4. The Secret in the Dark

THE SECRET IN THE DARK 4 Sam heard footsteps in the dark hallway. Lucy and Antonio had caught up. "What was that?!" Antonio said, looking around as his eyes adjusted to the dark. An icy chill came down the hall. The friends huddled together. "Some strange force pulled on my sash. It whipped me down the hallway," Sam explained. "It let go of me here. Then the lights went out."

黑暗中的秘密萨姆在黑暗的走廊里听到了脚步声。 露茜和安东尼奥赶上来了。 “那是什么？！”安东尼奥说，他环顾四周，眼睛已经适应了黑暗。 一阵寒意从大厅里传了下来。 朋友们挤在一起。 “某种奇怪的力量拉着我的腰带。 它把我赶出了走廊，”萨姆解释道。 “它在这里放开了我。然后灯就灭了。”

He touched the wall in front of him. The bricks felt cold and damp. "Wait a second," Lucy said. "What is that green stuff?" Neon goo started oozing through the cracks in the wall. It was the color of a highlighter. It dripped between the bricks. Sam poked it. He rubbed his fingers together. "It's paint." "Strange," Antonio said. He gently pressed one of the bricks, and it moved! "Whoa!" Lucy exclaimed. She pushed a brick, too.

他碰到了面前的墙。 砖摸起来又冷又潮。 “等一下。”露茜说。 “那个绿色的东西是什么？”氖气开始从墙上的裂缝里渗出来。 那是荧光笔的颜色。 它滴在砖间。 萨姆戳了戳它。他搓着手指。 “这是油漆。”“真奇怪，”安东尼奥说。 他轻轻地按了一下其中一块砖，它就动了！“哇!”露西喊道。 她也推了一块砖。

Then Antonio pushed another one, and a gurgling sound came from the wall— BLUB. BLUB. BLUB. Wet paint dripped onto the friends' shoes. "Guys, what's happening?" Lucy asked. The three friends stepped back as the bricks began to move and slide on their own. It was like a giant, real-life Jenga game! Soon, there was a large opening in the wall. "This looks like the entrance to a cave," Sam said. They peered inside. There was something beyond the wall but it was too dark to see what. Suddenly, the sash yanked Sam forward. "Yikes!" Sam cried. Antonio grabbed his friend's shirt. "I have you, Sam!"

接着，安东尼奥又推了一把，墙上传来一阵咯咯的声音——“轰”。 哭。哭。未干的油漆滴到朋友们的鞋子上。 “伙计们，发生什么事了？”露西问。 当砖块开始移动并自己滑动时，三个朋友后退了一步。 这就像一个巨大的，现实生活中的层层叠游戏！很快，墙上出现了一个大开口。 “这看起来像一个山洞的入口，”萨姆说。 他们往里面看了看。墙外有什么东西，但太黑了，看不见。 突然，腰带把山姆拉了过去。 “呀! !”萨姆喊道。安东尼奥抓住他朋友的衬衫。 “我有你，萨姆！”

"And I've got you, Antonio!" Lucy said. But the sash yanked again— and the friends tumbled through the opening. They landed on a cold floor in a small, dark room. They could barely see. "I have a feeling we should not be in here," whispered Antonio. Lucy dusted herself off. "I agree." Sam felt along the wall until he found a light switch. The instant he flicked it on, Antonio screamed, "GHOST!"

“我抓住你了，安东尼奥！”露西说。 但是吊带又拉了一下——朋友们从洞口滚了出去。 他们落在一间又小又黑的房间里冰冷的地板上。 他们几乎看不见。“我有一种感觉，我们不应该在这里，”安东尼奥低声说。 露西重新振作起来。“我同意。” 萨姆沿着墙摸索，直到找到一个电灯开关。 他一打开灯，安东尼奥就尖叫起来：“鬼！”