60 The Rescue

60 The Rescue The drawings took her a long time. Peanut was determined to get them just right— after all, every detail had to be accurate for this to work. But it was hard when you were relying on memory. "No, they're definitely taller than that," said Little-Bit. "She's right," agreed Rockwell. And the glowing eyes are a bit bigger. Peanut was using every item in the bandolier to draw the two RAZERs. The main body was made up of several layers of watercolour, the arms were sketched with charcoal and the details were all added with Little Tail. "Make sure you paint the eyes green," said Little-Bit. "I liked it best when 72's eyes were green.

60 营救 画这些画花了她好长时间。 花生下定决心要把画画得恰到好处——毕竟，每一处细节都得准确，计划才能成功。 可全靠记忆画画，实在太难了。 “不对，它们肯定比这更高，”小不点说。 “她说得对，”罗克韦尔赞同道。 还有发光的眼睛也要再大一点。 花生用光了弹药带上所有画具，就为了画出两台锐泽机器人。 主体刷了好几层水彩，手臂用炭笔打稿，所有细节都用小尾巴笔添加上去。 “一定要把眼睛画成绿色，”小不点说。 我最喜欢72号眼睛是绿色的样子。

Eventually, she finished and stepped back to admire her work. Peanut, you're so clever," said Rockwell. "You're the best artist ever!" agreed Little-Bit. "They're so good!" Peanut nodded. "They're not bad, are they? Let's hope they do the trick. Peanut and Rockwell stepped into the bottom halves of their RAZER costumes, picked up Doodle and Little-Bit, put them on their shoulders and then put the top halves on.

终于，她画完了，退后一步欣赏自己的作品。 “花生，你太聪明啦，”罗克韦尔说。 “你真是全世界最棒的画家！”小不点附和道。 “画得太棒啦！” 花生点了点头。 “画得还不错，对吧？ 希望它们能帮我们蒙混过关。 花生和罗克韦尔钻进锐泽戏服的下半截，抱起嘟嘟和小不点放到肩膀上，再套上戏服的上半截。

"I hope nobody notices our feet," said Rockwell anxiously. "I'm sure it'll be fine. As long as we move quickly and efficiently. Peanut shuffled over towards the lift door and pressed the button. When it arrived, Little-Bit reached out through an armhole and pressed the button marked "6'. The doors slid shut and the lift started moving upwards. Seconds later, it stopped and the doors opened to reveal a long, arcing corridor with identical doors on either side every two metres or so. It reminded Peanut of her mother's office. Each door had a number stencilled on it in black, odd numbers on the left, even on the right. Peanut and Rockwell started to walk as smoothly as possible down the corridor— easier said than done when (a) you have a small child/ dog on your shoulders, and (b) the eyeholes in your costume don't quite line up with your eyes. "Little-Bit," whispered Rockwell. "Can you read the numbers on the doors?" "Yes," she replied. "Keep going. We're up to number four. A minute or so later they arrived at their destination. Here it is," said Little-Bit. "And the coast is clear. Quickly, Little-Bit lifted the head from her costume and jumped down from Rockwell's shoulders. Rockwell helped Peanut and Doodle out of theirs. Peanut grabbed a marker pen from her bandolier and drew a small keyhole on the door.

“希望没人会注意到我们的脚，”罗克韦尔不安地说。 “我相信肯定没事的。 只要我们动作快，行事利落就好。 花生拖着步子挪到电梯门口，按下了按钮。 电梯到了之后，小不点从袖洞伸出手，按下了标着“6”的按钮。 电梯门合上，开始往上升。 几秒后电梯停了，门一打开，露出一条长长的弧形走廊，每隔两米左右，两侧就各有一扇一模一样的门。 这让花生想起了妈妈的办公室。 每扇门上都用黑色漆印着数字，左边是奇数，右边是偶数。 花生和罗克韦尔尽量平稳地沿着走廊往前走——说起来容易做起来难，一来你的肩膀上坐着小孩/小狗，二来戏服上的眼洞刚好和你的眼睛对不准。 “小不点，”罗克韦尔小声说。 “你能看清门上的数字吗？” “能，”她回答。 “继续走。 我们现在走到四号门了。 大概一分钟后，他们走到了目的地。 就是这儿了，”小不点说。 “现在四周没人。 快，小不点摘下自己的戏服头套，从罗克韦尔肩膀上跳了下来。 罗克韦尔帮花生和嘟嘟从戏服里钻了出来。 花生从弹药带上拿出马克笔，在门上画了一个小小的钥匙孔。

Then, in the air in front of her and using the same pen, she drew a key. She picked up the key, put it in the keyhole and turned it. The door sprang open. Sure enough, standing inside cell twenty-two was the man that she recognised from the gilt-framed photograph in Mrs M's sitting room. It was Malcolm Markmaker. But, unfortunately for Peanut and her friends, he wasn't alone.

接着，她拿同一支笔，在自己面前的空中画了一把钥匙。 她拿起这把钥匙，插进钥匙孔转了一下。 门一下子弹开了。 果然，22号囚室里站着一个男人，就是她在M夫人客厅金边相框里见过的那个人。 他就是马尔科姆·马克梅克。 可不幸的是，对花生和朋友们来说，这儿不止他一个人。