8. The School and Beyond!

THE SCHOOL... AND BEYOND! 8 Sam, Lucy, and Antonio snuck into Ms. Grinker's classroom. Luckily, she didn't notice they were late. They did their best to focus on schoolwork for the rest of the afternoon. Finally, the school day was over. "This was a superweird day," Sam said as they hurried across the playground. The friends were eager to get home.

学校……和超越!萨姆、露西和安东尼奥偷偷溜进了琼斯夫人的房间。 Grinker的教室。幸运的是，她没有发现他们迟到了。 在下午剩下的时间里，他们尽力集中精力做功课。 终于放学了。 “这真是超级奇怪的一天，”他们匆匆穿过操场时，萨姆说。 朋友们急于回家。

"You know what this all means, right?" Lucy asked. Sam was pretty sure he was thinking the same thing Lucy was. He pulled his friends into a huddle. "I think Orson Eerie wanted us to discover that old art studio," Sam said. "He pulled my sash— and broke that floor— so we would find his painting!" "But why?" Antonio asked. "What is so important about a painting?" "Good question," Sam said.

“你知道这意味着什么，对吧？”露西问。 山姆很确定他和露西的想法是一样的。 他把朋友们拉到一起。 “我想奥森·怪诞想让我们去发现那个旧的艺术工作室，”山姆说。 “他扯了我的腰带——还把地板弄坏了——这样我们就能找到他的画了！”“但为什么?”安东尼奥问道。 “一幅画有什么重要的？”“问得好，”萨姆说。

"Wait!" Lucy exclaimed. "Remember when the school was almost torn down? Remember Orson's drawing with the arrows on it?" Sam recalled the drawing— it proved that Orson Eerie's powers could leave the school. The thought of Orson Eerie's creepy powers spreading outside of Eerie Elementary was horrible. "Right!" Sam said. "Someone will buy the painting at the art show! They'll take it home! Orson's power will spread beyond the school grounds."

“等等!”露西喊道。“还记得学校差点被拆的时候吗？” 还记得奥森画的带箭头的画吗？”山姆想起了那幅画——它证明了奥森·怪诞的能力可以离开学校。 一想到奥森·怪诞的恐怖力量会蔓延到怪诞小学之外，我就觉得很恐怖。 “没错!”山姆说。“会有人在艺术展上买这幅画的！”他们会把它带回家的！奥森的势力会蔓延到学校之外。”

Antonio nodded. "As hall monitors, I bet we can only battle him on school grounds! This is awful! If someone buys that painting, Orson's evil could spread anywhere." "Or everywhere," Lucy whispered. The friends shuddered. "There's only one way to stop Orson," Sam said. "We need to buy that painting on Friday." "I agree," Lucy said. "We cannot let that painting leave school grounds." "But Ms. Winter said it's going to cost one hundred dollars," Antonio said, frowning. "How much money do we have?" The friends turned their pockets inside out. Lint fell from Lucy's pocket. Antonio had the crusts of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sam sighed. "I only have my hall monitor sash. That won't help us now."

安东尼奥点点头。“作为大厅的监督员，我敢打赌我们只能在学校操场上和他战斗！”这太可怕了！如果有人买了这幅画，奥森的邪恶就会传播到任何地方。” “或者到处都是。”露茜小声说。 朋友们打了个寒颤。“只有一个办法能阻止奥森，”萨姆说。 “我们需要在周五买下那幅画。” “我同意。”露茜说。“我们不能让那幅画离开学校。” “但是温特女士说要花100美元，”安东尼奥皱着眉头说。 “我们有多少钱？”朋友们把口袋翻了出来。 露西的衣袋里掉了绒线。 安东尼奥吃着他的花生酱和果冻三明治的面包皮。 山姆叹了口气。“我只有我的走廊监控带。 那现在帮不了我们了。”

Lucy's face lit up. "THAT'S IT!" she exclaimed. She pointed to Sam's sash. "Art is being sold to raise money for the school, right? So, we will just have to raise money for ourselves!" Sam and Antonio had no idea what Lucy was talking about. She grinned. "Trust me! Sam, bring a big glass jar to school tomorrow. My plan will make sense then." Lucy ran home. "I have to get started!" Sam wondered, What is Lucy planning? And will it be enough to stop Orson Eerie?

露西的脸亮了起来。“就是这样！”她叫道。 她指着山姆的腰带。 “出售艺术品是为了给学校筹集资金，对吗？” 所以，我们只能自己筹钱了！”萨姆和安东尼奥不知道露西在说什么。 她咧嘴一笑。“相信我!萨姆，明天带一个大玻璃罐来学校。 那时我的计划就有意义了。” 露西跑回家。“我得开始了！”萨姆想知道，露西在计划什么？ 这足以阻止奥森·怪诞吗？