4. Killer Spiders!

Chapter 4 Killer Spiders! Since Brian and Lucy had followed the footprints, Bradley and Nate walked in the opposite direction. The foggy mist made it hard to see the dark floor. They stumbled into covered furniture and fake trees. Thick, sticky cobwebs hung from the branches. Nate almost bumped into a long snake hanging from a tree branch. "It's a python!" Nate cried. "They can swallow a kid whole!"

第4章杀人蜘蛛！因为布赖恩和露西是跟着脚印走的，所以布拉德利和内特朝相反的方向走去。 浓雾使人很难看清黑暗的地面。 他们被有顶棚的家具和假树绊倒了。 又厚又粘的蜘蛛网挂在树枝上。 内特差点撞到一条挂在树枝上的长蛇。 “是一条蟒蛇！”内特哭了。 “它们能把一个孩子整个吞下去！”

"Nate, it's a fake snake," Bradley said. He patted the snake's rubber belly. "This guy can't swallow anything!" "There should be a law against scaring little kids," Nate grumbled. Bradley continued walking, feeling his way in the dark, misty place. Nate walked right behind him, holding on to Bradley's shirt. They came to another fake tree. A sign on it said PULL THE WITCH'S BROOM HANDLE. Bradley looked up. One branch was a broom. The handle had been painted white, and it glowed in the dark. "Should we pull it?" he asked Nate. "No way!" Nate said. "If you do, I'll bet we fall right into that witch's oven!" Bradley laughed. He reached up and tugged on the broom handle. They heard a creak. Then hundreds of tiny spiders dropped into their hair and faces. "KILLER SPIDERS!" Nate screamed. "RUN!"

“内特，这是一条假蛇，”布拉德利说。 他拍了拍蛇的橡胶肚子。 “这家伙什么都吞不下去！”“应该有一条禁止吓唬小孩子的法律，”内特抱怨道。 布拉德利继续走着，在黑暗、雾蒙蒙的地方摸索着路。 内特走在他身后，抓着布拉德利的衬衫。 他们来到另一棵假树前。 上面写着“拉女巫的扫帚把”。 布拉德利抬起头。一根树枝是扫帚。 把手被漆成了白色，在黑暗中闪闪发光。 “我们要拉吗？”他问内特。 “不可能!”内特说。“如果你这样做，我打赌我们会掉进那个女巫的炉子里！”布拉德利笑了。 他伸手拉了拉扫帚把。 他们听到嘎吱一声。接着，数以百计的小蜘蛛掉进了他们的头发和脸上。 “杀手蜘蛛!”内特尖叫。 “快跑!”

Bradley spit out a spider that had landed in his mouth. "They're plastic, Nate," he said. "Tiny plastic spiders." "Boy, do I hate Halloween!" Nate said. He shook a bunch of the spiders out of his hair. "Shhhh," Bradley said. He clamped a hand over Nate's mouth. "Do you hear something?" It was like a voice coming from underwater. It sounded hollow and scary. "People are yelling!" Nate said.

布拉德利吐出了一只落在他嘴里的蜘蛛。 “它们是塑料的，内特，”他说。 “小小的塑料蜘蛛。”“天哪，我真讨厌万圣节！”内特说。 他抖掉了头发上的一堆蜘蛛。 “嘘，”布拉德利说。他用一只手捂住内特的嘴。 “你听到什么声音了吗？”那声音就像是从水下传来的。 这声音听起来空洞而可怕。 “人们在大喊大叫！”内特说。

"Maybe it's Luke and those other kids," Bradley said. "Or it could be your brother and Lucy," Nate said. "Maybe the witch is cooking them!" "Can you tell where the sounds are coming from?" Bradley asked. They both peered into the gloomy room. All they saw was mist, darkness, and the twinkly ceiling lights. "Look, there's an exit sign!" Nate said. He took Bradley's shoulders and turned him around. Bradley saw the red exit sign high on one of the walls. "We can get out of here!" Nate said. "I've got my allowance money. I'll buy us ice cream at Ellie's Diner!" "We can't just leave, Nate," Bradley said. "What about those missing kids? Besides, we're supposed to meet Brian and Lucy in a few minutes." Suddenly they heard another yell. This time it was closer. Bradley recognized Lucy's voice yelling, "BRIAN!"

“也许是卢克和其他孩子，”布拉德利说。 “也可能是你哥哥和露西，”内特说。 “也许是女巫在煮它们！”“你能分辨出声音是从哪里来的吗？”布拉德利问。 他们俩都向阴暗的房间里窥视。 他们看到的只有薄雾、黑暗和闪烁的顶灯。 “看，那里有一个出口标志！”内特说。 他抓住布拉德利的肩膀，让他转过身来。 布拉德利看到红色的出口标志高高地挂在其中一面墙上。 “我们可以离开这里！”内特说。 “我拿到零用钱了。 我去艾丽餐厅给我们买冰淇淋！”“我们不能就这么走了，内特，”布拉德利说。 “那些失踪的孩子怎么办？” 再说，我们几分钟后就要见布莱恩和露西了。” 突然，他们又听到一声喊叫。 这一次距离更近了。布拉德利听出了露西的声音：“布莱恩！”

"It's Lucy!" Bradley said. "Maybe she and Brian found those other kids." Bradley shouted back, "Lucy, where are you?" "Over here!" came Lucy's voice. "Follow the green footprints!" "Okay!" Bradley shouted. To Nate he said, "Help me find those footprints again." "How do we know that's really Lucy?" Nate asked. "It could be the witch, pretending to be Lucy!" "It's Lucy," Bradley said. He tugged Nate toward where he thought the voice had come from. They kept walking through the darkness. Soon Bradley could make out the glowing footprints. "Here they are," he said. "Here who are?" Nate whispered. "The footprints," Bradley said. They followed the glowing green prints. But a minute later, the footprints stopped. So did Bradley. Nate bumped into him. "What's wrong?" Nate asked. Bradley felt Nate's breath on the back of his neck.

“这是露西!”布拉德利说。 “也许她和布莱恩找到了其他孩子。” 布拉德利喊道：“露西，你在哪里？”“这边！”露茜的声音传来。 “跟随绿色的足迹！”“好吧!”布拉德利喊道。 他对内特说：“帮我找回那些脚印。” “我们怎么知道那真的是露茜呢？”内特问道。 “可能是女巫，她假装成露茜！”“是露西，”布拉德利说。 他把内特拉向他认为声音来自的地方。 他们继续在黑暗中行走。 很快布拉德利就能辨认出发光的脚印。 “在这儿，”他说。“这是谁？”内特低声说。 “脚印，”布拉德利说。 他们跟着发光的绿色脚印走。 但一分钟后，脚印停止了。 布拉德利也是。内特撞到他了。 “怎么了?”内特问道。 布拉德利感觉到内特的呼吸在他的脖子后面。

"No more footprints," Bradley said in a low voice. "They just ended." Bradley looked up. Even the twinkling lights were gone. He and Nate were standing in total darkness. No tiny lights, no glowing footprints. Just the misty fog and blackness all around them. "I don't like this," Nate murmured. "Whoever invented Halloween should go to jail!" "It's like a cave," Bradley whispered. He remembered one time when he and Brian were playing ghost in their grandmother's attic. Bradley had hidden behind an old mattress, and Brian shut off the light to scare him. The attic felt—and smelled—just like this! "This is weird," Bradley said. He reached his arms straight out into the darkness. His fingers touched something soft and smooth. It felt like velvet cloth. Suddenly a black curtain parted. Bradley gulped. A bright light revealed Lucy standing like a statue. Behind her was a giant ogre's mouth. The mouth was wide open, showing large white teeth.

“别再留下脚印了。”布拉德利低声说。 “他们刚刚结束。”布拉德利抬起头。 连闪烁的灯光都不见了。 他和内特站在一片漆黑中。 没有微小的灯光，没有发光的脚印。 只有迷雾和黑暗包围着他们。 “我不喜欢这样，”内特低声说。 “发明万圣节的人应该进监狱！”“就像一个山洞，”布拉德利低声说。 他记得有一次他和布莱恩在祖母的阁楼上玩鬼。 布拉德利躲在一个旧床垫后面，布莱恩关了灯吓唬他。 阁楼摸起来——闻起来——就像这样！“这很奇怪，”布拉德利说。 他把双臂伸向黑暗中。 他的手指摸到了柔软光滑的东西。 摸起来像天鹅绒。 突然，一块黑色的窗帘拉开了。 布拉德利一饮而尽。一道强光照出露西像雕像一样站着。 她身后是一张巨大的食人魔的嘴。 嘴巴张得大大的，露出雪白的大牙齿。