4. Spooky Scrubbing

SPOOKY SCRUBBING 4 School was over— and the messy job of scraping gum had begun. Ms. Grinker was at her desk grading papers. She looked up every few moments, keeping an eye on the three students. Sam was on his back, staring up at a desk. Dozens of hard, dried bubble gum blobs dotted the desk's bottom. "Gross," he muttered.

放学了——刮口香糖的脏乱工作开始了。 格林克女士正在她的办公桌前批改论文。 她每隔一会儿就抬起头来，留意着那三个学生。 萨姆仰面躺着，抬头盯着一张桌子。 几十个又硬又干的泡泡糖点缀在桌子底部。 “恶心。”他咕哝着。

Antonio and Lucy were underneath desks, too. "Who chewed all this gum?!" Antonio whispered. "Not me," Lucy replied. They each used a wooden ruler to chip away at the bright neon-colored gum. Flaky bits of dried gum sprinkled down onto their faces.

安东尼奥和露西也在桌子下面。 “谁嚼了这么多口香糖？！”安东尼奥低声说。 “不是我。”露茜回答。他们每个人都用一把木尺把鲜艳的霓虹色口香糖削掉。 一片片的干口香糖散落在他们的脸上。

Ms. Grinker stood. "I am heading to the teachers' lounge. When I return, every desk had better be gum-free!" Ms. Grinker shut the door. Instantly, Sam's gut felt tight. It was the same feeling he'd had earlier... CLATTER! CLATTER! CLATTER! "Sam! Your desk!" Lucy said. The desk above Sam was shaking. The metal feet rattled. It was practically jumping! And then—

格林克女士站了起来。“我要去教师休息室。 等我回来的时候，每张桌子上最好都没有口香糖！”Ms。 格林克关上了门。山姆的肚子立刻绷紧了。 这和他早些时候的感觉是一样的…… 咔嗒声!咔嗒声!咔嗒声!“山姆!你的桌子!”露西说。 萨姆上方的桌子在摇晃。 金属脚格格作响。它简直是在跳！然后,

CLANK! ZOOM! The desk leapt into the air! Sam rolled out of the way just before— SLAM! The desk crashed to the floor. Lucy and Antonio scrambled out from beneath their desks. "Stay calm!" Antonio said. "Easy for you to say," Sam replied. "It was MY desk that did a backflip!" "Wait... what's that?" asked Lucy.

叮当作响!祖姆！桌子跳到了空中！山姆就在前面滚开了——砰！桌子摔到了地板上。 露茜和安东尼奥从桌子底下爬了出来。 “保持冷静!”安东尼奥说。 “你说得容易，”萨姆回答。 “是我的桌子做了个后空翻！”“等等…… 那是什么？”露茜问。

The friends inched toward the overturned desk. A purple blob of gum was bubbling on the bottom of the desk. It seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. Then WHOOSH! A lump of wet gum whipped past Sam's face! He whirled around. Chunks of gum were flying across the room! It was like invisible hands were throwing them!

朋友们慢慢走向翻倒的桌子。 一团紫色的口香糖在桌子底部冒着泡泡。 它似乎变得越来越大。 然后嗖!一块湿口香糖从萨姆的脸上掠过！他转过身来。 大块的口香糖在房间里飞来飞去！就像看不见的手在扔它们一样！

Hundreds of globs of gum started joining together! A massive, monstrous ball of gum was forming. SCHMACK! POP! SPLAT! "What's happening?!" Lucy asked. "Whatever it is, I don't want to be here for it!" Antonio said.

成百上千的口香糖团开始聚集在一起！一个巨大的、怪异的口香糖球正在形成。 SCHMACK !流行!长条木板!“发生什么事情了? !”露西问。 “不管它是什么，我都不想呆在这里！”安东尼奥说。