9 OCEAN LIFE GONE BAD

OCEAN LIFE GONE BAD Ivy and Bean came to a gray room. It didn't have any ocean life in it. What it did have in it were a lot of dishes. "We must be near, the cafeteria" said Ivy. A man walked into the room pushing a cart. He didn't look surprised to see them, but he didn't look happy either. "No kids in here," he said. "Cafeteria's that way." He pointed to a door.

海洋生物变质艾薇和比恩来到一间灰色的房间。 里面没有任何海洋生物。 里面确实有很多菜。 “我们一定离自助餐厅很近了。”艾薇说。 一个男人推着手推车走进房间。 他看到他们并不惊讶，但也不高兴。 “这里没有孩子，”他说。 “自助餐厅在那边。”他指着一扇门。

"Okay," said Bean. She and Ivy went through a different door. Now they were in a dark hallway. A dark, small hallway. They could just barely see the sign on the wall. It said, "Life without Light: Creatures of the Deep Sea." "Perfect!" said Ivy.

“好吧，”比恩说。她和艾薇走了另一扇门。 现在他们在一个黑暗的走廊里。 一个黑暗的小走廊。他们几乎看不见墙上的牌子。 上面写着：“没有光的生命：深海生物。” “完美！”艾薇说。

"Perfect? For what?" asked Bean. It didn't look perfect to her. It looked dark. "Life without Light." said Ivy. "It's great for sleeping. Plus, no one will be able to see us." Bean looked around the little hall. "We're going to sleep in here?" "No. This is just where they put the sign. The fish and stuff are in there." She pointed to a doorway. Together they walked into a long, narrow room. At least Bean thought it was a long, narrow room. She couldn't really tell because it was so dark. It was even darker than the hall. "Why don't they turn on some lights?" whispered Bean. It seemed like a whispering place. "It's showing what it's like in the deep sea. The sun doesn't get all the way down there," whispered Ivy.

“完美吗?为什么？”比恩问。 在她看来并不完美。 天看起来很黑。“没有光明的生活。” 艾薇说。“它很适合睡觉。 另外，没人能看到我们。” 比恩环顾了一下小大厅。 “我们要睡在这里吗？”“没有。 这就是他们挂牌子的地方。 鱼和其他东西都在里面。” 她指着一扇门。他们一起走进一间又长又窄的房间。 至少比恩认为这是一个又长又窄的房间。 她看不出来，因为天太黑了。 这里比大厅还要黑。 “他们为什么不把灯打开呢？”比恩小声说。 这似乎是一个低语的地方。 “它展示了深海的样子。 太阳不会一直照到那里。”艾薇低声说。

"So that's all? Just a dark room?" Bean shook her head. "I don't know. I can't tell. Do you see fish tanks anywhere?" Bean looked hard into the darkness. She could see some glimmering on the wall. Maybe it was glass. Or something else. Bean started to get a worried feeling. "Why aren't there any people in here?" she asked. "I don't know," Ivy said again. Bean could see the outline of Ivy's head as she looked from side to side. "Maybe the sign was old. Maybe there's nothing in here." For a moment, they stood there in the dark. It was so quiet that they heard the sound of the quiet. Bean began to think of all the things that might be slithering silently toward them. "Ivy? I'm not liking this so much," she said. Ivy linked her arm into Bean's. That was

“就这些吗？”只是一间黑屋子？”比恩摇了摇头。 “我不知道。我不知道。 你看到鱼缸了吗？”比恩凝视着黑暗。 她可以看到墙上有一些闪光。 也许是玻璃。或者别的什么。 比恩开始有一种担心的感觉。 “为什么这里一个人也没有？”她问。 “我不知道，”艾薇又说。 当艾薇左右张望时，比恩可以看到她脑袋的轮廓。 “也许这个标志是旧的。也许这里什么也没有。” 他们在黑暗中站了一会儿。 太安静了，他们听到了安静的声音。 比恩开始想到所有可能正在悄悄地向他们滑行的东西。 “艾薇?我不太喜欢这样，”她说。 艾薇挽着比恩的胳膊。 这是

better. A little. "There's got to be a light switch in here somewhere," said Ivy. "If we walk around I bet we'll find one. And once, we turn on the light, we'll figure out where to hide our backpacks." Slowly, with their arms out, they walked toward the wall. Bean's hands brushed against cool glass. No light switches there. She felt around its edges. "Hey," said Ivy. "Here's a button thing. Should I push it?" "Um," said Bean. "What if it opens a

更好。一点。“这里一定有个电灯开关。”艾薇说。 “如果我们四处走走，我打赌我们会找到一个。 一旦我们打开灯，我们就会想办法把背包藏在哪里。” 他们伸出双臂，慢慢地向墙走去。 比恩的手擦着冰凉的玻璃。 那里没有电灯开关。她摸了摸它的边缘。 “嘿，”艾薇说。“这是一个纽扣。 我应该推它吗？”“嗯，”比恩说。 “如果它打开了一个……

trapdoor and water gushes out?" Too late. Ivy had pushed the button. The wall in front of them began to glow with red light. For a second, they blinked at the brightness. And then they saw. Behind the glass was black water rising high above their heads. They pressed their faces to the window. Was it just empty water? "I don't see any fish," Bean began to say —and then a massive mouth came hurtling toward them, shining with thousands of needle teeth. "YIKES!" Bean took an enormous leap backward, dragging Ivy behind her. "Holy moly cannoli!" she squeaked. "What the heck is that?" Ivy didn't say anything, but her hand held tight to Bean's. The giant mouth was attached to a long snaky creature that glared at them with tiny bright eyes.

活板门，水喷涌而出？”太迟了。 艾薇按下了按钮。 他们面前的墙壁开始发出红光。 有那么一瞬间，他们对着亮光眨了眨眼睛。 然后他们看到了。在玻璃后面，黑色的水从他们的头顶高高升起。 他们把脸贴在窗户上。 只是空的水吗？“我没看见鱼。”比恩刚开口说——然后一个巨大的嘴向他们冲了过来，上面闪着成千上万的针状牙齿。 “呀! !”比恩向后一跳，身后拖着艾薇。 “我的天哪！”她尖叫道。 “那是什么鬼东西？”艾薇什么也没说，但她的手紧紧地握着比恩的手。 那张大嘴连着一个长长的蛇形生物，用明亮的小眼睛瞪着他们。