52 Chapter 52

Chapter 52 "Everyone, please pay very close attention," cried Mr. Lemoncello through a squealing, screeching megaphone. "The Dewey decimal doors are now open and, unlike Tuck, this game will not be everlasting. Therefore, it is time to race upstairs like the rats of NIMH!" Kyle and his teammates heard Mr. Lemoncello's announcement but stayed inside Community Meeting Room B so they could examine the dusty old boot box.

“所有人，请仔细听好，”莱蒙切罗先生通过一个尖叫的扩音器喊道。 杜威十进制的大门现在打开了，与塔克不同的是，这个游戏不会永远存在。 因此，是时候像NIMH的老鼠一样跑上楼了!”凯尔和他的队友们听到了莱蒙切罗先生的声明，但他们留在了社区会议室B，以便检查那个满是灰尘的旧靴箱。

"It's from when Mr. Lemoncello was our age," said Haley. "Here. I'm pretty sure this is what we need." She handed Kyle a large manila envelope sealed up with tons of tape. "First and Worst Idea Ever" had been scribbled on the front. "Awesome," said Kyle as he started undoing the tape. "The clue said his first idea might be our best solution." Inside the envelope were a stack of cards, a bunch of rubber stamps, an ink pad, and a sheet of three-ring-binder paper filled with a fifth grader's sloppy handwriting. Kyle read out loud what the young Luigi Lemoncello had written: " 'Presenting First Letters: the Amazingly Incredible Secret Code Game.' " Haley held up some of the cards. Each one showed a cartoony drawing and a single letter: Apple = A, Bee = B, Carrot = C, and so on. Kyle continued reading: " 'Want to send your friend a secret message to meet you after school? Just use your super-secret rubber stamps.' " Miguel examined a couple of the wood-handled stamps. "The stamps match the cards."

“这是莱蒙切罗先生像我们这么大的时候的，”哈利说。 “在这里。我很确定这就是我们需要的。” 她递给凯尔一个大的马尼拉纸信封，上面用大量胶带封着。 前面潦草地写着“有史以来第一个也是最糟糕的主意”。 “太棒了，”凯尔一边说一边开始解开胶带。 “线索表明，他的第一个想法可能是我们最好的解决方案。” 信封里有一叠卡片、一堆橡皮图章、一个墨水垫和一张三圈活页纸，上面写满了一个五年级学生潦草的字迹。 凯尔大声朗读了年轻的路易吉·莱蒙切罗写的东西:“呈现第一个字母:令人难以置信的密码游戏。’”哈利举起几张卡片。 每个卡片上都有一个卡通图案和一个字母:苹果= a，蜜蜂= B，胡萝卜= C，等等。 凯尔继续念道:“‘想给你的朋友发一条秘密信息，让他放学后和你见面吗? 就用你的超级秘密橡皮图章吧。’”米格尔仔细检查了几张木柄邮票。 “邮票和卡片很相配。”

"So how exactly do you use this junk to tell your friends to meet you after school?" asked Akimi. "This is so bad," said Kyle. " 'Moon, Elephant, Elephant, Tiger. Moon, Elephant. Apple, Flamingo …' " Akimi held up her hand. "Okay. Stop. I get it." "Maybe it was for little kids," said Sierra. "Definitely," said Kyle. "Because anybody over the age of six could crack this code in like ten seconds." And then he froze. "This is it!" He went to the wall with the list of library cards. "What would happen if we played First Letters with these book titles?"

明美问:“那么，你到底是怎么用这个垃圾来告诉你的朋友放学后和你见面的呢?” “这太糟糕了，”凯尔说。 “月亮、大象、大象、老虎。 月亮,大象。苹果，火烈鸟……’”明美举起手。 “好吧。停止。我明白了。”“也许是给小孩子看的，”塞拉说。 “当然，”凯尔说。“因为任何六岁以上的人都可以在十秒钟内破解这个密码。” 然后他僵住了。“就是这个!”他拿着借书证的清单走到墙边。 “如果我们用这些书名来玩《第一封信》会怎么样?”

"Okay," said Miguel, moving to a clean space on the wall. "Here are the first letters of all the titles." INONSETHTTATOUTAASAW??IIT "It still makes no sense," said Akimi. "Wait a second," said Sierra. "If the title starts with an article, drop that word, and use the letter from the second word." "Got it," said Miguel. INONSETHEWAYOUTWASAW??IN"Okay," "Okay," said Akimi. "It's making some sense." She went to the board and broke Miguel's string of letters into words.

“好吧，”米格尔说着，走到墙上一块干净的地方。 “这是所有头衔的首字母。” INONSETHTTATOUTAASAW ? ?“这仍然没有意义，”明美说。 “等一下，”西拉说。 “如果标题是以文章开头的，去掉这个词，用第二个词的字母开头。” “明白了，”米格尔说。INONSETHEWAYOUTWASAW ? ?“好吧，”明美说。 “这是有道理的。”她走到黑板前，把米格尔写的那串字母拆成了单词。