9 Stay Together, Stay Together

CHAPTER NINE STAY TOGETHER, STAY TOGETHER WE SAW ONE of Max's teammates heading toward the soccer fields. It wasn't Max. This player was too small to be Max. But it was still a totally bad sign. "It's not time for the game yet!" Simon exclaimed. "What's he doing here?!" "He probably got here early to warm up," Rosie said. "What if Max gets here early?!" Simon asked with wide-open eyes.

第九章待在一起待在一起我们看见马克斯的一个队友朝足球场走去。 不是麦克斯。这个球员太小了，不可能是麦克斯。 但这仍然是一个非常糟糕的迹象。 “还没到比赛时间呢！”西蒙喊道。 “他在这儿干什么？！”“他可能很早就来这里热身了，”罗茜说。 “要是麦克斯提前到了怎么办？！”西蒙睁大眼睛问道。

Rosie and I didn't answer. We just picked up the pipe as fast as we could. We had lots of trouble with it. First, when we started to stand it up, the pipe came apart at three different connectors. We put it back together, tried again, and it came loose at two other connectors. "Okay, wait," Rosie said after our second attempt. She had a plan. "Let's do this differently. I'll stay at this end—the bottom. Molly, you stand about a third of the way up. And Simon, you go between Molly and the far end. By slowly lifting it together, there will be less strain in the middle and I think we can stand it up."

罗西和我没有回答。 我们只是以最快的速度捡起了管子。 我们遇到了很多麻烦。 首先，当我们开始把它立起来时，管子在三个不同的连接处分开了。 我们把它装回去，又试了一次，它在另外两个连接处松动了。 “好吧，等等，”罗西在我们第二次尝试后说。 她有个计划。“让我们用不同的方式来做这件事。 我待在这一端——底部。 莫莉，你站在三分之一的地方。 西蒙，你站在莫莉和另一头之间。 慢慢地把它抬起来，中间的压力就会小一些，我想我们可以把它撑起来。”

I went to my spot. And Simon went to his. "Okay," Rosie called to us. "One, two—" But Rosie stopped counting. She looked at Simon. And so did I. He was not grasping the pipe and getting ready to lift it. He stood over the pipe with his eyes closed. His two index fingers were pressed gently into the sides of his head. Rosie and I had never seen him do something like this before. We hustled toward him. When we got there, I whispered, "Simon?" It just seemed like I should whisper. I don't know why. "Shh," he whispered back. Rosie asked softly, "What are you doing?" "I'm using the Force," Simon said and slowly swayed his head back and forth like he was in a trance. "I am becoming one with the pipe. This has to work." "What?!" Rosie asked, this time not as softly. "I'm surrounding the pipe with positive energy," Simon said, still whispering and swaying. He chanted, "Stay together, stay together, stay together."

我去了我的位置。西门就回他的屋里去了。 “好吧，”罗茜对我们喊道。 “一，二——”但罗茜停止了数。 她看着西蒙。我也是。 他并没有抓住管子准备把它举起来。 他闭着眼睛站在烟斗旁。 他的两个食指轻轻地按在头的两侧。 罗西和我以前从没见过他做这样的事。 我们向他挤去。到了那里，我低声问：“西蒙？”我觉得我应该小声点。 我不知道为什么。“嘘。”他小声回答。 罗茜轻声问：“你在做什么？”“我在使用原力。”西蒙说着，慢慢地前后摇着头，好像进入了恍惚状态。 “我和烟斗合二为一了。 这必须奏效。”“什么? !”罗茜问道，这次语气不那么温柔了。 “我正用正能量包围着管子，”西蒙一边说，一边还在轻声细语，摇摆着身子。 他高呼：“待在一起，待在一起，待在一起。”

Then Simon opened his eyes and said, "It's ready now." "Are you crazy?" Rosie said and laughed. Simon said, "Maybe. But I'll try anything to get Max's ball back." After that, we got the pipe to stand up on the first try. Simon said it was the Force that did it, but he was just kidding. We knew it was the way we did it that

西门睁开眼睛说：“现在好了。” “你疯了吗？”罗茜说着笑了。 西蒙说：“也许吧。但我会尽一切努力把马克斯的球夺回来。” 在那之后，我们第一次就把管子竖起来了。 西蒙说是原力造成的，但他只是在开玩笑。 我们知道我们就是这么做的