花生琼斯 · 1 Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City
64 Escape She reached through the bars and carefully took the pencil from gold-top's beak. How can I ever thank you?" she said. The three birds sang several bars in perfect three-part harmony, nodded in unison and then disappeared into the night. Peanut watched them go with a big smile on her face. Then she climbed down from the bench, walked across her cell and put her ear to the door. Nothing. This was her chance. She had to act fast. Taking the pencil in her left hand, she first drew a keyhole in the door. Then, in the air in front of her, she drew a key. She plucked the key from mid-air, put it in the keyhole, turned it and, as quietly as she could, opened the door.
64 逃跑 她伸出手穿过栅栏,小心地从金顶鸟的喙里取出了铅笔。 "我该怎么感谢你呀?" 她说道。 三只鸟儿唱出了几段和谐的旋律,一齐点了点头,随后消失在了夜色里。 花生满脸笑容,望着它们离开。 接着她从长椅上爬下来,走到牢房另一侧,把耳朵贴在了门上。 什么动静都没有。 这是她绝佳的机会。 她必须立刻行动。 她把铅笔握在左手里,先在门上画了一个钥匙孔。 接着,她在面前的空气里画了一把钥匙。 她从半空中摘下钥匙,插进钥匙孔转了一下,然后尽可能轻地推开了门。
She poked her head out into the corridor. There was no sign of movement. The RAZER guards must have left their posts to go and look for the pencil. The pencil that she was now holding in her hand. "Right. Focus, Peanut," she said to herself. She thought hard about the film that Mr White had shown her of Rockwell, Little-Bit, Doodle and Mr M in their cells. That had been a huge mistake on his part. In fact, she couldn't quite believe he'd done it. The huge black type on the walls that denoted the cell number had been clearly visible in each shot, so it was now just a question of Peanut remembering them. The good news was that they had all started with "F99', meaning they were on the ninety-ninth floor. Rockwell's was the closest to her cell: C32, only five doors away. She tiptoed down the curving corridor until she was standing in front of Cell 32. Then, as before, she drew a lock and key and opened the door. Rockwell was standing by the bench, legs slightly bent and arms raised as if ready to fight. When he saw it was Peanut, his face lit up and he ran to hug her. "You did it!" he said. "Sssshhh," she whispered. "We can't afford for anyone to hear us. Rockwell grabbed his rucksack and followed her out of the door.
她探出头望向走廊。 完全没有动静。 锐泽守卫肯定都离开岗位去找那支铅笔了。 就是此刻握在她手里的这支铅笔。 "好了。 集中精神,花生,"她对自己说。 她努力回忆怀特先生给她看的录像,那里面洛克威尔、小不点、杜豆和M先生都在各自的牢房里。 这可真是他犯的天大错误。 实际上,她都不敢相信他居然这么做。 墙上标注牢房号码的黑色大字体,在每一个镜头里都清晰可见,所以现在花生只需要回忆起这些号码就好。 好消息是,所有号码都以"F99"开头,说明它们都在第99层。 洛克威尔的牢房离她最近:C32,只隔了五扇门。 她踮着脚尖沿着弯曲的走廊往前走,走到了32号牢房门前站定。 接着,她像之前那样画了锁和钥匙,打开了牢门。 洛克威尔站在长椅边,双腿微微弯曲,双臂抬起,好像随时准备战斗。 看到进来的是花生,他一下子喜笑颜开,跑过来抱住了她。 "你做到了!" 他说道。 "嘘——"她小声说。 "我们不能被任何人听见。 洛克威尔抓起自己的背包,跟着她走出了房门。
Next was Doodle in Cell 21. His entire body wagged when he saw Peanut and Rockwell. Little-Bit was further around the circular passageway in Cell 5. Peanut had remembered the number because it matched her younger sister's age. "Peeeeeaaaaaannnnuuuuuttttttt," she squeaked as they burst into her cell. "I knew you'd rescue me." Now they just had to find Mr M. "He's in C1," said Peanut as they tiptoed along the corridor. "Here it is." Just as she was putting her drawing of a key into her drawing of a lock, they heard the ding of the elevator a few doors to their right. "Quick. Inside!" whispered Peanut, before opening the cell door, shoving the others through it, diving inside herself and closing it behind her.
接下来要救21号牢房的杜豆。 看到花生和洛克威尔,他整个人都开心得晃了起来。 小不点在更外侧环形通道的5号牢房里。 花生记住了这个号码,因为它和自己妹妹的年龄一样。 "花————生————"他们冲进牢房时,小不点吱吱喊道。 "我就知道你会来救我的。" 现在就只剩找M先生了。"他在C1号牢房,"花生一边说,一边和大家踮着脚沿走廊走。 "到了。" 就在她把画好的钥匙插进画好的锁孔时,他们听到右边几扇门外的电梯叮的一声响了。 "快,进去!" 花生小声说,接着打开牢房门,把其他人推了进去,自己也跳进去,随手关上了门。
