31 The Elevator

Chapter 31 The Elevator Rockwell carefully slipped the rather fetching drawing of a trainer on to his foot. "Just try not to touch it with your fingers," said Peanut. "That's what seems to initiate the crumbling process." Right on cue, the illustrated lightbulb in her hand flickered as the drawing started to disintegrate. "See? Right. Time to go." She opened the door a few centimetres and peeped through the crack. The corridor was empty. All clear," she said, before leading the party

第三十一章 电梯 罗克韦尔小心翼翼地把那张好看的运动鞋画纸套在了自己脚上 “千万别用手碰它。”花生说 “一碰好像就会开始碎掉。” 说来就巧，画纸开始碎裂时，她手里画着的灯泡也跟着闪了一下 “你看？ 没错 我们该走了。” 她把门推开几厘米，从缝里往外偷看 走廊里空无一人 “安全了。”她说完，就带着大家

out of the janitor's closet. At the far end of the long hallway she could see three black doors, beautifully inlaid with a gold, art deco design. As they got closer, the children saw that above each one was a slowly rotating needle pointing to a series of numbers on a semi-circular panel. "Lifts. Perfect!" The elevators were situated at the mid-point of another corridor, perpendicular to the one they'd just walked down. Peanut pushed the "V" button next to the door on the left, and watched as the needle began to move from its position pointing to number 3 around to the right. "This must be a very tall building," said Little-Bit. "The numbers go up to a hundred and two. "Well don't worry about that, cos we're going down," replied Peanut. "Thank goodness for that," said Rockwell, sounding relieved. "I'm not a huge fan of heights." "THERE THEY ARE!" The voice came from their right. "GET THEM, YOU IDIOT!" shouted Mr White, as Alan,

走出了保洁柜 在长走廊的尽头，她看见三扇黑门，门上嵌着漂亮的金色装饰艺术花纹 他们走近后，孩子们看到每扇门上方都有一根慢慢转的指针，指着半圆形面板上的一排数字 “是电梯 太棒了！” 电梯在另一条走廊的中段，和他们刚走出来的这条垂直交叉 花生按下左边门旁的“V”键，看着指针从指着数字3的位置开始向右转 “这栋楼肯定特别高。”小不点说 “数字都标到一百零二了 “哎呀别担心，我们是往下走。”花生回答 “那可太好了。”罗克韦尔松了口气说 “我可不喜欢高处。” “他们在那儿！” 声音从他们右边传过来 “抓住他们，你这个笨蛋！”怀特先生大喊，这时艾伦

at the far end of the corridor, broke into his rather lumbering version of a sprint. Peanut glanced up at the dial. The arrow had stopped at number 24. "Press the other buttons!" she yelled. Rockwell and Little-Bit did as they were told and, luckily, a bell rang and the middle door immediately slid open. "GET IN!" shouted Peanut, and, for the second time in less than two minutes the three of them dived through a door. To their right was a panel covered in numbered buttons. Quick! Press 1!" Rockwell hit the one at the very top of the panel, and to their relief the doors started to close immediately. "STOP THAT LIFT!" Mr White's voice, increasing in volume with every word, accompanied the thud-thud-thud of Alan's rapidly approaching footsteps. The doors seemed to take an eternity to shut. The children watched helplessly as the opening shrank from fifty

在走廊那头，迈着笨重的步子冲了过来 花生抬头扫了一眼刻度盘 指针停在了二十四这个数字上 “快按其他按钮！” 她大喊道 罗克韦尔和小不点立刻照做，幸运的是，叮的一声，中间的电梯门马上滑开了 “快进来！”花生大喊，不到两分钟里，三个小家伙第二次猛地冲进门 他们右边有一块布满数字按钮的面板 快！ 按一楼！” 罗克韦尔按下面板最顶端的按钮，众人松了口气，电梯门立刻开始关闭 “拦住电梯！” 怀特先生的声音一声比一声大，伴着艾伦越来越近的咚咚脚步声 电梯门仿佛慢得像过了一个世纪才合上 孩子们无助地看着门缝从五十

centimetres to thirty to ten to five. Just before the doors met in the middle, four large, freckle-covered fingers shot through and gripped the edge. Without thinking, Rockwell pulled off his new shoe and started repeatedly hitting Alan's hand with it. "OW! THAT REALLY HURTS!" shrieked the henchman, before letting go, allowing the doors to slam shut. Peanut and Little-Bit stared at Rockwell. He looked back at them, eyes wide with shock, while the shoe crumbled to dust in his hand. "Oh well," he said, as the fine, silvery grey powder ran through his fingers to the floor. "Easy come, easy go.

厘米缩到三十，再缩到十，最后缩到五厘米 就在两门快要合上的时候，四只长雀斑的大手猛地伸进来，攥住了门边 罗克韦尔想都没想，脱下新鞋，不停砸向艾伦的手 “哎哟！ 真的疼死我了！” 这个手下惨叫一声，松了手，电梯门砰的一声关上了 花生和小不点都盯着罗克韦尔看 他也睁大眼睛震惊地看着他们，手里的鞋已经碎成了灰 “唉，无所谓啦。”他说着，银灰色的细粉末从指缝落到了地上 “来得容易，去得快。