6 The Battle of Cedar Mountain

Chapter 6 THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN A cipher is a secret message, usually one that can be decoded by substituting or changing the order of the letters. Ever since Coke and Pep left California, they had been receiving a new cipher every few days. At first the ciphers were coming from Dr. Warsaw. After his "accident," they were sent by his young madman-in-training, Archie Clone. But Dr. Warsaw was on his honeymoon, and Archie Clone was dead. Who could be sending the twins ciphers now? And what could LEVEL VIS I possibly mean? Pep wasn't very good at remembering vast quantities of information like her brother. But

第六章雪松山之战密码是一种秘密信息，通常可以通过替换或改变字母的顺序来解码。 自从可口可乐和佩普离开加州后，他们每隔几天就会收到一个新的密码。 一开始，这些密码来自于霍金博士。 华沙。在他的“意外”之后，他们是由他年轻的训练狂人阿奇·克隆送来的。 但是华沙医生在度蜜月，克隆阿奇死了。 现在是谁在给双胞胎发密码？ LEVEL VIS I可能意味着什么？ 佩普不像她哥哥那样善于记住大量的信息。 但

she was excellent at analyzing data, and she made a study of it. She had an uncanny ability to take a series of seemingly random letters, numbers, or symbols and rearrange them to reveal their secret meaning. "What does LEVEL VIS I mean?" Coke whispered impatiently as they followed their parents to the Metro station. "I don't know yet!" Pep replied. "Give me a break, will you? I need to work on it." By the time they took the train back to the campground, checked out, and made it through the traffic jam getting out of Washington, it was past midnight. The kids had nearly fallen asleep. But they both woke up when the RV crossed the Arlington Memorial Bridge and a sign appeared at the side of the road.

她很擅长分析数据，并对此进行了研究。 她有一种不可思议的能力，可以把一系列看似随机的字母、数字或符号重新排列，从而揭示它们的秘密含义。 “LEVEL VIS是什么意思？”当他们跟着父母去地铁站时，科克不耐烦地低声说。 “我还不知道！”Pep答道。 “饶了我吧，好吗？” 我需要在这方面下功夫。”等他们坐火车回到露营地，办理退房手续，穿过交通堵塞离开华盛顿时，已经是午夜过后了。 孩子们几乎都睡着了。 但当房车驶过阿灵顿纪念大桥时，他们都醒了过来，路边出现了一个标志。

Welcome to Virginia "Woo hoo!" Coke hooted. "The Old Dominion State! Did you guys know that the Revolutionary War and the Civil War both ended in Virginia?" "I actually did know that," said Dr. McDonald from the driver's seat. "The Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis in Yorktown. The Civil War ended at Appomattox." "But I'll bet you didn't know that eight presidents were born in Virginia, Dad," Coke continued. "Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Wilson." "Thank you, Mr. Boring," Pep told her brother.

欢迎来到弗吉尼亚，“哇呼！”可口可乐高鸣。 “老自治领州！”你们知道独立战争和内战都是在弗吉尼亚结束的吗？”“我确实知道这一点。” 麦克唐纳坐在驾驶座上。 革命以康沃利斯在约克镇投降而告终。 南北战争在阿波马托克斯结束。” “但是我敢打赌你不知道有八位总统出生在弗吉尼亚，爸爸，”科克接着说。 “华盛顿，杰斐逊，麦迪逊，门罗，哈里森，泰勒，泰勒和威尔逊。” “谢谢你，无聊先生，”佩普对她哥哥说。

"And the state beverage of Virginia is milk," Coke added, just to annoy her. "Nobody cares, doofus." "Don't call your brother a doofus," said Mrs. McDonald. With Coke's help, Pep wrote LEVEL VIS I down in her notebook. She began to work on it, juggling the letters around in her head. This was a hard one. It was very late, and Pep was too tired. Soon the notebook and pen had dropped from her hand. Coke was just about asleep too when Dr. McDonald pulled the RV onto Route 66 heading west. He drove silently for nearly an hour and a half, passing very close to the battlefield of Bull Run and Manassas, splitting off south on Route 15 and 29. Can you find it on the map? Go ahead, I'll wait. It was close to two o'clock in the morning when the RV turned onto the gravel road at Cedar Mountain Campground in Culpeper,

“而弗吉尼亚州的州饮料是牛奶，”可口可乐补充道，只是为了惹恼她。 “没人在乎，笨蛋。”“别叫你弟弟笨蛋，”麦克唐纳太太说。 在可口可乐的帮助下，佩普在笔记本上写下了LEVEL VIS I。 她开始写，脑子里不停地转着字母。 这是一个很难的问题。很晚了，佩普也太累了。 很快，笔记本和笔从她手中掉了下来。 可口可乐也快要睡着了。 麦克唐纳把房车开上66号公路向西驶去。 他默默地开了将近一个半小时的车，非常接近布尔朗和马纳萨斯的战场，在15号和29号公路上向南分裂。 你能在地图上找到它吗？ 去吧，我等你。快到凌晨两点的时候，房车拐上了卡尔佩珀雪松山露营地的碎石路，

Virginia. Coke and Pep didn't wake up. Dr. McDonald parked the RV and checked in at the office. Then he climbed back in and was asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow. "Rise and shine!" Mrs. McDonald hollered cheerfully the next morning, July 5. "C'mon, kids," Dr. McDonald said, clapping his hands. "We've got three thousand miles to drive before we get back home again!" Coke and Pep groaned and stumbled out of the RV, plopping themselves down at a picnic table for breakfast. Mrs. McDonald had prepared instant oatmeal. There is a fishing pond and other amenities at Cedar Mountain Campground, but it didn't look like they would get the chance to use them. Dr. McDonald had spread out a road map of the United States that covered half the table. He leaned over it, stabbing his finger at the state of Virginia. He looked like a general planning out his next battle. "Okay, we took a northern route from

维吉尼亚州。可口可乐和佩普没有醒过来。 麦克唐纳医生把房车停好，到办公室报到。 然后他爬回屋里，头刚一碰到枕头就睡着了。 “起床了！”第二天早上，也就是7月5日，麦克唐纳太太高兴地喊道。 “来吧，孩子们，”麦克唐纳博士拍拍手说。 “在我们再次回家之前，我们还有三千英里要开呢！”寇克和佩普呻吟着，跌跌撞撞地走出房车，扑通一声坐在野餐桌旁吃早餐。 麦克唐纳太太准备了即食燕麦片。 雪松山露营地（Cedar Mountain Campground）有一个渔池和其他设施，但他们似乎没有机会使用这些设施。 麦克唐纳博士展开了一张覆盖了半个桌子的美国路线图。 他俯下身去，用手指戳着弗吉尼亚州。 他看起来就像一个将军在计划下一次战斗。 "好吧，我们从

California to get to Washington," he reminded the twins. "So we're going to take a southern route going back home. That way we can see a lot more cool stuff." He traced a potential route with his finger down through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and across Texas through the west. "Are we going to visit any more giant balls of twine?" Pep asked wearily. "Of course not!" her mother replied. "Been there, done that. I just want to make sure we get to Paris, Texas, where they have a replica of the

从加利福尼亚到华盛顿，”他提醒双胞胎。 “所以我们要走南路回家。 这样我们就能看到更多很酷的东西。” 他用手指沿着一条可能的路线，穿过弗吉尼亚、北卡罗来纳、南卡罗来纳、乔治亚、阿拉巴马、密西西比，然后穿过得克萨斯，向西走。 “我们还会去参观更多的大麻线球吗？”佩普疲惫地问。 “当然不会！”她母亲回答。 “我也经历过。我只是想确保我们能去德州的巴黎，那里有个复制品