42 Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Peering over the railing on the third-floor balcony at close to two a.m., Andrew Peckleman saw Sierra Russell sitting all alone in the Rotunda Reading Room. Andrew had spent the night on the third floor losing video games to Charles. And being reminded about how much he needed to break into Community Meeting Room B to "borrow" any clues Kyle Keeley's team had gathered, to pay Charles back for wasting so much

将近凌晨两点的时候，安德鲁·佩克曼从三楼阳台的栏杆上往外看，看见西拉·拉塞尔独自坐在圆形大厅的阅览室里。 安德鲁整晚都在三楼玩电子游戏，输给了查尔斯。 他还被提醒，他需要多少钱才能闯入社区会议室B来“借用”凯尔·基利团队收集到的任何线索，来偿还查尔斯浪费了这么多钱

of "the team's time" on the Anne of Green Gables clue due to his "foolish fear" of heights. Andrew had promised Charles he'd do whatever it took. "If anyone on Team Keeley is going to help us break into their headquarters," Charles had said, "it will be the shy girl who is constantly reading. Have you noticed what Sierra Russell uses for a bookmark?" "No," Andrew had honestly answered. "Her library card, which of course doubles as a key card for Meeting Room B. Find a way to borrow it." "Isn't that illegal?" "Of course not. This is a library. People borrow books, don't they?" "Well, yeah …" "Did I mention that I have three thousand Facebook friends? Two thousand Twitter followers? Each and every one of them will hear what a weenie and wimp you are if you don't do this thing to guarantee that our team wins." So Andrew made his way down to the first floor.

由于他对高度的“愚蠢恐惧”，在“绿山墙的安妮”线索上的“团队时间”。 安德鲁答应过查尔斯他会不惜一切代价。 “如果基利队有人要帮我们闯入他们的总部，”查尔斯说，“那一定是那个一直在读书的害羞女孩。 你注意到塞拉·罗素用什么做书签了吗?”“不，”安德鲁诚实地回答。 她的借书证，当然也是B会议室的门卡。 想办法借走它。”“那不是违法的吗?”“当然不是。 这是一个图书馆。人们是借书的，不是吗?”“我说过我在Facebook上有3000个好友吗?” 2000个推特粉丝? 如果你不做这件事来保证我们的球队获胜，他们每个人都会听到你是一个胆小鬼和懦夫。” 于是安德鲁下楼到了一楼。

Sierra, as usual, was reading a book. As he moved closer, Andrew saw a flash of white. Charles was right. Sierra was using her shiny white library card to mark her place in the book's pages. He made his way to the cluster of overstuffed reading chairs. "Good book?" His voice startled her. "Oh. Hello. Yes." "Mind if I join you?" He slid into a crinkly leather seat opposite Sierra. "So, um, what're you reading?" "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl." "Oh, yeah. I've heard about that book. Where's the rest of your team?" "They went to bed. Want to get up bright and early. Before the doors on the second floor open again." "Yeah. Haley and Charles conked out, too. Guess it's just us bookworms, huh?"

像往常一样，塞拉正在看书。 当他走近时，安德鲁看到一道白色的闪光。 查尔斯是对的。塞拉正在用她那张闪亮的白色借书证在书页上标记她的位置。 他朝那一堆填塞得很厚的阅读椅走去。 “本好书?”他的声音吓了她一跳。 “哦。你好。是的。”“介意我加入你们吗?”他在塞拉对面的一张皱巴巴的皮椅上坐了下来。 “那么，嗯，你在读什么?”《查理和伟大的玻璃电梯》罗尔德·达尔著 “哦,是的。我听说过那本书。 你们队的其他人呢?”他们上床睡觉了。 想要早起。 在二楼的门再次打开之前。” “是的。海莉和查尔斯也昏倒了 看来只有我们这些书呆子了，是吧?”

"Well, it is kind of late," said Sierra. "I'm going to go upstairs and …" "May I take a look?" "Hmmm?" "At your book. I've never actually read it. I just tell people I have." "Oh. Sure." Sierra handed it to him. "Thank you." Andrew flipped through the pages until he found the spot where Sierra had tucked in her library card. "Wouldn't it be cool if this library had a flying elevator like in that Willy Wonka movie? Especially if you could use it to crash through the roof like Charlie and Wonka did. That'd be a pretty cool way to escape from the library, huh?" "Yeah. I guess." That was when Andrew made the switch. He slipped his library card into Sierra's book and palmed hers. Charles would be so proud of him! "So," he said, closing the book, "did you ever read The Elevator Family?" "No. I don't think so."

“嗯，有点晚了，”塞拉说。 “我要上楼去……”“我可以看一下吗?”“嗯?”“看你的书。 我从来没读过。 我只是告诉别人我有过。” “哦。当然。”西拉递给他。 “谢谢你。”安德鲁翻了翻书页，找到了西拉塞借书证的地方。 “如果这个图书馆像威利·旺卡电影里那样有个会飞的电梯，那不是很酷吗?” 尤其是如果你能像查理和旺卡那样用它来冲天的话。 这是从图书馆逃出来的一种很酷的方式，是不是?”“是的。 我猜。”就在那时，安德鲁做出了改变。 他把自己的借书证塞进了西拉的书里，然后把她的也塞了进去。 查尔斯会为他感到骄傲的!“那么，”他合上书说，“你读过《电梯家族》吗?”“没有。 我不这么认为。”

"It's all about this family that lives in the elevator of a San Francisco hotel. And let's just say, the book has its ups and its downs!" Andrew laughed hysterically, because it was one of the funniest jokes he knew. Sierra sort of chuckled. He handed back her book. Overhead, the Wonder Dome dissolved out of its Dewey decimal mode and, with a swirl of colors, became a bright green bedroom with a pair of red-framed windows looking out on a blue night sky with a full moon and a blanket of twinkling stars. In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of a cow jumping over the moon. The ceiling had become the bunny's bedroom from Goodnight Moon. A quiet old lady bunny in a frumpy blue dress hopped into the Rotunda Reading Room. Two tiny cats followed her. "Great," said Andrew. "Another stupid hologram." "I think she's cute," said Sierra. "Hush," said the bunny. "Goodnight clocks and goodnight socks. Goodnight, Sierra."

“这一切都是关于一个住在旧金山酒店电梯里的家庭。 这么说吧，这本书有好有坏!”安德鲁歇斯底里地笑了起来，因为这是他知道的最有趣的笑话之一。 塞拉轻声笑了起来。他把书还给了她。 头顶上，神奇穹顶从杜威十进制模式中消失，随着色彩的旋转，变成了一间明亮的绿色卧室，有两扇红框的窗户，窗外是蓝色的夜空，满月和闪烁的星星。 在那间绿色的大房间里，有一部电话，一个红色的气球，还有一幅母牛跳过月亮的画。 从《晚安，月亮》开始，天花板就变成了兔子的卧室。 一个安静的老太太兔子穿着一件破旧的蓝色连衣裙跳进了圆形大厅阅览室。 两只小猫跟着她。 “太好了，”安德鲁说。“又一个愚蠢的全息图。” “我觉得她很可爱，”塞拉说。 “嘘，”小兔子说。“晚安，时钟和晚安袜子。 晚安,塞拉。”

"Goodnight, Bunny." Sierra took her book and headed upstairs. "Goodnight, Andrew," said the bunny. "Right." He pocketed the purloined library card. He couldn't do anything with it right away. Not while the holographic bunny's handlers were watching on the spy cameras. But first thing in the morning … "Goodnight old bunny saying hush," he called out. And then, under his breath, he muttered, "In the morning, our competition we're gonna crush."

“晚安,小兔子。”西拉拿起书上楼去了。 “晚安，安德鲁，”兔子说。 “对的。”他把偷来的借书证装进了口袋。 他不能马上用它做任何事情。 在全息兔的操控者通过间谍摄像机监视的时候是不会的。 但是第二天早上的第一件事……“晚安，老兔子说嘘，”他喊道。 然后，他低声咕哝道:“明天早上，我们要打败我们的竞争对手。”