9 KAZ'S HARD CHOICE

CHAPTER 9 KAZ'S HARD CHOICE Claire, Maddie, and Kaz took the elevator down to the parking garage. "Where did you last see him?" Claire asked as they walked past the parking attendant. The parking attendant watched them with concern. "I'll show you," Kaz said, swimming ahead. "It was somewhere around here." "Is there another level to the parking garage?" Claire asked. Maddie shook her head. "No. It's just one level." The parking attendant came out of his booth. "Hey, you kids," he said, walking toward them.

第九章卡兹的艰难抉择克莱尔、曼迪和卡兹乘电梯下楼到停车场。 “你最后一次见到他是在什么地方？”当他们走过停车场服务员时，克莱尔问道。 停车场管理员关切地看着他们。 “我给你看。”卡兹游到前面说。 “就在这附近。” “停车场还有另一层吗？”克莱尔问道。 玛蒂摇了摇头。“没有。 这只是一个层面。”停车场服务员从他的隔间里走了出来。 “嘿，孩子们，”他说着朝他们走去。

"What do you think you're doing down here?" "We're"—Maddie glanced at Claire—"looking for something we lost." Claire nodded quickly. "What did you lose?" the parking attendant asked.

“你以为你在这儿干什么？”“我们在”——玛蒂瞥了克莱尔一眼——“寻找我们丢失的东西。” 克莱尔迅速地点了点头。“你丢了什么？”

"A book," Claire said at the same time that Maddie said, "Her brother." They looked at each other with surprise. Now the parking attendant crossed his arms. "Have you seen anything... strange down here today?" Claire asked, changing the subject. "What do you mean by 'strange'?" the parking attendant asked. "She means ghosts," Maddie said as Claire shifted uncomfortably. "Have you seen any ghosts down here?" "Oh," the parking attendant said. "Not today. I usually see them when I work the night shift. They come up through the floor when the library closes." "They do?" Claire said. Kaz couldn't tell if the parking attendant was telling the truth or not. The only way this guy would see those ghosts was if they were glowing. "Where do they come from?" Maddie asked. "What's under here?" She tapped her heel against

“一本书，”克莱尔说，与此同时，玛蒂说，“她哥哥。” 他们惊讶地面面相觑。 这时，泊车员交叉着双臂。 “你看到什么了吗…… 今天这儿奇怪吗？”克莱尔问道，改变了话题。 “你说的‘奇怪’是什么意思？” “她说的是鬼魂，”玛蒂说，克莱尔不安地挪动着身体。 “你在这下面见过鬼吗？”“哦，”泊车员说。 “不是今天。我通常在上夜班的时候看到他们。 图书馆关门的时候，它们从地板上爬上来。” “他们做了什么?”克莱尔说。卡兹不知道停车场服务员说的是不是真话。 这家伙能看到鬼魂的唯一方法就是鬼魂发光。 “它们是从哪儿来的？”玛迪问道。 “这下面是什么？”她用脚跟轻敲

the floor. "I don't know," the parking attendant said. "Seattle Public Library Ghost Headquarters? All I know is, they come up when the library closes at night and they go back down when the library reopens the next morning." How? Kaz wondered. How do they get through all that concrete? "There isn't anything under the library," a reference librarian told Claire and Maddie a few minutes later. His name badge said DAVID. "Really?" Maddie asked. Kaz hovered above them. "Really," David said. "This building opened in 2004. It was built on top of the old library, which opened in 1960. And that building was built on top of another old library. There have been three different libraries on this same spot. But there's nothing under the library."

地板上。“我不知道，”泊车员说。 “西雅图公共图书馆幽灵总部？” 我所知道的是，图书馆晚上关门的时候它们就上来了，第二天早上图书馆重新开门的时候它们又下去了。” 如何?Kaz很好奇。他们是怎么穿过混凝土的？ “图书馆下面什么也没有，”几分钟后，一位图书管理员告诉克莱尔和玛蒂。 他的胸牌上写着大卫。 “真的吗?”玛迪问道。卡兹在他们上方盘旋。 大卫说：“真的吗？”“这座建筑于2004年开放。 它建在1960年开放的旧图书馆的上面。 那座建筑建在另一座旧图书馆的上面。 在这个地方有三个不同的图书馆。 但是图书馆下面什么也没有。”

"Are you sure?" Claire asked, resting her elbows on the desk. "Maybe there's a secret room left over from one of the old libraries." "Like in the Underground," Maddie said. "In fact, maybe part of the Underground is under the library!" She said "the Underground" like it was a place you could go. "No. The Underground is below Pioneer Square," David said. "That's where the original city of Seattle was. Did you know that?" "No." Claire shook her head.

“你确定吗？”克莱尔把胳膊肘搁在桌子上，问道。 “也许有一个旧图书馆遗留下来的密室。” “就像在地铁里一样，”玛蒂说。 “事实上，也许地下世界的一部分就在图书馆下面！”她说“地下”好像那是一个你可以去的地方。 “没有。地铁在先锋广场下面，”大卫说。 “那是西雅图最初的城市。 你知道吗？”“没有。”克莱尔摇了摇头。

David leaned back in his chair. "Well, back in the 1800s, the city of Seattle sat quite a bit lower than it does today," he explained. "This was a problem because the area was prone to flooding. People who lived up the hill had flush toilets that emptied into the bay. But the toilets often backed up during high tide and spilled sewage into the streets." "Ew," Claire said as Maddie made a face.

大卫向后靠在椅子上。 “嗯，回到19世纪，西雅图市的位置比现在低得多，”他解释说。 “这是一个问题，因为该地区容易发生洪水。 住在山上的人的抽水马桶都是冲到海湾里的。 但在涨潮时，厕所经常堵塞，污水溢出到街道上。” “恶心，”克莱尔说，玛蒂做了个鬼脸。