7. Where Is Officer Fallon

Chapter 7 Where Is Officer Fallon? "That's one of the weird noises!" Nate said. "Gives me goose bumps," Officer Fallon said. They moved slowly forward. "Watch out for the snake!" Lucy said when they came to the snake tree. "But it's only a rubber one." Officer Fallon tickled the snake's belly as he walked past it.

第七章法伦警官在哪里？ “那是一种奇怪的声音！”内特说。 “让我起鸡皮疙瘩，”法伦警官说。 他们慢慢地向前移动。 “小心那条蛇！”当他们来到蛇树时，露西说。 “但它只是一个橡胶的。” 法伦警官走过蛇的时候挠了它的肚子。

"Where's this zombie you told me about?" he whispered. "I don't know," Bradley said. "We don't know where the witch and ghost are, either," Lucy said. "Everyone is disappearing," Nate muttered. The green footprints led them to the couch. The fake-fur blanket was still there, but it was neatly folded. The cowboy hat sat on top of the blanket. "This looks different," Bradley said. "Who folded the blanket?" "Not me!" Nate said. "I never fold anything. Just ask my mother." "I didn't do it, either," Lucy said. "Is this Luke's hat?" Officer Fallon asked. "Yes," Nate said. Officer Fallon hitched up his pants. "Take me to this ogre head!" They crept through the foggy mist to the black curtain. Lucy opened it at the crack. "There it is!" Nate said. He pointed at the giant ogre's head. "Oh my gosh!" Officer Fallon said. "It sure is big!"

“你跟我说过的那个僵尸在哪儿？”他小声说。 “我不知道，”布拉德利说。 “我们也不知道女巫和鬼魂在哪儿。”露茜说。 “每个人都在消失。”内特喃喃地说。 绿色的脚印把他们带到沙发前。 假毛毯子还在，但叠得整整齐齐。 牛仔帽放在毯子上。 “这次看起来不一样，”布拉德利说。 “谁叠的毯子？”“不是我!”内特说。 “我从不折东西。问问我妈妈就知道了。” “也不是我干的。”露茜说。 “这是卢克的帽子吗？”法伦警官问。 “是的，”内特说。法伦警官提了提裤子。 “带我去见这个食人魔的头！”他们穿过浓雾，爬到黑幕前。 露茜在裂缝处打开了门。 “在那儿！”内特说。他指着巨魔的头。 “我的天哪！”法伦警官说。 “它确实很大！”

"Come and see this!" Nate said. He took Officer Fallon's hand and led him to the other opening in the curtain. He showed him the cauldron of bubbling water. "It's a witch stew!" Officer Fallon went right to the recipe. "Three small children!" he said. "Goodness, do you think the witch wants to cook some kids?" "Yes!" Nate said. "No," Lucy said. She put her hand on the pot. "The water isn't even hot." Officer Fallon peeked into the pot. "It's dry ice," he said. "What's that?" Bradley asked. "Dry ice is made from carbon dioxide instead of water," Officer Fallon said. "When you drop it in warm water, the water and carbon dioxide make steam. Like in this pot. The water bubbles, but it never gets hot." They all heard a voice. It sounded as if it came from underwater. The voice was moaning. Nate grabbed Bradley's arm. Lucy grabbed his other arm. "Who is it?" Nate whispered.

“快来看这个！”内特说。 他拉着法伦警官的手，把他带到窗帘的另一个开口。 他指给他看那锅冒泡的水。 “这是女巫炖肉！”法伦警官直接去找配方了。 “三个小孩！”他说。 “天哪，你觉得女巫想煮孩子吗？”“是的!”内特说。 “没有。”露茜说。她把手放在锅上。 “水都不热。” 法伦警官朝罐子里偷看了一眼。 “这是干冰，”他说。“那是什么?”布拉德利问。 “干冰是由二氧化碳而不是水构成的，”法伦说。 “当你把它放在温水中，水和二氧化碳就会产生蒸汽。 就像在这个锅里，水会起泡，但永远不会变热。” 他们都听到了一个声音。听起来好像是从水下传来的。 那声音在呻吟。内特抓住布拉德利的胳膊。 露茜抓住他的另一只胳膊。 “是谁？”内特低声说。

Bradley gulped. He had heard that voice before. "I think it's Brian," he whispered. "How can you tell?" Lucy asked. "It's just a moaning sound." "I know Brian's voice," Bradley said. "It's the same as mine!" Bradley made the same sound. "See, we sound just alike," he said. "Sometimes at night Brian and I hide under our beds and make creepy noises to scare Josh." "Yeah, I tried doing that once to scare Ruth Rose," Nate said. "But she's not scared of anything!" They heard the moan again. "Did you hear that, Officer Fallon?" Nate asked. But Officer Fallon was gone. "Where is he?" Lucy asked. "He was right behind us." "Well, he's not here now!" Bradley said. They dashed back through the black curtain. The giant ogre head was still staring at them. The basket of candy was still inside the ogre's mouth. But Officer Fallon was nowhere to be seen.

布拉德利一饮而尽。他以前听到过这个声音。 “我想是布莱恩，”他低声说。 “你怎么知道？”露西问。 “只是一种呻吟的声音。” “我认得布莱恩的声音，”布拉德利说。 “和我的一样！”布拉德利也发出了同样的声音。 “看，我们的声音很像，”他说。 “有时晚上，布莱恩和我躲在床底下，发出令人毛骨悚然的声音来吓唬乔希。” “是的，我曾经试过这样吓唬露丝·罗斯，”内特说。 “但她什么都不怕！”他们又听到了呻吟声。 “你听到了吗，法伦警官？”内特问道。 但是法伦警官已经走了。 “他在哪儿？”露西问。 “他就在我们后面。”“嗯，他现在不在这儿！”布拉德利说。 他们穿过黑色的帘子冲了回去。 那个巨大的食人魔头还在盯着他们。 那篮糖果还在食人魔的嘴里。 但法伦警官却不见踪影。

Bradley stepped on something that crinkled under his foot. He picked it up. "It's a candy wrapper," he said. "Here's another one!" Nate said, grabbing a wrapper off the floor. "They're the same as the candies in the ogre's basket!" Bradley stared at the basket of candy. "Officer Fallon loves candy," he said. "But he would never throw the wrappers on the floor. He's always picking up litter!"

布拉德利踩到了一件在脚下起皱的东西。 他把它捡起来。“这是一个糖果包装纸，”他说。 “这里还有一个！”内特说着，从地板上抓起一个包装纸。 “它们和食人魔篮子里的糖果一样！”布拉德利盯着那篮糖果。 “法伦警官喜欢吃糖果，”他说。 “但他绝不会把包装纸扔在地上。 他总是捡垃圾！”

"Maybe he left the wrappers as clues," Lucy said. "What good are clues?" asked Nate. "The ogre got him, like he got Brian and Luke and those other kids!"

“也许他留下包装纸作为线索。”露茜说。 “线索有什么用？”内特问。 “食人魔抓住了他，就像他抓住了布莱恩、卢克和其他孩子一样！”