1. Into the Woods

Eerie Elementary Recess is a JUNGLE! By Jack Chabert Illustrated by Sam Ricks

怪诞的小学课间是一个丛林！作者：杰克·夏伯特山姆·瑞克斯

INTO THE WOODS... 1 "Power shot!" Sam Graves shouted as he kicked the soccer ball across the playground. It was recess. Sam and his best friends, Antonio and Lucy, were passing a ball back and forth. Antonio stopped the soccer ball with his foot just before it rolled beneath the swing set. He kicked it back to Sam.

走进树林……“强力球！”萨姆·格雷夫斯一边把足球踢过操场一边喊道。 现在是课间休息。萨姆和他最好的朋友安东尼奥和露西正在来回传球。 就在足球滚到秋千下面之前，安东尼奥用脚把它停住了。 他把球踢回给山姆。

"Pass to me!" Lucy shouted. Sam kicked the ball to Lucy and then raced ahead. Mr. Nekobi, the old man who took care of Eerie Elementary, was raking leaves nearby. Sam waved at him as he darted past. It was Mr. Nekobi who chose Sam to be the school's hall monitor. It was Mr. Nekobi who showed Sam what Eerie Elementary really was: a living, breathing thing that fed on students. The school was alive! And Sam Graves, the hall monitor, was now the protector of the school.

“传给我！”露西喊。 萨姆把球踢给露西，然后跑在前面。 Nekobi先生，那个管理怪诞小学的老人，正在附近扫落叶。 山姆在他飞奔而过时向他挥手。 是内科比先生选萨姆当学校的大厅班长的。 正是内科比先生向山姆展示了怪诞小学的真面目：一个以学生为食的活生生的、会呼吸的东西。 学校充满了活力！大厅的班长萨姆·格雷夫斯现在成了学校的守护者。

Just a month ago the school stage had tried to swallow Lucy and Antonio during the school play! Then, only days later, Sam and Antonio rescued Lucy after she was swallowed by her locker! Lucy and Antonio now knew the terrible truth about Eerie Elementary. And Mr. Nekobi had made them assistant hall monitors— so they could help Sam keep the other students safe. Sam's thoughts were interrupted by the squawk of a crow. Big, black crows sat on the roof of the school. They usually gave Sam the willies. But not today. Sam ignored the birds and raced forward.

就在一个月前，学校的舞台还试图在学校演出时把露西和安东尼奥吞下去！然后，仅仅几天后，山姆和安东尼奥在露西被她的储物柜吞噬后救出了她！露西和安东尼奥现在知道了怪诞小学的可怕真相。 Nekobi先生让他们做了大厅的助理班长，这样他们就可以帮助Sam保证其他学生的安全。 山姆的思绪被乌鸦的叫声打断了。 又大又黑的乌鸦蹲在学校的屋顶上。 他们通常使萨姆害怕。 但不是今天。萨姆不理睬那些鸟，径直向前跑去。

"Sam, incoming!" Lucy called out. The soccer ball soared through the air. Sam caught the ball with his foot and kicked it around the corner of the school. Eerie Elementary looked like a castle made of crumbling, red bricks. The playground equipment was old and worn.

“山姆,传入的!”露西喊道。 足球在空中翱翔。 萨姆用脚接住了球，把它踢到了学校的拐角处。 怪诞小学看起来就像一座由破碎的红砖砌成的城堡。 操场的设备又旧又旧。

Sam dribbled the soccer ball around the huge wooden jungle gym. The jungle gym was full of tire swings and rope ladders and poles. It had a climbing net and a bright-red slide, too. Sam was coming to the edge of the playground, where the soccer goal sat. A rusty fence surrounded the school. It stood just beyond the goal, covered in vines.

萨姆在巨大的木制攀登架周围运球。 攀爬架上到处都是秋千、绳梯和杆子。 它有一个攀爬网和一个鲜红色的滑梯。 萨姆来到操场的边缘，足球球就在那里。 学校四周有一道生锈的篱笆。 它就在球门那边，爬满了藤蔓。