26 Chapter 26

Chapter 26 "Very clever," said Charles, pulling another silhouette card out of a book. This cover had been easy to find. It was the third book on the top shelf of the Staff Picks display. The image on the front was a bright yellow yield sign. The title? Universal Road Signs

“很聪明，”查尔斯说着，从一本书里抽出另一张剪影卡片。 这个掩体很容易找到。 这是教鞭精选展区顶层书架上的第三本书。 车前的图像是一个亮黄色的退让标志。 标题吗?通用路标

by "renowned trafficologist" Abigail Rose Painter. Charles had found the matching book in the 300s room on the second floor. The 300s were all about social sciences, including things like commerce, communications, and—ta-da!—transportation. The image also fit nicely with the pictogram he had found in the 700s room in a book called The Umpire Strikes Back. That baseball book was the first cover on the second shelf in the display case and had given Charles a card with the classic pose of an umpire calling an out. Reading the images from left to right, then down—just like you'd read a book—Charles knew he was on the right track. The traffic sign book gave him "walk" and the umpire book gave him "out."

由“著名交通学家”阿比盖尔·罗斯·佩因特 查尔斯在二楼300号的房间里找到了与之匹配的书。 300年代都是关于社会科学的，包括商业、通讯，还有交通运输。 这个图像也与他在700年代的房间里发现的《裁判反击》(The Umpire Strikes Back)一书中的象形文字非常吻合。 那本棒球书是展示柜第二个架子上的第一个封面，给了查尔斯一张卡片，上面有裁判判罚的经典姿势。 从左到右，然后往下看这些图像——就像你读一本书一样——查尔斯知道他走在正确的轨道上。 交通指示牌上写的是“步行”，裁判判罚的是“出局”。

Put the two picture words together and he had "walk out." Clearly, if he could find all twelve silhouettes, the Staff Picks display would tell him how to "walk out" of the library (although he had absolutely no idea what the first image he had found, the quarterback tossing a pass, had to do with escaping the library—not yet, anyway). "Three down, nine to go," said Charles, winking up at the closest security camera. "And, Mr. Lemoncello, if you're watching, may I just say that you are an extremely brilliant man?" Charles had never sucked up to a video camera before. He figured it was worth a shot. Maybe Mr. Lemoncello would send him a bonus clue or something. Instead, when Charles stepped out of the 300s room, somebody sent him Andrew Peckleman. The goggle-eyed library geek was sputtering mad as he rushed down the steps and stomped around the second-floor balcony. "Stupid library. Stupid Lemoncello. Stupid sphinx and Sekhmet." "Why so glum, Andrew?" Charles called out.

把这两个比喻词放在一起，他的单词是“walk out”。 显然，如果他能找到全部12个剪影，魔杖选集的展示就会告诉他如何“走出”图书馆(尽管他完全不知道他找到的第一个图像——传球的四分卫——和逃离图书馆有什么关系——至少现在还不知道)。 “干掉三个，还剩九个，”查尔斯说着，朝最近的监控摄像头眨了眨眼睛。 “莱蒙塞罗先生，如果你在看的话，我能说你是一个非常聪明的人吗?”查尔斯以前从未对摄像机着迷过。 他觉得值得一试。 也许莱蒙塞罗先生会给他额外的线索什么的。 相反，当查尔斯走出300号房间时，有人派安德鲁·佩克曼给他。 这个眼睛瞪大的图书馆怪咖气急冲冲地跑下台阶，在二楼的阳台上跺着脚。 “愚蠢的图书馆。愚蠢的Lemoncello。 愚蠢的斯芬克斯和塞赫迈特。” “为什么这么闷闷不乐，安德鲁?”查尔斯喊道。

"Because this game stinks. Mr. Lemoncello just sent a bunch of holograms hurling hieroglyphics after me. He could put somebody's eye out with those things." "Really? With a hologram?" "Hey, they're made with lasers, aren't they?" "Indeed. Say, speaking of hieroglyphics, where might I find a book about picture languages?" "Ha! Why should I help you?" "Because Kyle Keeley is working with Akimi Hughes and Sierra Russell. I imagine it is only a matter of time before your friend Miguel Fernandez joins their team, too." "Miguel isn't my friend! Besides, I'm better at navigating my way through a library than he'll ever be." "I know. That's why I want you on my team." "Really?" Charles smiled. Kids like Andrew Peckleman were so easy to manipulate. "Oh, yes. Work with me and I guarantee you the world will know that you should be the head library aide at Alexandriaville Middle School." "The four hundreds!" blurted Peckleman.

“因为这款游戏太糟糕了。 莱蒙塞罗先生刚发了一堆全息图在我后面乱扔象形文字。 他可以用这些东西把人的眼睛挖出来。” “真的吗?用全息图?”“嘿，它们是用激光做的，不是吗?”“确实。 说到象形文字，我在哪里可以找到一本关于图画语言的书呢?”“哈!我为什么要帮你?”因为凯尔·基利正在与阿基米·休斯和塞拉·拉塞尔合作。 我想，你的朋友米格尔·费尔南德斯也加入他们的队伍只是时间问题。” “米格尔不是我的朋友!”再说，我在图书馆里找路比他在行。” “我知道。这就是为什么我希望你加入我的团队。” “真的吗?”查尔斯笑了。像安德鲁·佩克曼这样的孩子很容易被操纵。 “哦,是的。和我一起工作，我保证全世界都会知道你应该成为亚历山大维尔中学图书馆助理主任。” “四百!”佩克曼脱口而出。

"Pardon?" "That's where you'll find books on hieroglyphics and all kinds of languages. If you want secret codes, those are in the six hundreds room. The six-fifties, to be exact." Charles shot out his hand. "Welcome to Team Charles, Andrew." The new teammates stepped into the 400s room. For some reason, it was pitch dark and smelled like pine trees. "Bienvenida! Bienvenue! Witamy! Kuwakaribisha! Welcome!" boomed a voice from the ceiling speakers. "This is the four hundreds room, home of foreign languages. Here, CHARLES and ANDREW, you can learn all about your American heritage." A bank of spotlights thumped on. Charles and Andrew were face-to-blank-face with a row of four featureless mannequins. An overhead projector beamed a movie onto dummy

“原谅?”“在那里你可以找到关于象形文字和各种语言的书。 如果你想要密码，这些在六百房间。 确切地说，是六百五十。” 查尔斯猛地伸出手来。 “欢迎加入查尔斯队，安德鲁。” 新队友们走进了休息室。 由于某种原因，那里一片漆黑，散发着松树的味道。 “Bienvenida !欢迎!Witamy !Kuwakaribisha !欢迎!”天花板上的扩音器里传出一个声音。 这是四百室，外语之家。 在这里，查尔斯和安德鲁，你们可以了解你们所有的美国传统。” 一排射灯砰砰地响着。 查尔斯和安德鲁面对着一排四个毫无特色的人体模型。 头顶上的放映机把电影投射到假人身上

number two, turning it into a perky woman who looked like a flight attendant. "Hello, and welcome to your American heritage. I'm Debbie. Let's begin your voyage!" "That's okay," said Charles. "We're rather busy." "Let's begin your voyage," the mannequin repeated. Charles sighed. Obviously, there was no way to turn this silly display off. He might as well speed things along by telling the dummy what it wanted to hear. "Fine. But can we go with the abridged version? We're in a bit of a rush." "Yeah," added Andrew, "we have to escape before noon tomorrow." The woman, whose body remained frozen while a movie made her face and costume spring to life, reminded Charles of the graveyard statues from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World. "While we research your family trees," she said, "please enjoy this short and informative film." "Is this part of the game?" Andrew whispered to Charles.

第二，把它变成一个看起来像空姐的活泼女人。 “大家好，欢迎来到你们的美国传统。 我是黛比。我们出发吧!”“没关系，”查尔斯说。 “我们很忙。”“我们开始你的航行吧，”假人重复道。 查尔斯叹了口气。显然，没有办法关掉这个愚蠢的显示器。 他还不如告诉假人他想听的话来加快进度。 “很好。但我们能接受删节版吗? 我们有点赶时间。” “是啊，”安德鲁补充说，“我们必须在明天中午之前逃走。” 这名女子的身体一直处于冻结状态，而一部电影让她的脸和服装焕发了活力，这让查尔斯想起了迪士尼世界闹鬼大厦里的墓地雕像。 “在我们研究你的家谱时，”她说，“请欣赏这部短小精悍的影片。” “这是游戏的一部分吗?”安德鲁低声对查尔斯说。