Chapter 4

Chapter 4 YOU SAY "FOTATO." I SAY DUCK!* Doc was more flustered than Harper had ever seen her. The teacher was wearing an overstuffed tool belt and a slightly panicked expression. She kept dabbing her forehead with a handkerchief. "I appreciate the help," she said, looking from Harper to Jodi. "This is too big a job for me alone." Harper smiled widely. Doc Culpepper was her favorite teacher. That was because Doc didn't just teach science, she lived it! She had worked in a government laboratory before coming to Woodsword. And she still experimented in her free

第四章你说“土豆”。 我说鸭子！医生比哈珀见过她的时候更慌张。 老师系着一条塞得满满的工具带，脸上带着一丝惊慌。 她不停地用手帕擦额头。 “我很感激你的帮助，”她说，看看哈珀，又看看乔迪。 “这对我一个人来说太大了。” 哈珀笑得很开心。卡尔佩珀医生是她最喜欢的老师。 那是因为博士不仅教授科学，她还亲身体验了科学！在来Woodsword之前，她曾在一家政府实验室工作。 她还在自由自在地做实验

time. The amazing VR goggles that allowed them to enter Minecraft were just one example of Doc's handiwork. Though Doc didn't know just how powerful her goggles were. Doc had a reputation for letting experiments and inventions get out of hand. Even so, could she really be responsible for the chaos affecting the school? Doc held up a clipboard. "Before we can fix the problem, we need to determine how extensive it is. I've written down all the malfunctions I've seen so far. But there are a few more areas to check." Doc led them to the auditorium first. Harper knew the drama club used that space for their performances and rehearsals. She was expecting to find problems with the stage lights or the sound equipment. She was not expecting snow. "It's magic!" Jodi cried. She ran in tight little circles through the snow that drifted down from the high ceiling. "Magic is real! I knew it all along and

时间。让他们进入《我的世界》的神奇VR眼镜只是Doc手工制作的一个例子。 虽然医生不知道她的护目镜有多强大。 博士是出了名的让实验和发明失控。 即便如此，她真的应该为影响学校的混乱负责吗？ 博士举起一个剪贴板。“在我们解决这个问题之前，我们需要确定它的范围有多大。 我已经记下了目前为止我见过的所有故障。 但还有一些领域需要检查。” 博士先把他们带到礼堂。 哈珀知道戏剧社用那个地方表演和排练。 她本以为会发现舞台灯光或音响设备有问题。 她没想到会下雪。 “这是魔法!”乔迪•哭了。她在从高高的天花板上飘下来的雪中紧紧地绕着小圈子跑着。 “魔法是真的！”我一直都知道

no one listened to me, Harper!" Harper stuck out her tongue to catch a snowflake. It didn't melt, but it quickly got soggy. She flicked it away. "It's paper," she said. "Confetti. Special effects." Jodi slid through the artificial snow. "Stage

没有人听我的话，哈帕！”哈珀伸出舌头去接雪花。 它没有融化，但很快就湿透了。 她把它弹开了。“这是纸，”她说。 “五彩纸屑。特殊效果。” 乔迪滑过人造雪。 ”阶段

magic is still magic!" she insisted. Doc jotted a note on her clipboard. "The drama club spent an entire afternoon loading up their snow cannons. They are not going to be happy about this." "Neither are the janitors," Harper said. She kicked a little pile of paper snowflakes. "I hear the vacuums aren't exactly working, either." Doc sighed, nodded, and wrote another note on her clipboard. "Let's move on," she said. As they trailed Doc to their next stop, Jodi cleared her throat. "I know nobody wants to be the first to say it. But I think we need to discuss the possibility that gremlins are behind all this." "Gremlins?" said Harper. "The little green creatures? People used to blame them for all sorts of problems, right?"

魔法就是魔法！”她坚持道。 医生在她的写字板上草草地写了个笔记。 话剧社花了一整个下午装雪炮。 他们对此不会高兴的。” “看门人也不知道，”哈珀说。 她踢了一小堆纸雪花。 “我听说吸尘器也坏了。” 博士叹了口气，点了点头，在她的写字板上又写了一张便条。 “我们继续吧，”她说。 当他们跟着医生来到下一站时，乔迪清了清嗓子。 “我知道没人想第一个说出来。 但我认为，我们需要讨论这一切背后有小精灵的可能性。” “小妖精？”“那些绿色的小生物？” 人们过去常常把各种各样的问题归咎于他们，对吧？”

"I don't think they mean to cause trouble," Jodi

“我认为他们不是有意要制造麻烦，”乔迪说

said, her tone completely serious. "But they enjoy riding the electrostatic fields of the stratosphere. As you can imagine, that can really mess things up." Harper grinned. She had no idea where Jodi came up with this stuff. "I'm afraid there's a simpler explanation," said Doc. "Human error." She rummaged through her tool belt and pulled out a tiny computer chip. "I wanted Woodsword to be the most advanced school in the county. So I networked the whole school. I put a computer chip in, well, everything. And now everything is broken." Harper's heart felt a little heavy when she saw her teacher so defeated. "That doesn't mean you're to blame," Harper said. "It might be a hardware issue. Maybe the computer chips were faulty? Or it might be a software problem. We could double-check the code that keeps everything automated." "Or it could be gremlins," Jodi added, her eyes

她说，语气非常严肃。 “但它们喜欢乘坐平流层的静电场。 你可以想象，这真的会把事情搞砸。” 哈珀咧嘴一笑。她不知道乔迪是怎么想到这些东西的。 “恐怕还有一个更简单的解释，”医生说。 “人为错误”。她翻遍了自己的工具带，拿出了一个小小的电脑芯片。 “我希望木剑学校能成为全县最先进的学校。 所以我把整个学校联网了。 我在所有东西里都放了一个电脑芯片。 现在一切都坏了。” 哈珀看到老师如此受挫，心情有些沉重。 “这并不意味着你应该受到指责，”哈珀说。 “这可能是硬件问题。 也许是电脑芯片有问题？ 也可能是软件问题。 我们可以再次检查代码，确保一切都是自动化的。” “也可能是小精灵，”乔迪用眼睛补充道