书虫系列《在月亮下面》原文

Chapter1AOLFivehundredkilometresoverEurope,ShipOM-45movednorth.Inaroomatthebackoftheship,Kiahwatchedthenumbersonthecomputerinfrontofhim.‘Timefordinner,’Rillasaid.ThenumberschangedquicklyandKiah'seyesdidn'tmove.Rillawentacrosstheroomtohistable.Shebegantowatchthenumbers,too.‘What'swrongwiththesatellite？’sheasked.Shewasabeautifulgirl,abouttwentyyearsold,withlongblackhairandbigeyes.‘Nothing'swrongwiththesatellite,’Kiahansweredquietly.‘It'stheAOL.’Hebegantowritethenumbersinthebookonhistable.Suddenly,thenumbersstoppedchanging.KiahlookedatRilla.‘OverEurope,’hesaid.‘It'shappening.TheAOLisbreakingup.TherearebigholesintheAOLandthey'regettingbigger.’‘You'reright!ShallweseeCaptainSerunow,beforedinner？’Kiahstoodup.Hewasnearlytwometrestall,withdarkeyesandhair.‘Yes,comeon,’hesaid.Quickly,theywenttoCaptainSeru'sroom.Theywaitedatthedoor.‘Comein！’captainSerucalled.Shewasalittlewomanwithafatface.‘Comein!Wouldyoulikeadrink？’‘No,thankyou,’Kiahanswered.‘I'dlikeyoutolookatthesenumbers.’KiahgaveCaptainSeruhisbook.CaptainSerulookedatthenumbers.Suddenly,herfacechanged.‘No,no,’shesaid.‘Idon'twanttotalk.It'slateandI'mtired.Sitdownandhaveadrink.’KiahandRillasatdown.TherewasabigwindowinCaptainSeru'sroom.Kiahlookedoutofthewindowatthedarksky.HesawtheMoon.Itwascoldandwhiteinthedarksky.‘CaptainSeru,’hebegan.‘It'simportant.Lookatthosenumberscarefully.TheAOLisbeginningto—’‘Stop！’captainSerustoodupandputherhandsinherpockets.Shewenttothewindowandlookedatthesky.‘Threehundredyearsago,Earthnearlydied,’Rillasaid.‘EarthstoppeddyingbecauseoftheAOL.Butnow,overEurope,theAOLisbreakingup.WewouldlikeyoutotalktoEarthCommander.’CaptainSerudidnotmove.‘DoyourememberAdai？’sheasked.Shedidn'twaitforananswer.‘Iwasonhisship,twoyearsago.Oneevening,thesatellitegaveusinterestingnumbersabouttheAOL.WewentbacktoEarthandsawEarthCommander.’captainSerustoppedspeaking.RillalookedatKiah.‘Andthen？’sheaskedCaptainSeru.‘Gogwasangry,veryangry,’captainSerusaid.‘Intheend,hesentAdaitotheMoon.Adai'stherenow,CommanderoftheMooncolony,undertheMoon.’Kiahwaitedforasecondortwo.‘IknowaboutAdai.ButweneedtotalktoEarthCommanderagain.Thesenumbersareworse.’CaptainSeru'sfacewentred.‘Youdon'tunderstand.I'mnotgoingtotalktoGog.Lasttime,hesentmetoaweathershipintheAntarctic！ThisismyfirstShipfortwoyears！’AndCaptainSerubegandrinking.Kiahstoodup.‘Thankyou,CaptainSeru.’CaptainSerusaidnothing.KiahandRillalefttheroom,andwalkedslowlydownstairs.TheShipwasdarkandquiet.Itwaseighto'clockandevery-bodywasatdinner.‘Whatarewegoingtodonext？’Rillaasked.‘IneedtotalktoAdai,’Kiahsaid.‘OK,talktoAdai.Buthe'sfarawayontheMooncolony,’Rillasaid.‘Let'svisitCommanderZadak.’‘Zadak？CommanderofAustralia？He'sfamous!’‘Yes.He'smyfather'sfriend.HeworkedwithmyfatherinBraziltenyearsago.Perhapshecanhelpus.’Kiahsmiled.‘Good！WereturntoEarthnextweek.IcanphoneAdaifromKisanganiandthenwecangotoAustralia.Butnow,I'mhungry！Let'sgetsomedinner.’Chapter2VisittoAustraliaOnFriday,afterthreeweeksinspace,KiahandRillafinishedworkandleftShipOM-45onaspaceplanetoKisangani.KiahphonedAdaiandRillaphonedCommanderZadakinAustralia.ThenextmorningtheytookanaeroplanetoSydney.AtaxitookthemfromtheairporttoCommanderZadak'soffice,somekilometresnorthofSydney.‘Waitforushere,’Kiahsaidtothetaxidriver.KiahandRillawalkedtothegate.Abouttenguardsstoodinfrontofthegate.Acrosstheroad,atrainwaited.‘Rilla,OM-45,’Rillasaid.‘ToseeCommanderZadakatfour-thirty.’‘LetmecalltheCommander'soffice,’theguardsaid.KiahandRillawaited.ItwashotandKiahbegantofeelthirsty.Theguardcameback.‘I'msorry,’hesaid.‘TheCom-mandercan'tseeyou.’‘ButItalkedtotheCommanderyesterday,’Rillasaid.‘Hewantedtoseeusatfour-thirty.’‘TheCommanderisleavingonthetraininthreeminutes,’theguardsaid.‘Canwewaitandseehimhere？’Kiahasked.‘No！'theguardshouted.‘Getoutofhere！’KiahandRillawalkedbacktothetaxi.‘Where'sthedriver？’Kiahasked.‘Look！He'ssittingunderthattree,’Rillasaid.Justthen,CommanderZadakcameoutofthegate.Hewasaverytall,bigmanwithblueeyesandalotofwhitehair.Twoguardsmarchedinfrontofhim,andtwoguardsmarchedbe-hindhim.Theyallcarriedguns.‘Thereheis！’Rillacried.‘Commander！’Andshebegantorunalongtheroadtohim.‘CommanderZadakdidnotstop.AguardopenedthedoorofthetrainandtheCommandergotin.Slowly,thetrainbegantomove.’Kiahrantothetaxiandjumpedin.Thenhedrovethetaxifastdowntheroad.Thetaxidriversawhimandranafterhim.Thetrainbegantomovefaster.Suddenly,Kiahdrovethetaxiofftheroad.Hedroveinfrontofthetrainandstopped.Thetraincamenearer.Andthenthetrainstopped,verynearthetaxi,andsomeguardsjumpedoff.Kiahopenedthedoorandgotoutofthetaxi.‘Putupyourhands！'theguardsshouted.TwooftheguardsbegantohitKiah.‘Stopthat!’someoneshouted.‘Bringhimoverhere!’ItwasCommanderZadak.KiahstoodinfrontoftheCommander.Justthen,Rillaar-rived.‘Oh,it'syou！’commanderZadaksaid.Hedidnotsmile.‘Rilla,yourfather'sgoingtobeangry.’‘Wewanttotalktoyou,Commander,’Rillasaid.‘It'sveryimportant.’‘Verywell.I'mlistening.’Kiahbegantotalk.‘Twoyearsago,AdaitoldyouabouttheholesintheAOL.Nowthey'reworse.TheAOLisbreak-ingupoverEurope.Pleaselookatthesenumbersandthissatellitepicture.’HegavehisbooktoCommanderZadak