1. A Bad Feeling

Eerie Elementary The Science Fair is FREAKY! By Jack Chabert Illustrated by Sam Ricks

科学博览会太诡异了！作者：杰克·夏伯特山姆·瑞克斯

A BAD FEELING 1 Sam Graves poured baking soda into the volcano. "Watch out!" he said. "Get back!" Antonio cried. "It's going to blow!" Lucy exclaimed. But there was no reason to watch out or get back. Sam's experiment had failed miserably. Nothing blew. The volcano just sat there. Sam and his best friends, Antonio and Lucy, were studying rocks and geology in Ms. Grinker's third-grade class.

山姆·格雷夫斯把小苏打倒进了火山。 “小心！”他说。“回来!”安东尼奥哭了。 “要爆炸了！”露西喊道。 但是没有理由去注意或者后退。 萨姆的实验失败得很惨。 没有什么了。火山就在那里。 山姆和他最好的朋友，安东尼奥和露西，正在学习岩石和地质学。 格林克的三年级班级。

It was Monday morning, and nothing was going right for Sam. He sighed. "I stink at building baking soda volcanoes." Ms. Grinker flicked the light switch off and on. "Class, it is time to talk about the school science fair," she said as all of the students returned to their seats. "Each student who completes a project will earn a ribbon. The fair will be held next Friday evening. You have almost two weeks to prepare." The students chattered back and forth about what projects they might do. "Ooh, I can't wait!" Antonio said to his friends. "I'm going to do a project on snowflakes or frost. Winter is my favorite. And I'm pretty good at science now."

那是星期一的早晨，萨姆的生活事事不顺。 他叹了口气。“我不擅长造小苏打火山。” 格林克轻轻地把灯开关打开又关上。 “同学们，是时候谈谈学校的科学博览会了，”她说，这时所有的学生都回到了座位上。 “每个完成一个项目的学生将获得一条缎带。 展览会将于下星期五晚上举行。 你有将近两周的时间准备。” 学生们叽叽喳喳地讨论他们可能做什么项目。 “哦，我等不及了！”安东尼奥对他的朋友们说。 “我要做一个关于雪花或霜冻的项目。 冬天是我的最爱。我现在很擅长科学了。”

Lucy crossed her arms. "You battle one mad scientist and all of a sudden you think you're a science expert." Orson Eerie was the mad scientist who Sam, Antonio, and Lucy had battled. He was also the architect who designed Eerie Elementary more than a hundred years ago. Orson Eerie found a way to live forever: He became the school. Eerie Elementary was a monster... Antonio turned to Sam. "What project are you going to do?"

露西交叉着双臂。“你和一个疯狂的科学家战斗，突然间你觉得自己是一个科学专家。” 奥森·怪诞是山姆、安东尼奥和露西曾经战斗过的疯狂科学家。 他也是一百多年前设计怪诞小学的建筑师。 奥森·怪诞找到了一条长生不老的路：他变成了学校。 《怪诞小学》是个怪物…… 安东尼奥转向萨姆。“你打算做什么项目？”

Just then, Sam reached into his backpack. He clutched the bright orange sash he wore whenever he was on hall monitor duty. At first, Sam had not wanted to be Eerie Elementary's hall monitor. But, it turned out, Sam's job was much more than walking the halls. At Eerie Elementary, the hall monitor was different. That's because Eerie Elementary was different. Orson Eerie was the school —and the school was alive! It was a living, breathing thing that fed on students. Sam Graves, the hall monitor, was the protector of the students. Lucy and Antonio were assistant hall monitors. The three friends worked hard to keep everyone safe.

就在这时，萨姆把手伸进他的背包。 他紧紧抓着他在大厅值班时戴的亮橙色腰带。 起初，山姆并不想当怪诞小学的厅长。 但事实证明，山姆的工作远不只是在大厅里走动。 在怪诞小学，大厅班长是不同的。 这是因为《怪诞小学》与众不同。 奥森·怪诞是学校——学校是活的！它是一种活生生的东西，以学生为食。 萨姆·格雷夫斯是宿舍管理员，是学生们的保护者。 露西和安东尼奥是大厅的助理监督员。 三个朋友努力工作以保证每个人的安全。

Sam clutched his hall monitor sash because he had a twisted and tangled feeling in his gut. "Sam?" Antonio said. "What's wrong?" Lucy asked. As hall monitor, Sam could sense things that the other students couldn't. He could feel when something was wrong. And right now, Sam had that feeling. Sam looked at his friends, and whispered, "Any second, something bad is going to happen. I just know it."

萨姆紧紧抓住他的大厅监控器的腰带，因为他有一种扭曲和纠结的感觉在他的内脏。 “山姆?”安东尼奥说。“怎么了?”露西问。 作为厅长，萨姆能感觉到其他学生感觉不到的东西。 他能感觉到哪里出了问题。 而现在，山姆也有这种感觉。 山姆看着他的朋友们，低声说：“随时都有不好的事情发生。 我就是知道。”