Heidi unlocks the repair club door at nine. The room is small and bright. Long tables stand in rows, and shelves of tools cover the walls.
海蒂九点钟打开了修理社的门。房间不大，但很明亮。一排排长桌摆在屋里，墙上的架子摆满了工具。
The club has no boss and no pay. Every volunteer brings a skill. Heidi's skill is electric things. She can fix a toaster or a lamp in ten minutes.
这个社团没有老板，也没有薪水。每位志愿者都带来一项本领。海蒂的本领是修电器，不管是烤面包机还是台灯，她十分钟就能修好。
This morning, a line of people waits outside. Nobody looks at the sign. Each one holds a sad, broken thing. There is a clock without hands. There is a chair with three legs.
今天早晨，门外排起了长队。没有人看招牌。每个人手里都拿着一件可怜的坏东西：一只没有指针的钟，一把只有三条腿的椅子。
The radio belongs to Dinah. She is the first in line.
收音机是黛娜的，她排在第一个。
"It makes a noise like a cat," she says. "Then it stops."
“它会发出像猫叫一样的声音，”她说，“然后就不响了。”
"Let me see." Heidi turns the radio over and opens the back. Inside, a wire hangs loose. She fixes it with a hot tool and a steady hand.
“让我看看。”海蒂把收音机翻过来，打开后盖。里面有一根电线松脱了。她用一把热熔的工具，稳稳地把它修好了。
"Try it now," says Heidi.
“现在试试吧，”海蒂说。
Dinah turns the knob. A warm song fills the room. She smiles and claps her hands.
黛娜转动旋钮。一首温暖的歌填满了房间。她笑了，拍起手来。
"It works! Thank you so much."
“好了！太感谢你了。”
"You are welcome," says Heidi. "Take it home."
“不客气，”海蒂说，“拿回家吧。”
Dinah reaches for the radio. But it is not on the table. It floats above the wood. It turns slowly in the air.
黛娜伸手去拿收音机，可它不在桌上。它飘在木桌上方，在空中缓缓转动。
"Heidi," says Dinah. "Your table is broken."
“海蒂，”黛娜说，“你的桌子坏了。”
"My table is fine." Heidi stares at the radio. She pushes it down gently. It sinks, and then it floats up again, like a soap bubble.
“我的桌子好好的。”海蒂盯着收音机，轻轻把它按下去。它沉下去，随后又像肥皂泡一样浮了起来。
"That is not normal," Dinah says.
“这可不正常，”黛娜说。
"No," says Heidi. "It is not."
“是啊，”海蒂说，“不正常。”
At the next table, Marek hands a toaster to a woman. The toaster slips out of her hands and rises toward the ceiling. The woman jumps up and grabs it by the cord.
在旁边那张桌子上，马雷克把一台烤面包机递给一位女士。烤面包机从她手里滑出去，朝天花板升起。那位女士跳起来，抓住了它的电线。
"Help!" she says. "It flies away!"
“救命！”她说，“它要飞走了！”
"Everything we fix today floats," says Marek. He looks confused. "The clock, the chair, the lamp. Look!"
“今天我们修好的东西全都会飘起来，”马雷克说。他一脸困惑。“钟，椅子，台灯。你们看！”
Heidi turns around. The chair with three legs, now with four, drifts across the room. The clock, now with new hands, sits quietly on a shelf. It is a few centimetres above the wood.
海蒂转过身。那把原来只有三条腿、现在有了四条腿的椅子，正飘过房间。那只装上了新指针的钟，安安静静地待在架子上，离木板有几厘米高。
People start to laugh. A boy tries to catch the chair. A man pulls his lamp down from the air with both arms. Soon, the room is full of floating things and happy noise.
人们笑了起来。一个男孩想去抓那把椅子。一个男人用双臂把他的台灯从空中拉了下来。很快，房间里满是飘浮的东西和欢快的喧闹声。
Heidi does not laugh. She thinks hard. The club always fixes things in the normal way. Fixed things stay on the ground. Something is different today.
海蒂没有笑。她在使劲想。修理社一向用正常的办法修东西，修好的东西都会留在地上。今天一定有哪里不一样了。
"Dinah, what did we do differently?" she asks.
“黛娜，我们今天有什么不一样的做法吗？”她问。
"Nothing," says Dinah. "Nobody did anything."
“没有，”黛娜说，“谁也没做什么特别的事。”
"Something changed. Something small."
“一定有什么变了，一件很小的事。”
Heidi walks to the door and goes outside. She looks at the front of the building. A wooden sign hangs over the entrance. It is painted in big white letters on a green board. She reads it slowly.
海蒂走到门口，来到外面。她看着房子的正面。入口上方挂着一块木招牌，绿色的底板上漆着大大的白字。她一个字一个字地读出来。
REAIR CLUB.
REAIR CLUB。
Her mouth falls open.
她的嘴巴张得大大的。
"Dinah, come here! Look at the sign."
“黛娜，快过来！看看招牌。”
Dinah comes out and reads it. "Reair Club," she says. "That is a funny name."
黛娜走出来，读了出来。“Reair Club，”她说，“这名字真有趣。”
"It should say Repair Club," says Heidi. "The letter P is gone."
“应该是 Repair Club，”海蒂说，“字母 P 不见了。”
"So? It is only a letter."
“那又怎样？不过是一个字母。”
"No. Look at the new word." Heidi points. "Reair. It has the word air in it. We do not repair things now. We put them in the air."
“不，你看这个新词，”海蒂指着说，“Reair。里面有 air 这个词，也就是空气。我们现在不是在修东西，而是在把东西放到空中。”
Dinah looks at her for a long moment. Then she bursts out laughing. "You mean the sign controls the club?"
黛娜看了她好一会儿，然后哈哈大笑起来。“你是说，是招牌在控制着修理社？”
"I think the sign is the boss of the club," says Heidi. "Maybe that is why our repairs always hold. I never saw it before."
“我觉得招牌才是修理社的老板，”海蒂说，“也许这就是我们修好的东西一直都很牢靠的原因。我以前从没看出来。”
"Why is the letter gone?"
“字母为什么会不见了？”
"I do not know. Maybe it fell off. Maybe a bird took it." Heidi turns in a circle and searches the ground. "We must find it."
“我不知道。也许是掉下来了，也许是被鸟叼走了。”海蒂原地转了一圈，在地上四处找。“我们必须把它找出来。”
They search the street. Dinah checks the flower pots. Heidi looks under the bench and behind the bins. Marek comes out and looks up at the roof. A boy crawls under a parked car.
他们在街上搜寻。黛娜查看花盆，海蒂找了长椅底下和垃圾桶后面。马雷克走出来，抬头看屋顶。一个男孩爬到一辆停着的车子底下去找。
"Here!" the boy shouts at last.
“在这儿！”最后，那个男孩喊道。
He holds up a white wooden letter. It is dusty, and one corner is cracked. But it is clearly a P.
他举起一个白色的木头字母。上面落满灰尘，一个角裂了。但它分明就是一个 P。
"Where was it?" asks Heidi.
“在哪儿找到的？”海蒂问。
"Under the car. It is a bit dirty."
“在车底下。有点脏。”
"A bit dirty is fine." Heidi takes the letter with both hands. "Thank you. You are a hero."
“有点脏没关系。”海蒂用双手接过字母。“谢谢你，你是个英雄。”
She runs back inside. She takes a hammer and two nails from a shelf. Marek brings a ladder. Heidi climbs up with the P in her pocket.
她跑回屋里，从架子上拿了一把锤子和两颗钉子。马雷克搬来一架梯子。海蒂把 P 揣进口袋，爬了上去。
Between the E and the A, there is a small gap. It is clean and empty. She holds the letter against the green board. It fits exactly.
在 E 和 A 之间有一个小小的空缺，干净而空荡。她把字母贴在绿色的底板上，大小正合适。
"Hold the ladder," she tells Marek.
“扶好梯子，”她对马雷克说。
"I hold it."
“我扶着呢。”
"Hold it harder."
“扶紧一点。”
She taps the first nail into the wood. The sign shivers. She taps the second nail. A soft wind goes through the street. The white paint shines for a moment, like new snow.
她把第一颗钉子敲进木头里，招牌微微颤动。她又敲第二颗钉子。一阵轻柔的风吹过街道，白色的油漆闪了一下光，像刚落下的新雪。
Then, behind them, there is a gentle sound. It is the sound of a hundred small things landing.
然后，他们身后传来一阵轻柔的声音，那是一百件小东西落地的声音。
Heidi looks down. In the club, the chair stands on its four legs. The toaster sits in the woman's arms. The lamp, the clock, and the radio all rest on the tables. A boy lies on the floor and laughs.
海蒂低头看去。修理社里，椅子稳稳地立在四条腿上，烤面包机落进了那位女士的怀里，台灯、钟和收音机都安稳地放在桌上。一个男孩躺在地板上大笑。
"It worked," says Dinah. She stands at the foot of the ladder. "You fixed the club."
“成功了，”黛娜说。她站在梯子脚下。“你把修理社修好了。”
"We fixed the club," says Heidi.
“是我们把修理社修好了，”海蒂说。
She climbs down and wipes her hands on her trousers. Dinah picks up her radio and turns it on. A warm song begins.
她爬下来，在裤子上擦了擦手。黛娜拿起她的收音机，打开了它。一首温暖的歌响了起来。
It stays right in her hands.
收音机稳稳地待在她的手里。
"Now it is a real repair," says Dinah.
“这回才是真正的修好了，”黛娜说。
"Yes." Heidi smiles. She looks up at the sign. The letters are straight and white.
“是啊。”海蒂微笑着。她抬头看着招牌，字母笔直而洁白。
Then one small nail falls from the P. It rings on the street.
这时，一颗小钉子从 P 上掉了下来，在街上叮当作响。
Dinah looks at Heidi. "Hold the ladder," says Dinah.
黛娜看着海蒂。“扶好梯子，”黛娜说。
