15 Apple Crumble

15 Apple Crumble Rockwell's eyes were so wide open that Peanut thought they might pop out of his head and bounce on to the floor like ping-pong balls. "So, do you believe me now?" said Peanut. As soon as she'd said the words, a second very strange thing happened. The drawing of the apple that Rockwell was holding slowly started to crumble. "What's going on?" Rockwell shrieked as it disintegrated right in front of their eyes. Seconds later, all that was left was a small pile of very fine, silvery grey powder. Rockwell looked up at Peanut. He looked down at his hands. He looked back up at Peanut.

15 苹果酥 罗克韦尔眼睛瞪得溜圆，皮娜特觉得他眼珠子都快从脑袋里蹦出来，像乒乓球一样弹到地板上去了 “那，你现在信我了吧？”皮娜特说 她话音刚落，第二件怪事就发生了 罗克韦尔手里拿着的苹果画，慢慢开始碎裂了 “出什么事了？” 罗克韦尔尖叫起来，画就在他俩眼前碎成了残渣 几秒钟过后，只剩下一小堆细细的银灰色粉末 罗克韦尔抬头看向皮娜特 他低头看向自己的双手 他再抬头看向皮娜特

"What, in the name of all that is good and righteous in the world, just happened?" he whispered. "I did tell you it was weird. "Weird? lt's flippin" amazing!" he yelled. "Like something out of Harry Potter!" Peanut was taken aback at the size and volume of Rockwell's reaction. "OH MY GOD! ACTUAL REAL-LIFE MAGIC! Do you know what this means? You are going to be sooooooooooo rich!" He started dancing around the lab singing something about it always being sunny in a rich man's world. When he finally moonwalked back to where she was standing (and spun around to face her with a loud "Whoo- hoo!') she put her finger to her lips. "Sssshhhhhhhh! Do you want the whole world to know what we've got here?" "Er, yes. Yes, I do. In fact, not only do I want the whole

“看在世间所有美好正义的份上，刚刚到底发生了什么？”他轻声问道 “我早就说过这东西很古怪 “古怪？ 这简直太神奇了！” 他大声喊道 “就跟《哈利·波特》里的情节一模一样！” 皮娜特被罗克韦尔这么激烈的反应吓了一跳 “我的天呐！ 现实生活里真的有魔法！ 你知道这意味着什么吗 你就要变成超级超级超级有钱的大富翁啦！” 他开始在实验室里跳来跳去，还哼着歌，说有钱人的世界总是晴天 等他终于滑着太空步走回皮娜特站的地方，还转身对着她大喊一声“哇哦！”，皮娜特连忙把手指竖在嘴边示意安静 “嘘————！ 你想让全世界都知道我们手里有这个好东西吗？” “嗯，没错 我就是想 事实上，我不仅想要让整个

world to know what we've got here, but I want the whole world to give us lots of money to show it what we've got here!" I'm sorry to disappoint you, Rockwell, but I'm afraid I couldn't care less about making any money," said Peanut quietly. "What I really want is to find out why my dad had this pencil and where it came from. "Well, why don't you just ask him?" It was at that moment that Peanut realised that Rockwell didn't know. He had no idea about any of it. About her dad's strange disappearance, about the police investigation, about her mum going mad and making her change schools. None of it. She hadn't told him about all that stuff because, well, they weren't friends. "OK. I need to tell you something." She took a deep breath and, for the second time that day, she found herself confiding in Rockwell. "Oh, Peanut," he said when she'd finished. "I'm so sorry about your dad. I remember how sad I felt when my dad moved out, and he only went to a flat three floors below us in the same block. That was bad enough, so it must be awful not knowing where he's gone.

世界知道我们藏着这个宝贝，我还想要全世界都给我们大把钱，来看我们的好东西！” “抱歉要让你失望了，罗克韦尔，我对赚钱真的一点都不在意，”皮娜特轻声说 “我真正想弄清楚的是，为什么我爸爸会有这支铅笔，它到底从哪里来 “哎呀，你直接问他不就行了？” 就在这一刻，皮娜特才反应过来，罗克韦尔对此一无所知 他完全不知道这些事 不知道她爸爸离奇失踪，不知道警方调查过，也不知道她妈妈受了刺激让她转了学 他什么都不知道 她没告诉过罗克韦尔这些事，说到底，他们本来就不是朋友 “好吧 我有件事要告诉你。” 她深吸一口气，这是当天第二次，她向罗克韦尔吐露心事 “哦，皮娜特，”她讲完后，罗克韦尔开口说 “你爸爸的事我真的非常难过 我还记得我爸爸搬出去的时候我有多伤心，他只不过搬到同一栋楼我们楼下三层而已 那都够难受了，你连你爸爸在哪都不知道，肯定痛苦极了

Peanut nodded. "Yes. It is." A small smile played on her lips. "Thanks, Rockwell. "What for?" He looked confused. "You're the only person, besides me, who doesn't believe that he ran away to Mexico. "Yes, well, you know your dad, right? If you think he disappeared, he disappeared. I do," she agreed. "Well, then... Hey! You know what I think?" said Rockwell excitedly. "I think that your dad wanted you to find this pencil. I think it's a clue as to what might have happened to him. Can I have a closer look? Peanut handed the pencil over to him. "It has some strange lettering on the side. I think it says "LORE". What does "lore" mean?" Rockwell pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and carefully wrapped it around the pencil. "Well, there's only one way to find out." He picked up his bag. "Let's go to the library.

皮娜特点了点头 “是啊 确实很难受。” 她的嘴角泛起一丝浅浅的笑意 “谢谢你，罗克韦尔 “谢我什么？” 他一脸困惑 除了我自己，你是唯一一个不相信他跑去墨西哥的人 “对啊，你最了解你爸爸了，对不对 如果你觉得他是失踪了，那就是失踪了。” “我就是这么认为的，”她赞同道 “那既然这样…… 嘿！ 你知道我是怎么想的吗？”罗克韦尔兴奋地说 “我觉得你爸爸就是故意要让你找到这支铅笔 我觉得它就是线索，能告诉你爸爸到底出了什么事 我能凑近看看吗 皮娜特把铅笔递给了他 “笔杆上有一些奇怪的字符 我觉得它拼出来是“LORE”。” “lore是什么意思呀？” 罗克韦尔从口袋掏出来一块手帕，小心地把铅笔包了起来 “嗯，想知道答案只有一个办法。” 他拿起了自己的包 “我们去图书馆吧