8. Evil Candy

Chapter 8 Evil Candy "I can't believe Officer Fallon just disappeared," Lucy said. "He was standing right here three seconds ago!" "Maybe it's the candy," Nate said. "You eat some, and you disappear!" "Dink told me that if we stole candy from the ogre, we'd get a prize," Lucy said. "Some prize," Nate mumbled. "Eat it and you're gone."

“我真不敢相信法伦警官就这么消失了，”露西说。 “他三秒钟前还站在这里呢！”“也许是糖果的缘故，”内特说。 “你吃了一些，就消失了！”“丁克告诉我，如果我们从食人魔那里偷糖果，我们就会得到奖品，”露西说。 “某种奖品。”内特咕哝着。 “吃了它，你就走了。”

They all stared at the basket in the ogre's mouth. Bradley grinned at Nate. "Why don't you take a candy and find out what happens?" "No way!" Nate said. "Why don't you take some, brave Bradley? Then Lucy and I will watch you disappear!" Bradley shook his head. "No, I have to stick around to protect you from the witches and zombies." "I'm not taking candy, either," Lucy said. "But I have an idea." She parted the black curtain. "I'll be right back." Then she was gone. "Where's she going?" Nate asked. "Now there are only two of us! If you disappear, I'll be all alone in this creepy place!" "Don't worry," Bradley said. "I'm not going to disappear." Nate peeked through the curtain crack. "It's dark out there," he said. "What if she—" Suddenly Nate shrieked and jumped back. "Run for your life!" he yelled.

他们都盯着食人魔嘴里的篮子。 布拉德利对内特咧嘴一笑。“你为什么不吃颗糖，看看会发生什么？”“不可能!”内特说。 “勇敢的布拉德利，你为什么不拿一些呢？” 然后我和露茜就会看着你消失！”布拉德利摇了摇头。 “不，我得留下来保护你不受女巫和僵尸的伤害。” “我也不带糖果。”露茜说。 “但我有个主意。”她拉开黑窗帘。 “我马上就回来。”然后她就走了。 “她要去哪儿？”内特问道。 “现在我们只剩下两个人了！”如果你消失了，我就一个人呆在这个令人毛骨悚然的地方了！”“别担心，”布拉德利说。 “我不会消失的。” 内特从窗帘缝里偷看。 “外面很黑，”他说。 “如果她——”内特突然尖叫起来，跳了回去。 “逃命！”他喊道。

When Bradley turned, he saw a skeleton walking through the black curtain. The skeleton pointed a bony finger at Nate. "Come with me, Nate Hathaway," the skeleton said. "I'm your new best friend!" Nate ran and hid behind Bradley. Bradley laughed. "Okay, come on out, Lucy," he said. "We know it's you." Lucy stepped out from behind the skeleton and laid it on the floor. It grinned up at them through yellow plastic teeth. "Where'd you get it?" Bradley asked. "It was on Mr. Linkletter's desk, remember?" Lucy asked. Nate walked over to Lucy and the skeleton. "Very funny," he said. "Why did you drag it way over here?" "Mr. Skeleton is going to help us figure out what happened to Brian, Officer Fallon, and the other kids," Lucy said. "How's he going to do that?" Nate asked. "He doesn't have a brain, Lucy." "No, but I do," Lucy said. She pulled a ball of string and some scissors from a pocket. "I

当布拉德利转身时，他看到一具骷髅穿过黑色的窗帘。 骷髅用瘦骨嶙峋的手指着内特。 “跟我来，内特·海瑟薇，”骷髅说。 “我是你最好的新朋友！”内特跑过去躲在布拉德利后面。 布拉德利笑了。“好吧，露西，出来吧。”他说。 “我们知道是你。”露茜从骷髅后面走出来，把它放在地板上。 它透过黄色的塑料牙齿朝他们咧嘴一笑。 “你从哪儿弄来的？”布拉德利问。 “它在Linkletter先生的桌子上，记得吗？”露西问。 内特走向露西和骷髅。 “很有趣，”他说。“你为什么把它拖到这儿来？”“先生。 骷髅会帮我们弄清楚布莱恩、法伦警官和其他孩子的遭遇，”露西说。 “他要怎么做呢？”内特问道。 “他没有脑子，露西。” “不知道，但我知道。”露茜说。 她从口袋里掏出一团线和几把剪刀。 “我

borrowed these from Mr. Linkletter's desk." "What're they for?" Nate asked. "Maybe the skeleton can show us how everyone is disappearing," Lucy said. She cut a long piece of string from the ball. She tied one end of the string around the skeleton's left wrist. She tied the other end to his right wrist. "Okay, pull on the string," Lucy said. Bradley and Nate tugged on the string, and the skeleton's arms lifted off the floor. "Perfect!" Lucy said. "Now help me stand it up." Bradley and Lucy stood the skeleton on its feet. "Move him over by the ogre," Lucy said. They stood the skeleton in front of the ogre's mouth. "Okay, I'll hold him up, and you two make him reach for the candy," Lucy said. "How?" Nate asked. "I'm not getting near that candy!" "Just pull the string up so his hands touch the basket," Lucy explained. "If I'm right, something should happen." "Cool," Bradley said. "Like a skeleton puppet!"

从Linkletter先生的桌子上借的。” “它们是干什么用的？”内特问道。 “也许这具骨架能告诉我们人类是如何消失的，”露西说。 她从球上剪下一根长长的绳子。 她把绳子的一端系在骷髅的左手腕上。 她把另一端系在他的右手腕上。 “好吧，拉绳子。”露茜说。 布拉德利和内特拉着绳子，骷髅的手臂离开了地板。 “完美!”露西说。“现在帮我把它站起来。” 布拉德利和露西站着那具骨架。 “把他移到食人魔那边去。”露茜说。 他们把骷髅放在食人魔的嘴边。 “好吧，我把他举起来，你们俩让他去拿糖果。”露茜说。 “如何?”内特问道。“我才不要接近那块糖！”“只要把绳子往上拉，这样他的手就能碰到篮子了。”露西解释说。 “如果我是对的，应该会发生一些事情。” “酷，”布拉德利说。“像骷髅木偶一样！”

Bradley and Nate lifted the string. The skeleton's bony hands moved forward. They touched the basket. Nothing happened. "Now make him take some candy," Lucy said.

布拉德利和内特拉开了绳子。 骷髅瘦骨嶙峋的双手向前移动。 他们碰到了篮子。什么也没有发生。 “现在让他吃点糖。”露茜说。

Bradley and Nate pulled the string tighter. When the skeleton's hands landed on the candy, three things happened at once: The lights went out. They all heard a creaking noise. Bradley and Nate yelled as the string was yanked from their fingers.

布拉德利和内特把绳子拉得更紧。 当骷髅的手碰到糖果时，三件事同时发生了：灯灭了； 他们都听到嘎吱嘎吱的声音。 当绳子从他们的手指上被拽走时，布拉德利和内特大叫起来。