6. The Danger is Real

6 THE DANGER is REAL All of the sudden, the figure started running toward Sam. It was Mr. Nekobi! "What's happening?!" Sam shouted. "No time to explain! Get down!" Mr. Nekobi yelled. One of the hallway fire hoses had come to life!

危险是真的突然，那个人影开始向山姆跑来。 是Nekobi先生！“发生什么事情了? !”萨姆喊道。 “没时间解释了！”下来!”内科比喊道。 走廊里的一根消防水管启动了！

It was like a long octopus tentacle. The hose crashed into the old man and knocked him to the floor. Then it came for Sam. Sam ducked as the fire hose whipped above his head. BLAM! The heavy metal nozzle slammed into the lockers. "That thing almost hit me!" Sam gasped. The fire hose wasn't done. It kept whipping through the air. "Wrestle it!" Mr. Nekobi shouted. "ARE YOU NUTS?!" Sam screamed. "Grab on to it!" Mr. Nekobi yelled from down on the floor. Sam gulped. The fire hose whipped around again. Sam leapt up in the air just as the hose flew beneath him. He wrapped both his arms around it and held on tight.

它就像一条长长的章鱼触手。 水管砸在老人身上，把他撞倒在地。 然后它向萨姆袭来。消防水管在山姆头上抽打时，山姆低头躲避。 简直是噩梦!重金属喷嘴砰地一声打在储物柜上。 “那东西差点撞到我！”山姆气喘吁吁地说。 消防水管还没修好。 它不停地在空中疾驰。 “摔跤!”Nekobi先生喊道。 “你疯了吗？！”山姆尖叫。 “抓住它！”Nekobi先生在地板上喊道。 山姆一饮而尽。消防水管又开始喷水了。 就在水管从他身下飞过的时候，萨姆一跃而起。 他用双臂紧紧地抱住它。

"AHHH!" he screamed. "Tie the hose!" Mr. Nekobi yelled. Sam grabbed the hose and tugged. He used all his might to pull the hose back around itself. He knotted it like a giant shoelace. The monstrous fire hose shook. It was choking! The hose crashed to the ground. WHOOMP! Sam smacked against the cold hallway floor. And just like that, everything stopped: the wild fire hose, the banging lockers, and the flashing lights. "The school hasn't been this active in a very long time...." Mr. Nekobi said, getting to his feet.

“啊——”他尖叫道。“把水管系好！”内科比喊道。 萨姆抓起水管使劲一拽。 他用尽全身的力气把水管拉回自己身上。 他把它打得像一个巨大的鞋带。 巨大的消防水管摇晃着。 它窒息了！水管啪的一声掉在地上。 WHOOMP !萨姆砰地一声撞在走廊冰冷的地板上。 就这样，一切都停止了：狂野的消防水管，砰砰作响的储物柜，还有闪烁的灯光。 “学校很久没有这么活跃过了....” 内科比说着站了起来。

Sam blinked twice. "Um, what?" "Never mind. It's late. You should go home." "But the school, it's it's alive?!" Sam said. I don't understand—" Mr. Nekobi handed Sam his backpack. "Get home. Now," he ordered. Sam wanted answers. But even more than answers, he wanted out of that school. He turned on his heels, shoved open the now urdocked double doors, and ran home. He didn't stop once.

萨姆眨了两眼。“嗯,什么?”“没关系。 这是晚了。你应该回家。” “但是学校，它……它是活的？！”山姆说。 我不明白——”内科比先生把他的背包递给山姆。 “回家。现在，”他命令道。 萨姆想知道答案。但比起答案，他更想离开那所学校。 他转过身来，推开那扇现在没有闩上的双扇门，跑回家去。 他一次也没停过。

"Where have you been?!" Sam's mom yelled as Sam came running through the door. "I was worried sick." Sam threw his backpack onto the kitchen floor. He kicked off his sneakers. One nearly hit his mom in the head. The other bounced off a cabinet. "Mom, you wouldn't believe it!" Sam said. In between gulping for air, he began to tell the tale: "First, I almost got eaten by quicksand! Then a tree broke through the classroom window and "Sam," his mom said, cutting him off, "tell me the real reason you are late." Sam sighed. Of course she wasn't going to believe him. Antonio and Lucy had not believed him, either. At last, Sam said, "Hall monitor duty."

“你上哪儿去了？！”萨姆跑进门时，萨姆的妈妈喊道。 “我担心死了。”萨姆把背包扔到厨房地板上。 他踢掉了他的运动鞋。 一个差点撞到他妈妈的头。 另一枚弹到了橱柜上。 “妈妈，你不会相信的！”山姆说。 在大口喘气的间隙，他开始讲述这个故事：“首先，我差点被流沙吃掉！然后一棵树打破了教室的窗户，“萨姆，”他妈妈打断他说，“告诉我你迟到的真正原因。” 山姆叹了口气。她当然不会相信他。 安东尼奥和露茜也不相信他的话。 最后，萨姆说：“大厅班长值班。”