11. The Show Begins

THE SHOW BEGINS... 11 "You three look real comfy!" Bryan shouted from the swing set. It was Friday morning. Sam, Antonio, and Lucy were walking across the playground. All their classmates were laughing. Sam's cheeks turned red. "We look like babies," he groaned. The money jar was in Sam's backpack. With each shuffle of Sam's toasty feet, change rattled.

演出开始了……“你们三个看起来真舒服！”布莱恩在秋千架上喊道。 那是星期五的早晨。萨姆、安东尼奥和露西正穿过操场。 他们所有的同学都在笑。 萨姆的脸颊变红了。“我们看起来像婴儿。”他呻吟道。 钱罐在萨姆的背包里。 山姆那双温暖的脚每走一步，变化就吱吱作响。

"Forget about them," Lucy said. "All that matters is my idea worked! We have enough money to buy Orson's painting tonight." "But why did Mr. Nekobi choose footie pajamas from the hat? This is so embarrassing!" Antonio complained. All morning, Sam heard their classmates laughing. It went on through lunch and recess. At the end of the day, their classmates were still laughing. It wasn't just because the friends looked silly— they also kept slipping and sliding down the halls. The footie pj's didn't have rubber soles!

“忘了他们吧。”露茜说。 “重要的是我的想法成功了！”今晚我们有足够的钱买奥森的画。” “但为什么内科比先生会选择帽子里的足球睡衣呢？” 这太尴尬了！”安东尼奥抱怨道。 整个上午，萨姆都听到同学们的笑声。 这种情况一直持续到午餐和课间休息。 一天结束的时候，他们的同学还在笑。 这不仅仅是因为朋友们看起来很傻——他们还在大厅里不停地滑倒。 足球睡衣没有橡胶底！

Finally, the Eerie Elementary Art Show was beginning! Parents, neighbors, and other townspeople poured into the school. They looked at the artwork lining the halls. Sam heard lots of oohing and ahhing. Soon, everyone entered the auditorium and found seats. Ms. Winter stepped onstage. She would show off each piece of art. Then, the person who wanted to buy the piece would come forward and pay for it. Sam, Antonio, and Lucy watched from the hallway. Sam saw his own project onstage: his clay dinosaur.

终于，怪诞小学艺术展开始了！家长、邻居和其他市民涌进了学校。 他们看着大厅里的艺术品。 萨姆听到了许多呜呜声。 很快，每个人都进入了礼堂，找到了座位。 温特走上台。 她会炫耀每一件艺术品。 然后，想买这幅画的人就会出面付款。 山姆、安东尼奥和露西在走廊里看着。 山姆在舞台上看到了他自己的作品：他的粘土恐龙。

The three friends were about to enter the very full auditorium when Sam saw one of the drawings on the wall move! Antonio and Lucy gasped. They saw it, too: a stick-figure drawing was coming to life! Sam quickly closed the auditorium doors.

三个朋友正要进入座无虚席的礼堂时，山姆看到墙上的一幅画动了！安东尼奥和露茜倒吸了一口气。 他们也看到了：一幅简笔画活过来了！萨姆迅速关上了礼堂的门。

They could not believe what they were seeing. The stick figure slowly peeled itself off the paper. It landed on the floor and began trotting toward them. "It has bendy arms like spaghetti...," Sam said softly. "And its arms are growing!" Lucy said. The friends all watched, scared, until— YANK! The figure's long arms reached out and plucked the money jar from Sam's backpack. The friends were too stunned to move. Suddenly, all the paintings started coming to life! And the jar was being tossed back and forth down the hall— away from Sam and his friends!

他们简直不敢相信他们所看到的。 简笔画慢慢地从纸上脱落下来。 它落在地板上，开始向他们小跑过来。 “它的手臂像意大利面一样弯曲……萨姆轻声说。 “它的胳膊在长！”露西说。 朋友们都看着，很害怕，直到——砰！那个身影伸出长长的手臂，从山姆的背包里取出了钱罐。 朋友们都惊呆了，一动也不动。 突然间，所有的画都活过来了！罐子在大厅里被抛来抛去——远离萨姆和他的朋友们！

"Orson Eerie is making the artwork play keep-away!" Sam said as a drawing of a spider caught the jar in its fuzzy legs. "It's like when we play that game monkey in-the-middle at recess!" Lucy exclaimed. Antonio raced down the hall. He shouted, "HEY! GIVE US BACK OUR JAR!"

“Orson Eerie让这幅画玩起了keep-away!”山姆说，一只蜘蛛的画用它毛茸茸的腿夹住了罐子。 “这就像我们在课间休息时玩‘猴子在中间’的游戏一样！”露西喊道。 安东尼奥跑过大厅。 他喊道：“嘿！把罐子还给我们！”