12. Dead End

DEAD END 12 Sam was having trouble turning the giant wheel under water. And he was running out of air! If this plan doesn't work, my friends and I are in serious trouble! he thought. Sam pictured Lucy and Antonio and Mr. Nekobi. He pictured Ms. Grinker and all of his classmates. Eerie Elementary put them all in danger, and only he could save them. He was the hall monitor. He could feel the school. And he sensed now that he could beat the school! If only he could turn the wheel!

萨姆在水下转动巨轮时遇到了困难。 他快没气了！如果这个计划不成功，我和我的朋友们就有大麻烦了！他想。 萨姆想象着露西、安东尼奥和内科比先生。 他想象着格林克女士和他所有的同学。 怪诞小学把他们都置于危险之中，只有他能救他们。 他是大厅的班长。他能感觉到学校。 他现在感觉到他可以打败学校了！要是他能转动轮子就好了！

He could not fail. He would not fail! Sam used all his strength to give the wheel another tug. SCREECH! It worked! The wheel was turning. Then Sam saw a dial atop the water heater, labeled WATER SPEED. How did I not see that before? wondered Sam. As he turned the wheel, a small needle on the dial moved from green to red. The word DANGER was in the red section. Sam pressed his feet against the water heater and turned the wheel until the dial's needle was past the word DANGER. The water heater began shaking!

他不能失败。他不会失败的！萨姆用尽全力又拉了一下轮子。 尖叫!它工作!轮子在转动。 然后山姆看到热水器顶上有一个刻度盘，标着“水速”。 我之前怎么没看出来？ 想知道山姆。当他转动方向盘时，表盘上的一个小指针从绿色变成了红色。 “危险”一词在红色部分。 山姆把脚压在热水器上，转动着轮子，直到表盘的指针经过“危险”字样。 热水器开始摇晃了！

It's going to blow! Sam thought. I've got to get out of here! Sam turned and kicked with all of his might. He burst through the surface and gasped for breath. Antonio and Lucy were inside the pipe, waiting for him. Water rushed faster and faster through the pipes. All around Sam, the water was bubbling and splashing. The water heater shook. "Sam, what did you do?!" Antonio yelled. "I'm getting us out of here! We'll travel through the pipes!" Sam said. "I hope this works!" Lucy said, sticking out a hand. Sam grabbed ahold, and Lucy pulled him up,

要爆炸了！山姆想。 我得离开这里！山姆转过身，使出全身力气踢了一脚。 他冲出水面，大口喘着气。 安东尼奥和露茜在管道里等着他。 水在管道里越冲越快。 在萨姆的周围，水在冒泡和飞溅。 热水器震动了。“山姆，你做了什么？！”安东尼奥喊道。 “我要带大家离开这里！”我们要穿过管道！”山姆说。 “我希望这能奏效！”露茜伸出一只手说。 萨姆抓住他，露西把他拉了上来，

He lay down behind Antonio and Lucy inside the big pipe. It was like the three of them were lying at the top of a water slide. But they weren't going on a fun zip down into a swimming pool. No— they were going to be rocketed, up, through Eerie Elementary! "Where will this pipe spit us out?" Lucy asked. Sam didn't answer. He had no idea where this pipe would take them. He just hoped it was somewhere above ground.

他躺在安东尼奥和露茜身后的大管子里。 就像他们三个躺在滑水道的顶端。 但他们不是要去玩滑索滑到游泳池里。 不——他们要被火箭送上去，通过怪诞小学！“这管子会把我们吐到哪里去？”露西问。 萨姆没有回答。他不知道这条管道会把他们带到哪里。 他只希望它在地面上的某个地方。

The pipe started really shaking. The water heater would blow at any moment and water would be blasted through the pipe! "Hold your breath!" Sam shouted. "Here we go—" BOOM! The water heater blew! There was a giant blast of warm water! Sam, Antonio, and Lucy were launched through the pipe.

管子开始摇晃起来。 热水器随时都会爆炸，水会从管道里喷出来！“屏住呼吸！”萨姆喊道。 “我们走吧——”轰！热水器坏了！那是一股巨大的暖流！萨姆、安东尼奥和露茜被从管道里抛了出去。

VA-ZOOM! The three friends raced through the pipe at 100 miles per hour on a wave of water. Up ahead, the pipe split into two. Lucy shouted, "Sammmmmmmm!!!!"

VA-ZOOM !三个朋友在波浪上以每小时100英里的速度冲过管道。 在前方，水管裂成两半。 露西喊道：“Sammmmmmmm!!!!”