1. The Storm

Erie Elementary School FREEZES Over! By Jack Chabert Illustrated by Sam Ricks

伊利小学结冰！作者：杰克·夏伯特山姆·瑞克斯

THE STORM 1 "I can't even see outside!" Sam Graves said to his best friends, Antonio and Lucy. It was morning in Ms. Grinker's third-grade class and Sam and his friends were at their desks. A huge snowstorm was blowing outside. "I've never seen so much snow!" Lucy said. Antonio groaned. "I can't believe we didn't get a snow day. I should be at home on my couch!"

暴风雨1“我甚至看不见外面！”山姆·格雷夫斯对他最好的朋友安东尼奥和露西说。 早上，在格林克老师的三年级班级里，萨姆和他的朋友们坐在课桌前。 外面正刮着暴风雪。 “我从来没见过这么大的雪！”露西说。 安东尼奥呻吟着。“我不敢相信我们没有下雪。 我应该呆在家里的沙发上！”

But Sam wasn't at all worried about the weather. He was too busy looking forward to afterschool hockey practice. Sam was terrible at most sports but not hockey. He was one of the best skaters on the team. Ms. Grinker and some of Sam's classmates stood at the window. Lucy leaned across her desk and whispered, "While everyone's watching the storm, let's look at Orson Eerie's notes." Sam nodded. "Good idea."

但是萨姆一点也不担心天气。 他忙着期待放学后的曲棍球训练。 山姆在大多数运动中都很糟糕，但曲棍球除外。 他是队里最好的滑冰运动员之一。 格林克女士和萨姆的一些同学站在窗前。 露西靠在桌子上，小声说：“大家都在看暴风雨的时候，我们看看奥森·怪诞的笔记吧。” 山姆点点头。“好主意。”

Orson Eerie was a mad scientist. He was also the architect who designed Eerie Elementary almost one hundred years ago. Orson Eerie found a way to live forever— he became the school. Orson Eerie was the school, and the school was Orson Eerie! Eerie Elementary was a living, breathing thing that fed on students. Sam was the school hall monitor, and Lucy and Antonio were assistant hall monitors. It was their job to protect everyone. They were the only students who knew the awful truth about the school.

奥森·怪诞是一个疯狂的科学家。 他也是近一百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。 奥森·怪诞就是学校，而学校就是奥森·怪诞！怪诞小学是一个以学生为食的活生生的东西。 萨姆是学校的大厅管理员，露西和安东尼奥是助理大厅管理员。 他们的职责是保护所有人。 他们是唯一知道这所学校可怕真相的学生。

A few weeks earlier, the three friends had found Orson Eerie's old science book. The mad scientist hadn't wanted them to see the book. He had tried to get it back by attacking the science fair! After defeating a giant volcano, Sam and his friends found out why Orson Eerie didn't want them reading the book: It was filled with his notes! Sam and his friends couldn't bring the actual book to school. It was too dangerous. Instead, they took photos of the book's pages using Antonio's phone. Antonio made sure no one was looking, and then slipped out his phone. "Orson must have written about his creepy plans in here," he whispered, as Sam and Lucy peered over his shoulder. Suddenly, he said, "Look at this! Orson wrote, 'Ways I Could Return.'"

几个星期前，这三个朋友发现了奥森·怪诞的旧科学书。 那个疯狂的科学家不想让他们看这本书。 他曾试图通过攻击科学博览会来夺回它！在打败了一座巨大的火山后，山姆和他的朋友们发现了奥森·怪诞为什么不想让他们读这本书：书里全是他的笔记！山姆和他的朋友们不能把真正的书带到学校。 那太危险了。相反，他们用安东尼奥的手机拍下了书中的照片。 安东尼奥确定没人注意后，就拿出了手机。 “奥森一定是在这里写下了他的恐怖计划，”他低声说，山姆和露西在他身后窥视着。 突然，他说：“看这个！奥森写道，“我可以回来的方式。”

"Return?" Lucy said. "What could that mean?" Good question, Sam thought. Orson already cheated death by becoming the school. So what could "return" mean? Before Sam could respond to Lucy, the wind howled. It sounded like thunder. The windows rattled and the walls shook. WHOOSHH! BOOM! WHAM! The windows flew open. Thick snow blew into the classroom! The storm was now a full- on blizzard!

“回来?”露西说。“这是什么意思？”问得好，山姆想。 奥森已经通过成为学校来逃避死亡。 那么“return”是什么意思呢？ 山姆还没来得及回应露西，风就呼啸起来。 听起来像打雷。窗户嘎嘎作响，墙壁摇晃。 WHOOSHH !繁荣!哇!窗户突然打开了。 厚厚的雪被风吹进了教室！暴风雨现在变成了真正的暴风雪！