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Chapter 26 Marjory Muldauer watched as the triumphant Kyle Keeley and his happy crew of crumbums climbed into their bookmobile. All four were merrily flapping their arms, giving each other high and low fives. Marjory still couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. Kids waving their arms up and down to make fake video creatures fly to a phony volcano? Shame on you, Mr. Lemoncello, she thought, seething. If I didn't need a scholarship to even

马乔里·穆尔道尔看着凯旋的凯尔·基利和他快乐的伙伴们爬进他们的移动图书室。 四个人都愉快地挥舞着手臂，互相击掌击掌。 玛乔丽仍然不敢相信她刚刚目睹的一切。 孩子们上下挥舞着手臂让假生物飞向假火山? 你真丢脸，莱蒙塞罗先生，她心里火辣辣地想。 如果我不需要奖学金来平衡

think about attending college, I'd quit these inane games! Marjory and her teammates climbed into their bookmobile for the ride back to Olympia Village, which, in her opinion, was really just a cheesy, mid-level extended stay motel—the kind of place typically frequented by sketchy traveling salespeople and high school athletics teams. Marjory grabbed a book off a shelf in the back. Bleak House by Charles Dickens. It matched her mood. "Shake it off, you guys," coached Margaret Miles, the librarian who was one of the Midwest team's chaperones. "So what if the Ohio kids won two medals today? There are eight more games left to play. This thing is far from over." "That Kyle Keeley kid is good," said Nicole Wisniewski, one of Marjory's wimpy teammates. "He was smart, the way he recharged his pterodactyl's battery." "He's a gamer," Marjory snapped at Nicole. "Of course he won the video game. But he doesn't know diddly about the Dewey decimal system.

如果我想上大学，我就会放弃这些愚蠢的游戏!马乔里和她的队友们爬上他们的流动图书车，准备开车回奥林匹亚村。在她看来，奥林匹亚村实际上只是一个俗气的中级汽车旅馆，是那种蹩脚的旅行推销员和高中运动队经常光顾的地方。 玛乔丽从后面的书架上拿了一本书。 查尔斯·狄更斯的《荒凉山庄》 这符合她的心情。“别想了，伙计们，”玛格丽特·迈尔斯(Margaret Miles)说，她是图书管理员，也是中西部队的监护人之一。 “那么，如果俄亥俄州的孩子们今天赢得了两枚奖牌呢?” 还有八场比赛要打。 这件事远没有结束。” “凯尔·基利那个孩子很好，”马乔里的一个软弱的队友妮可·维斯涅夫斯基(Nicole Wisniewski)说。 “他很聪明，他给翼手龙充电的方式。” “他是个游戏玩家，”玛乔丽厉声对妮可说。 “他当然赢了电子游戏。 但他对杜威十进制一无所知。

That's why I beat him in the book reshelving game." "Actually," said Nicole, "we all beat him." Marjory blew her teammate a wet raspberry. "Yeah. Right. Like you guys would've had a chance without me." "Marjory?" said Ms. Miles. "Remember, there is no 'I' in 'team.' " So? thought Marjory. Because there is definitely an "m" and an "e" for me! To chill out after such a lousy day, Marjory headed into the motel lobby and started reorganizing the rack of tourist brochures. All the other Library Olympians, including Marjory's worthless teammates, were at the pizza place next door to the motel, having dinner and probably playing more mind-numbing video games. Andrew Peckleman, the boy with the Olympic-sized goggle glasses who worked at the

这就是为什么我在书上架游戏中打败了他。” “事实上，”妮可说，“我们都打败了他。” 玛乔丽给了她的队友一个吻。 “是啊。正确的。好像没有我你们就不会有机会一样。” “玛乔丽?”迈尔斯女士说。 “记住，团队中没有‘我’。’”所以呢? 认为珍珠。因为我的名字里绝对有"m"和"e" !在这么糟糕的一天之后，为了放松一下，玛乔丽走进汽车旅馆的大厅，开始整理那架子上的旅游手册。 所有其他的图书馆奥运选手，包括玛乔丽那群一无是处的队友，都在汽车旅馆隔壁的披萨店吃晚饭，可能还在玩一些让人麻木的电子游戏。 安德鲁·佩克曼，那个戴着奥运级护目镜的男孩，他在

motel, came into the lobby when she was about halfway done. "Are you going with an alphabetical classification system or something a bit more complex?" "I'm categorizing them according to attraction type," said Marjory. "Outdoor activities, historical sites, shopping opportunities— subcategorized, of course, into fashion, antiques, and souvenirs." "Of course," said Andrew. "And, over here, you'll find dining options." Andrew smiled. "Isn't informational organization awesome?" "Yes," said Marjory. "It's certainly more intellectually stimulating than video games." "Rough day at the Library Olympics?" "Ha! That Lemoncello Library is as ridiculous and absurd as Mr. Lemoncello himself." "True," said Andrew through his nose. "I'm afraid Mr. Lemoncello doesn't like libraries qua libraries."

汽车旅馆，她刚做了一半就进了大厅。 “你是要用字母分类系统还是更复杂一点的系统?”“我根据吸引力的类型把它们分类，”马乔里说。 “户外活动、历史遗迹、购物机会——当然，还分为时尚、古董和纪念品。” “当然。”安德鲁说。“在这里，你可以找到餐饮选择。” 安德鲁笑了。“信息组织不是很棒吗?”“是的，”玛乔丽说。 “它肯定比电子游戏更能激发智力。” “图书馆奥林匹克运动会的艰难日子?”“哈!莱蒙切罗图书馆就像莱蒙切罗先生本人一样荒谬可笑。” “没错。”安德鲁隔着鼻子说。 "恐怕莱蒙塞罗先生不喜欢图书馆本身"

Marjory nearly gasped. "You use the word 'qua'?" "Yes," said Andrew, finger-sliding his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "But only when its usage is appropriate." A lady wearing a fur-fringed jacket floated into the lobby. "Hello, Andrew." "Oh, hello, Mrs. Chiltington. What're you doing here?" "I came to see Miss Muldauer." "Who are you?" asked Marjory. "And why do you have a dead animal wrapped around your neck?" "There's a slight nip in the air, dear. Andrew, would you kindly excuse us? I need to talk to Miss Muldauer in private." "But…" "Andrew?" his uncle Woody called from outside the front doors. "We need to go grease the baffles on the bird feeders." "Right now?"

玛乔丽几乎喘不过气来。“你用‘qua’这个词?”“是的，”安德鲁说着，用手指把眼镜滑到鼻梁上。 “但只有在使用得当的情况下。” 一位穿着毛皮流苏夹克的女士飘飘荡荡地走进大厅。 “你好,安德鲁。”“哦，你好，奇廷顿夫人。 你在这儿干什么?”“我是来见穆尔道尔小姐的。” “你是谁?”玛乔里问。 “你脖子上为什么缠着一只死动物?”“空气有点冷，亲爱的。 安德鲁，能让我们失陪一下吗? 我要和穆尔道尔小姐私下谈谈。” “安德鲁?”胡迪叔叔在大门外喊道。 “我们需要给喂鸟器的挡板涂上润滑油。” “现在?”

"The sooner, the better. I noticed a squirrel having an upside-down feast on feeder number eight. We need to put an end to that. A slicker surface might do the trick." "But…" "Say goodbye to Marjory, Andrew," suggested Mrs. Chiltington. "Okay. See you later, Marjory. I have to go to work." Mrs. Chiltington waited for him and his uncle to walk down the driveway. Then she pounced. "Miss Muldauer, may I be frank with you?" Marjory shrugged. "I don't care." "I came here this evening as a representative of the League of Concerned Library Lovers." "Who are they?" "A group of local citizens who love libraries and consider Mr. Luigi L. Lemoncello to be a threat to all that we hold dear." "The man is a major-league wackaloon," said Marjory.

“越快越好。我注意到一只松鼠在8号喂食器上倒过来吃大餐。 我们得结束这一切。 光滑一点的表面可能会有效果。” “安德鲁，跟玛乔丽说再见吧。”奇廷顿夫人建议道。 “好吧。再见，玛乔丽。 我得去上班了。”奇廷顿夫人等着他和他叔叔走下车道。 然后她猛扑过来。“穆尔道尔小姐，我可以坦率地对你说吗?”玛乔丽耸耸肩。 “我不在乎。”“我今晚是作为关心图书馆爱好者联盟的代表来到这里的。” “他们是谁?”一群热爱图书馆的当地市民认为路易吉? 莱蒙塞洛会威胁到我们所珍视的一切" “那人是个大联盟的疯子，”马乔里说。