Chapter 9

Chapter 9 A REVELATION! A EUREKA MOMENT! A CHANGE OF HEART! ALL LIKE BUTTERFLIES TAKING FLIGHT! Po was eating a peanut butter sandwich for lunch when Jodi and Harper presented their plan for saving their teachers' friendship. Morgan nodded along as he took a bite of banana. Theo sat listening in silence.

第九章一个启示！灵光一现！改变主意了！都像蝴蝶在飞翔！阿宝正在吃花生酱三明治当午餐，这时乔迪和哈珀提出了挽救老师友谊的计划。 摩根边吃香蕉边点头。 西奥静静地坐着听着。

"We have to do something," said Jodi. "We can't just sit by while their friendship ends over some cocoons and a cybernetic coffeepot." "But what can we do?" Po asked. "We've already started," Jodi answered. "After we finished in the butterfly sanctuary yesterday, I removed the beetles from Ms. Minerva's car. Doc was not joking." "And I got permission to go to the faculty lounge this morning," said Harper. "I was able to get the coffee machine up and running." "I thought Ms. Minerva seemed better this morning," said Morgan. "She got my name right during attendance, anyway." "You're a genius, Harper," Po said. "How did you fix the high-tech coffee machine so quickly?" Harper grinned. "It wasn't broken. Doc had just unplugged it, and nobody had thought to check the power cord." "Mad science," said Po. "I'm telling you! Right, Theo?" Theo didn't say anything. In fact, he had hardly said anything all morning. His mind was clearly elsewhere.

“我们必须做点什么，”乔迪说。 “我们不能坐视他们的友谊因为一些蚕茧和一个自动咖啡壶而结束。” “但是我们能做什么呢？”阿宝问。 “我们已经开始了。”乔迪回答。 “昨天我们结束了蝴蝶保护区的工作后，我把甲虫从mrs。 密涅瓦的车。医生不是在开玩笑。” 哈珀说：“今天早上我得到了去教职员休息室的许可。” “我把咖啡机修好了。” “我觉得密涅瓦女士今天早上看起来好多了，”摩根说。 “反正她在考勤时把我的名字念对了。” “你真是个天才，哈珀。”阿宝说。 “你怎么这么快就修好了这台高科技咖啡机？”哈珀咧嘴一笑。 “它没有坏。医生刚把插头拔了下来，没人想到检查一下电源线。” “疯狂的科学，”阿宝说。“我告诉你！”西奥?”西奥什么也没说。 事实上，他整个上午几乎没说什么话。 他的心思显然在别的地方。

"Here's what we do next," said Jodi. "We're going to ask the yearbook club for photos—lots of photos. Years of photos. Everything they have of Doc and Ms. Minerva." "We'll make a photo album," said Harper. "And then we'll scan it. I'll upload a digital version of the album to Doc's tablet while the rest of you sneak the physical album into the library. You can shelve it next to the young adult vampire novels, where Ms. Minerva will definitely find it eventually." "She does love those vampire novels," Po said. "And there you have it!" Jodi said. "Violins swell, they realize their friendship is precious, and we have saved the day." "It's brilliant," said Po. And he took a big bite of his sandwich. Theo chose that moment to finally speak. "I have to tell you all something," he said. "I made a mistake." Po tried to ask, "What do you mean?" But with his mouth full of peanut butter and bread, it sounded more like, "Waddle a meme?" Everyone gave him a weird look. But Theo answered his question anyway.

“这是我们接下来要做的，”乔迪说。 “我们要向年鉴俱乐部要照片——很多照片。 多年的照片。医生和夫人的所有资料。 密涅瓦。”“我们要做一本相册，”哈珀说。 “然后我们会扫描它。我把专辑的电子版上传到博士的平板电脑上你们把实体专辑偷偷带进图书馆。 你可以把它放在青少年吸血鬼小说旁边。 密涅瓦最终一定会找到的。” 阿宝说：“她很喜欢吸血鬼小说。 “这就对了！”乔迪说。 “小提琴膨胀了，他们意识到他们的友谊是宝贵的，我们拯救了世界。” “太棒了，”阿宝说。 他咬了一大口三明治。 西奥选择在这个时候开口。 “我必须告诉你们大家一件事，”他说。 “我犯了一个错误。”阿宝想问：“你是什么意思？”但他嘴里塞满了花生酱和面包，听起来更像是“摇摇摆摆的表情包？”每个人都奇怪地看了他一眼。 但西奥还是回答了他的问题。

"I've been modding," he said. "You all saw the footprint mod. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. I've been making all kinds of stuff. And…" He took a deep breath. "I've even been messing with some of Doc's mods." "I knew it!" Morgan growled, and the others all shushed him. "Go on, Theo," said Harper. "I didn't mean to cause problems," Theo continued. "But the best way to learn coding is by playing with somebody else's code. I thought if I figured out what Doc had done to the game…if I could wrap my head around all her modding…then I could figure out what

“我一直在改装，”他说。 “你们都看到了脚印模型。 但这只是冰山一角。 我做了各种各样的东西。 然后……”他深吸了一口气。 “我甚至一直在摆弄博士的一些mod。” “我就知道！”摩根咆哮着，其他人都让他安静下来。 “接着说，西奥。”哈帕说。 “我不是故意制造麻烦的，”西奥继续说。 “但学习编程的最好方法是玩别人的代码。 我想如果我能弄清楚Doc对游戏做了什么，如果我能理解她的所有修改，那么我就能弄清楚是什么

went wrong with the Evoker King. I thought it would help me fix him." Jodi pressed her palms to her cheeks. "Theo," she said. "Did…did your modding…did it destroy the Evoker King?" "No. Maybe." Theo said. "I don't know. But the Evoker King isn't gone. He's just…different." "What do you mean?" asked Harper. "Different how?" "The Evoker King didn't explode. He transformed," Theo said. "He transformed…into the Endermonster." Po gasped. He was lucky he didn't choke on his sandwich. "That creepy thing is…was…our friend?" Jodi asked. "Poor Bob," said Po. "Is it permanent?" Harper asked. "Can we fix it?" "I…I don't know," said Theo. "I think so. I'll do whatever it takes to try." Po noticed Morgan wasn't saying anything. Theo was afraid to even look in his direction. Before anybody could say anything else, the cafetorium doors burst open. Doc hurried over

Evoker King出了问题。 我想这能帮我治好他。” 乔迪把手掌贴在脸颊上。 “西奥，”她说。“你……你的改装……它摧毁了evoke国王吗？”“没有。 也许吧。”西奥说。“我不知道。 但唤起之王并没有消失。 他只是…不同。”“你这是什么意思？”哈帕问。 “不同的如何?”“唤醒王没有爆炸。 他改变了，”西奥说。 “他变成了……末底怪。” 气喘吁吁地说。他很幸运没有被三明治噎住。 “那个令人毛骨悚然的东西是……是……我们的朋友？”乔迪•问道。 “可怜的鲍勃，”阿宝说。“这是永久性的吗？”哈珀问道。 “我们能修好它吗？”“我……我不知道，”西奥说。 “我想是的。我会不惜一切代价去尝试。” 阿宝注意到摩根什么也没说。 西奥甚至不敢朝他的方向看。 大家还没来得及说什么，餐厅的门突然开了。 医生急忙赶过来

to their table. "Sanctuary volunteers!" she cried. "The cocoons are hatching! Come quick!" Doc didn't wait for them to respond. She was running out the door before Po had even processed what she had said. "Let's go!" said Jodi. "We're not done discussing this," Morgan said. Harper was already out of her seat. "We can talk in the sanctuary. Come on," she said, tugging on Theo. "I am not missing this!" Po trembled with anticipation. A few of the butterflies had already emerged, but most of the cocoons were just beginning to hatch. He marveled at the sight. Each new butterfly stepped lightly out of its shell, as if uncertain or shy. But then it slowly spread its wings and gave them a test flap or two. Some instinct told it how to use those wings, and it quickly took flight. He had thought they would all look the same. But each butterfly was a different color. Blue, orange, pink, green. It was like being inside a living prism.

回到他们的桌子上。“避难所志愿者！”她叫道。 “茧正在孵化！”快!”医生没等他们回应。 阿宝还没来得及消化她的话，她就跑出门去了。 “我们走吧！”乔迪说。“我们还没有就此结束讨论，”摩根说。 哈珀已经离开了座位。 “我们可以在避难所谈。 来吧，”她说着，拽着西奥。 “我不会错过的！”阿宝因期待而颤抖。 有几只蝴蝶已经破壳而出，但大部分的茧才刚刚开始孵化。 他对那景象感到惊奇。每一只新的蝴蝶都轻轻地从壳里走出来，好像不确定或害羞。 但随后它慢慢地展开翅膀，试着拍打了一两下。 某种本能告诉它如何使用翅膀，它很快就飞了起来。 他原以为它们看起来都一样。 但是每只蝴蝶的颜色都不一样。 蓝色，橙色，粉色，绿色。 就像置身于一个活生生的棱镜里。