4 Chapter 4

Chapter 4 On the Monday after New Year's, Kyle stood shivering at his bus stop. Ohio gets very cold and slushy in January. Finally, the bus pulled up and swung open its door. "Well, hel-lo," said Mrs. Logan, the driver. "It's another Lemon-cel-lo!" Kyle shook his head. Bus drivers watched TV commercials, too. "Good morning, Mrs. Logan," said Kyle, climbing up the steps.

新年过后的周一，凯尔站在公交车站，浑身发抖。 俄亥俄州在一月份变得非常寒冷和泥泞。 最后，公共汽车停了下来，打开了车门。 “嗯，你好，”司机洛根夫人说。 “又是柠檬——瞧!”凯尔摇了摇头。 公交车司机也看电视广告。 “早上好，洛根夫人。”凯尔边说边爬上台阶。

"Got a riddle for you." Ever since his team had won the Lemoncello Library game, everybody was constantly trying to trip them up with riddles and puzzles. "Go for it," said Kyle. "What two things can you never eat for breakfast?" "Easy," said Kyle. "Lunch and dinner." Mrs. Logan waved her arm at him. "Ah, go sit down." Kyle high-fived his way up the bus aisle to his usual seat, next to Akimi. Sierra sat behind Akimi, her nose buried in another book. "What are you reading?" Kyle asked. "That Butter Not Nutty Buddy book?" "Actually," said Sierra, "I'm rereading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, because everybody keeps saying Mr. Lemoncello reminds them of Willy Wonka. But Mr. Lemoncello is much kinder." "And he doesn't have Oompa-Loompas," quipped Akimi.

“给你出个谜语。”自从他的球队赢得了莱蒙塞洛图书馆的比赛后，每个人都想用谜语和谜题把他们绊倒。 “去吧，”凯尔说。“哪两样东西你永远不能当早餐吃?”“简单，”凯尔说。 “午餐和晚餐。”洛根夫人朝他挥了挥手。 “啊，坐下吧。”凯尔一路击掌，沿着巴士通道走到他平时的座位上，坐在阿基米旁边。 塞拉坐在阿基米后面，埋头看另一本书。 “你在读什么?”凯尔问。 “那本《黄油不是坚果兄弟》?”“实际上，”塞拉说，“我正在重读《查理和巧克力工厂》，因为每个人都说莱蒙塞罗先生让他们想起了威利·旺卡。 但莱蒙切罗先生要友善得多。” “他没有奥柏伦柏人，”阿基米打趣道。

"Or Augustus Gloop," added Kyle. "Actually," said Akimi, "I think Charles Chiltington was our Augustus." "Really?" said Sierra. "He reminds me more of Veruca Salt." Wow. Sierra Russell cracked a joke. She had definitely loosened up since joining Team Kyle. "So," said Akimi after Kyle peeled off his parka, "did your grandmother give you that sweater for Christmas?" "How'd you guess?" "It looks like something you'd buy at a pet store. For a dog named Fluffy." "I think I might lose it in my locker today." "Good idea." "Um, excuse me?" said Alexa Mehlman, a sixth grader seated across the aisle from Kyle. "Hey, Alexa," said Kyle. "What's up?" "I don't mean to bother you…." "It's no bother. What can I do for you?"

“或者奥古斯都·格卢普，”凯尔补充道。 “事实上，”明米说，“我认为查尔斯·齐廷顿是我们的奥古斯都。” “真的吗?”西拉说。“他更让我想起了维露卡·索特。” 哇。塞拉·拉塞尔开了个玩笑。 加入凯尔队后，她确实放松了。 “那么，”凯尔脱下派克大衣后，明美说，“那件毛衣是你祖母送给你的圣诞礼物吗?”“你怎么猜到的?”“它看起来就像你在宠物店买的东西。 给一只叫路威的狗。”“我想我今天可能会把它丢在我的储物柜里。” “好主意。”“嗯，你说什么?”坐在凯尔对面的六年级学生亚历克莎·梅尔曼(Alexa Mehlman)说。 “嘿，Alexa，”凯尔说。“怎么了?”“我不是故意打扰你....” “不麻烦。我能为您做些什么?”

"Well, my uncle gave me Mr. Lemoncello's Phenomenal Picture Word Puzzler for Chanukah and I can't figure out this one rebus." "Let me see it." "The category is 'famous slogans,' " said Alexa, passing a cardboard square to Kyle. It was filled with a jumble of letters and pictograms. "The first word is 'librarians,' " said Akimi. "L-I plus B-R-A-I-N minus I-N gives you L-I-B-R-A. Then you add P-I-A-N-O, but make the 'P'

“嗯，我叔叔给了我莱蒙切罗先生的《光明节非凡图片字谜》，我不懂这个谜题。” “让我看看。”“分类是‘著名口号’，”Alexa说着，把一个纸板方块递给了Kyle。 里面写满了乱七八糟的字母和象形文字。 “第一个词是‘图书馆员’，”Akimi说。 L-I加上B-R-A-I-N减去I-N得到L-I- b - r - a。 然后加上P- i - a - n - o，但是发“P”

an 'R' and the 'O' an 'S,' so you end up with L-I-B-R-A, R-I-A-N-S, or, you know, 'librarians.' " "Wow," said Alexa. "You guys are amazing." "Not me," said Sierra. "I'm not very good at games." She dove back into her book. The bus bounced over a speed bump and pulled into the school parking lot. "You have ten seconds to finish the puzzle, Mr. Keeley," said Akimi. "Go!" Kyle studied the card again and handed it back to Alexa. " 'Librarians are intellectual freedom fighters.' " "Awesome!" said Alexa. "I kept getting stuck on the bottle. I thought it was perfume, not ink. You're my hero, Kyle Keeley!" Kyle smiled. It was good to be someone's hero. Especially when all he had to do was play a game.

一个“R”和一个“O”和一个“S”，所以你最后会得到L-I-B-R-A, R- i - a - n -S，或者，你知道，“librarians”。“哇，”Alexa说。 “你们太棒了。”“不是我，”西拉说。 “我不太擅长玩游戏。” 她又埋头看书了。 公共汽车在减速带上颠簸，停在了学校的停车场。 “你有十秒钟的时间来完成这个谜题，基利先生，”明美说。 “走吧!”凯尔又研究了一遍卡片，把它交还给了亚历克莎。 “图书馆员是知识自由的战士。“太棒了!”Alexa说。 “我一直卡在瓶子上。 我以为是香水，不是墨水。 你是我的英雄，凯尔·基利!”凯尔笑了。 成为别人的英雄感觉真好。 尤其是当他只需要玩个游戏的时候。