Eero went to the library every day after school. He liked the long wooden tables and the quiet. That Tuesday, a girl sat down at the next table. She had a thick book and a red pencil.
埃罗每天放学后都去图书馆。他喜欢那些长长的木桌，也喜欢那份安静。那个星期二，一个女孩在旁边的桌子坐了下来。她带着一本厚书和一支红铅笔。
He looked at her book. It was about the stars. He wanted to ask her something. But a sign on the wall said, "Silence, please."
他看了看她的书。那是一本关于星星的书。他想问她一件事。可是墙上有一块牌子，写着：“请保持安静。”
So Eero took a small piece of paper from his notebook. He wrote, "Do you like stars?" and pushed it across the table.
于是埃罗从笔记本上撕下一小张纸。他写道：“你喜欢星星吗？”然后把纸推到桌子对面。
The girl read it and smiled. She wrote under his question, "Yes. Do you?" Then she pushed the paper back.
女孩读了，笑了笑。她在他的问题下面写道：“喜欢。你呢？”然后把纸推了回来。
They wrote notes all afternoon. Her name was Pilar. She wanted to be a pilot. Eero wrote that he liked music and bad jokes. One joke was so bad that she covered her mouth.
他们一下午都在写纸条。她的名字叫皮拉尔。她想当飞行员。埃罗写道，他喜欢音乐，还喜欢讲冷笑话。其中一个笑话冷得她赶紧捂住了嘴。
After one hour, a tall woman walked to their table. It was the librarian. She looked at the pile of paper notes. Eero and Pilar looked at each other. Their faces went white.
一个小时后，一位高个子的女士走到他们的桌子旁。她是图书管理员。她看着那一堆纸条。埃罗和皮拉尔对视了一眼。他们的脸一下子白了。
"I am sorry," Eero said, very low. "We did not talk. We only wrote."
“对不起，”埃罗压低声音说，“我们没有说话。我们只是写字。”
"I know," the librarian said. "I watched you for an hour. Come with me."
“我知道，”管理员说，“我看了你们一个小时。跟我来。”
She took them to a small room at the back. It had a table, four chairs, and a door. "This is a quiet room for study groups," she said. "You can talk here. Just keep the door closed."
她带他们来到后面的一个小房间。里面有一张桌子、四把椅子和一扇门。“这是供学习小组使用的安静室，”她说，“你们可以在这里说话。只要把门关好就行。”
Pilar looked at Eero and said, "Now we can talk."
皮拉尔看着埃罗说：“现在我们可以说话了。”
