Chapter 7

Chapter 7 The Duchess on Holiday! (Also, There Are Some Important Plot Developments, But It Will Be a While Before Their Relevance Becomes Apparent.) Even after spending time in Minecraft that morning, Morgan and the others still arrived early to homeroom. Ms. Minerva sat at her desk grading papers. Nearby, a wastebasket was set out to catch water droplets from the leaky ceiling. The storm seemed to be passing, but not quickly enough for Morgan. He didn't know how much more rain and wind the school could take! Jodi ignored the wastebasket and ran over to the hamster cages. "I need to see how Duchess Dimples is adjusting to her vacation home!" she said. "Vacation?" echoed Ms. Minerva. "I'm afraid it might be a permanent relocation."

第七章公爵夫人度假！（此外，还有一些重要的情节发展，但它们的相关性需要一段时间才能显现出来。）即使在那天早上玩完《我的世界》之后，Morgan和其他人仍然很早就到了教室。 密涅瓦坐在桌前批改试卷。 附近，一个废纸篓被放了出来，用来收集漏水的天花板上的水滴。 风暴似乎要过去了，但对摩根来说还不够快。 他不知道学校还能承受多少风雨！乔迪没有理会废纸篓，跑到仓鼠笼子那里。 她说：“我需要看看公爵夫人酒窝是如何适应她的度假屋的！” “度假？”密涅瓦应声说。 “我担心这可能是一个永久性的搬迁。”

Thunder rumbled outside, making the teacher's statement sound ominous. "Permanent? What do you mean?" asked Morgan. Ms. Minerva realized she'd spoken louder than she'd intended. "Oh! Of course Dimples is welcome to stay as long as she likes. She's not the problem. I'm simply worried that the library will never be entirely fixed." "But…why not?" asked Po. "Ash and her troop are over there now. They're helping Mr. Mallory clean up the mess." "That's true," said Ms. Minerva. "But the scouts can't replace the roof. And I'm afraid that the people of this town don't care enough about the library to save it."

外面雷声隆隆，使老师的话听起来不祥。 “永久吗?你是什么意思？”摩根问。 密涅瓦意识到自己说话的声音比预期的要大。 “哦!当然，小酒窝愿意待多久就待多久。 她不是问题所在。我只是担心图书馆永远无法完全修好。” “但是……为什么不呢？”阿宝问。 “阿什和她的部队现在就在那儿。 他们在帮马洛里先生收拾残局。” “没错，”密涅瓦说。 “但侦察兵无法更换屋顶。 我担心这个镇上的人对图书馆不够关心，不愿意拯救它。”

"No way!" said Po. "The library is awesome. We used it to learn about bees." "And code-breaking," Harper added. "I've got a backpack full of programming books that I checked out," said Theo. "It's weighs a ton. I can barely lift it!" Ms. Minerva smiled. "That's a pleasant surprise. I thought you were only going to the library to use the computers." "Well, that, too," Theo confessed. "But that's what makes the library—or media center, or whatever you want to call it—so special. There are books and computers and electronic media like DVDs. There are even board games you can check out."

“不可能！”阿宝说。“图书馆太棒了。 我们用它来了解蜜蜂。” “还有密码破译，”哈珀补充道。 “我有一个背包，里面装满了我借阅的编程书籍，”西奥说。 “它有一吨重。我都抬不起来了！”Ms。 密涅瓦笑了。“这是一个惊喜。 我还以为你只是去图书馆用电脑呢。” “嗯，那也是，”西奥坦白道。 “但这正是图书馆——或者媒体中心，或者随便你怎么称呼它——如此特别的地方。 这里有书籍、电脑和电子媒体，比如dvd。 甚至还有桌游可以玩。”

"And classes!" Jodi said, turning away momentarily from the hamster cages. "Our mom attended a basket-weaving class there." Ms. Minerva's smile deepened. "Well, good!" she said. "Perhaps I was worried for nothing. Perhaps this town does care about its library." "As much as Baron Sweetcheeks cares about Duchess Dimples, I bet," said Jodi. "Look at these little fur balls! They're having so much fun." Morgan looked over at the cages, and he saw that they had been connected by a piece of PVC pipe. That way, each hamster had their own space, but they could also visit each other. At the moment, Duchess Dimples was using Baron Sweetcheeks's exercise wheel while the baron watched her. It almost looked like he was cheering her on!

“和类!”乔迪说着，暂时离开了仓鼠笼子。 “我们的妈妈在那里参加了一个编织篮子的班。” 密涅瓦的笑容加深了。 “嗯，很好！”她说。“也许我杞人忧天。 也许这个小镇真的在乎它的图书馆。” “我敢打赌，就像甜颊男爵关心小酒窝公爵夫人一样。”乔迪说。 “看这些小毛球！”他们玩得很开心。” 摩根看了看笼子，发现它们是由一根PVC管连接起来的。 这样，每只仓鼠都有自己的空间，但它们也可以互相拜访。 此时，公爵夫人酒窝正在使用甜颊男爵的转轮，男爵则在一旁看着她。 他简直像是在为她加油！

And Morgan remembered when Ms. Minerva had cheered them on. She had watched over them during their conflict with the Evoker King, using one of the headsets to appear in the game as a mysterious figure they knew only as the Librarian. It was easy to forget, sometimes, that his teacher loved Minecraft, too. "We should tell you what's going on in our game," said Morgan. "Things have gotten…a little out of hand." And to the surprise of his friends, Morgan told her everything. About how they'd befriended the Evoker King. About how the Evoker King had split apart into six different mobs. About the Fault that appeared in the sky at around the same time. About how that Fault had grown and seemed ready to swallow the entire game. "That all sounds very stressful," said Ms. Minerva. "Have you considered starting a new game? You don't need Doc's strange technology to enjoy it. I've been logging a lot of hours at home. I've just built my forty-third bookshelf!" Morgan shook his head. "We can't just leave our game behind. Not until we know if the Evoker King can be saved." "I respect that," said Ms. Minerva as their other classmates began filing in for homeroom. "And I'm glad you told me about it. Doesn't it feel good to share?"

摩根还记得。 米勒娃为他们加油鼓劲。 在他们与唤醒王的冲突中，她一直监视着他们，用其中一个耳机出现在游戏中，成为一个他们只知道是图书管理员的神秘人物。 有时候很容易忘记，他的老师也喜欢《我的世界》。 “我们应该告诉你我们的游戏中发生了什么，”摩根说。 “事情已经……有点失控了。” 令他的朋友们吃惊的是，摩根把一切都告诉了她。 关于他们如何与唤起之王成为朋友。 关于唤起王如何分裂成六个不同的暴徒。 大约在同一时间出现在天空中的断层。 关于这个错误是如何发展并准备吞噬整个游戏的。 “这一切听起来都很有压力。” 密涅瓦。“你是否考虑过开始一款新游戏？ 你不需要博士的奇怪技术来享受它。 我在家里呆了很长时间。 我刚刚搭好了我的第43个书架！”摩根摇了摇头。 “我们不能把游戏抛在脑后。 除非我们知道能不能救回唤起王。” “我尊重这一点。” 当他们的其他同学开始排队到教室上课时。 “我很高兴你告诉了我这件事。 分享的感觉不是很好吗？”

"It does," Morgan confessed. And it was true. He felt a little less worried now that he'd spoken his worries out loud. "There's a lesson in there somewhere," said Ms. Minerva. "Secrets and exclusive clubs are fun. But they can make us feel all alone with our problems. The bigger your community, the smaller your problems can become." "We'll keep it in mind," said Morgan. But he was eager to change the subject. His classmates were listening in now, and they seemed curious to know what Ms. Minerva was talking about. And despite Ms. Minerva's advice, Morgan wasn't ready for everyone to know his business.

“是的，”摩根承认。 这是真的。既然他大声说出了自己的担忧，他就觉得不那么担心了。 “这里面有一个教训。” 密涅瓦。“秘密和高级俱乐部很有趣。 但它们会让我们感到独自面对自己的问题。 你的社区越大，你的问题就越小。” “我们会记住的。”摩根说。 但他急于改变话题。 他的同学们正在听，他们似乎很好奇，想知道她在做什么。 密涅瓦所说的。 尽管米勒娃提出了建议，但摩根还没准备好让所有人都知道他的生意。