9. The Horrible Truth

THE HORRIBLE TRUTH 9 The school kept flinging Lucy through the air. Back and forth. Back and forth. Sam got an idea: I must be turning the wheel the wrong way! "Hang on!" he shouted. Sam spun the big wheel in the opposite direction. The water began draining from the pipes. It was working! The pipes were losing their energy. They were becoming weaker. Then the pipe around Lucy's ankle loosened its grip. And it dropped her!

可怕的真相9学校不停地把露西抛向空中。 来来回回。来来回回。 山姆有个主意：我一定是把方向盘转错方向了！“坚持住！”他喊道。 萨姆朝相反的方向旋转着大轮子。 水开始从管子里流出来。 它起作用了！管道正在失去能量。 他们变得越来越弱。 接着，露茜脚踝上的烟斗松开了。 它把她掉下去了！

"Ahhhhhhhh!" yelled Lucy, falling. At the last moment, Lucy grabbed ahold of a lower- hanging pipe. Antonio helped her get down. "You're okay," Antonio said. Lucy wiped some sweat from her forehead. "So," she said, "what took you guys so long?" Sam and Antonio smiled. Their friend was safe. "What is all that?" Lucy said, pointing to the papers sticking up out of Sam and Antonio's pockets. "Oh, yeah!" Sam said. "We found this creepy office back there. It was full of lots of old junk!"

“啊啊啊啊！”露茜大叫一声，摔倒了。 在最后一刻，露茜抓住了一根低垂的管子。 安东尼奥扶她下来。 “你没事，”安东尼奥说。 露西擦去额头上的汗水。 “那么，”她说，“你们怎么花了这么长时间？”萨姆和安东尼奥笑了。 他们的朋友很安全。“那是什么？”露茜指着从萨姆和安东尼奥口袋里伸出来的文件说。 “哦,是的!”山姆说。“我们在后面发现了一个令人毛骨悚然的办公室。 里面装满了许多旧垃圾！”

"Maybe that blueprint will show us how to get back upstairs," said Antonio. "Good thinking!" said Lucy. "You find a way out of here while I dig through this other stuff." Sam, Antonio, and Lucy took a seat on the floor and got to work. "Look at this!" Lucy said, holding up a red leather book. "This is Orson Eerie's journal. It sounds like he was some sort of mad scientist!" "Whoa," Antonio whispered. "What else does his journal say?" Sam asked.

“也许蓝图会告诉我们如何回到楼上，”安东尼奥说。 “好主意！”露茜说。 “你想办法离开这里，我去挖其他东西。” 萨姆、安东尼奥和露西在地板上坐了下来，开始干活。 “看这个！”露西举起一本红色的皮书说。 “这是奥森·怪诞的日记。 听起来他像是某种疯狂的科学家！”“哇，”安东尼奥低声说。 “他的日记还说了什么？”山姆问。

Lucy's eyes darted over the pages. After a minute, she lowered the book and said, "As Orson Eerie grew old, all he cared about was the idea of endless life. In his last journal entry, he writes, 'I've done it! I've found a way to live forever.'" Sam remembered something. "Lucy, do you still have the library book?" Lucy's eyes lit up. "Yes!" she said. She slipped her backpack off her shoulder and handed the book to Sam.

露茜的眼睛在书页上飞快地扫视着。 过了一会儿，她放下书，说道：“随着奥森·怪诞渐渐老去，他所关心的只是生命的无限。 在他的最后一篇日记中，他写道：“我做到了！我找到了长生不老的办法。’”萨姆想起了什么。 “露西，你还留着图书馆的那本书吗？”露西的眼睛亮了。 “是的！”她说。她从肩上卸下背包，把书递给山姆。

"Look!" Sam said, flipping to the page where he had left off that morning. "It says Orson Eerie was an architect— someone who designs buildings. And, oh, man— he designed Eerie Elementary!" "Wait a minute," said Antonio. "A mad scientist designed our school? No wonder it's crazy creepy!" Sam, Antonio, and Lucy were silent. The only sound came from the water heater. It sounded like a heart beating. Ba BUMP, Ba BUMP. Ba BUMP, Ba BUMP. Ba BUMP, Ba BUMP. It was then that Sam Graves understood the terrible truth about Orson Eerie and about Eerie Elementary.

“看!”萨姆说着，翻到他早上没翻到的那一页。 上面说Orson Eerie是一个建筑师——一个设计建筑的人。 哦，天哪——他设计了《怪诞小学》！”“等一下，”安东尼奥说。 “一个疯狂的科学家设计了我们的学校？” 难怪它令人毛骨悚然！”萨姆、安东尼奥和露茜沉默不语。 唯一的声音来自热水器。 听起来像是心脏跳动的声音。 砰，砰。砰，砰。 砰，砰。就在那时，山姆·格雷夫斯明白了奥森·怪诞和怪诞小学的可怕真相。