3. Very Special Effects

VERY SPECIAL EFFECTS 3 CLANG! Principal Winik burst into the lunchroom. "What happened in here?!" he demanded. He eyed the students and teachers. Everyone was covered in pumpkin goo.

非常特别的特效！温尼克校长冲进了餐厅。 “这里发生了什么事？！” 他注视着学生和老师。 每个人都被南瓜粘住了。

Before Principal Winik could say anything else, Mr. Nekobi— the old man who took care of Eerie Elementary— rushed over. "Special effects!" Mr. Nekobi called out. "I'm using these pumpkins to test out new Eerie Day effects!" Sam grinned. Mr. Nekobi always shows up when we need him! Many years ago, Mr. Nekobi had been Eerie Elementary's first hall monitor. He had chosen Sam to be hall monitor. He had told Sam the terrible truth about the school. "I'll get this cleaned up," Mr. Nekobi told Principal Winik. The principal flicked a pumpkin seed from his shoe. "Very convincing effects," Principal Winik said. "And they'll have to be..."

温尼克校长还没来得及说什么，尼科比先生——那个管理怪诞小学的老人——冲了过来。 “特殊效果!”Nekobi先生喊道。 “我正在用这些南瓜来测试怪诞日的新效果！”山姆咧嘴一笑。 奈科比先生总是在我们需要他的时候出现！许多年前，内科比先生是怪诞小学的第一位厅长。 他选萨姆当厅长。 他把学校的可怕真相告诉了萨姆。 “我会把这里清理干净的，”内科比先生告诉温尼克校长。 校长从鞋里弹出一颗南瓜籽。 “非常令人信服的效果，”温尼克校长说。 “他们必须……”

Principal Winik stepped into the center of the room. "Students, I have news!" he announced. "This Eerie Day, our school will be hosting a haunted hayride on the soccer field!" Sam looked to his friends nervously. But then— RING! "The recess bell!" Lucy said. "Come on!" Sam started following his friends. He stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Principal Winik.

温尼克校长走到教室中央。 “同学们，我有消息要告诉你们！” “这个怪异的日子，我们学校将在足球场上举办闹鬼的干草车！”萨姆紧张地看着他的朋友们。 但接着——响了！“休息铃响了！”露西说。 “来吧!”萨姆开始跟着他的朋友。 他感到有一只手搭在他的肩膀上，便停了下来。 是温尼克校长打来的。

"Sam Graves," the principal said. "The fourth and fifth graders will be building the haunted hayride after school today. Since you are our head hall monitor, would you mind staying late to watch over things?" Sam nodded. "Sure thing, Principal Winik." As Sam made his way to recess, he overheard his classmates. Sam was surprised: Everyone believed Mr. Nekobi's special-effects story! No one was talking about the monstrous pumpkins. Instead, they chattered about the haunted hayride— and how exciting it would be to have it at school. But Sam wasn't excited. He was worried. Worried that Orson Eerie was up to something awful...

“山姆·格雷夫斯，”校长说。 “今天放学后，四年级和五年级的学生要搭闹鬼的干草车。 既然你是我们的厅长，你介意留下来照看一下吗？”山姆点点头。 “没问题，温尼克校长。” 萨姆在去课间休息的路上，无意中听到了同学们的谈话。 山姆很惊讶：每个人都相信奈科比先生的特效故事！没有人在谈论巨大的南瓜。 相反，他们聊起了闹鬼的干草车——以及如果在学校有这样的车该有多令人兴奋。 但是萨姆并不兴奋。他很担心。 担心奥森·怪诞做了什么可怕的事情……