9. Bradley Takes a Chance

Chapter 9 Bradley Takes a Chance The lights came back on. The skeleton was gone. "The cardboard ogre ate a plastic skeleton!" Nate said. Lucy got down on her knees. She ran her fingers over the wooden floor where the skeleton had been standing. "Look, there are cracks here," she said. Bradley dropped to his knees, too. "Yeah, and they're different from the regular cracks between

第九章布莱德雷碰碰运气灯又亮了。 骨架不见了。“纸板妖怪吃了塑料骷髅！”内特说。 露西跪了下来。 她用手指抚摸着那具骷髅曾经站立过的木地板。 “看，这里有裂缝，”她说。 布拉德利也跪了下来。 “是的，它们不同于普通的裂缝

the boards," he said. "They're wider." Lucy looked closer. Her nose was almost on the floor. "These cracks are clean," she said. "There's no dust or dirt in them." Bradley traced the cracks with his fingers. "They make a big square," he said, sitting up. "Guys, I think this is a trapdoor!" Nate stepped back. "I'll bet they all fell into a dungeon or something!" he said. "Dungeons are filled with rats and spiders!" Bradley pulled something from one of the cracks. "What's this?" he asked. What he held was thin, yellow, and curly. Lucy took the object from Bradley's fingers. "It's a hair," she said. "My dolls have hair just like this." Nate bent down for a look. "I think it's from Miss Piggy," he said. All three kids stared at the floor. "Miss Piggy is in the dungeon!" Nate cried. "This hair must have gotten caught when she fell through the trapdoor!" Just then they heard a laugh. It came from under the floor.

董事会，”他说。“他们更广泛。” 露茜凑近了看。她的鼻子几乎要碰到地板了。 “这些裂缝很干净，”她说。 “里面没有灰尘或污垢。” 布拉德利用手指摸着裂缝。 “它们组成了一个大广场，”他说着，坐了起来。 “伙计们，我觉得这是个活板门！”内特退后一步。 “我敢打赌他们都掉进地牢之类的地方了！” “地牢里到处都是老鼠和蜘蛛！”布拉德利从裂缝里掏出了什么东西。 “这是什么？”他问。他手里拿的东西又细又黄，还卷着。 露西从布拉德利的手指上接过东西。 “是一根头发，”她说。“我的娃娃有这样的头发。” 内特弯下腰看了看。 “我想是小猪小姐送的，”他说。 三个孩子都盯着地板。 “小猪小姐在地牢里！”内特哭了。 “这头发一定是她从活板门掉下去时被夹住的！”就在这时，他们听到一阵笑声。 它是从地板下面传来的。

"That's Brian!" Bradley said. "I'd know his laugh anywhere!" "Why's he laughing?" Lucy asked. "Maybe the rats are tickling him with their little feet!" Nate said. Bradley looked down at his own feet. In his mind, he could see Brian reaching for that candy basket. He thought about Officer Fallon doing the same thing. He remembered the skeleton's fingers on the candy just before the lights went out. Bradley jumped to his feet. He reached for the ogre's mouth. His hands shot past the cardboard teeth and he grabbed a handful of candy. Suddenly the lights went out. The trapdoor under their feet creaked, then opened wide. Bradley, Lucy, and Nate slid down a slippery chute. They landed on something soft. Bradley could feel Nate's arms wrapped around him in the pitch-darkness. "We're in the dungeon!" Nate yelled in Bradley's ear. "Now do you believe me?" Bradley sat up. "Nate, we landed on a bed," he said. "Do dungeons have fluffy pillows and soft

“这是布莱恩!”布拉德利说。 “他的笑声我到哪儿都听得出来！”“他为什么笑？”露西问。 “也许老鼠在用它们的小脚挠他呢！”内特说。 布拉德利低头看着自己的脚。 在他的脑海里，他可以看到布莱恩伸手去拿那个糖果篮子。 他想到法伦警官也会这么做。 他记得就在灯熄灭之前，骷髅的手指还在吃糖果。 布拉德利跳了起来。 他伸手去抓食人魔的嘴。 他的手从硬纸板的牙齿上滑过，抓起一把糖果。 突然，灯熄灭了。 他们脚下的活板门嘎吱作响，然后大开了。 布拉德利、露西和内特从滑滑的滑道上滑了下来。 他们落在柔软的东西上。 在一片漆黑中，布拉德利能感觉到内特的双臂紧紧地搂住了他。 “我们在地牢里！”内特对着布拉德利的耳朵喊道。 “现在你相信我了吧？”布拉德利坐了起来。 “内特，我们落在了床上，”他说。 “地下城有毛茸茸的枕头吗

mattresses?" "And I smell cookies and lemonade," Lucy added. The lights came on. The plastic skeleton was hanging on the wall, grinning. About fifty kids were standing around the bed, pointing and laughing. "You finally got here!" Luke Sanders said. "Did you find my hat?" "Yeah, we found it," Bradley said. "Why'd you leave it there?" "It fell off when I came down the chute," Luke said. "Hey, bro, what's up?" Brian said. He had taken off his salad bowl. He was grinning. "What's going on, Brian?" Bradley asked. "We were really scared when we couldn't find you!" "Sorry," Brian said. "I just tried to get some candy, and I ended up down here!"

床垫?”“我还闻到了饼干和柠檬水的味道。”露西补充说。 灯亮了。塑料骨架挂在墙上，咧着嘴笑。 大约五十个孩子站在床边，指指点点，笑个不停。 “你终于来了！”卢克·桑德斯说。 “你找到我的帽子了吗？”“是的，我们找到了，”布拉德利说。 “你为什么把它留在那儿？”“我从滑道下来的时候它掉了，”卢克说。 “嘿，兄弟，怎么了？”布莱恩说。 他把沙拉碗拿了下来。 他咧着嘴笑。“怎么了，布莱恩？”布拉德利问。 “找不到你的时候，我们真的很害怕！”“对不起，”布莱恩说。 “我只是想买些糖果，结果却掉到这里来了！”

Someone in an ogre mask walked over to the bed. He pulled off the rubber mask. Underneath it was Officer Fallon's smiling face. "Welcome to the party!" he said. "All your friends are here." Bradley looked around. He saw Miss Piggy. He saw the witch, the ghost, and the zombie. They had removed their costumes, too. The witch turned out to be their teacher, Ms. Tery. The ghost was Ellie, who owned the diner. And the zombie was their friend Mr. Linkletter. They all waved at the kids. "We wanted you kids to follow the green footprints," Officer Fallon said. "They led right to the ogre's head and the candy. When you touched the candy, a special trigger opened the trapdoor." "So you knew the whole time?" Lucy asked.

一个戴着食人魔面具的人走到床边。 他摘下了橡胶面具。 下面是法伦警官的笑脸。 “欢迎来到这个聚会！”他说。 “你所有的朋友都在这儿。” 布拉德利环顾四周。他看见了猪小姐。 他看到了女巫，鬼魂和僵尸。 他们也脱掉了戏服。 这个女巫原来是他们的老师。 Tery。鬼魂是埃莉，餐厅的老板。 僵尸是他们的朋友林克莱特先生。 他们都向孩子们挥手。 “我们希望你们这些孩子追随绿色足迹，”法伦警官说。 “它们直接通向食人魔的头和糖果。 当你碰到糖果时，一个特殊的触发器就会打开活板门。” “所以你一直都知道？”露西问。

"Yep. Everyone in town knew, except the kids," Officer Fallon said. "Were you surprised?" "Totally!" Bradley said. "This is awesome!" Lucy said. "I wasn't surprised," Nate said, puffing up his chest. "I knew it was fake!" Bradley bopped Nate with a pillow. "You did not! You were scared all along!" Ellie walked over with a plate of cupcakes. They had orange frosting and looked like small pumpkins. Nate grabbed one.

“是的。镇上的每个人都知道，除了孩子们，”法伦说。 “你感到惊讶吗？”“完全!”布拉德利说。 “这太棒了！”露西说。 “我一点也不惊讶，”内特挺起胸膛说。 “我就知道是假的！”布拉德利用枕头打内特。 “你没有！”你一直都很害怕！”埃莉端着一盘纸杯蛋糕走过来。 它们有橙色的糖霜，看起来像小南瓜。 内特抓了一个。