Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Before Reading This Chapter, Get Your Favorite Blanket and Make Yourself a Hot Chocolate. Ironsword Academy was practically frozen. In each class, Harper would watch her breath turn into fog in the air and hope someone was doing something to fix the air-conditioning. But after every class, nothing would change. If anything, it was getting colder. No one knew why, and Principal Ferris didn't even mention it in the morning announcements, which was unusual. He practically made an announcement every time someone was running in the halls!

在阅读本章之前，找一条你最喜欢的毯子，给自己做一杯热巧克力。 铁剑学院几乎被冻结了。 在每节课上，哈珀都会看着她的呼吸在空气中变成雾，希望有人在修理空调。 但每次下课后，一切都没有改变。 如果说有什么不同的话，那就是天气越来越冷了。 没人知道为什么，费里斯校长甚至没有在早上的通告中提到这件事，这很不寻常。 每次有人在大厅里跑来跑去，他几乎都要宣布一声！

Other students pulled sweaters and jackets from their lockers, but Harper didn't keep anything except books in her locker. She didn't need to! She had a system! On any other day she would have been prepared with a fresh, clean sweater, and maybe even extras for her friends. But it wasn't a normal day, and she wasn't prepared for this at all. When the final bell rang and classes ended, Harper went straight to the computer lab to look for Doc Culpepper. She was standing outside the

其他学生从储物柜里拿出毛衣和夹克，但哈珀的储物柜里除了书什么也没放。 她根本不需要！她有一个系统！在其他任何一天，她都会准备一件新鲜干净的毛衣，甚至可能为她的朋友准备额外的毛衣。 但这不是平常的一天，她完全没有准备好。 下课铃响了，下课了，哈珀直奔电脑室去找卡尔佩珀博士。 她站在外面

computer lab's closet, tapping her chin and contemplating the pile of tools and tech inside. "Hi, D-D-Doc!" Harper said, teeth chattering. She rubbed her arms and jogged in place a little to warm up. "What's going on with the AC?" "No idea!" Doc said cheerfully. "I've been examining the machinery since this morning, looking for problems. But nothing's broken!" "If nothing's broken, why are we so cold?"

她敲着下巴，凝视着里面那堆工具和科技产品。 “嗨,D-D-Doc !”哈帕说，牙齿在打战。 她揉了揉胳膊，原地慢跑了一会儿，以热身。 “空调怎么了？”“不知道!”医生高兴地说。 “从今天早上开始，我一直在检查机器，寻找问题。 但是什么也没坏！”“如果什么都没坏，为什么我们这么冷？”

Theo popped up behind them, wearing a big winter toboggan cap. "Someone must have set it to be cold, right?" Harper couldn't imagine doing that on purpose. Ice was forming on the inside of the windows! Everyone was shivering! But still, it was good news. "That's great, because it means we can change it back to a normal temperature, right?" "Well, yes and no," Doc Culpepper said. "Yes, it can be changed. No, we can't do it. You need a password from an administrator, which means someone in charge." Now Morgan and Jodi had arrived, too. Morgan's jacket was zipped all the way up to his neck, and Jodi had a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. "Like who?" Jodi asked. "Principal Ferris," Harper realized.

西奥突然出现在他们身后，戴着一顶大大的冬季雪橇帽。 “一定是有人把它设置成冷的，对吧？”哈珀无法想象他是故意这么做的。 窗户里面结了冰！每个人都在发抖！但这仍然是个好消息。 “这太棒了，因为这意味着我们可以把它变回正常温度，对吧？”“嗯，是也不是，”卡尔佩珀医生说。 “是的，它可以改变。不，我们不能这么做。 你需要管理员提供密码，也就是负责人。” 现在摩根和乔迪也来了。 摩根的夹克拉链一直拉到脖子上，乔迪的肩膀上裹着一条毯子。 “像谁?”乔迪•问道。“费里斯校长。”哈珀意识到。

"But he hasn't answered my emails." Doc Culpepper gestured to her closet of tools. "So I was looking to see if I could find my passwordcracking device." "My boogers are freezing into crystals!" Po rolled into the computer lab, wearing big gloves to warm up his hands. "Maybe we could sneak into his office and see if he left any clues about the password?" "This is silly!" Harper said. "Of course Principal Ferris wants to fix it. We can go ask him

“但他没有回复我的电子邮件。” 卡尔佩珀医生指了指她的工具箱。 “所以我想看看能不能找到我的密码破解设备。” “我的鼻屎都冻成水晶了！”阿宝滚进电脑室，戴着大手套让双手暖和起来。 “也许我们可以溜进他的办公室，看看他有没有留下关于密码的线索？”“这太愚蠢了！”哈珀说。 “费里斯校长当然想修好它。 我们可以去问他

in his office. But…" Everybody from their Minecraft group was here: Harper, Theo, Morgan, Jodi, and Po. Ash would be logged in by now, too. "We also need to find Eek." Jodi nodded. "So, what's the plan?" Right. The plan. That was Harper's job! She made the plans. She could figure this out. Sure, Eek had vanished again, even though he'd promised to stay put. Sure, they were a day behind schedule, and now they'd be playing with frozen fingers and chattery teeth. But if they stuck to a plan, they'd make it through. "If we're going to m-m-make it in time, we need Ends of Eyeser." Harper paused and pushed her sleepy and cold brain to focus. "I mean, Eyes of Ender. To make those, we'll need r-rr- raze b-b-bods."

在他的办公室。但是……”《我的世界》小组的所有成员都来了：Harper， Theo, Morgan， Jodi和Po。 阿什现在也该登录了。 “我们还需要找到埃克。” 乔迪•点点头。“那么，计划是什么？”正确的。 这个计划。那是哈珀的工作！她制定了计划。 她能弄明白的。 当然，埃克又消失了，尽管他答应待在原地不动。 当然，他们比计划晚了一天，现在他们会用冻僵的手指和打颤的牙齿玩耍。 但如果他们坚持一个计划，他们就会成功。 “如果我们要——要——要及时赶到，我们需要Ends of Eyeser。” 哈珀停了一下，让她那又困又冷的大脑集中注意力。 “我的意思是，《末影之眼》。为了制造这些，我们需要夷平这些身体。”