3 ANOTHER HAUNTED LIBRARY

CHAPTER 3 ANOTHER HAUNTED LIBRARY Is that the library?" Little John asked from inside Claire's water bottle. The Seattle Public Library didn't look like any other building the ghosts had ever seen before. It was all glass, and parts of it stuck out in weird shapes and angles. "Must be," Kaz said as Claire and Maddie went inside. "Wow. This place is huge!" There was a bright yellow escalator in front of them. Three elevators slightly to the left. A long checkout desk to the right. And rows of bookshelves beyond the checkout desk. Kaz also noticed a strange machine that carried books from the outside book drop, up some sort of

第三章另一个闹鬼的图书馆是图书馆吗？”小约翰从克莱尔的水瓶里问道。 西雅图公共图书馆和幽灵们以前见过的任何建筑都不一样。 它全是玻璃的，有些地方伸出来的形状和角度很奇怪。 “肯定是，”卡兹说，克莱尔和玛蒂走了进去。 “哇。这地方太大了！”他们面前有一个亮黄色的自动扶梯。 稍微往左边有三部电梯。 右边是长长的收银台。 收银台后面还有一排排的书架。 卡兹还注意到一个奇怪的机器，它把书从外面的书库运上来，好像是

conveyor belt that disappeared through an opening in the ceiling. "Does Andrea still work here?" Claire asked Maddie as they walked over to the elevators. "She was my favorite librarian." "Andrea is everyone's favorite librarian," Maddie said. "You want to go say hi to her before we visit the ghost?" Claire nodded eagerly. "Okay. We can find out if any more kids have signed up for the Halloween party while we're there, too," Maddie said. The girls walked past a table where a lady security guard sat watching three computer screens, then continued around a glass wall that said CHILDREN'S CENTER in purple letters. "Wow! Look at all the books," Kaz said. There were more books in this room than there were in their whole library back home. "Look at all the toys!" Little John stared at a large play area behind a desk where two librarians

传送带从天花板的开口消失了。 “安德莉亚还在这里工作吗？”克莱尔朝电梯走去时问麦迪。 “她是我最喜欢的图书管理员。” “安德里亚是每个人最喜欢的图书管理员，”麦迪说。 “在我们去看鬼魂之前，你想去跟她打个招呼吗？”克莱尔急切地点了点头。 “好吧。我们也可以看看是否有更多的孩子报名参加万圣节派对，”麦迪说。 女孩们走过一张桌子，桌子上坐着一位女保安，正盯着三块电脑屏幕，然后继续绕过一面用紫色字母写着“儿童中心”的玻璃墙。 “哇!看看所有的书，”卡兹说。 这个房间里的书比他们家里图书馆的书还多。 “看看这些玩具！”小约翰盯着桌子后面的一个大游乐区，那里有两个图书管理员

sat. A group of solid boys and girls played at a table with a large train set. Others were spread out around the floor with puzzles and blocks. Parents and grandparents sat on benches around them. Before Kaz could stop him, Little John passed through the bottle. He exp-a-a-a-a-a-nded, then wafted over to the play area. "Now what are you doing?" Kaz asked. He passed through the bottle and exp-a-a-a-a-a-nded, too. "Just looking around," Little John replied. Kaz drifted up above the desk, where he could keep an eye on Little John and on Claire and Maddie. "Hi, Andrea," Claire said to the dark-haired librarian at the desk. The librarian looked up. "Oh my goodness!" she said with a big smile. She turned to the other librarian. "Do you know who this is, Lynette?" "No," the other librarian said, barely looking up from her magazine.

一群结实的男孩和女孩在一张桌子上玩着一辆大火车。 其他人则在地板上散布着拼图和积木。 父母和祖父母坐在他们周围的长凳上。 在卡兹阻止他之前，小约翰穿过了瓶子。 他说完，然后飘飘然地走到游戏区。 “现在你在干什么？”Kaz问道。 他穿过瓶子，也吐了出来。 “只是随便看看，”小约翰回答。 卡兹飘到桌子上方，在那里他可以照看小约翰、克莱尔和玛蒂。 “你好，安德里亚，”克莱尔对桌子旁黑发的图书管理员说。 图书管理员抬起头来。“哦，我的天哪！”她笑着说。 她转向另一位图书管理员。 “你知道这是谁吗，勒奈特？”“不，”另一个图书管理员说，几乎没有从杂志上抬起头来。

"This is Claire Kendall," Andrea said. "She always attended our programs, but she moved away a year or so ago. Are you back, Claire?" "Just for a visit," Claire said. "I'll be here for the Halloween party!" "Oh good," Andrea said. Lynette scowled. "We've never had an overnight party in the library before," she said, turning the page in her magazine. "I don't know why we need to have one now."

“我是克莱尔·肯德尔，”安德里亚说。 “她一直参加我们的课程，但大约一年前她搬走了。 你回来了吗，克莱尔？”“只是来看看，”克莱尔说。 “我会来参加万圣节派对的！”“哦，太好了，”安德烈说。 Lynette皱起了眉头。“我们以前从来没有在图书馆开过通宵派对，”她一边说，一边翻着杂志。 “我不知道为什么我们现在需要一个。”

Andrea looked surprised. "Because it's fun for the kids," she said. "Wouldn't you have enjoyed spending the night in the library when you were a kid?" "Not really," Lynette said. "Do we have enough people signed up for the party?" Maddie asked. "I think so." Andrea rifled through some papers on her desk, found the one she wanted, and pulled it out. "We've got fifteen kids signed up. That's not a lot, but it's enough. The party's still three days away. Maybe we'll get a few more signed up by then." "Yay!" Claire and Maddie slapped high fives. "Guess that means I'll be working Friday night," Lynette grumbled. "Don't pay any attention to Lynette," Maddie whispered as she led Claire away from the desk. "I don't know why she's a children's librarian. I don't think she likes kids very much. Let's go find the ghost."

安德烈显得很惊讶。“因为这对孩子们来说很有趣，”她说。 “当你还是个孩子的时候，难道你不喜欢在图书馆过夜吗？”“不完全是，”Lynette说。 “我们有足够的人报名参加这个聚会吗？”玛迪问道。 “我想是的。”安德里亚翻了翻桌上的文件，找到了她想要的那份，把它拿了出来。 “我们有15个孩子报名了。 虽然不多，但已经足够了。 离派对还有三天呢。 也许到那时我们会有更多的人报名。” “耶!”克莱尔和麦迪互相击掌。 “我想这意味着我周五晚上要工作。”Lynette抱怨道。 “别理Lynette，”Maddie一边把Claire从桌子边引开，一边小声说。 “我不知道她为什么是儿童图书管理员。 我觉得她不太喜欢孩子。 我们去找鬼吧。”

"Little John?" Kaz called as Claire and Maddie headed for the door. "We're leaving." "I don't want to," Little John said, his eyes focused on a solid girl who was driving a train around the track. She had long dark braids, and she looked like she was around his age. "You can't stay here by yourself," Kaz said, hands on his hips. "Can... I... play... with... you...?" Little John wailed at the girl with the braids. Kaz gasped. "Little John! You did not just wail at that solid girl!" Claire stopped in the doorway. She motioned for Maddie to stop, too. All the other solid children looked around. They couldn't see Little John, but they could hear him. "I'm... right... here...," Little John wailed some more. Then he started to glow. "Little John!" Kaz cried. Now all the solid people could see his brother, too. If they were looking.

“小约翰?”卡兹叫道，克莱尔和曼迪朝门口走去。 “我们离开。”“我不想，”小约翰说，他的眼睛盯着一个健壮的女孩，她正开着火车绕着轨道转。 她梳着又长又黑的辫子，看上去和他差不多大。 “你不能一个人待在这里。”卡兹双手叉腰说。 “可以…我…玩……与… 你……?”小约翰对着那个扎辫子的女孩嚎啕大哭。 Kaz气喘吁吁地说。“小约翰!你不只是对着那个结实的姑娘哭吧！”克莱尔在门口停了下来。 她示意麦蒂也停下来。 所有其他结实的孩子都环顾四周。 他们看不见小约翰，但能听到他的声音。 “我……正确的…在这里……小约翰又哭了起来。 然后他开始发光。“小约翰!”Kaz哭了。 现在所有的人都可以看到他的兄弟了。 如果他们在看的话。