Chapter 16

Chapter 16 THE RESULTS ARE IN! EVERYBODY'S A WINNER! BUT THERE'S STILL ONE LITTLE PROBLEM…. Jodi swung a pickaxe, and the "Vote for Po" sign was destroyed. Po laughed. "THAT LOOKED LIKE FUN." "It really was!" said Jodi, smiling.

第十六章结果出来了！大家都是赢家！但是还有一个小问题.... 乔迪抡起镐头，把“投阿宝一票”的牌子给毁了。 阿宝笑了。“那看起来很有趣。” “真的！”乔迪笑着说。

Po and his friends had returned to the caverns of Minecraft. Back at school, the votes were in. Shelly had won by a landslide…and Po could not have been happier about that. Woodsword's students had chosen the right candidate for the job. It wasn't totally necessary to remove the glowing signs he'd placed throughout the caves. It wasn't as if anybody but the five of them would ever see them. But Po hoped that getting rid of the signs would help them put the whole experience behind them. Especially the parts where he'd behaved badly. The sooner they forgot about all that, the better he'd feel. "For what it's worth," said Morgan, "I voted for you, Po." "You did?" Po couldn't help it: he smiled. "I think we all did," said Jodi, and Harper nodded. "NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE OUR FRIEND," said Harper. "BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN YOU." "You would have been a great president, Po," said Morgan. "Even if you weren't totally prepared…You ALWAYS RISE TO MEET WHATEVER CHALLENGE YOU'RE FACED WITH." "Aw, you guys," Po said dramatically. "Careful, or my high-tech VR goggles are gonna end up full of salt water."

阿宝和他的朋友们回到了《我的世界》的洞穴。 回到学校，投票结果出来了。 雪莉以压倒性的优势获胜了……阿宝对此高兴极了。 木剑的学生为这份工作选择了合适的人选。 完全没有必要把他在洞穴里放置的发光标志移走。 似乎只有他们五个人会看到他们。 但是阿宝希望去掉这些标志能帮助他们把整个经历抛在脑后。 尤其是他表现不好的部分。 他们越早忘记这一切，他的感觉就越好。 “不管怎样，”摩根说，“我投了你的票，阿宝。” “你做的?”阿宝忍不住笑了。 “我想我们都是。”乔迪说，哈珀点了点头。 “不是因为你是我们的朋友，”哈珀说。 “而是因为我们相信你。” “阿宝，你会成为一个伟大的总统的，”摩根说。 “即使你没有完全准备好……你总是站起来迎接你面临的任何挑战。” “啊，你们这些家伙，”阿宝戏剧性地说。 “小心，不然我的高科技虚拟现实眼镜会被盐水灌满”

As Morgan demolished another sign, Jodi reached down into a pond where a blue axolotl was swimming. "I'M JUST GLAD EVERYTHING'S BACK TO NORMAL," she said, patting the mob's head with affection. With the last sign taken down, the five friends prepared to return to the surface. But Theo pointed into the darkness. "What's that?" he asked. Po saw what Theo meant. There was a faint glow coming from around the corner. "Did we miss one of the signs?" he asked. But when he turned the corner, he was met with a shock. Big, blocky letters were shining on the cavern wall. Someone had written a message in glowing ink.

当摩根拆除另一个标志时，乔迪把手伸到一个池塘里，那里有一只蓝蝾螈在游泳。 “我很高兴一切都恢复了正常，”她说，深情地拍着人群的头。 随着最后一个标志被取下，五个朋友准备返回地面。 但是西奥指着黑暗。 “那是什么？”他问。阿宝明白西奥的意思。 从拐角处传来微弱的光。 “我们错过了一个标志吗？”他问。 但当他转过拐角时，却遭到了震惊。 洞壁上闪烁着一块块的大字。 有人用发光的墨水写了一条信息。

Po read the message out loud: "Come to the zoo… if you dare." "What does it mean?" asked Harper. "Who could have written it?" asked Theo. "We'll have to find out somehow," said Morgan. "I hope we can pet the animals!" said Jodi. Beneath the words was the image of a butterfly. But somehow, that was not very comforting….

阿宝大声读着留言：“来动物园吧……如果你敢的话。” “这是什么意思？”哈帕问。 “会是谁写的呢？”西奥问。 “我们总得想办法弄清楚。”摩根说。 “我希望我们能抚摸这些动物！”乔迪说。 文字下面是一只蝴蝶的形象。 但不知何故，这不是很令人欣慰....