Chapter 54

54 The boot was another playing piece from Mr. Lemoncello's Family Frenzy board game. So Kyle had a pretty good idea who was driving the bootmobile. His hero. Luigi L. Lemoncello. The boot car turned into the motel driveway with Dr. Zinchenko's green-eyed catmobile following close behind. Kyle couldn't figure out what was going on. Mr. Lemoncello had said he was leaving town. Going to New York or Terabithia, which sounded like it might be in Indiana.

54这只靴子是莱蒙切罗的桌游《疯狂家庭》（Family Frenzy）中的另一个棋子。 所以凯尔很清楚是谁在开车。 他的英雄。路易吉·l·莱蒙切罗。 那辆厢式车开进了汽车旅馆的车道。 津琴科的绿眼猫车紧随其后。 凯尔不知道发生了什么。 莱蒙切罗说过他要离开这里。 去纽约或特拉比西亚，听起来像是在印第安纳州。

The police cars escorting the two game pieces on wheels had flapping Library Olympics flags attached to their bumpers. They weren't coming to the motel to arrest Mr. Peckleman. They were just part of Mr. Lemoncello's motorcade. The boot car skidded to a stop near the patio. Dr. Zinchenko's cat car crawled to a halt behind it. Mr. Lemoncello popped open the boot ankle and stepped out. "Donald?" cried Mr. Lemoncello, his voice booming across the parking lot. "Extinguish thy flame!" "I fly with haste to do thy bidding," said Mr. Peckleman, sounding all of a sudden like he was in a play by Shakespeare. He bent down and flipped a switch on the fire pit. The flames disappeared in a poof! "Gas logs," said Mr. Lemoncello. "Just another part of our glorious charade." "Huh?" said Kyle. Mr. Lemoncello was dressed in a bright yellow tracksuit and a half-lemon crash helmet,

警车上的保险杠上挂着飘扬的图书馆奥林匹克会旗。 他们不是来汽车旅馆逮捕佩克曼先生的 他们只是莱蒙塞罗先生车队的一部分。 小车在天井附近打滑停了下来。 津琴科博士的猫车在它后面慢慢地停了下来。 莱蒙塞罗先生打开靴子的脚踝，走了出去。 “唐纳德？”莱蒙切罗喊道，他洪亮的声音传遍了整个停车场。 “熄灭你的火焰！”“我匆忙地飞起来，执行你的命令，”佩克曼先生说，突然间，他的声音听起来像是在莎士比亚的戏剧里。 他弯下腰，拨动了火坑上的开关。 火焰噗的一声消失了！“瓦斯测井，”莱蒙切罗说。 “这只是我们光荣游戏的另一部分。” “嗯？”凯尔说。莱蒙塞罗穿着亮黄色运动服，戴着半柠檬色的安全帽，

which he unbuckled and tucked under his arm as he strode onto the patio. "Please cover those books with their protective tarps," coached Dr. Zinchenko, who was dressed in her standard red leather minidress, scarlet stockings, red high heels, and red-framed librarian glasses. "Thy wish is my command, milady!" Mr. Peckleman ruffled open a bright blue tarp with a theatrical flourish and draped it over all the squirrel books. Mr. Lemoncello approached Andrew Peckleman. "Andrew?" "Yes, sir?" "My grandmother isn't Strega Nona, and you don't have a long-lost great-uncle-twice-removed named Woody." "I don't?" "No. Meet Sir Donald Thorne, one of the finest actors in all of England!"

他把它解开，夹在腋下，大步走上露台。 “请用防水布把这些书盖上。” 津琴科，她穿着标准的红色皮革迷你裙，红色长袜，红色高跟鞋，戴着一副红框图书管理员眼镜。 “你的愿望就是我的命令，夫人！”佩克曼先生夸张地掀开一块亮蓝色的防水布，盖在所有的松鼠书上。 莱蒙切罗先生找到了安德鲁·佩克曼。 “安德鲁?”“是的,先生?”“我的祖母不是斯特蕾加·诺娜，你也没有一个失散已久、离过两次家的叔祖父，名叫伍迪。” “我不?”“没有。这是唐纳德·索恩爵士，全英格兰最好的演员之一！”

Sir Donald, who everybody had thought was Uncle Woodrow "Woody" Peckleman, took off his Blue Jays baseball cap and twirled it in front of his face as he took a bow. "'All the world's a stage,'" he said. "'And all the men and women merely players.'" "Sir Donald also coached Dr. Zinchenko and me so we might play our own parts with passion and panache." Mr. Lemoncello started imitating himself, acting much more melodramatically than he had in his original performance. "Oh, boo hoo. I, Luigi Libretto Lemoncello, hereby officially declare the games of this first Library Olympiad to be over. Done. Kaput!" "Wait a second," said Akimi. "That was all an act?" "Indeed." "You were very convincing, sir," said Sierra. "Sir Donald is an excellent coach." "And thou, sir, art an excellent pupil." Sir Donald took another bow.

唐纳德爵士，大家都以为他是伍德罗·“伍迪”·佩克曼叔叔，他摘下蓝鸟队的棒球帽，在面前旋转着，鞠了个躬。 “‘整个世界就是一个舞台，’”他说。 “所有的男人和女人都只是演员。’”唐纳德爵士还指导过布朗博士。 津琴科和我，这样我们就可以热情而华丽地扮演自己的角色。” 莱蒙切罗开始模仿自己，表现得比他最初的表演更加夸张。 “哦，哎哟。我，Luigi Libretto Lemoncello，在此正式宣布第一届图书馆奥林匹克竞赛结束。 完成了。坏了的!”“等一下，”明美说。 “那都是演戏吗？”“的确。” “你说得很有说服力，先生，”塞拉说。 “唐纳德爵士是一位出色的教练。” “而你，先生，是个优秀的学生。” 唐纳德爵士又鞠了一躬。

"Thank you," said Mr. Lemoncello, taking his own little bow. "But why were you pretending to give up on the library?" asked Kyle. "To make absolutely, positutely certain that all of you would not do the same. Now, before I made my dramatic exit, I promised I would appoint a new board of trustees for my library on Monday. All public institutions similar to ours have such boards…." "Indeed they do," added Dr. Zinchenko. "Mostly to raise funds and to make certain the institution fulfills its mission." "Well," said Mr. Lemoncello, "my library never has to worry about raising funds. Did I mention I'm a bazillionaire?" "Yes," said Abia Sulayman. "We have heard." "However, I do need a board of trustees to champion my cause here in Alexandriaville. That's the real reason I hosted these Library Olympics. I told you it was a quest for champions. And it was. I was looking for library lovers willing to stand up

“谢谢你，”莱蒙切罗先生说着，微微鞠了一躬。 “但你为什么要假装放弃去图书馆呢？”凯尔问。 “绝对肯定地确保你们所有人都不会做同样的事情。 现在，在我戏剧性地离开之前，我承诺我会在周一为我的图书馆任命一个新的董事会。 所有与我们类似的公共机构都有这样的委员会....” “确实如此。” Zinchenko。“主要是为了筹集资金，并确保该机构履行其使命。” “嗯，”莱蒙切罗先生说，“我的图书馆从来不用担心筹集资金的问题。 我说过我是亿万富翁吗？”“是的，”阿比娅·苏莱曼说。 “我们听说了。”“然而，我确实需要一个董事会来支持我在亚历山大维尔的事业。 这就是我举办图书馆奥林匹克的真正原因。 我告诉过你这是对冠军的追寻。 确实如此。我在寻找愿意站起来的图书馆爱好者

and fight for what's right, no matter the cost or personal sacrifice." He paused and looked directly at Marjory. "Even if they did not agree with my way of doing things." "I'm sorry I took that book," said Marjory. "We figured somebody would once Mr. Peckleman started passing out his 'Go to College Free' cards. It was a test. To see if you, or anyone else, were here for the wrong reasons. I'm overjoyed that, in the end, you fought so hard to save these books, because believe it or not, Marjory, I, too, love libraries qua libraries. I just don't like saying 'qua.' It makes me sound like a duck." Everyone, including Marjory, laughed. "Now then," said Mr. Lemoncello, putting down his crash helmet so he could clasp his hands behind his back and address his Library Olympians, "seeing the results of this final game, I feel confident that I have finally found my first board of trustees. In the end, you all worked together to save the library even though there was

为正义而战，不计代价，不计个人牺牲。” 他停顿了一下，直视着玛乔丽。 “即使他们不同意我做事的方式。” “我很抱歉拿了那本书，”玛乔丽说。 “我们认为，一旦佩克曼先生开始分发他的‘免费上大学’卡，就会有人这么做。 这是一个考验。看看你，或者其他什么人，是不是出于错误的原因而来。 我很高兴，最后，你竭尽全力拯救了这些书，因为不管你信不信，玛乔丽，我也很喜欢图书馆。 我只是不喜欢说“qua”。这让我听起来像只鸭子。” 包括马乔里在内的每个人都笑了。 “好了，”莱蒙切罗放下头盔，把双手放在背后，对图书馆的奥运选手们说，“看到最后一场比赛的结果，我有信心，我终于找到了我的第一个董事会。 最后，你们齐心协力拯救了图书馆尽管图书馆已经