9. The Mysterious Machine

THE MYSTERIOUS MACHINE 9 "What are you doing in my house?" Jasper Eerie demanded. He loomed over Sam, Lucy, and Antonio. The friends were cornered! Sam swallowed and stepped forward. "We know the truth about the school and about Orson Eerie," he said. "And I know you know what I'm talking about. We were both there, in the music room..."

神秘机器9“你在我家里干什么？”贾斯帕·怪异问道。 他隐约出现在山姆、露茜和安东尼奥面前。 朋友们走投无路了！萨姆咽了口气，向前走了几步。 “我们知道这所学校和奥森·怪诞的真相，”他说。 “我知道你知道我在说什么。 我们都在那儿，在音乐室里……”

Jasper's eyes widened as he looked to Antonio and Lucy. "All three of you know the school is alive?" Antonio nodded. "And we know you're trying to bring Orson back to life!" "But we won't let you!" Lucy said, balling up her fists. Relief swept across Jasper's face. "Bring Orson back to life?" he said. "Oh, no! It's the opposite." Sam looked to Lucy and Antonio. Their mouths were small, stern lines.

贾斯帕睁大了眼睛，看着安东尼奥和露茜。 “你们三个都知道学校还活着吗？”安东尼奥点点头。 “我们知道你想让奥森起死回生！”“但我们不会让你这么做的！”露茜说着，把拳头揉成一团。 贾斯帕松了一口气。 “让奥森起死回生？”他说。 “哦,不!事实恰恰相反。” 山姆看看露西和安东尼奥。 它们的嘴是细长的、船尾的线条。

"I apologize if I scared you," Jasper said, speaking softly. "But if you follow me, I can show you the real truth about Orson and your school." Sam and his friends couldn't resist the opportunity to learn more. They followed their substitute teacher. "Orson Eerie and I are related. Orson was my great-great-grandfather. This old house is mine— I inherited it," Jasper said. "After moving in, I discovered a trunkfull of Orson's notebooks and designs. He wrote about your elementary school. And I found plans for the strange machine that allowed Orson to become the school..."

“如果吓到你了，我向你道歉。”贾斯帕轻声说。 “但如果你跟着我，我可以让你了解奥森和你的学校的真实情况。” 萨姆和他的朋友们无法抗拒这个学习更多知识的机会。 他们跟着代课老师。 “奥森·怪诞和我是亲戚。 奥森是我的曾曾祖父。 这所老房子是我的——我继承的，”贾斯帕说。 “搬进来后，我发现了一个箱子，里面装满了奥森的笔记本和设计。 他写到了你的小学。 我发现了让奥森成为学校的奇怪机器的计划……”

"A machine?" Lucy asked. Jasper nodded. "I didn't think it was real. But I was curious. So when Principal Winik posted for a substitute teacher, I applied. It was the only way I could investigate the school and learn if Orson had been successful. Today, I did something I thought was crazy: I spoke to the school. But it wasn't crazy... The school heard me— Orson Eerie heard me! And attacked me! That's when I knew it was true. All of it..." Jasper led the three friends inside the shadowy room. It took a minute for Sam's eyes to adjust to the darkness. Then he fully saw the strange machine. It was the size of a refrigerator. It was built from many different parts, all of which appeared to be very old. Sam saw an ancient stove, a boxy TV, vacuum hoses, and other things.

“机器?”露西问。碧玉点点头。 “我不认为这是真的。 但我很好奇。所以当温尼克校长招聘代课老师时，我申请了。 这是我调查学校并了解奥森是否成功的唯一途径。 今天，我做了一件我认为很疯狂的事：我和学校说话了。 但这并不疯狂……学校听到了，奥森·怪诞听到了！还袭击了我！那时我才知道这是真的。 这一切……”贾斯帕领着三个朋友走进了阴暗的房间。 萨姆的眼睛过了一分钟才适应黑暗。 然后他完全看到了那台奇怪的机器。 它有冰箱那么大。 它由许多不同的部分组成，看起来都很古老。 山姆看到了一个古老的炉子、一台四方形电视、真空软管和其他东西。

"Orson built this?" Antonio asked. "Sort of," Jasper said. "I found it here. It was a wreck. I started to rebuild it. I believe I can use this machine to do the opposite of what Orson did. I believe it can remove Orson from the school— so that the two are no longer bound together."

“奥森造的？”安东尼奥问道。 “算是吧。”贾斯帕说。“我在这里找到的。 那是一艘沉船。我开始重建它。 我相信我可以用这台机器做与奥森相反的事。 我相信它可以让奥森离开学校，这样他们俩就不会再联系在一起了。”

"Wait," Sam said. "You mean, this machine could end it for good?"

“等等，”萨姆说。“你的意思是，这台机器可以永远终结一切？”