1. Into the Graveyard

Eerie Elementary The Locker ATE Lucy! By Jack Chabert Illustrated by Sam Ricks

锁柜吃了露西！作者：杰克·夏伯特山姆·瑞克斯

INTO THE GRAVEYARD 1 "Come on. This will just take a minute," said Sam to his friends, Antonio and Lucy. It was Monday morning before school. They were standing outside the entrance to the town graveyard, Eerie Cemetery. "Sam, do we really have to do this?" Lucy asked. "I've got the willies, big time." "Me, too," Antonio said. "I'm allergic to graveyards."

走进墓地“来吧。 山姆对他的朋友安东尼奥和露西说：“这只需要一分钟。 那是星期一早晨上学前。 他们站在镇墓地——怪诞公墓的入口外。 “山姆，我们真的要这么做吗？”露西问。 “我很紧张，非常紧张。” “我也是，”安东尼奥说。“我对墓地过敏。”

Sam Graves turned to his friends. "We need to figure out how to stop our evil school, right?" he said. "Then we have to do this. We have to learn as much about Eerie Elementary as possible. That way, we'll be able to fight it!" The three friends stepped through the iron gate. The graveyard usually gave Sam the creeps, but it didn't seem so scary now— not after everything that had happened.... It was one week ago that Mr. Nekobi, the old man who took care of Eerie Elementary, had chosen Sam to be the new hall monitor.

山姆·格雷夫斯转向他的朋友们。 “我们需要想办法阻止我们的邪恶学校，对吧？”他说。 “那么我们必须这样做。我们必须尽可能多地了解怪诞小学。 这样，我们就能战胜它了！”三个朋友跨进了铁门。 墓地通常会让山姆毛骨悚然，但现在似乎不那么可怕了——在发生了那么多事情之后.... 就在一个星期前，管理怪诞小学的那位老人Nekobi先生选择了Sam作为新的大厅管理员。

Years ago, Mr. Nekobi had been the school's hall monitor. He showed Sam the truth about Eerie Elementary: It was alive! The school was a living, breathing, evil thing. Then, on Friday, the school had tried to swallow Lucy and Antonio during the class play! Sam had saved them in the nick of time. The three friends and Mr. Nekobi were the only ones who knew the truth about the school. They had to keep everyone safe. "There!" Lucy said, pointing to a hill dotted with cracked headstones. "The book says that's where the Eerie family is buried." Lucy held a thick and dusty book in her hands: Eerie: A Town History.

几年前，内科比曾是学校的厅长。 他向山姆展示了怪诞小学的真相：它是活的！学校是一个活生生的、有呼吸的、邪恶的东西。 然后，在星期五，学校试图在班级表演时吞下露西和安东尼奥！萨姆在关键时刻救了他们。 三个朋友和内科比先生是唯一知道学校真相的人。 他们必须保证每个人的安全。 “有!”露茜指着一座小山说，山上点缀着破碎的墓碑。 “书上说怪诞家族就埋在那里。” 露西手里拿着一本厚厚的、满是灰尘的书：《怪诞：小镇历史》。

The three friends had spent the weekend at the town library looking for information. From this book, they learned that a family with the last name of Eerie started the town hundreds of years ago. The book said that the Eerie family was buried in this graveyard. It also said that each member of the Eerie family had started part of the town— the library, the hospital, and even the school! Sam hoped that by seeing the graves they might learn more about the school's history. Sam eyed the headstones. Each headstone had the name Eerie on it. It felt as if the headstones were watching him. Sam counted them: twelve. "Lucy, can I see the book?" Sam asked.

这三个朋友整个周末都在镇图书馆查找资料。 从这本书中，他们了解到一个姓怪诞的家庭在几百年前建立了这个小镇。 书上说怪诞家族就埋在这个墓地里。 它还说，怪诞家族的每个成员都开创了小镇的一部分——图书馆、医院，甚至学校！萨姆希望通过参观这些坟墓，他们可以更多地了解学校的历史。 山姆盯着墓碑。每块墓碑上都写着怪异的名字。 感觉好像墓碑在注视着他。 萨姆数了数：12个。“露西，我能看看那本书吗？”山姆问。

Lucy handed it to Sam. He flipped through the pages. "Guys, this is strange," he said. "The book says there were thirteen members of the Eerie family. So there should be thirteen headstones. But there are only twelve. One family member is not buried here." "Weird..." Antonio said. "You know, it's no surprise all this creepy stuff is happening in a town named Eerie— 'eerie' does mean spooky and strange." "Whose grave is missing, Sam?" Lucy asked. Sam's eyes darted over the names on the headstones. Then he looked in the book.

露西把它递给山姆。他翻着书页。 “伙计们，这太奇怪了，”他说。 “书上说怪诞家族有13个成员。 所以应该有十三座墓碑。 但是只有十二只。 有一个家庭成员没有葬在这里。” “奇怪……”安东尼奥说。“你知道，所有这些令人毛骨悚然的事情发生在一个名叫Eerie的小镇上并不奇怪——‘ Eerie ’确实意味着幽灵般的和奇怪的。” “山姆，谁的坟墓不见了？”露西问。 山姆的目光掠过墓碑上的名字。 然后他看了看书。