2 Check In

CHAPTER 2 Check In Mom and I went straight to the library. A bunch of kids from my class were already there in the big front room. Mostly the boys. They were all wearing pajamas, and unrolling their sleeping bags on the floor. The librarian, Mr. Ramos, was at his desk. He was wearing blue-and-green plaid pajamas—a button-down top and pants. I'd never seen a teacher (or a librarian) in pajamas before!

第二章 登记入住 我和妈妈径直走到了图书馆。 我们班好多孩子已经在前厅大房间等着了。 大部分都是男生。 他们都穿着睡衣，正把睡袋在地板上展开铺开。 图书管理员拉莫斯先生在自己的办公桌旁。 他穿了一身蓝绿格子的睡衣——系扣上衣配睡裤。 我从来没见过哪个老师（或是图书管理员）穿睡衣啊！

"Hey there, Batts ladies," Mrs. Anderson said, walking toward us. She's my friend Lucy's mom. She was also in pajamas. Hers were purple fleece. My mom was wearing regular clothes—brown corduroy pants and a blue shirt. "Were parents supposed to wear pajamas to drop us off?" I asked. "Only the parent chaperones," Mrs. Anderson said. "That's me and Asher's dad." She pointed across the room. I saw Mr. Haskell—Asher's dad—in the computer area. "I didn't know parents could stay over too," I said. "Sorry, Stel," Mom said. "I chaperoned the last field trip." The last field trip was to our candy store, Batts Confections. "A field trip means a trip outside of

"嗨，巴茨家的小姑娘，"安德森太太朝我们走过来打招呼。 她是我朋友露西的妈妈。 她也穿着睡衣。 她的睡衣是紫色摇粒绒的。 我妈妈穿的是日常的衣服——棕色灯芯绒裤子配蓝色衬衫。 "送我们过来的家长也要穿睡衣吗？" 我问道。 "只有陪护的家长监护人要穿哦，"安德森太太说。 "我和阿舍的爸爸是监护人。" 她指向房间的另一头。 我看见阿舍的爸爸哈斯克尔先生在电脑区。 "我不知道家长也能留下来过夜呀，"我说。 "抱歉啦，斯黛尔，"妈妈说。 "上次户外教学就是我当陪护的。" 上次户外教学去了我们家开的糖果店，巴茨糖果店。 "户外教学本来就是出了

school," I said. "This isn't a field trip because we're staying in school. But that's okay. It's my first sleepover and it wouldn't really count if you were here." "Of course," Mom said. She gave Mrs. Anderson a wink. "I saw that!" I told her. Suddenly there was a crash across the room. We all turned to see Joshua standing next to a pile of board games that had fallen off a shelf and onto the floor. "It wasn't my fault," he said quickly. Mom and Mrs. Anderson went over to help him, and I followed. I've never actually played any of the library board games before, but maybe they were for special occasions. Like sleepovers. Joshua picked up the Monopoly money and stuffed it into the box. "Let's try and do

校门去外面呀，"我说。 "这次不算户外教学，我们都还待在学校里。 不过没关系啦。 这是我第一次过夜聚会，你要是留在这儿，就不算真的自己过夜了。" "我明白的，"妈妈说。 她冲安德森太太眨了眨眼。 "我看见了！" 我对她说。 突然房间另一头传来哐当一声巨响。 我们全都转头去看，乔舒亚站在一堆桌游旁边，这些桌游从架子上掉到了地上。 "不是我的错，"他连忙说。 妈妈和安德森太太走过去帮忙，我也跟了过去。 我之前从来没玩过图书馆藏的这些桌游，说不定它们是特殊场合才拿出来玩的。 比如过夜聚会这种。 乔舒亚捡起大富翁的纸币，塞回了盒子里。 "咱们尽量整理

this neatly," Mrs. Anderson said. Mom bent to pick up another fallen game. "Oh, a Ouija board," she said. "I haven't seen one of these in years." The word on the box said: OUIJA. But Mom was pronouncing it like: WEE-GEE. "Is it a good game?" I asked. "It's not exactly a game," she said. "My friend Dawn and I used to play." She scrunched

得整齐一点哦，"安德森太太说。 妈妈弯腰去捡另一个掉下来的游戏。 "哦，是通灵板呀，"她说。 "我好多年没见过这东西了。" 盒子上印着名字：OUIJA。 不过妈妈把它读成：威-吉。 "这个游戏好玩吗？" 我问道。 "它其实不算是个游戏，"她说。 "我以前常和我的朋友唐一起玩。" 她皱起

up her face like she was deciding whether to tell me something. "What?" I asked. "Well, the point of it is to talk to ghosts," she said. "Ghosts?!" "It was just a game," she told me. "I thought you said it wasn't a game." "It's make-believe," she said. "Ghosts aren't real." "I still don't want to play it," I said. "Don't worry," Mrs. Anderson said. "The Ouija board is not on the schedule tonight. None of the board games are. We have a lot of other fun things planned. Why don't you set up your stuff with your friends? The girls are all in the back half of the library. Mrs. Finkel and I will be sleeping back there with you. Mr. Haskell and Mr. Ramos will stay in

眉头，好像在纠结要不要告诉我什么事。 "怎么了？"我问。 "唔，它的用处是和鬼魂对话哦，"她说。 "鬼魂？！" "其实就是个玩法啦，"她告诉我。 "你刚刚才说它不算是游戏呀。" "就是闹着玩的，"她说。 "鬼魂不是真的。" "那我还是不想玩它，"我说。 "别担心，"安德森太太说。 "我们今晚的活动安排里没有通灵板哦。 所有桌游今天都不玩。 我们准备了好多其他好玩的活动。 你快去和朋友们放好行李吧？ 女生都在图书馆的后半区。 芬克尔太太和我会陪你们睡在那边。 哈斯克尔先生和拉莫斯先生会留在