Chapter 3

3 The ground became still. The grass and flowers didn't budge. The three friends slowly wandered around the silent meadow. Each time they opened the portal to the Maker Maze, everyone and everything else froze in place! "Whoa…," Violet said. "Look at that!" She pointed up. A bat was upside down and frozen midflight! Its mouth was open.

大地变得静止了。 草和花纹丝不动。 三个朋友慢慢地在寂静的草地上漫步。 每次他们打开通往制造者迷宫的入口，所有人和其他东西都僵住了！“哇……”维奥莱特说。 “看那个！”她向上指了指。 一只蝙蝠倒挂在空中，在半空中被冻住了！它的嘴张着。

"Must have been chasing after a bug!" said Pablo. "Oh no!" Deepak shouted. "What's wrong?" asked Violet. "My mom's binoculars! I lost them!" Deepak replied. "Didn't you set them down—" Violet began. "Over there!" Pablo exclaimed. They ran over to the pair of binoculars. They were glowing in a circle of purple light. Deepak knelt to pick them up. He felt a tickle on his fingertips as they passed through the light. BIZZAP! He giggled as he pulled his hand back. "I'm sure they'll be fine here," said Violet. She looked around at all the frozen faces. Then she reached one hand down to Deepak and the other to Pablo. "Ready?" The trio leaned in close to the beaming binoculars.

“一定是在追虫子！”巴勃罗说。 “哦,不!”迪帕克喊道。“怎么了？”维奥莱特问。 “我妈妈的望远镜！”我把它们弄丢了！”迪帕克回答道。 “你没有把它们放下吗——”维奥莱特开口了。 “在那边!”巴勃罗喊道。 他们跑到那副双筒望远镜跟前。 它们在一圈紫光中发光。 迪帕克跪下来把它们捡起来。 当他们穿过灯光时，他感到指尖发痒。 BIZZAP !他咯咯地笑着，把手缩回来。 “我相信他们在这里会过得很好。”维奥莱特说。 她看了看周围那些僵住的脸。 然后她一只手伸向迪帕克，另一只手伸向巴勃罗。 “准备好了吗?”三个人靠在发射光束的双筒望远镜前。

"Here we go!" Pablo called into the evening sky. One by one, they were squeezed through the portal. BIZZAP! They landed feetfirst on the floor of the Maker Maze. The room was huge and filled with all kinds of fun science equipment. The Makers

“我们走吧！”巴勃罗对着夜空喊道。 他们一个接一个被挤进了传送门。 BIZZAP !他们的脚先着地在创客迷宫的地板上。 房间很大，摆满了各种有趣的科学设备。 制造商

wandered along the lab tables that held odd plants and flasks of mysterious, bubbling liquids. "It's even cooler than I remember," said Deepak. "I think it gets cooler each time we come back," said Violet. The trio passed by large jars with buzzing bugs and a line of zero gravity chambers that held floating crystals. Next to the never-ending hallway were two robots sitting at a giant microscope. They were taking turns looking through the lens. Across the room, a screen showed that everyone was still frozen in the Newburg Meadow. "Well, howdy, Makers!" a voice boomed from behind. Pablo, Violet, and Deepak turned and smiled at the tall woman with wild rainbow hair. "It's magnificent to see you again!" Dr. Crisp continued, clapping her hands. "Hey, stranger! Glad you're back," she said to Deepak. "Me too! I've missed this place," he replied. "Dr. Crisp! Dr. Crisp!" Pablo shouted as he jumped up and down. "We have to learn about

在实验室的桌子上徘徊，桌子上放着奇怪的植物和一瓶神秘的冒泡液体。 “比我记忆中的还要酷，”迪帕克说。 “我觉得我们每回来一次，天气就变得凉爽一些。”维奥莱特说。 三人经过了装着嗡嗡作响的虫子的大罐子和一排装着漂浮晶体的零重力室。 在没有尽头的走廊旁边，有两个机器人坐在一个巨大的显微镜前。 他们轮流透过镜头看。 房间另一头的屏幕显示，每个人都还呆在纽堡草地上。 “嗨，你好，创客们！”一个声音从后面传来。 巴勃罗、维奥莱特和迪帕克转过身来，对着这个长着一头乱蓬蓬的彩虹色头发的高个女人微笑。 “再次见到你真是太好了！”博士。 克里斯普拍着手继续说。 “嗨,陌生人!很高兴你回来了，”她对迪帕克说。 “我也是!我想念这个地方，”他回答。 “博士脆!脆博士!”巴勃罗大叫着，跳上跳下。 “我们必须了解

space on this challenge. We were just about to watch a meteor shower before we got your riddle!" Dr. Crisp smiled and pulled a large umbrella out of the front pocket of her lab coat. She opened it and said, "I'm always prepared for bad weather!" The Makers laughed. "It's not that kind of shower, Dr. Crisp," said Pablo.

空间对这一挑战。我们刚要看流星雨，就猜出了你的谜语！”博士。 克里斯普笑了笑，从实验服的前口袋里掏出一把大伞。 她打开盒子说：“我总是为坏天气做好准备！”造物主笑了。 这不是那种阵雨。 脆脆的，”巴勃罗说。

"Yeah," added Deepak. "It's more like fireworks!" Dr. Crisp winked. "Just teasing!" She set the umbrella on the floor. "Well, let's get this show on the road!" She went to grab the Maker Manual off a lab table. But it wasn't there. "Uh-oh." Dr. Crisp removed a pencil from behind her ear and rubbed her chin with the eraser. She snapped her head in one direction, then in the other. She darted up and down along each lab table. Suddenly, she dropped to her hands and knees and squinted at the floor. Finally, she stood up and shrugged. "What are we going to do?" asked Pablo, scratching his cheek. He really didn't want anything to go wrong today. "Wait a minute!" said Dr. Crisp. She reached up and dug around in her hair with both hands. She pulled and tugged a bit before removing a glittering lab notebook. "Well, flip my flask! Forgot that I stuck it up there while I was cleaning. Now, did someone say

“是的，”迪帕克补充说。“这更像是烟花！”博士。 脆眨了眨眼。“开玩笑!”她把伞放在地板上。 “好吧，让我们开始表演吧！”她去拿实验室桌子上的制造者手册。 但它不在那里。“哦。” 克里斯普医生从她耳后取出一支铅笔，用橡皮擦了擦她的下巴。 她把头朝一个方向一摇，又朝另一个方向一摇。 她在每一张实验桌上跑来跑去。 突然，她趴在地上，眯着眼睛看着地板。 最后，她站了起来，耸了耸肩。 “我们该怎么办？”巴勃罗挠着脸颊问道。 他真的不希望今天出什么差错。 “等一下！”克里斯普博士说。 她伸出手，双手在头发里挖来挖去。 她拉了又拉，拿出了一个闪闪发光的实验笔记本。 “好吧，把我的瓶子翻过来！”忘了我打扫的时候把它粘在上面了。 现在，有人说