12. Town Square Scares

TOWN SQUARE SCARES 12 "Antonio, your quick thinking bought us some time," said Sam. Sam, Lucy, and Antonio were walking home from school. The air was cold. Antonio pulled his jacket tighter— but not too tight. Squeakers was still in his pocket. "Yeah, but not a lot of time. We'll be in the exact same situation tomorrow," Antonio said. "The school will be knocked down!" "We can't let that happen," Lucy said.

“安东尼奥，你的敏捷思维为我们赢得了一些时间，”萨姆说。 萨姆、露西和安东尼奥正从学校走回家。 空气很冷。安东尼奥把夹克衫拉得更紧了——但又不太紧。 Squeakers还在他的口袋里。 “是的，但时间不多。 明天我们将面临完全相同的情况，”安东尼奥说。 “学校要被拆了！”“我们不能让这种事发生。”露茜说。

Sam's mind raced. This was Orson's most wicked plan yet— and he had no idea how to stop it! The friends stopped in front of Sam's house. "Everyone, think hard," Sam said. "We have to come up with a plan!" Antonio gently patted his pocket. "I'll look after this fur ball. Who knows maybe she'll give me an idea!" "I'm going to the town hall," Lucy said. "Maybe I can find some helpful information about the school." "Okay," Sam said. "Let's meet at school early tomorrow morning." The three friends split up. That night, Sam could barely eat his dinner. He was too nervous. "I'm going to go to bed early," he told his mom.

萨姆的脑子飞快地转。这是奥森迄今为止最邪恶的计划——他不知道如何阻止它！朋友们在萨姆家门前停了下来。 “每个人，好好想想，”萨姆说。 “我们必须想出一个计划！”安东尼奥轻轻地拍了拍他的口袋。 “我来照看这个毛球。 谁知道呢，也许她会给我一个主意！”“我要去市政厅。”露茜说。 “也许我能找到一些关于学校的有用信息。” “好吧，”萨姆说。“我们明天早上在学校见面吧。” 三个朋友分手了。 那天晚上，山姆几乎吃不下饭。 他太紧张了。“我要早点睡觉，”他告诉妈妈。

His mom smiled. "Of course, honey. I bet you're stressed with everything going on at school." Sam thought to himself, Mom, if you only knew the truth... Sam fell asleep the second his head hit the pillow. But before he knew it, he was up and he was walking through Eerie's town square. It was the middle of the night. The streets were quiet. Too quiet. The town was different. Sam had a twisted feeling in his stomach. It was the same feeling he got when the school was about to attack. But now, he had that feeling in downtown Eerie.

妈妈笑了。“当然，亲爱的。 我敢打赌，你对学校里发生的一切感到压力很大。” 山姆心想，妈妈，如果你知道真相…… 萨姆的头一碰到枕头就睡着了。 但在他意识到这一点之前，他起床了，走在怪诞镇的广场上。 那是半夜。 街上很安静。太安静了。 这个小镇是不同的。萨姆的胃里有一种扭曲的感觉。 当学校即将发动袭击时，他也有同样的感觉。 但现在，他在市中心有了这种感觉。

The town suddenly roared to monstrous life! The grocery store's doors slammed open and shut. They had become a chomping mouth! Tall streetlamps bent down and reached for Sam. Sam dodged them! Buildings swayed. The mailbox clanged and envelopes flew out. SLAM! REARGHH!

整个城镇突然轰鸣起来，充满了可怕的生命！杂货店的门砰地一声打开又关上。 他们变成了一张咬人的嘴！高大的街灯弯下腰，伸向山姆。 萨姆躲开了他们！建筑摇摆。 信箱哐当一声，信封飞了出来。 大满贯!REARGHH !

A fire hydrant burst, spewing water. The water took the form of terrifying liquid tentacles! Every bit of the town roared to life. The monstrous town of Eerie was behaving like the monstrous school, Eerie Elementary! Stoplights turned completely red— and the red beams formed one giant spotlight. It shone directly on Sam! BA-BOOM!

一个消防栓破裂了，喷出水来。 水变成了可怕的液体触手！小镇的每一个角落都充满了生机。 怪诞的怪诞镇就像怪诞的学校——怪诞小学！红绿灯完全变成了红色，红色的光束形成了一个巨大的聚光灯。 它直接照在萨姆身上！BA-BOOM !

Suddenly, everything went quiet. Everything had gone back to normal. But only for a moment... At the end of Main Street, two huge headlights flashed on. Sam was bathed in blinding white light. It was the wrecking ball. It hung from a crane. The crane was atop a truck. And the truck was speeding toward Sam! Sam stood frozen in the street. The truck had changed. The headlights looked like narrow eyes. The bumper formed a thin mustache. It was a face. It was the face of Orson Eerie.

突然间，一切都安静下来。 一切都恢复了正常。 但只有一瞬间……在主街的尽头，两盏巨大的前灯亮了起来。 萨姆沐浴在眩目的白光中。 那是一个毁灭球。它挂在起重机上。 起重机在一辆卡车顶上。 卡车正朝山姆疾驰而来！山姆僵立在街上。 卡车已经换了。车灯看起来像一双狭窄的眼睛。 保险杠形成了薄薄的胡子。 那是一张脸。这是奥森·怪诞的脸。