36 Chapter 36

Chapter 36 Down on the first floor, Charles and Andrew were working their way around the semicircle of threestory- tall floor-to-dome bookcases filled with fiction. It was nearly eight p.m. "We need to find that blasted book," said Charles, craning his neck to study the shelves. "I'm getting kind of hungry," mumbled Andrew. "You had a snack this afternoon," snapped Charles.

在楼下的一楼，查尔斯和安德鲁正围着摆满小说的三层楼高的半圆形书柜摸索着走。 当时已经快晚上8点了。“我们得找到那本该死的书，”查尔斯说着，伸长脖子打量着书架。 “我有点饿了。”安德鲁咕哝道。 “你今天下午吃了点心，”查尔斯厉声说。

"Well, now it's time for dinner." "No. We need to find Anne of Green Gables first." The classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery was the middle book on the top shelf in the Staff Picks display case. So far, Charles, Haley, and Andrew had not been able to find it anywhere in the library. "Unfortunately," said Andrew, "they've temporarily erased the book's call number from the database." "So we wouldn't know what to punch into the hover ladder's control panel," grumbled Charles. "Actually," said Andrew, "they might've shelved it in the Children's Room. Or maybe the eight hundreds, with Literature. Could be in the four hundreds, too, because it was originally written in Canadian, which is, technically, a foreign language." "So you have said, Andrew. Repeatedly. But we've already searched those other locations. Several times. It has to be here with the other fiction titles. You just need to fly up and find it."

“好了，现在该吃晚饭了。” “没有。我们得先找到绿山墙的安妮。” 露西·莫德·蒙哥马利(Lucy Maud Montgomery)的经典之作在Staff Picks展示柜顶层书架的中间。 到目前为止，查尔斯、哈利和安德鲁还没在图书馆里找到它。 “不幸的是，”安德鲁说，“他们暂时从数据库中删除了这本书的书号。” “这样我们就不知道在悬停梯的控制面板上打什么了。”查尔斯抱怨道。 “事实上，”安德鲁说，“他们可能把它搁在儿童室里了。 或者是800年，文学。 也可能是四百，因为它最初是用加拿大语写的，严格来说，加拿大语是一门外语。” “安得烈，你说得对。 反复。但我们已经搜查过其他地点了。 好几次了。它必须和其他小说标题放在一起。 你只需要飞上去找到它。”

"Well," said Andrew, "I'm kind of afraid of heights." "Fine. Whatever. I'll go up and grab it. But you have to give me some kind of call number to enter into the hover ladder." "Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote other Anne books. There's Anne of Avonlea.…" Charles dashed over to the nearest library table and swiped his fingers across the glass face of its built-in computer pad. "Here we go. Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery. F-MON." "Yes," said Andrew. "Fiction books are usually put on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author's last name. Nonfiction titles are classified according to the Dewey decimal system." "How long have you known this?" Andrew's nose twitched. "Since second grade." "So all we ever needed was 'F-MON'? We could've found this book hours ago?" Andrew gulped. "You are such a disappointment." Shaking his head, Charles huffed over to one of the hover ladders. He quickly jabbed "F," "M," "O," and

“嗯，”安德鲁说，“我有点恐高。” “很好。无论什么。我上去把它拿过来。 但是你必须给我一个电话号码，才能进入悬浮梯。” 露西·莫德·蒙哥马利还写过其他关于安妮的书。 这是埃文利的安妮。查尔斯冲到最近的一张图书馆桌子前，用手指在内置电脑板的玻璃表面上滑动。 “我们开始吧。露西·莫德·蒙哥马利的《埃文利的安妮》 F-MON。”“是的，”安德鲁说。 小说通常按作者姓氏的字母顺序放在书架上。 非小说类图书按杜威十进分类法分类。 “你知道这件事多久了?”安德鲁的鼻子抽动了一下。 “从二年级开始。”“所以我们所需要的只是‘F-MON’?” 我们几小时前就能找到这本书了吧?”安德鲁一饮而尽。 “你真让人失望。” 查尔斯摇了摇头，怒气冲冲地走到一个悬停梯前。 他迅速地戳出“F”、“M”、“O”和“O”

"N" into the keypad. The boot clamps locked into place around his ankles. "You owe me for wasting all this time, Andrew. You owe me big-time. If you let me down once more, I swear I will tell everybody you're a big blubbering baby. I'll Twitter it and post it on Facebook." "Don't worry. I'll make you glad you picked me for your team, Charles! I promise." The hover ladder lifted off the floor and gently glided up to the M section of the fiction wall. Shuttling sideways, it carried Charles over to a shelf displaying all the Anne books. He grabbed a copy of Anne of Green Gables. As soon as he did, the ladder started its slow descent to the floor. "What'd you find?" asked Andrew when Charles landed. "The clue we needed." He showed Andrew the card that had been tucked inside the front cover.

在键盘上输入N。靴夹夹住了他的脚踝。 “你欠我这么多时间，安德鲁。 你欠我一个大人情。如果你再让我失望一次，我发誓我会告诉所有人你是个哭哭啼啼的大婴儿。 我会在Twitter和Facebook上发布。” “别担心。我会让你很高兴你选了我，查尔斯!我保证。” 盘旋的梯子离开地板，轻轻地滑到小说墙的M部分。 它把查尔斯带到一个展示安妮所有书籍的书架前。 他抓起一本《绿山墙的安妮》。 他刚一开口，梯子就开始慢慢下降到地板上。 “你发现了什么?”查尔斯上岸后，安德鲁问道。 “我们需要的线索。”他给安德鲁看了塞在封面里的卡片。

"Okay," said Andrew. "It's 'C plus hat'! So the word is 'chat,' which, by the way, could also be 'chat,' the French word for cat!" "Well done, Andrew," said Charles, even though he knew the clue was really "C plus Anne," equaling "can," thereby making the puzzle "You can walk out the way BLANK BLANK inn in past BLANK." The way what did what? he wondered. And what does "inn in" mean? Charles desperately needed to find the three missing pictograms. Suddenly, Mr. Lemoncello's voice boomed out of speakers ringing the rotunda. "Hey, Charles! Hey, Andrew! Let's Do a Deal!" Game show music blared. A canned crowd cheered. Charles turned around and saw shafts of colored light illuminating three envelopes perched on top

“好吧，”安德鲁说。“是‘C + hat’!”所以这个词是'chat '，顺便说一下，它也可以是'chat '，法语中猫的意思!”“干得好，安德鲁，”查尔斯说，尽管他知道这个线索实际上是“C + Anne”，等于“can”，因此这个谜题就变成了“你可以走出过去的空白客栈”。 什么方式做了什么?他想知道。 inn in是什么意思? 查尔斯迫切需要找到丢失的三个象形文字。 突然，圆形大厅里的扬声器里传出莱蒙切罗的声音。 “嘿,查尔斯!嗨,安德鲁!我们做个交易吧!”游戏节目的音乐响起。 罐头里的人群欢呼起来。查尔斯转过身来，看见一道道彩色的光照亮了顶上的三个信封

of the librarian's round desk. Clarence the security guard marched into the reading room and, folding his arms over his chest, took up a position near the three envelopes. "We have a green envelope, a blue envelope, and a red envelope," said Mr. Lemoncello. "In two of those three envelopes are copies of two of the three pictogram clues you still need. In one, there is a Clunker Card. If you pick an envelope with a clue, you get to keep it—and you get to keep going. But once you pick the Clunker Card, you're done … and you must suffer the consequences." Andrew raised his hand. "Yes, Andrew?" "What are the consequences?" "Something bad," said Mr. Lemoncello. "In fact, something wicked this way will probably come. Do you want to do a deal?" "Yes!" said Charles. The canned audience cheered. "All right, then! Charles, you roll first." "Pardon?" "Swipe your fingers across the nearest desktop computer panel. The dice tumbler app is up and

在图书管理员的圆桌子上。 保安克拉伦斯大步走进阅览室，双臂交叉在胸前，在三个信封附近找了个位置。 “我们有一个绿色信封、一个蓝色信封和一个红色信封，”莱蒙切罗说。 “在这三个信封中的两个信封里，有两个是你还需要的三个象形文字线索的副本。 其中一个是旧车卡。 如果你选择了一个有线索的信封，你可以保留它——你可以继续下去。 但一旦你选择了旧车卡，你就完了……你必须承担后果。” 安德鲁举起了手。“是的,安德鲁?”“后果是什么?”“不好的事情，”莱蒙切罗说。 “事实上，这样的坏事可能会发生。 你想做笔交易吗?”“是的!”查尔斯说。 罐头观众欢呼起来。 “那好吧!”查尔斯，你先滚。” “原谅?”用手指在最近的桌面电脑面板上滑动。 掷骰子的应用已经上线了