A deep rumble shook the tunnel. Alexander saw something move, just to his left. He swept his flashlight along the wall, and stopped when the light hit a creepy-looking rock.

“嗯，沙哑先生跑了。”多蒂说。 于是我转身回去吃午饭。 但后来我看到了一只兔子！我把背包扔进一辆停着的过山车里，追着兔子跑到了这里。 但我跳了99下就丢了！”“看,火蜥蜴?”Rip说。 “根本就没有鬼——也没有怪物！”亚历山大转身对着多蒂。 “你看到发光的红色了吗？一声低沉的隆隆声震动了隧道。 亚历山大看到有东西在动，就在他的左边。 他用手电在墙上扫来扫去，当光线照到一块看起来很吓人的石头时，他停了下来。

Actually, it wasn't a rock. It was a floating body made of dark, twisted rags. A grinning skull bobbled on top of the body. The creature drifted toward the coaster car. Its red, glowing eyes lit up the tunnel. "The whirly-wisp!" said Alexander.

事实上，那不是一块石头。 那是一具漂浮着的尸体，是用黑色的、扭曲的破布做成的。 一个咧着嘴笑的头盖骨在尸体上摇晃着。 那个生物飘向过山车。 它那红彤彤的眼睛照亮了隧道。 “旋风！”亚历山大说。