5. The Skeleton

5 THE SKELETON The double doors flew open, knocking Sam to the floor. Then they slammed shut again. He was still trapped inside the school. "Ouch!" Sam yelled. Everyone knows you can't get hurt in a dream, so this must be real! He needed to escape! The school was coming to life all around him!

两扇门突然开了，把萨姆撞倒在地。 然后他们又砰地关上了。 他仍然被困在学校里。 “哎哟!”萨姆喊道。每个人都知道你不会在梦里受伤，所以这一定是真的！他需要逃跑！他周围的学校充满了生机！

Sam ran into his classroom. He threw his hands against the large window. He was hoping to see someone, anyone, who could help him. All he saw was the giant oak tree blowing in the wind. But it wasn't windy. Sam saw other trees and none of those trees were blowing. And the leaves on the ground weren't whooshing around at all. The only thing moving was that tree! Could the tree be alive? Sam thought.

萨姆跑进了他的教室。 他双手撞在大窗户上。 他希望能见到能帮助他的人，任何人。 他所看到的只是那棵在风中摇曳的大橡树。 但是没有风。山姆看到了其他的树，没有一棵在吹风。 地上的树叶也一点也不乱飞。 唯一能动的是那棵树！这棵树是活的吗？ 山姆想。

SMASH!! The glass window shattered. Sam fell to the floor as one of the tree's long, twisted branches came crashing through. It wrapped around Sam's leg. Sam began hitting the branch. Whack! Whack! Whack! Finally, the branch's grip loosened. Sam was able to crawl away. Behind him, he heard the branch scraping across the floor like fingernails on a chalkboard. The tree was reaching for him, trying to pull him back.

粉碎! !玻璃窗碎了。 萨姆倒在地上，一根长长的、扭曲的树枝撞了进来。 它缠在萨姆的腿上。 萨姆开始打树枝。 正常!正常!正常!最后，树枝松开了。 萨姆爬了出去。 在他身后，他听到树枝刮过地板的声音，就像指甲在黑板上刮过一样。 那棵树伸向他，想把他拉回来。

He pushed his way through fallen desks. He stumbled back into the hallway. Pieces of glass crunched beneath his feet. Then— CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! All the locker doors were slamming open and shut at once. All the classroom doors were doing the same thing. But worst of all was what Sam saw next: A figure stood at the end of the hallway. It had a body like a skeleton. Lights flashed and doors clanged. But the figure didn't move. It just stood there, perfectly still, staring at Sam.

他挤过倒在地上的桌子。 他跌跌撞撞地回到走廊。 玻璃碎片在他脚下嘎吱作响。 然后,叮当声!铿锵声!铿锵声!所有储物柜的门都砰地一声打开又关上。 所有教室的门都在做同样的事情。 但最糟糕的是山姆接下来看到的：一个人影站在走廊的尽头。 它的身体像骷髅一样。 灯光闪烁，门叮当作响。 但是那个人影没有动。 它就站在那儿，一动不动地盯着山姆。