4. A Strange Discovery

A STRANGE DISCOVERY 4 Sam and Lucy watched in horror. Something inside the vent had hold of Antonio. Sam was about to grab him when Antonio flashed a big grin. "Just teasing!" Antonio said. "I got you guys good!" Lucy threw her hands up in the air. "You scared us!"

奇怪的发现萨姆和露西惊恐地看着。 通风口里有什么东西抓住了安东尼奥。 山姆正要抓住他，安东尼奥露出一个大大的笑容。 “开玩笑!”安东尼奥说。 “我搞定你们了！”露西举起双手。 “你吓到我们了！”

"There is something down here, though," Antonio said as he felt around inside the vent. He pulled out a book. "Weird," Sam said. Antonio got to his feet and held up the book. It was covered in a layer of dust an inch thick. "Why would this be in the vent?" Sam and Lucy stepped closer. The book looked ancient. It looked one hundred years old, at least. Lucy's eyes scrunched up tight and— "AHH-CHOO!" Lucy sneezed again, blowing the thick layer of dust into the air.

“不过，下面有东西。”安东尼奥一边在通风口里摸索着，一边说。 他拿出一本书。“真奇怪，”萨姆说。 安东尼奥站起来，拿起书。 它被一层一英寸厚的灰尘覆盖着。 “为什么这个会在通风口？”萨姆和露西走近了。 这本书看起来很古老。它看起来至少有一百年的历史了。 露茜的眼睛紧紧地皱了起来，“啊——嗬！”露茜又打了个喷嚏，把那层厚厚的灰尘吹到空中。

The friends could see the book cover now: STRANGE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TO DAZZLE AND AMAZE The old book's pages seemed to crack as Antonio opened it. The smell of wet dog and damp basement spilled from the book. Suddenly, Sam had that feeling in his stomach again. The feeling that something bad was going to happen. "Look!" Lucy said, pointing. There was handwriting on the first page of the book. The writing looked very old-fashioned and fancy.

朋友们现在可以看到这本书的封面了：奇异的科学实验让人眼花缭乱。安东尼奥打开这本旧书，书页似乎裂开了。 湿漉漉的狗和地下室的气味从书里散发出来。 突然，萨姆的胃里又有了那种感觉。 感觉有不好的事情要发生。 “看!”露茜指着说。 这本书的第一页上有笔迹。 这些文字看起来非常老式和花哨。

The friends leaned closer and squinted. But before they could make out the strange writing... FWOOOM! The book leapt from Antonio's hands! It shot up into the air! The friends jumped back. The book flapped open and closed. Dust showered them. The book bobbed twice in the air, then began zipping down the dark stacks.

朋友们靠得更近了，眯起眼睛。 但还没等他们看清这些奇怪的字迹…… FWOOOM !书从安东尼奥的手中跳了出来！它飞向空中！朋友们跳了回去。 那本书啪地一声打开又合上。 灰尘纷飞。那本书在空中弹了两下，然后开始从黑暗的书架上飞快地落下。

"It's flying!" Sam exclaimed. "Orson Eerie must be controlling it," Antonio said, huddling close to Sam and Lucy. "Books normally don't fly." "Nothing in this school is normal," Lucy replied. In an instant, Sam knew that this book was important. For some reason, Orson Eerie didn't want them getting their hands on it. "Guys!" Sam shouted. "Don't let that book get away!"

“这是飞起来了!”萨姆喊道。 “一定是奥森·怪诞控制了它，”安东尼奥说，挤在山姆和露西身边。 “书通常不会飞。” “这所学校里没有什么是正常的。”露茜回答。 山姆立刻意识到这本书很重要。 出于某种原因，奥森·怪诞不想让他们染指它。 “男人!”萨姆喊道。“别让那本书跑了！”