12. Just in Time

JUST IN TIME 12 Sam was sure he had just solved the puzzle. A huge smile spread across his face, and he exclaimed, "I think the switch is hidden behind the one thing we look at every day. Sometimes, like, a hundred times a day!" Lucy's and Antonio's eyes darted to the wall. "The clock!"

及时12萨姆确信他刚刚解开了这个谜题。 他脸上绽开了灿烂的笑容，大声说道：“我想开关就藏在我们每天看到的一件东西后面。 有时，一天一百次！”露茜和安东尼奥的目光一下子投向了墙上。 “钟!”

Many things in the classroom had changed over the years. But the clock had not. It hung high on the wall behind Ms. Grinker's desk. "Only two degrees left!" Lucy shouted from over by the thermometer. Time was running out! "I've got this one!" Antonio said, as he scrambled up on to the desk. Papers fell to the water-soaked floor. "If Ms. Grinker saw you climbing on her desk, she'd feed you to Orson Eerie herself," said Lucy.

这些年来，教室里的许多东西都发生了变化。 但是时钟没有。它高高挂在她身后的墙上。 Grinker的桌子上。“只剩下两度了！”露西在那边的温度计旁喊道。 时间不多了！“我有这个！”安东尼奥一边说，一边爬上了桌子。 文件掉在被水浸透的地板上。 “如果格林克女士看到你爬上她的桌子，她会把你喂给奥森·怪诞的。”露茜说。

Antonio jumped from the desk to the bookshelf behind it. From there, he could reach the clock. He grabbed hold of it. It was ice-cold. "Only one degree left!" Lucy announced. "Hurry, Antonio!" yelled Sam. The clock was stuck tight to the wall. Antonio tugged, and tugged, and tugged. Then— CRACK!

安东尼奥从桌子上跳到了桌子后面的书架上。 从那里，他可以到达时钟。 他抓住了它。它是冰冷的。 “只剩下一度了！”露西宣布。 “快点，安东尼奥！”萨姆喊道。 钟紧紧地挂在墙上。 安东尼奥拉啊，拉啊，拉啊。 然后——裂缝!

The clock came free. It smashed down to the snow-covered floor. Leaning forward, Antonio peeked through the hole that clock had kept hidden. "I see a metal switch!" Antonio said. "Pull it!" Sam shouted. "We're almost out of time!" Antonio reached in and pulled the switch. Nothing happened. Lucy looked around. "Um, why isn't anything—" HISSSS!!!!! The radiator shrieked. The walls rumbled. Heat began to flood the room.

时钟自由了。它摔在被雪覆盖的地板上。 安东尼奥探过身子，从钟藏起来的洞口往外看。 “我看到一个金属开关！”安东尼奥说。 “把它!”萨姆喊道。“我们快没时间了！”安东尼奥把手伸进去，拉开了开关。 什么也没有发生。露西环顾四周。 “嗯，为什么没有任何东西——”嘶嘶声！！！！！散热器发出刺耳的声音。 墙壁发出隆隆声。房间里开始充满了热气。

"We did it! The heat is back on!" Sam exclaimed. "It already feels warmer!" Lucy said. Antonio jumped down from the desk. "We stopped Orson Eerie from coming back!" The three friends were about to high-five when they heard a loud BANG. Sam teetered toward the door. He looked out into the hallway, just in time to see the front doors fly open. A dark cloud of snow and rain and hail came spinning into the hall! Sam saw that this storm was different. He gasped. "It's Orson Eerie," he said. "He's an icy, monstrous tornado!"

“我们成功了！”又热了！”萨姆喊道。 “已经感觉暖和了！”露西说。 安东尼奥从桌子上跳了下来。 “我们阻止了奥森·怪诞回来！”三个朋友正准备击掌，突然听到一声巨响。 萨姆摇摇晃晃地朝门口走去。 他朝走廊望去，正好看见前门突然打开了。 一团由雪、雨和冰雹组成的乌云旋转着飞进了大厅！萨姆看出这场风暴与众不同。 他气喘吁吁地说。“是奥森·怪诞，”他说。 “他是一个冰冷的、可怕的龙卷风！”