The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric, but his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.
He had never set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just drop the books in the outside return box. But there was a problem；it was locked.
He went into the building, only a few minutes before closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief stop in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to meet Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in surprise — the library lights were off. The place was empty. The doors had been shut. They couldn’t be opened from the inside, he was trapped（被困） — in a library!
He tried to make a telephone call, but was unable to get through. What’s worse, the pay phones were on the outside of the building. As the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.
At last he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper： “Help! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door. Surely, someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant, after all. Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to read.
He knew he had to wait, but now, that didn’t seem to be such a bad thing.

大卫在大街上猛跑，这时，他书包里的书就象是砖头一样沉。他想做的是与艾里克一起打篮球，但妈妈告诉他必需先把妹妹的书还回图书馆。他的脚从未踏进过图书馆，而且他今天也不打算这么做。他只想把书仍进外面的书籍回收箱，但问题是回收箱是锁着的。
就在关门前的几分钟，他走进了大楼，他把书放进回收箱。他在洗手间里耽搁了一会，从那儿出来后，他就可以走在去往操场的路上去找艾里克了。
他走出卫生间惊奇的站住了---图书馆的灯都关掉了，整个地方也空了，所有的门都已经上了锁，从里面是打不开的，他被困在了图书馆里！
他试图打电话却拨不通，更糟的是，付费电话在大楼的外面。在夕阳西下时，他找到了一丝光线。
他终于可以看到东西了，他在一张纸上写到：“求助！我被关在里面了！”他把纸条贴在玻璃门上，从这路过的人当然可以看到纸条。
他惊奇的发现这个地方到也没那么糟糕，一行行的书架摆满了书籍，还有录相和音乐。他看到了一本关于迈克尔乔丹的书，并把它拿了下来，他坐在一把椅子上开始读了起来。
他知道他得等着，但现在看来这好象并不是一件太坏的事儿。