Chapter 3

Chapter 3 THE ROBOT JANITOR ATE MY HOMEWORK! The real Woodsword Middle School didn't have any skeletons lurking in its classrooms. But that didn't mean there weren't problems. It was early the next morning when Po realized something strange was happening at the school. It started as minor annoyances. The automatic doors didn't open for him at the top of the wheelchair ramp. The lights in the lobby's trophy case were flickering. There was a low hiss coming out of the PA system's speakers, like faraway static. He ran into Jodi, Ash, and Harper in the

第三章机器人看门人吃了我的作业！真正的木剑中学的教室里没有什么骷髅。 但这并不意味着没有问题。 第二天一大早，阿宝意识到学校里发生了一些奇怪的事情。 一开始只是些小麻烦。 在轮椅坡道的顶端，自动门没有为他打开。 大厅奖杯柜里的灯光闪烁着。 扩音系统的扬声器发出低沉的嘶嘶声，就像远处的静电。 他碰到了乔迪，阿什和哈珀

hallway. "Have you two noticed anything weird this morning?" he asked. As soon as he asked the question, the static was replaced by the sounds of a chicken clucking. "I was about to say no," Harper said. "But now that you mention it…" Ash shrugged. "It's probably just someone's idea of a prank." Po looked around suspiciously at their fellow students. "Speaking of pranks," he said, "do you have any guesses who the Evoker King might be? It has to be someone at Woodsword, right?" "As a matter of fact, I've been looking into that," said Jodi. She pulled a notebook from her backpack. When she opened it, Po saw that it was filled with the names of their classmates. Beside each name, Jodi had written an observation. "I noticed Missy Richenbacher spent ten minutes on her phone this morning," said Jodi. "But we all know her parents limit her screen time on weekdays. So what is she up to?" She flipped

走廊。“你们两个今天早上有没有注意到什么奇怪的事情？”他问。 他刚问完问题，静电声就被鸡鸣声所取代。 “我正要说不，”哈珀说。 “不过既然你提到了……”阿什耸了耸肩。 “这可能只是某人的恶作剧。” 阿宝怀疑地看了看周围的同学。 “说到恶作剧，”他说，“你能猜到谁是唤醒王吗？ 一定是森林剑的人，对吧？”“事实上，我一直在研究这个问题，”乔迪说。 她从背包里拿出一本笔记本。 当她打开时，阿宝看到里面写满了他们同学的名字。 在每个名字旁边，乔迪都写了评论。 “我注意到米西·里琴巴彻今天早上花了十分钟玩手机，”乔迪说。 “但我们都知道，她的父母在工作日限制了她看屏幕的时间。 那她到底想干什么？”她翻

to another page. "And Josh Berkoff is wearing a purple shirt and a black jacket today. He looks like a walking Nether portal! Is that a coincidence, or is he toying with us? Also, a jacket in this weather?" "Jodi!" said Ash. "Are you spying on our classmates?" "I'm spying on our suspects," said Jodi. "And, Ash…everyone at Woodsword is a suspect!" Po shrugged. "She's not wrong." "There has to be a way to solve this without digging into everyone's business," said Harper— and then she shrieked. Po gasped. Harper was soaking wet. A jet of water from a nearby water fountain was blasting her.

转到另一页。Josh Berkoff今天穿了一件紫色衬衫和一件黑色夹克。 他看起来像个行走的冥界传送门！这是巧合，还是他在耍我们？ 还有，这种天气穿件夹克怎么样？”“乔迪！”阿什说。 “你在监视我们的同学吗？”“我在监视我们的嫌疑人，”乔迪说。 “还有，阿什……森林剑的每个人都是嫌疑犯！”阿宝耸耸肩。 “她没有错。”“一定有一个办法可以解决这个问题，而不需要深入了解每个人的私事。”哈珀说，然后她尖叫起来。 气喘吁吁地说。哈珀浑身湿透了。 附近喷泉喷出的一股水柱向她袭来。

"Make it stop!" Harper yelled, lifting her hands and closing her eyes against the torrent. "Harper, just run!" Jodi said. Ash held up a notebook, blocking the water as much as she could. Po launched into action. He hurried over to the water fountain. It was a fancy electronic fountain that the school's science teacher, Doc Culpepper, had recently installed. Po knew that meant it must have an off switch.

“让它停下来！”哈帕喊道，她举起双手，闭上眼睛，挡住急流。 “哈珀，快跑！”乔迪说。 艾什举起一个笔记本，尽可能地挡住水。 阿宝开始行动起来。他匆匆走向饮水机。 这是学校的科学老师卡尔佩珀博士最近安装的一个别致的电子喷泉。 阿宝知道这意味着它一定有一个关闭开关。

He found a big red button and, hoping for the best, he pushed it. The stream of water tapered off immediately. But the damage was already done. Harper stood motionless in a puddle in the middle of the hallway. Water dripped from her hair, clothes, and glasses. The poor girl looked completely stunned. Ash pulled a tissue from her backpack. Harper took it, then paused, realizing it wouldn't be much help. "Harper, are you okay?" Po asked. Harper pushed her glasses up her nose, but they slid back down again. "Please tell Ms. Minerva I may be a few minutes late," she said. Then she waddled down the hallway, squelching all the while. Harper was late, but Ms. Minerva had other problems to worry about. The clucking on the intercom had been joined by a variety of barnyard sounds. The class hamster's newly

他发现了一个红色的大按钮，抱着最好的希望，他按了一下。 那股水流立即逐渐减弱。 但损害已经造成。 哈珀一动不动地站在走廊中央的水坑里。 水从她的头发、衣服和眼镜上滴下来。 这个可怜的女孩看上去完全惊呆了。 艾什从背包里抽出一张纸巾。 哈珀接过它，然后停了一下，意识到这不会有多大帮助。 “哈珀，你没事吧？”阿宝问。 哈珀把眼镜推到鼻子上，但眼镜又滑了下来。 “请告诉密涅瓦女士，我可能会晚到几分钟，”她说。 然后她摇摇摆摆地走在走廊上，一直发出吱吱的声音。 哈珀迟到了，但密涅瓦还有其他问题需要担心。 对讲机上的咯咯声伴随着谷仓院子里各种各样的声音。 班仓鼠是新来的

automated food dispenser was launching pellets across the classroom every few seconds. And the digital whiteboard refused to display the day's assignments. Instead, it was showing photos of Ms. Minerva's recent vacation to Mykonos. From the looks of it, their teacher had had a wonderful time on the Greek island. "Oh no," Ash said at her desk. She pulled a dripping-wet sheet of paper from her notebook. "My homework got soaked." "You think that's bad?" Morgan said. "My

自动食品分配器每隔几秒钟就会向教室的另一边发射食品。 电子白板拒绝显示当天的作业。 相反，它展示的是伊万卡的照片。 密涅瓦最近去米科诺斯岛度假。 从表面上看，他们的老师在希腊岛上过得很愉快。 “哦，不，”阿什坐在她的办公桌前说。 她从笔记本里抽出一张湿淋淋的纸。 “我的作业湿透了。”“你觉得那不好吗？”摩根说。 “我的