10 Cocooned Cousin!

Chapter 10 Cocooned Cousin! Dante, Malia, and Alba walked up the steps cautiously. The front doors were slightly open. A strong smell of beans and rotten eggs came floating out. "Oh, fantastic," Malia groaned, pinching her nose closed in disgust. "I should probably go," Alba said. "Thanks for helping," Malia replied. But when Dante and Malia stepped into the main hall of the spooky school, Alba followed them instead. Paint was peeling from the rusty lockers. The floor creaked. BAM! One of the lockers opened! A strange tentacle

第十章 被茧裹住的表哥！ 但丁、玛利亚和 Alba 小心翼翼地走上台阶。 大门微微开着。 一股豆子加臭鸡蛋的浓烈气味飘了出来。 “哦，可太棒了，” 玛利亚嘟囔着，嫌恶地捏住鼻子。 “我可能该走了，” Alba 说。 “谢谢你来帮忙，” 玛利亚回答。 可等但丁和玛利亚踏进这所诡异学校的大厅时，Alba 反倒跟着他们走了进去。 生锈的储物柜上的油漆都在剥落。 地板吱呀作响。 砰！ 有个储物柜开了！ 一根奇怪的触手

uncurled from within. Suckers on its underside opened and closed like little mouths. "Gross!" Malia exclaimed. The tentacle wriggled, stretching. It seemed to taste the air, trying to find them. The kids backed up until their butts bumped against the wall. Then they slowly crept down the hall, staying far away from whatever lived in those lockers. The main office was empty. The first few

从里面慢慢伸了出来。 触手底面的吸盘一张一合，就像小嘴巴似的。 “好恶心！” 玛利亚大叫起来。 触手扭来扭去，越伸越长。 它好像在闻空气里的味道，想要找到他们。 孩子们一个劲往后退，直到屁股撞到了墙。 接着他们顺着走廊慢慢往前挪，离那些储物柜里住的东西离得远远的。 校长办公室是空的。 头几间

classrooms, too. Dante poked his head into the boys" bathroom. Something growled in the darkness. He quickly shut the door. "Nothing?" asked Malia. "N-nope!" he answered. Soon they came to some double doors. Above them was the word Library in weird lettering.

教室也空着。 但丁探着脑袋往男厕所里瞅。 黑暗里传来什么东西的低吼。 他“啪”地一下就把门关上了。 “什么都没有？” 玛利亚问。 没、没有！ 他回答。 没一会儿他们走到了一扇双开门跟前。 门上方用奇怪的字体写着“图书馆”三个字。

"Okay," Malia whispered. "Here goes nothing." The doors squeaked like frightened mice as the kids entered. The walls were lined with cobwebby bookshelves. There was a pedestal in the middle of the room. A huge crystal ball sat on top.

“行吧，” 玛利亚小声说。 “不管了，进去看看。” 孩子们推开门的时候，门吱吱呀呀响，就像受了惊的小老鼠在叫。 墙边摆满了结着蜘蛛网的书架。 房间正中间有个底座。 底座上放着个超大的水晶球。

"Oh!" gasped Alba. "A tewilot. The queen uses it to talk to the spiders. Don't touch it, or she'll see us." Malia had walked over to the librarian's desk. "Over here," she gasped. Dante was scared by the panic in her voice, but he and Alba went to see what she found anyway. Behind the desk lay three cocoons. A familiar backpack leaned against the wall. Dante pointed at a cocoon. "That's Ivan-size." Malia dropped to her knees beside the cocoon and pulled webbing away from the head-shaped end. It was Ivan! His eyes were closed as if he were asleep.

“哦！” Alba 倒抽了口气。 “是透语球。 女王用它和蜘蛛们传话。 别碰它，不然她会看见我们的。” 玛利亚已经走到了图书管理员的桌子旁边。 “快过来。” 她喘着气说。 但丁被她声音里的慌张吓了一跳，但还是和 Alba 过去看看她发现了什么。 桌子后面躺着三个茧。 一个眼熟的背包靠在墙上。 但丁指着其中一个茧。 “那个的大小和伊万差不多。” 玛利亚跪在那个茧旁边，把茧顶部像脑袋形状的地方的蛛丝扯掉。 真的是伊万！ 他闭着眼睛，就像睡着了一样。

"Hey, brainiac!" Malia whispered hoarsely. "Wake up!" "They poisoned him. He can't hear you," Alba said. Dante's heart almost stopped beating. Then he remembered. "The healing stones!" he said quietly. He wanted to shout, but it was a library. Not to mention the tentacled creature and tooting tarantulas were nearby. He pulled a green oval from his backpack and laid it on Ivan's chest. "Heal up, Shi-PAH-ti!"

“喂，小天才！” 玛利亚哑着嗓子小声喊他。 “快醒醒！” “他们给他下了毒。 他听不见你说话的。” Alba 说。 但丁的心脏都差点停跳了。 接着他突然想起来。 “治疗石！” 他轻轻地说。 他想大喊来着，但这可是图书馆啊。 更别说还有长触手的怪物和放臭屁的狼蛛就在附近。 他从背包里掏出一块绿色的椭圆形石头，放在伊万的胸口。 “好起来吧，西-帕-提！”