Chapter 9

9 "Welcome to Newburg Orchard," Dr. Crisp said. Pablo and Violet had been here many times with their families. They saw the familiar big red barn and silo. But the rest of the place didn't look anything like they remembered. In fact, it didn't look like much of an orchard at all. "Is something wrong?" Deepak asked. Pablo scratched his cheek. "It's normally full of colorful fruit trees." But these fields were dusty brown and covered in wheat.

“欢迎来到纽堡果园。” 脆的说。巴勃罗和维奥莱特和他们的家人来过这里很多次。 他们看到了熟悉的红色大谷仓和筒仓。 但剩下的地方和他们记忆中的完全不一样了。 事实上，它看起来一点也不像一个果园。 “出什么事了吗？”迪帕克问道。 巴勃罗挠了挠脸颊。 “那里通常都是五颜六色的果树。” 但这些田地是灰蒙蒙的棕色，长满了小麦。

Violet turned to Dr. Crisp. "Last year some of the trees in Newburg Forest got infected with nasty bacteria. My dad called it a yellow disease. I wanted to try to cure them." Violet crossed her arms and frowned. "But he didn't let me. Did the trees get some kind of disease?" "Not this time," said Dr. Crisp. She took her pencil and pointed toward the wheat fields. "An important member of the Newburg Orchard ecosystem has vanished. And I'm not talking about the trees. It's up to you, Makers, to figure out who's missing." Pablo, Violet, and Deepak set off to explore. "Well," began Pablo, "fruit trees are plants." "Maybe whatever is missing helps plants live," said Deepak. "But not all plants are gone," observed Violet. The orchard was full of wheat. "Look over there!" Pablo pointed behind the barn. There was a small plot of land with a few trees that were full of flowers. The trio ran over to investigate.

维奥莱特转向克里斯普医生。 “去年纽堡森林的一些树感染了讨厌的细菌。 我爸爸称它为黄色疾病。 我想试着治愈它们。” 维奥莱特双臂交叉，皱起眉头。 “但他不让我去。这些树得了什么病吗？”“这次不会了。” 脆。她拿起铅笔，指着麦田。 “纽堡果园生态系统的一个重要成员已经消失了。 我说的不是树。 创客们，要靠你们来找出谁失踪了。” 巴勃罗、维奥莱特和迪帕克出发去探索。 “嗯，”巴勃罗开始说，“果树也是植物。” “也许缺失的东西有助于植物生存，”迪帕克说。 “但并不是所有的植物都消失了，”维奥莱特说。 果园里种满了小麦。 “看那边！”巴勃罗指着谷仓后面。 有一小块地，有几棵开满了花的树。 三个人跑过去调查。

As they got closer, they could see people up in the trees. Each person was holding a paintbrush. "What are they doing? Are they painting the flowers?" asked Pablo. "That's weird," said Violet. There was also a fruit stand near one of the trees with some pears on it. "These must be pear trees," said Pablo. He turned to the people working in the trees. "Excuse

当他们走近时，他们可以看到树上有人。 每个人都拿着一支画笔。 “他们在干什么？”他们在画花吗？”巴勃罗问。 “真奇怪，”维奥莱特说。 其中一棵树附近还有一个水果摊，上面有一些梨。 “这些一定是梨树，”巴勃罗说。 他转向在树上干活的人。 ”的借口

me," he said. No one responded. "Maybe they can't hear you," said Violet. She moved closer to the tree. "Excuse me!" she shouted. Silence. Pablo saw a man coming down from one of the trees on a ladder. He walked over to him. "Excuse me, can you…?" Pablo tried to tap the man on his arm. BIZZAP! His finger went straight through him! "Violet, Deepak, check this out!" Pablo shouted. He waved his hand through the man again. BIZZAP! "They're just holograms."

我，”他说。没有人回应。 “也许他们听不到你说的话，”维奥莱特说。 她靠近那棵树。 “对不起！”她喊道。沉默。 巴勃罗看见一个人乘着梯子从一棵树上下来。 他向他走过去。“对不起，你能……？”巴勃罗试图轻拍那人的手臂。 BIZZAP !他的手指直接刺穿了他！“维奥莱特，迪帕克，看看这个！”巴勃罗喊道。 他又挥了挥手，穿过那个人。 BIZZAP !“它们只是全息图。”

"That's kind of creepy," said Deepak. Violet laughed. "Wow! Maybe that's why they can't talk." She took a few steps back, then started to run. "Out of my way!" she said. She ran past Pablo and Deepak and straight through the hologram. BIZZAP! The man shivered and looked around. Deepak gasped. "Look what you did," whispered Pablo. But the man continued on his way.

“这有点令人毛骨悚然，”迪帕克说。 紫笑了。“哇!也许这就是他们不能说话的原因。” 她后退了几步，然后开始跑。 “别挡我的路！”她说。 她跑过巴勃罗和迪帕克，径直穿过全息图。 BIZZAP !那人颤抖着环顾四周。 迪帕克气喘吁吁地说。“看看你做了什么，”巴勃罗低声说。 但是那个人继续他的路。