3. A Dangerous Day

A DANGEROUS DAY 3 Sam, Antonio, and Lucy could not stop thinking about the close call on the steps, but their classmates were already focused on something else. There was an exciting new addition to their classroom. A small cage sat on Ms. Grinker's desk. Inside was a very furry and very adorable hamster. Students gathered around to get a look.

危险的一天萨姆、安东尼奥和露西一直在想台阶上那次死里逃生的事，但他们的同学已经把注意力集中在别的事情上了。 他们的教室里增加了一位令人兴奋的新成员。 格林克的桌子上放着一个小笼子。 里面是一只毛茸茸的、非常可爱的仓鼠。 学生们围过来看一看。

"She's soooo cute!" one student burst out. "This is Squeakers," Ms. Grinker said. It was Ms. Grinker's first day back. "I heard you were good while I was gone. So I brought Squeakers in as a surprise." Sam glanced at Lucy and Antonio. Ms. Grinker's week away from school had been weird. They had had a strange substitute— Jasper Eerie, the great- great-grandson of evil Orson Eerie. Jasper even lived in Orson Eerie's old house! But it turned out he only wanted to help Sam and his friends.

“她太可爱了！”一个学生脱口而出。 “这是Squeakers，”Grinker女士说。 这是格林克女士回来的第一天。 “我听说我不在的时候你很乖。 所以我带来了Squeakers作为一个惊喜。” 萨姆瞥了露西和安东尼奥一眼。 格林克离开学校的这一周很奇怪。 他们有了一个奇怪的替代者——贾斯帕·怪诞，邪恶的奥森·怪诞的曾曾孙。 Jasper甚至住在Orson Eerie的老房子里！但事实证明他只是想帮助萨姆和他的朋友们。

Every student in class got a moment to play with Squeakers. The hamster was so cute that even Sam began to forget about the falling plaque. But then— AIIIIEEEE!!! Hot steam was blasting from the radiator! "Oh my!" Ms. Grinker exclaimed. She raced to turn it off. And she looked relieved when the bell rang for lunch.

班上的每个学生都有时间玩Squeakers。 这只仓鼠太可爱了，连萨姆都开始忘记掉落的牌匾了。 但是——哎呀！！热蒸汽从散热器里喷出来！“哦,我的!”Ms。 Grinker喊道。她跑过去把它关掉。 午餐铃响时，她看上去松了一口气。

"First, the plaque fell, and then the radiator broke," Lucy said as the friends walked down the hall. "This day is weird." There was a lot of chatter throughout the lunchroom. Almost every student had heard about some near-disaster! There were tales of the school stage crumbling, ceilings cracking, and floorboards busting. "Dangerous stuff is happening all over school!" Antonio said as he bit into one of his famous peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

“首先，牌匾掉了下来，然后暖气片坏了，”朋友们走到大厅时，露西说。 “今天很奇怪。”整个餐厅里有很多人在聊天。 几乎每个学生都听说过一些近乎灾难的事情！有传言说，学校的舞台摇摇欲坠，天花板开裂，地板爆裂。 “学校里到处都在发生危险的事情！”安东尼奥说着咬了一口他那著名的花生酱果冻三明治。

At recess, Sam and his friends learned that the school nurse had been very busy that morning. A broken water fountain had squashed a student's foot. Another student twisted her ankle dodging a falling pipe. RING! Recess was over. Sam and his friends walked to their next class: gym. The hallway looked different... "There are new cracks in the floors," Lucy said.

课间休息时，萨姆和他的朋友们得知学校的护士那天早上很忙。 一个坏掉的饮水机压扁了一个学生的脚。 另一名学生为了躲避落下的管子而扭伤了脚踝。 戒指!休息结束了。山姆和他的朋友们走到下一节课：健身房。 走廊看起来不一样了…… “地板上又出现了新的裂缝。”露茜说。

"Lockers are hanging off their hinges," Antonio added. "Everything looks run-down." Sam said. "It is not normal for a building to suddenly just fall apart!" Sam had a tight feeling in his gut. It was the same feeling he had gotten before the plaque fell. It was the same feeling Sam always got when the school was about to strike! He stepped inside the gym.

“储物柜都挂在铰链上了，”安东尼奥补充说。 “所有东西看起来都很破旧。” 山姆说。“一栋建筑突然倒塌是不正常的！”萨姆心里有一种紧张的感觉。 这和牌匾掉下来之前的感觉是一样的。 每当学校要上课的时候，山姆总是有同样的感觉！他走进体育馆。