3 Chapter 3

Chapter 3 With school out for the winter holidays, Kyle and his friends were spending a lot of time hanging out downtown at the Lemoncello Library, where, because of their celebrity status, every day was a cake day. Cake days were a Keeley family tradition. Whenever one of them did something spectacular —like his brother Mike winning a football game (again) or his other brother, Curtis, getting straight A's (again)—Kyle's mom baked a cake. Ever since Kyle and his teammates had won the escape game, every day had felt that way.

学校放寒假了，凯尔和他的朋友们花了很多时间在市中心的莱蒙切罗图书馆闲逛。因为他们的名人身份，每天都是蛋糕日。 蛋糕日是基利家的传统。 每当他们中的一个做了什么了不起的事情——比如他的哥哥迈克(又一次)赢得了一场足球赛，或者他的另一个哥哥柯蒂斯(又一次)得了全优——凯尔的妈妈就会烤蛋糕。 自从凯尔和他的队友们赢得逃生游戏以来，每天都有这种感觉。

Cakey. "You're the dude from the commercial!" at least a dozen kids said to Kyle as he strolled through the Rotunda Reading Room. He gave them each a jaunty two-finger salute. He'd seen movie stars do the same kind of salute on TV. "Can I have your autograph?" said a little girl. "Sure. Here you go." Kyle still signed each and every autograph individually. His best friend, Akimi, on the other hand, passed out preprinted signature cards. "It's faster that way," she said. "Hi, Kyle!" Sierra was curled up in one of the cozy chairs near the three-story-tall wall of fiction. She was reading a book, of course. Her gaze was far-off and dreamy, because when Sierra Russell was into a book, she was totally into it. She practically crawled between the covers to live with the characters.

凝固了的。“你是广告里的那个家伙!”当凯尔漫步在圆形阅览室时，至少有十几个孩子对他说。 他兴高采烈地向他们每个人竖了两个指头礼。 他在电视上看到过电影明星做同样的敬礼。 “我能要你的签名吗?”一个小女孩说。 “当然。给你。”凯尔仍然在每个签名上单独签名。 另一方面，他最好的朋友Akimi分发了预先打印好的签名卡。 “这样更快，”她说。 “嗨,凯尔!”塞拉蜷缩在三层楼高的小说墙旁边的一张舒适的椅子上。 她当然是在看书。 她的目光是遥远而梦幻的，因为当塞拉·拉塞尔沉浸在一本书中时，她会完全沉浸其中。 她几乎是在被窝里爬来爬去和角色生活在一起。

"Hey," said Kyle. "What're you reading?" "Actually, I'm rereading Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. It's my favorite." "Sweet." "Have you ever read it?" "Not yet. But it's on my list." Sierra laughed. Probably because Kyle Keeley had the longest to-be-read list of any kid in the country. "There's another copy on the shelf," said Sierra. "That's okay. I'm meeting Akimi and Miguel upstairs in the Electronic Learning Center. Mr. Lemoncello just installed a new educational video game: Charlemagne's Chivalry. I think it's about the Knights of the Round Table." "Um, Kyle? Charlemagne was the Holy Roman Emperor. King Arthur had the round table —in England." "See? You can learn something new every day. Catch you later, Sierra. Don't want to keep Charlemagne or King Arthur waiting."

“嘿，”凯尔说。“你在读什么书?”“实际上，我正在重读克里斯托弗·保罗·柯蒂斯的《巴德，不是巴迪》。 这是我的最爱。”“甜”。 “你读过吗?”“还没有。 但它在我的清单上。”塞拉笑了。 可能是因为凯尔·基利的书单是全国最长的。 “书架上还有一本，”塞拉说。 “没关系。我要去楼上的电子学习中心见Akimi和Miguel。 莱蒙切罗先生刚刚安装了一款新的教育电子游戏:查理曼骑士。 我想是关于圆桌骑士的。” “嗯,凯尔?查理曼大帝是神圣罗马帝国的皇帝。 亚瑟王在英国有圆桌。” “看到了吗?你每天都能学到新东西。 回头见，西拉。不想让查理曼大帝和亚瑟王等太久。”

Kyle bounded up the spiral staircase to the third floor, signing autographs and posing for selfies with fans along the way. He passed through the two very thick sliding glass doors that stopped the wild sounds of the Electronic Learning Center from leaking out into the rest of the building. Once he was inside the arcade, Kyle's ears were bombarded by the blare, buzz, and bells of three dozen educational video games. His nose was blasted, too. A lot of the games in the ELC were equipped with Mr. Lemoncello's newest sensation, smell-a-vision, including one where you were a royal rat with body-odor issues, swimming through English history via the sewers of London. "I'm sorry, I can't sign another autograph or my hand will fall off," said Haley Daley, who was holding court near the Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile game console. Kyle didn't play that one too much, because Haley Daley always outscored him. She knew the trick for summoning crocodiles up from the Nile.

凯尔蹦蹦跳跳地爬上螺旋形楼梯，来到三楼，一路上和粉丝们签名、自拍。 他穿过两扇非常厚的滑动玻璃门，这扇门阻止了电子学习中心的嘈杂声泄漏到大楼的其他地方。 一进入游戏厅，凯尔的耳朵就被三十多款教育电子游戏的轰鸣声、嗡嗡声和铃声轰炸着。 他的鼻子也被炸了。 ELC的很多游戏都配备了莱蒙塞罗最新的感官体验——嗅觉视觉，其中一款游戏让你扮演一只有体臭问题的皇家老鼠，在伦敦的下水道里游过英国历史。 “我很抱歉，我不能再签名了，否则我的手会掉下来，”Haley Daley说，她在《埃及艳后:尼罗河女王》游戏机附近主持会议。 凯尔不怎么玩这个，因为海莉·戴利总是比他得分高。 她知道从尼罗河召唤鳄鱼上来的诀窍。

"Kyle?" Haley waved at him. "You got a second?" "I'm supposed to meet—" "This is super important." Kyle made his way to Haley. "I'm moving!" she said. "Seriously?" "Hello? Do you know how many offers I've had since I starred in those commercials for Mr. Lemoncello?" "Actually, we all kind of starred in—" "Hundreds. Maybe thousands. So my whole family's going to Hollywood. My dad found a new job in L.A. Plus, my agent is already booking guest spots for me on the Disney Channel." "Awesome," said Kyle. Haley Daley and her family had needed the money that came with winning the library escape game more than any other player had. It sounded like Mr. Lemoncello's generosity had really turned things around for them.

“凯尔?”哈利朝他挥了挥手。 “你有时间吗?”"我要去见- " "这事非常重要" 凯尔朝海莉走去。 “我在搬家!”她说。“严重吗?”“喂? 你知道自从我出演莱蒙切罗先生的广告后，我收到了多少邀请吗?”“其实，我们都演过——”“几百部。 也许成千上万。所以我们全家都要去好莱坞。 我爸在洛杉矶找到了一份新工作 另外，我的经纪人已经在迪斯尼频道为我预定了客串的位置。” “太棒了，”凯尔说。海莉·戴利(Haley Daley)和她的家人比其他任何玩家都更需要赢得图书馆逃生游戏所带来的钱。 听起来，莱蒙切罗先生的慷慨解囊真的帮他们扭转了局面。

"I just wanted to say goodbye. And thanks, Kyle." "Hey, it was a team effort. We won it together." "Whatever. I gotta go. Need to pick out a new pair of sunglasses." Haley dramatically waved goodbye to Kyle and all her adoring fans as she traipsed out of the Electronic Learning Center. She did that dramatically, too. "Yo, Kyle? We need a little help over here, bro! Like now." Miguel and Akimi were on the far side of the Electronic Learning Center playing Charlemagne's Chivalry. Miguel had the stubby controller rod gripped in front of his chest, wielding it like a lightsaber. Kyle hustled across the noisy room. "What's up?" "Charlemagne needs a champion," explained Akimi. "Someone who will defend the weak and defenseless, fight for what's right, yadda yadda.

“我只是想说再见。 谢谢你，凯尔。”“嘿，这是一个团队的努力。 我们一起赢了。”“不管。 我得走了。我需要挑一副新的太阳镜。” 哈利慢悠悠地走出电子学习中心，戏剧性地向凯尔和所有崇拜她的粉丝挥手告别。 她也戏剧性地做到了。 “哟,凯尔?我们这里需要点帮助，兄弟!像现在一样。” 米格尔和阿基米在电子学习中心的另一边玩《查理曼骑士》。 米格尔把粗短的控制杆握在胸前，像光剑一样挥舞着。 凯尔匆匆穿过嘈杂的房间。 “怎么了?”“查理曼需要一个勇士，”阿基米解释说。 “一个会保护弱者和手无寸铁的人，为正义而战的人，等等。