4. Music Room Mystery

MUSIC ROOM MYSTERY 4 Sam slid to a stop at the music room door. He peered through the window. Mr. Eerie was standing in the center of the room. He appeared to be speaking. But there was no one there. Is he talking to Orson? Sam thought. He couldn't hear through the door. Next, Mr. Eerie's eyes shot down to the floor. Something was happening...

音乐室之谜4山姆在音乐室门口停住了脚步。 他透过窗户往外看。 怪异先生站在房间中央。 他似乎在说话。 但是那里一个人也没有。 他在跟奥森说话吗？山姆想。 他隔着门听不见。 接着，怪诞先生的目光落到了地板上。 发生了什么事……

The shaggy carpet threads started rising and twisting. Sam gasped. In moments, they grew as tall as overgrown grass! They quickly wrapped around both of Mr. Eerie's ankles like tentacles. Sam saw panic on Mr. Eerie's face— he was trapped! I have to do something! Sam thought. I don't know much about Mr. Eerie but I do know how powerful Eerie Elementary is! Sam threw open the door and burst inside. The teacher whirled around. "What are you—" He wasn't able to finish his sentence. The carpet-tentacles circled Mr. Eerie's wrists and tugged—

蓬松的地毯线开始上升和扭曲。 山姆气喘吁吁地说。不一会儿，他们就长得像杂草一样高了！它们像触角一样迅速缠绕在怪诞先生的两个脚踝上。 山姆看到怪诞先生脸上惊恐的表情——他被困住了！我必须做点什么!山姆想。 我不太了解怪异先生，但我知道怪异小学有多强大！萨姆猛地打开门，冲了进去。 老师转过身来。 “你在干什么——”他没能把话说完。 地毯般的触手缠绕着怪异先生的手腕，拽着——

CRASH! He fell face-first to the floor. BA-RRANG! The classroom's grand piano suddenly jerked and jumped! The black-and- white keys looked like teeth. The piano opened, then snapped shut like a monstrous musical mouth. BANG! CLUNG! KRONK!

崩溃!他脸朝下倒在地板上。 BA-RRANG !教室里的大钢琴突然猛跳了一下！黑白相间的钥匙看起来像牙齿。 钢琴开了，又啪的一声关上，像一张巨大的音乐之嘴。 砰!紧握!KRONK !

Oh no! thought Sam. The carpet-tentacles are dragging Mr. Eerie toward that monster! He'll be piano chow! Sam's eyes darted across the room. He spotted a recorder on the music teacher's desk and scooped it up. "I'm coming!" he shouted. Mr. Eerie cried out as the carpet-tentacles pulled him toward the piano. Sam raced forward, swinging the recorder like a sword. CHOP! SLASH! With each swing, Sam sliced through more of the strange carpet-tentacles. At last, he freed Mr. Eerie!

噢,不!认为山姆。地毯般的触手正把怪异先生拖向那个怪物！他会成为钢琴师的！萨姆的目光扫视了一下房间。 他在音乐老师的桌子上发现了一台录音机，就把它捡了起来。 “我来了！”他喊道。当地毯般的触手把他拉向钢琴时，怪异先生叫了起来。 萨姆冲向前去，像挥舞一把剑一样挥舞着录音机。 砍!削减!山姆每挥一挥，就会割断更多奇怪的地毯触须。 最后，他解救了怪异先生！

The piano keys banged, clanged, and then went silent. VOOSH! Something brushed against Sam's ankle. One carpet thread remained. It slithered like a ferocious snake. It snapped out, but Sam jumped up and squashed it. "Gotcha!" he said. Finally, the room was still. Mr. Eerie stared open-mouthed at Sam. "Can...? Could...?" He's in shock, Sam realized. "Are you okay?" he asked. Mr. Eerie didn't answer. "Who are you, really?" Sam asked. "Why are you here?"

钢琴的琴键砰地一声，哐当一声，然后沉寂了下来。 VOOSH !有什么东西擦过萨姆的脚踝。 还剩下一根地毯线。 它像一条凶猛的蛇一样滑着。 它突然断了，但萨姆跳起来把它压扁了。 “抓到你了！”他说。最后，房间里安静了下来。 怪诞先生目瞪口呆地盯着山姆。 “可以…?可能……?”他受到了惊吓，山姆意识到。 “你没事吧？”他问。怪诞先生没有回答。 “你到底是谁？”山姆问。 “你为什么在这里？”

Mr. Eerie simply scrambled to his feet and raced away. Now Sam knew one thing for certain: Mr. Eerie was somehow involved with the monstrous school. The school had revealed its powers to him. That was new. Aside from Mr. Nekobi, Lucy, Antonio, and Sam himself, no one else knew about the scary adventures that occurred within the walls of Eerie Elementary. RING! Recess. It was time to tell Antonio and Lucy that something very strange was going on with their substitute teacher. Sam rushed outside to the playground.

怪诞先生爬了起来，飞快地跑开了。 现在山姆可以肯定一件事了：怪异先生不知怎么跟这个可怕的学校扯上了关系。 学校向他展示了它的力量。 这是新的。除了内科比先生、露西、安东尼奥和山姆本人，没有人知道发生在怪诞小学里的可怕冒险。 戒指!休会。是时候告诉安东尼奥和露西，他们的代课老师发生了非常奇怪的事情。 萨姆冲到外面的操场上。