3. The Ghost of Summer Past

3 The Ghost of Summer Past

3 .《昔日夏日之鬼

I went back to sleep, thinking that was the end of it. Everybody has a bad dream now and then, right? No big deal. It happens every day. I was sleeping soundly. I'm not sure if that means I was making a lot of sound or if I wasn't making any sound at all. Anyway, after an hour or two, I heard the clock strike ten. That was weird, because I don't have a clock in my bedroom. I opened my eyes. The window was closed, but I felt the presence of somebody... or something... in my room. And then there was this spooky voice.... "A.J.... A.J.... A.J...." My name echoed off the walls. Maybe it was my imagination. It could have been a hallucination. Or a dramatization. I'm not sure, because there was very little illumination. My name is an abbreviation.

我又睡着了，以为一切都结束了。 每个人都会时不时做噩梦，对吧？ 没什么大不了的。这种事每天都在发生。 我睡得很香。我不确定这是否意味着我发出了很多声音，或者我根本没有发出任何声音。 不管怎样，过了一两个小时，我听到钟敲了十下。 真奇怪，因为我卧室里没有钟。 我睁开眼睛。窗户是关着的，但我感到有人在。 什么的……在我房间里。 然后有一个诡异的声音.... “A.J…A.J……A.J……”我的名字在墙上回响。 也许是我的想象。 这可能是幻觉。 或者是戏剧化。我不太确定，因为几乎没有照明。 我的名字是缩写。

There should have been some elaboration. Or amplification. It was very poor communication. That was my evaluation. For me, it was a humiliation. I just hoped it wasn't an assassination. I should conduct an investigation. Sorry, I got carried away.* And then, suddenly, I noticed a fuzzy-looking figure hovering over my bed. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" It was a ghost! Okay, okay. I know I said there would be nothing else about ghosts in this book. But what was I supposed to do? It was out of my control! The ghost just showed up in my bedroom. You've gotta believe me! I could see right through the ghost floating in the air. It started forming into the shape of a person. He was a man. A bald man. His head was glowing like a

应该有一些详细说明。 或放大。这是非常糟糕的沟通。 这就是我的评价。对我来说，这是一种耻辱。 我只是希望这不是暗杀。 我应该进行调查。 对不起，我太激动了。然后，突然，我注意到一个模糊的身影在我的床上盘旋。 “Ahhhhhhhhhhh !”那是鬼！好吧,好吧。 我知道我说过这本书里不会有关于鬼魂的其他内容。 但我该怎么做？ 那是我无法控制的！鬼魂突然出现在我卧室里。 你一定要相信我！我能看透漂浮在空中的幽灵。 它开始形成一个人的形状。 他是个男人。一个秃顶的男人。他的头发着光

lightbulb. Actually, he looked a lot like my principal at school, Mr. Klutz. But why would Mr. Klutz be floating over my bed in the middle of the night? I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. "Who are y-you?" I asked in a trembling voice. "I am the ghost of summers past," he replied, "Your past, A.J." "Oh, yeah?" I said. "I don't believe in ghosts." "Well, we believe in you," the ghost replied. "You look a lot like the principal at my school, Mr. Klutz," I told the ghost. "I bet you say that about all the handsome bald-headed ghosts who hover over your bed in the middle of the night," said the ghost of Mr. Klutz.

灯泡。事实上，他长得很像我的校长，克鲁茨先生。 但为什么克鲁茨先生会大半夜在我床上晃悠呢？ 我不知道该说什么。 我不知道该怎么办。我必须快速思考。 “你——你是谁？”我用颤抖的声音问道。 “我是夏天过去的鬼魂，”他回答，“你的过去，A.J.。” “哦,是吗?”我说。“我不相信有鬼。” “好吧，我们相信你，”鬼魂回答说。 “你长得很像我们学校的校长，克鲁茨先生，”我对鬼魂说。 “我敢打赌，你对那些半夜在你床上盘旋的英俊的秃头鬼都这么说，”克鲁茨先生的鬼魂说。

"Are you one of those spirits that my friend Billy said was going to visit me?" I asked. "You got that right," replied the ghost of Mr. Klutz. "What are you doing here?" I asked him. "What do you want with me? I'm trying to sleep. This is a school night, you know." The ghost of Mr. Klutz held up his hand and made a victory peace sign with his fingers, which means "shut up." "Come," he said, holding out his floating hand. "Follow me, A.J." "HUH?" I said, which is also "HUH" backward. I got out of bed. "Follow you where? Where are we going?" "Out the window," the ghost of Mr. Klutz replied. As he said that, the window opened all by itself. "B-but..."

“你是我朋友比利说要来看我的那些鬼魂之一吗？”我问。 “你说得对，”克鲁茨先生的鬼魂回答说。 “你在这儿干什么？”我问他。 “你找我干什么？” 我想睡觉。你知道，今天是上学之夜。” 克鲁茨先生的鬼魂举起手，用手指做了一个胜利的和平手势，意思是“闭嘴”。 “来吧，”他说，伸出他那只浮在水面上的手。 “跟我来，A.J.。”“嗯?”我说，这也是“HUH”的反调。 我下了床。“跟着你去哪儿？” 我们要去哪儿？”“窗外，”克鲁茨先生的鬼魂回答。 他说着，窗户自己开了。 “但是……”