44 Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Zipping across the slick marble floor, Kyle and his team, trailed by Haley, practically slid into Community Meeting Room B. Where Andrew Peckleman stood with a notepad jotting down everything that was written on the whiteboard walls. "Hey!" shouted Akimi. "That's cheating!" Andrew spun around. His eyes were the size of tennis balls behind his goggle glasses.

凯尔和他的队员在哈利的尾随下，飞快地穿过光滑的大理石地板，几乎溜进了社区会议室B。 安德鲁·佩克曼站在那里，拿着一个记事本，记下白板墙上写的所有东西。 “嘿!”明美喊道。“那是作弊!”安德鲁转过身来。 他的眼睛在他的护目镜后面有网球那么大。

"Uh, uh, uh," he sputtered. "You guys left the door open!" "No we did not," said Kyle extremely calmly, especially considering how much he wanted to throttle Peckleman. "It locks automatically; I checked." "And I double-checked the door before we went to bed," said Miguel. Kyle was surprised to hear it. "You did?" "You bet, bro. It's what teammates do." They knocked knuckles. "Well, you don't have anything but a stupid list of stupid books and stupid authors and a stupid Bible verse.…" "A verse which," boomed Mr. Lemoncello, whose face had just appeared on the video-screen wall, "you would do well to memorize, Mr. Peckleman. 'Thou shalt not steal.' " Mr. Lemoncello was dressed in a curled white wig and a long black robe. He looked like a judge in England. He slammed down a rubber gavel on his desk. It made a noise like a whoopee cushion. "Will everyone kindly join me in the Rotunda Reading Room? At once."

“呃，呃，呃，”他结结巴巴地说。 “你们没关门!”“不，我们没有。”凯尔极其平静地说，尤其是考虑到他多么想掐死佩克曼。 “它会自动锁定;我检查。” “睡觉前我又检查了一遍门，”米格尔说。 凯尔听了很惊讶。 “你做的?”“当然，兄弟。这是队友应该做的。” 他们敲指关节。“好吧，你什么都没有，除了愚蠢的书单、愚蠢的作者和愚蠢的圣经经节。“这首诗，”莱蒙切罗先生声音洪亮地说，他的脸刚刚出现在电视屏幕上，“你最好记住，佩克曼先生。” “不可偷盗。莱蒙切罗戴着卷曲的白色假发，身穿黑色长袍。 他看起来像英国的法官。 他砰地一声把橡皮木槌放在桌子上。 它发出的声音就像一个放屁垫。 “请大家和我一起到圆形大厅阅览室去好吗?” 一次。”

Everybody shuffled out of the meeting room and into the rotunda. They were shocked to see that Mr. Lemoncello himself was seated behind the librarian's desk at the center of the circular room. This was no hologram. This was the real deal. Charles, all smiles, made a grand entrance, slowly descending one of the spiral staircases. "Good morning, everybody," he called out cheerfully. "What's all the excitement? Did I miss something?" "Just your man Andrew trying to cheat," said Miguel. "What? Oh, good morning, Mr. Lemoncello. I didn't expect to find you here, inside the library. Isn't today your birthday, sir?" "Yes, Charles. And there's no place I'd rather be on my big day than inside a library, surrounded by books. Unless, of course, I could be on a bridge to Terabithia." "Well, sir, I must say, you're certainly looking fit and trim. Have you been working out?" "No, Charles, today I will be working in." "I beg your pardon?"

大家都慢吞吞地走出会议室，走进圆形大厅。 他们吃惊地发现，莱蒙塞罗先生就坐在圆形房间中央图书管理员的桌子后面。 这不是全息图。这是真的。 查尔斯面带微笑，庄严地走了进来，慢慢地走下一个螺旋形楼梯。 “大家早上好，”他高兴地喊道。 “有什么好兴奋的?” 我错过什么了吗?”“只是你的男人安德鲁想要作弊。”米格尔说。 “什么?早上好，莱蒙塞罗先生。 我没想到会在这里，在图书馆里找到你。 先生，今天不是您的生日吗?”“是的,查尔斯。 在我的大喜日子里，我最想待的地方就是图书馆，周围都是书。 当然，除非我是在通往特拉比西亚的桥上。” “嗯，先生，我得说，你看起来确实很健康。 你最近锻炼了吗?”“不，查尔斯，今天我要加班。” “你说什么?”

"Today I will be working here, inside the library, supervising the final hours of this competition." "Oh, I don't think it will take hours, sir," said Charles. "Not to brag, but I suspect some of us will be going home very soon." "You are correct. For instance, Mr. Peckleman. He will be leaving right now." "What?" whined Peckleman. "Why?" "Because you cheated. You tried to steal the other team's hard-earned information." Peckleman's eyes darted back and forth. "It wasn't my fault. It was Charles's idea." He whipped up his arm and waggled his finger. "Charles told me to do it. He made me do it!" "Mr. Peckleman, please approach the bench, which, in this instance, is actually a desk. Let me see the library card you used to gain access to Community Meeting Room B." Somewhat reluctantly, Andrew handed it over. "Is your name Sierra Russell?" "No, sir," Andrew said to his shoes. "He stole my card?" said Sierra. She opened her latest book and pulled out the library card

“今天我将在这里工作，在图书馆里，监督比赛的最后几个小时。” “哦，我想这不会花几个小时的，先生，”查尔斯说。 “不是吹牛，但我怀疑我们中的一些人很快就会回家。” “你说得对。比如，佩克曼先生。 他马上就要走了。” “什么?”佩克曼抱怨道。“为什么?”“因为你作弊了。 你试图窃取对方来之不易的信息。” 佩克曼的眼睛前后扫视了一下。 “这不是我的错。这是查尔斯的主意。” 他猛地举起手臂，摇了摇手指。 “查尔斯让我这么做的。 他逼我这么做的!”“佩克曼先生，请靠近长凳，在这个例子中，它实际上是一张桌子。 让我看看你用来进入社区会议室b的借书证。” 安德鲁有点不情愿地把它递了过来。 “你叫塞拉·拉塞尔吗?”“不，先生。”安德鲁对他的鞋子说。 “他偷了我的卡?”西拉说。 她打开最新的一本书，拿出借书证

bookmark. "Whose card do you have, Sierra?" asked Charles. "Andrew Peckleman's." "Aha," said Charles. "He pulled the old switcheroo, eh?" "Because you told me to!" said Peckleman. "Really?" Charles said, sniggering. "How dare you make such a scandalous accusation? Do you have any proof?" "I don't need any stupid proof. You bullied me into stealing Sierra's card!" Mr. Lemoncello banged his gavel again. "And thus ends the story of Andrew and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Mrs. Bunny?" A hologram of the old lady bunny from Goodnight Moon hopped on top of the librarian's desk. "Goodnight, Andrew," said the bunny. "Your time with us is all through." Clarence and Clement, the security guards, appeared and escorted Peckleman out of the building.

书签。“你的名片是谁的，西拉?”查尔斯问。 “安德鲁Peckleman的。”“啊哈，”查尔斯说。 “他耍了那个老把戏，是吗?”“因为你让我这么做的!”佩克曼说。 “真的吗?”查尔斯窃笑着说。 “你怎么敢做出这样可耻的指控?” 你有证据吗?”“我不需要任何愚蠢的证据。 是你逼我偷了塞拉的卡!”莱蒙切罗再次敲了敲木槌。 安德鲁的故事就这样结束了，那可怕、可怕、糟糕透顶的一天。 兔子太太?”《晚安，月亮》里那只兔子老太太的全息图跳上了图书管理员的桌子。 “晚安，安德鲁，”兔子说。 “你和我们在一起的时间结束了。” 保安克拉伦斯和克莱门特出现了，把佩克曼护送出了大楼。

"Sir?" said Sierra. "Would you like Andrew's library card for the discard pile?" "No, thank you. That card is now property of Team Kyle." Haley Daley raised her hand. "Yes, Haley?" Kyle saw her shoot a withering glance at Charles. "How may I help you, dear?" asked Mr. Lemoncello. "Well, sir, if it's okay with you, I'd like to switch sides. I want to join Kyle Keeley's team."

“先生?”西拉说。“你想把安德鲁的借书证放在废纸堆里吗?”“不，谢谢你。 那张卡现在归凯尔队所有。” 哈利·戴利举起了手。 “是的,哈利?”凯尔看见她恶狠狠地瞥了查尔斯一眼。 “亲爱的，我能为你做些什么?”莱蒙切罗先生问道。 “好吧，先生，如果你不介意的话，我想换一边。 我想加入凯尔·基利的团队。”