5. The Crow

THE CROW 5 Sam and Lucy huddled together. The trees seemed to shake and the ground seemed to quake. Lucy gasped, then shouted, "It's Antonio!" Antonio raced out of the woods. His eyes lit up. "Guys! I found you!"

乌鸦萨姆和露西挤在一起。 树木似乎在摇晃，大地似乎在震动。 露茜倒吸了一口冷气，喊道：“是安东尼奥！”安东尼奥冲出树林。 他的眼睛亮了起来。“男人!我找到你了！”

He fell at their feet. "I almost got eaten by a huge leaf! It was chomping at me like a mouth! Like CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! I told you we were crazy to come looking for that soccer ball! It's just a ball— it's not worth getting eaten!" "This shouldn't be happening! Not here!" Lucy exclaimed. "Orson Eerie's powers only work on school grounds." "Yeah!" Antonio said. "And we're definitely not on school grounds! What's the deal?" "It doesn't make any sense," Sam said. Had they been wrong about Orson Eerie? Did his strange powers work beyond the school? If they did, that meant the three of them would never be safe!

他跪倒在他们脚下。“我差点被一片大叶子吃掉！”它像嘴巴一样咬着我！像CHOMP !CHOMP !CHOMP !我告诉过你我们来找那个足球是疯了！它只是一个球——不值得被吃掉！”“这不应该发生！”不是在这里!”露西喊道。 “奥森·怪诞的超能力只在校园有效” “是啊!”安东尼奥说。“而且我们绝对不是在学校操场上！”这是怎么回事？”“这没有任何意义，”萨姆说。 他们对奥森·怪诞的看法是错的吗？ 他的特异功能能在学校之外起作用吗？ 如果他们这样做了，那就意味着他们三个永远不会安全！

Sam looked around. The dark fog drifted between the trees. It was so thick that they couldn't even see the school. And the trees were the tallest Sam had ever seen. Vines and branches were twisted and tangled together. This isn't the small forest that's usually next to the school, Sam thought. It's a full-blown wild jungle! Orson Eerie must be to blame! And I don't see a way out... "Something's coming!" Antonio said. Sam saw a small creature shuffling through the fog. Its feathery body was dark as night.

山姆环顾四周。黑雾在树间飘过。 雪太厚了，他们甚至看不见学校。 这些树是山姆见过的最高的树。 藤蔓和树枝缠绕在一起。 这不是通常学校旁边的小森林，山姆想。 这是一个成熟的野生丛林！奥森·怪诞一定是罪魁祸首！我看不到出路…… “来了!”安东尼奥说。 萨姆看见一个小生物在雾中慢慢地走着。 它羽状的身体漆黑如夜。

"A crow," Lucy said. "It's one of those huge crows that are always on the school roof." The bird hopped toward them. Lucy and Antonio inched closer to Sam. The crow finally came to a stop at their feet. The dark black bird looked up at Sam. Its silvery eyes seemed to stare right at him. No one said a word. They hardly breathed. SQUAWK! The sound burst from the crow's lungs. The crow flapped its wings and shot into the air. It circled around them three times. Then it darted into the fog, farther into the jungle.

“一只乌鸦。”露茜说。“它是那些总是在学校屋顶上的大乌鸦中的一只。” 那只鸟向他们跳了过来。 露西和安东尼奥慢慢靠近山姆。 乌鸦终于在他们的脚下停了下来。 那只黑色的鸟抬头看着山姆。 它那银色的眼睛似乎正盯着他。 没有人说话。他们几乎不能呼吸。 诉苦!声音从乌鸦的肺里迸发出来。 乌鸦扇动翅膀，飞向空中。 它绕着他们转了三圈。 然后它飞进了雾里，飞进了丛林深处。

"We should go after it," Sam said. Antonio shook his head. "Not again! We should not follow anything farther into this creepy jungle!" "But maybe the crow knows a way out," Lucy said. Sam grinned. "Lucy's right. Come on!"

“我们应该去追它，”萨姆说。 安东尼奥摇了摇头。“不了!我们不应该再跟着任何东西进入这个令人毛骨悚然的丛林了！”“但也许乌鸦知道出路。”露茜说。 山姆咧嘴一笑。“露西是对的。 来吧!”