Chapter 3

Chapter THREE By the time we arrived at the castle museum my friends had worked themselves up so much about the ghost that none of them wanted to leave the coach. 'Come on!' said Miss Cherry impatiently. 'What's wrong with you all? There is NO ghost in the museum.'

当我们到达城堡博物馆的时候，我的朋友们已经对鬼魂的事激动不已，谁也不想离开马车。 “来吧!切里小姐不耐烦地说。 “你们都怎么了？” 博物馆里没有鬼。”

Dad's head popped up from behind his seat. 'Oh, that's a shame,' he said. 'I do love a good haunted castle.' Eventually, after much persuading from Miss Cherry, everyone got off the coach, even Samantha. We all stood on the side of the road as the coach pulled away, and stared up at the castle museum in front of us. Huge black towers and turrets loomed up into the grey sky, and thunder and lightning cracked overhead. 'It definitely looks haunted,' said Bruno. 'You're right!' said Dad happily. 'Maybe it is after all!'

爸爸从座位后面探出头来。 “哦，真可惜，”他说。 “我确实喜欢闹鬼的城堡。”最后，在切里小姐的劝说下，每个人都下了车，包括萨曼莎。 马车开走了，我们都站在路边，抬头望着眼前的城堡博物馆。 巨大的黑色塔楼高耸入灰色的天空，头顶电闪雷鸣。 “看上去肯定是闹鬼了。”布鲁诺说。 “你是对的!爸爸高兴地说。 “也许是真的！”

Miss Cherry frowned. 'That is not a very helpful comment, Mr Moon,' she whispered. 'The castle is most definitely NOT haunted! Now follow me, everyone.' We all trailed behind Miss Cherry towards the heavy black castle doors. Just inside the doors was a ticket booth with a man sitting inside it.

樱桃小姐皱起了眉头。“这可不是什么有用的评论，文在寅先生，”她低声说。 “城堡绝对没有闹鬼！”现在大家跟我来。”我们都跟在切里小姐后面，向城堡那扇厚重的黑色大门走去。 门里面有一个售票亭，里面坐着一个男人。

'Ah,' he said when he saw us. 'You must be the school trip we are expecting today.' 'Indeed we are,' said Miss Cherry. 'We have come for an educational visit.' 'Excellent,' said the man. He handed Miss Cherry a leaflet with a map of the castle on it and gestured towards the entrance to the first room.

“啊，”他看见我们时说。 “你一定是我们今天期待的学校旅行。”“的确是这样，”切里小姐说。 “我们是来进行教育访问的。“太好了，”那人说。 他递给切里小姐一张传单，上面有一张城堡的地图，并指了指第一个房间的入口。

'Have fun!' he said. 'I don't want to go in,' whispered Sashi as Miss Cherry hurried us all past the ticket booth and into the first room. 'Me neither,' shivered Samantha. 'This castle feels spooky.' 'It's only spooky because of the weather, said Miss Cherry as a crash of thunder boomed overhead and a flash of lightning lit up the room. The whole class screamed except for me and Dad and Miss Cherry. I don't mind thunder and lightning. I am half vampire after all. 'Quiet, everyone,' said Miss Cherry, beginning to sound a bit frazzled. 'The thunder and lightning won't hurt you.

“玩得开心!他说。“我不想进去，”当切里小姐催促我们经过售票处进入第一个房间时，萨西小声说。 “我也是。”萨曼莎颤抖着说。 “这座城堡让人感觉毛骨悚然。“这只是因为天气的缘故，”切里小姐说，这时头顶上轰隆隆的雷声和一道闪电照亮了房间。 除了我、爸爸和切里小姐，全班同学都尖叫起来。 我不介意打雷和闪电。 毕竟我是半个吸血鬼。 “大家安静，”切里小姐说，听起来有点疲惫了。 “雷声和闪电不会伤害你的。