Chapter 3

3 The shaking stopped. Everything was still. And everyone was frozen! Except for Violet, Pablo, and Aria. Aria's glasses swung from one of her ears. Her mouth hung open. "What just happened?" she asked. "I told you," replied Violet. "We opened a portal. That's how we get to the Maker Maze." Aria fixed her glasses and closed her mouth. "Is that it?" She pointed toward the table near Mr. Eng. Next to Max's cage was a rack of tubes.

震动停止了。一切都是静止的。 每个人都僵住了！除了维奥莱特，巴勃罗和艾瑞亚。 艾瑞亚的眼镜从一只耳朵上耷拉下来。 她张着嘴。“刚才发生了什么事？”她问。 “我告诉过你，”维奥莱特回答。 “我们打开了一扇门。这就是我们进入创客迷宫的方式。” 艾瑞亚戴好眼镜，闭上了嘴。 “是这样吗？”她指着伍启芳旁边的桌子。 马克斯的笼子旁边放着一排管子。

They were glowing inside a circle of fuzzy purple light. Violet, Pablo, and Aria tiptoed over. "How are we going to fit through there?" asked Aria. Violet leaned in for a look. BIZZAP! Before she could answer, Violet was shrunk down to the size of a pea and sucked through one of the tubes!

它们在一圈模糊的紫光中发光。 维奥莱特、巴勃罗和艾瑞亚蹑手蹑脚地走了过来。 “我们要怎么进去呢？”艾瑞亚问。 维奥莱特凑过去看了看。 BIZZAP !她还没来得及回答，维奥莱特就被缩小到豌豆大小，被其中一根管子吸走了！

"Where did she go?" Aria squeaked. "I'll show you," said Pablo with a smile. He took her hand and leaned forward. BIZZAP! They both shrunk and were squeezed through the purple portal. Pablo and Aria landed butt-first on the floor of the Maker Maze. "Achooooo!" Violet greeted them with a sneeze. "What took you guys so long?" she joked. "Bless you…," Aria said slowly. Her eyes sparkled as she stood up and dusted herself off. "You weren't kidding. This is amazing! I've never seen anything like it before. What is this stuff?" The room was filled with all types of science equipment. Colorful liquids bubbled inside flasks on a lab table. Across from the flasks were rows of different kinds of plants. One of them had flower buds that looked like eyeballs! Nearby, crystals floated in clear boxes, and bugs buzzed around in

“她去哪儿了？”Aria发出“吱吱”的响声。 “我给你看，”巴勃罗笑着说。 他握住她的手，身体向前倾。 BIZZAP !他们俩都缩了起来，被挤进了紫色的门。 巴勃罗和艾瑞亚头朝下摔在了制造者迷宫的地板上。 “Achooooo !”维奥莱特打了个喷嚏迎接他们。 “你们怎么花了这么久？”她开玩笑说。 “上帝保佑你……”艾瑞亚慢慢地说。 她站起来，掸去身上的灰尘，眼睛闪闪发光。 “你不是在开玩笑。这太神奇了！我从来没见过这样的东西。 这是什么东西？”房间里摆满了各种各样的科学设备。 五彩缤纷的液体在实验室桌子上的烧瓶里冒泡。 烧瓶的对面是一排排不同种类的植物。 其中一棵的花蕾看起来像眼球！附近，水晶漂浮在透明的盒子里，虫子在里面嗡嗡作响

jars. Next to a long hallway lined with doors was a giant microscope. "Welcome to the Maker Maze!" said Violet with open arms.

罐子。在一条长走廊的门缝旁边放着一台巨大的显微镜。 “欢迎来到创客迷宫！”维奥莱特张开双臂说。

All of a sudden, the trio heard a soft hum coming from the long hallway. It sounded far away. But it was getting closer and closer. And louder and louder… "What is that?" asked Aria with a shaky voice. Suddenly, a voice shouted, "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Heading toward them at full speed was a robot! It blasted down the hallway on a single wheel with its arms and claws stretched up over its round head. The Makers jumped to the side just in time. POW! The robot crashed into a wall and exploded. All that remained was a pile of metal on the floor. A small stream of smoke floated toward the ceiling. Dr. Crisp blew into the room. Her rainbow hair was even more wild than usual.

突然，三人听到从长长的走廊里传来一阵柔和的嗡嗡声。 声音听起来很远。但它离我们越来越近了。 “那是什么声音？”艾瑞亚用颤抖的声音问。 突然，一个声音喊道：“让开！”一个机器人正全速朝他们驶来！它坐在一个轮子上轰隆隆地穿过走廊，手臂和爪子伸在圆圆的头上。 制造者们及时地跳到了一边。 战俘!机器人撞到墙上爆炸了。 只剩下地板上的一堆金属。 一缕小烟飘向天花板。 克里斯普医生吹着气进了房间。 她那彩虹色的头发比平时更加蓬乱。

"Is…everyone…okay?" she asked, trying to catch her breath. "We're okay, Dr. Crisp. That was a close one!" Violet replied.

“大家……还好吗？”她问，努力喘着气。 “我们没事，克里斯普博士。好险啊！”紫回答道。