4. The Wet Walk

THE WET WALK 4 The shadow belonged to Mr. Nekobi, the old man who took care of the school. Sam breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew!" Mr. Nekobi was the one who had chosen Sam to be the school's hall monitor. He had told Sam, Antonio, and Lucy the truth about the school. It was a secret shared by just the four of them.

那影子属于Nekobi先生，那个管理学校的老人。 萨姆松了一口气。 “唷!”是内科比先生选萨姆当学校的大厅班长的。 他把学校的真相告诉了萨姆、安东尼奥和露西。 这是一个只有他们四个人知道的秘密。

"Oh man, are we glad to see you!" Antonio said. "We're all trapped!" Lucy exclaimed. "And Orson Eerie is behind this wild storm." "He's trying to come back— as a real person!" Sam said. Mr. Nekobi ran his fingers over his wrinkled chin. "I've long feared that was Orson's plan." "We think this big freeze is part of Orson's plan to return," Sam said. "So we need to warm things up FAST! How do we turn the heat back on?" "The heat in this school has always been fussy," Mr. Nekobi replied. "Just tell us what to do," Sam said.

“噢，天哪，我们见到你真高兴！”安东尼奥说。 “我们都被困住了！”露西喊道。 “奥森·怪诞是这场疯狂风暴的幕后黑手。” “他想回来——作为一个真正的人！”山姆说。 Nekobi先生用手指摸了摸他布满皱纹的下巴。 “我一直担心这是奥森的计划。” “我们认为这次大冻结是奥森回归计划的一部分，”萨姆说。 “所以我们需要快速预热！”我们怎么把暖气打开呢？”“这所学校的气氛一直很紧张，”内科比回答说。 “告诉我们该怎么做，”萨姆说。

"You'll need to go to the teachers' lounge," Mr. Nekobi said. "There, you will find a thermostat. Turn it up to the highest possible temperature. That should force the radiators back on." "That's all?" Antonio asked. "EASY!" Mr. Nekobi shook his head. "At Eerie Elementary, nothing is ever easy." He looked back at the gym. "I'll keep Ms. Grinker busy. Good luck. The friends took off running. But, as Sam turned the first corner, he saw that Mr. Nekobi was right. This wouldn't be easy.

“你得去教师休息室，”内科比说。 “在那里，你会发现一个恒温器。 把它调到最高温度。 这应该会迫使散热器重新打开。” “这是?”安东尼奥问道。 “简单!”内科比摇了摇头。 “在怪诞小学，任何事情都不容易。” 他回头看了看体育馆。 “我会让格林克女士忙起来的。 祝你好运。朋友们跑了起来。 但是，当山姆拐过第一个弯时，他发现奈科比先生是对的。 这并不容易。

The windows all flew open at once! The blizzard stormed into the hallway! Snow filled the air, and icy water splashed down. THUMP! SLAM! SAA-WOOSH! The three friends huddled together. Lucy shouted over the howling wind, "Orson's bringing the storm inside— to stop us!"

窗户一下子全都打开了！暴风雪冲进了走廊！空中飘满了雪，冰冷的水飞溅下来。 重打!大满贯!SAA-WOOSH !三个朋友挤在一起。 露西在呼啸的狂风中喊道：“奥森把风暴带进来了——来阻止我们！”

Slushy water flooded the hallways. "Soon, this water will turn to ice," Sam said. "If the floors freeze, we'll never make it to the teachers' lounge. We'll be slipping and sliding everywhere!" Suddenly, there was a BZZ-ITT? and the lights shut off. The wet hall was very dark and very spooky. For a moment, the wind stopped wailing. A loud creaking sound filled the hall. Sam turned to see the bathroom door opening.

泥泞的水淹没了走廊。 “很快，这些水就会结冰，”萨姆说。 “如果地板结冰了，我们就到不了教师休息室了。 我们会到处滑呀滑的！”突然间，出现了BZZ-ITT？ 灯都关了。潮湿的大厅非常黑暗，令人毛骨悚然。 有那么一会儿，风停止了呼啸。 大厅里充满了巨大的嘎吱声。 萨姆转过身来，看见浴室的门开着。

But nobody stepped through the doorway. Instead, something shiny and metal rolled out. Slushy water splashed as the strange object rolled toward them. It stopped at Antonio's feet. Lucy gulped. The sound echoed in the quiet hallway. Slowly, Sam crept toward the object.

但是没有人从门口进来。 取而代之的是一件闪亮的金属制品。 那个奇怪的东西向他们滚来，溅起了水花。 它停在安东尼奥的脚边。 露西一饮而尽。那声音在安静的走廊里回响。 萨姆慢慢地向那个东西爬去。