Chapter 12

Chapter Twelve Home. It takes hours, but we get there. And then we fall into that deep, black, dreamless sleep where it's like you could sleep forever. What finally wakes me is the sound of Quint thinking. Thinking shouldn't even be a sound—but with Quint, it is. He's hmming and ahhing. He must sense that I'm awake, because he suddenly exclaims, "Jack! Come look at the book we nabbed from Evie!" Yesterday's weirdness comes flooding back. I'm freaked out by what happened—and I'm not the only one. June and Dirk are sitting up, waking, and I see the worried looks on their faces. Did you ever have a sleepover where, like, someone revealed some crazy secret? Or you did something you shouldn't have? And the next morning you look at your

第十二章家。花了几个小时，但我们到了。 然后我们就陷入了深深的，黑暗的，无梦的睡眠，就像你可以永远睡下去一样。 最后唤醒我的是昆特思想的声音。 思考甚至不应该是一种声音——但对昆特来说，它是。 他在哼哼唧唧。他一定是感觉到我醒了，因为他突然喊道：“杰克！快来看我们从伊薇那里抢来的那本书！”昨天的怪事如潮水般涌回。 我被发生的事情吓坏了——我不是唯一一个。 琼和德克坐了起来，醒了过来，我看到他们脸上忧虑的表情。 你有没有在朋友家过夜的时候，有人透露了一些疯狂的秘密？ 还是你做了不该做的事？ 第二天早上你看着你的

friends in the cold light of day and you're all thinking, Whoa. Last night was weird. That's what this is... Before mention of Peiigct"l in this book! And the language! Before I can process that, a monster calls from outside, "Up and at the lives, humans! It is the eve of your tree-chopping and gift-giving jubilee!" I sigh. Christmas Eve. I'm not sure we should be focusing on that. Celebrating a holiday seems nuts right now. I mean—priorities! There's currently a

朋友们在白天的冷光下，你都在想，哇。 昨晚很奇怪。这就是… 在这本书中提到“我”之前！还有语言！我还没来得及反应过来，一个怪物从外面叫道：“起来，看那些人的命，人类！”今天是你们砍树和送礼物的周年纪念日的前夜！”我叹了口气。 圣诞夜。我不确定我们是否应该关注这个。 现在庆祝节日似乎很疯狂。 我mean-priorities !目前有一个

bad dude on the loose who makes a habit of keeping zombies trapped in her basement! But I catch June eyeing me and shaking her head. "Jack," she says, "you promised a kick-butt Christmas. I'm not letting that crazy lunatic mess up our special non-family holiday." I nod. "OK, June—a promise is a promise." "I'm taking this book straight to Bardle— there is much to learn!" Quint says. "Call me when it's time for new traditions!" Moments later, we're dressed, and June is dragging Dirk and me into the Town Square. "Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve!" she sings happily. The monsters compliment our new winter action costumes. They now think costume changing is a part of Christmas Eve and they're bummed they don't have their own new getups. Despite my Evie anxiety—I'm immediately sucked into festivity fun! June, the mayor of Christmas, leads this jamboree. She hurls us headlong into the BEST

坏家伙在松散谁使一个习惯保持僵尸困在她的地下室！但我发现琼看着我，摇着头。 “杰克，”她说，“你保证过一个精彩的圣诞节。 我不会让那个疯子毁了我们特别的非家庭节日。” 我点头。“好吧，琼——承诺就是承诺。” “我要把这本书直接交给巴德尔——要学的东西多着呢！”五度音说。 “到了新传统的时候给我打电话！”过了一会儿，我们穿好衣服，琼把我和德克拖进了城市广场。 “平安夜，平安夜，平安夜！”她高兴地唱着。 这些怪物与我们新的冬季动作服装相得益彰。 他们现在认为换装是平安夜的一部分，他们为没有自己的新服装而感到沮丧。 尽管我很焦虑，但我立刻就沉浸在节日的乐趣中了！琼，圣诞市长，领导了这次盛会。 她把我们一头扎进最好的地方

CHRISTMAS EVER. We eat cookies and watch movies, and Skaelka even wears an ugly sweater. Quint tradition wrapping paper lightsaber duel. June tradition wacka on Jack tradition. Swinging from lightbulb strings. Dirk says he's saving his tradition for last. Fine by me, 'cause it'll probably leave us with bruises. Most important—I manage to sneak away and find a few moments to complete June's gift! I use

圣诞节。我们吃饼干，看电影，斯卡卡甚至穿着一件难看的毛衣。 古雅传统包装纸光剑决斗。 六月的传统与杰克的传统相违背。 在灯泡的弦上摇摆。 德克说他要把他的传统留到最后。 我无所谓，因为可能会留下淤青。 最重要的是，我设法溜了出去，找了一些时间来完成琼的礼物！我使用

some items from Evie's house to make it next-level awesome. I'm lousy at wrapping stuff—so I get help. My helper is not super pleased... Veep your eyes I connot believe you're making me wrqp my own present! Of course, I still don't have my gift: the Louisville Slicer, returned. We're T-minus, like, six hours until Christmas—not looking good... And that's what I'm thinking about when Quint calls us into Joe's Pizza.

从伊薇家里拿一些东西，让它更棒。 我不擅长包装东西，所以我寻求帮助。 我的助手不太高兴…… 睁大你的眼睛我真不敢相信你让我自己包装礼物！当然，我还没有收到我的礼物：路易斯维尔切片机。 离圣诞节还有6个小时，看起来不太好…… 昆特叫我们去乔披萨店的时候我也在想这个。

There's something in his voice that makes me nervous. Like this Christmas Eve—it might not be anything like we hoped...

他的声音让我很紧张。 就像这个圣诞夜——它可能与我们所希望的完全不同……