2 A STRANGE NEW HAUNT

CHAPTER 2 A STRANGE NEW HAUNT Kaz tried to backstroke away from the hole in the wall. But the wind was even stronger than he expected it to be. It pullllllled him into the Outside and flung him head over heels. Above him, Mom, Pops, Little John, and Cosmo drifted higher and higher, each one moving in a slightly different direction. Below him, the heavy wrecking ball banged into the old schoolhouse again. Kaz watched in shock as the walls of his haunt crumbled into a pile of rubble. He pumped his arms, kicked his legs, and tried to swim toward his mom. But the wind held him

和子试图仰泳离开墙上的洞。 但风比他预料的还要大。 它把他拉到外面，把他摔得头朝下。 在他上面，妈妈、爸爸、小约翰和科斯莫飘得越来越高，每个人的移动方向都略有不同。 在他下面，沉重的破球又撞进了旧校舍。 卡兹震惊地看着他常去的地方的墙壁坍塌成一堆瓦砾。 他挥舞着手臂，踢着腿，试图向妈妈游去。 但是风抓住了他

back. He tried swimming toward his dad. It was no use. He was powerless in the wind. They all were. Mom cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, "You can't fight the wind, Kaz. Just let it carry you to a new haunt. I love yooooou!" At least that's what Kaz thought his mom had said. She was so far away now that it was hard to hear. The wind carried Kaz farther and farther away from what was left of his haunt. And farther away from the rest of his family. Tears dribbled down Kaz's cheeks. "Mom... Pops... Little John... Cosmo..." He couldn't even see his haunt anymore. Or his family. He was all alone in the Outside. It was so bright. The sun felt warm on Kaz's head, arms, and back. Too warm. The wind tossed and blew him over fields... trees... houses... a lake. Then more trees... a

回来。他试着向爸爸游去。 这没有用。他在风中无能为力。 他们都是。妈妈用手捂住嘴，喊道：“你不能和风对抗，卡兹。 让它带你去一个新的地方。 我爱你！”至少卡兹认为他妈妈是这么说的。 她现在离得太远了，听不清。 风把和子吹得越来越远，离他出没的地方越来越远。 也远离了他的家人。 泪水顺着和子的脸颊流下来。 “妈妈…出现……小约翰… Cosmo……”他甚至再也看不到他常去的地方了。 或者他的家人。他独自一人在外面。 它是如此明亮。太阳温暖地照在和子的头上、胳膊上和背上。 太温暖了。风把他吹过田野。 树……房子……一个湖泊。 然后是更多的树……一个

city with tall buildings. Fields again. Lots and lots of fields. Kaz rode the wind all afternoon. Would it ever let him go? Finally, the wind slowed and Kaz drifted down... down... down. A big white house with a wraparound porch loomed ahead. The wind thrust Kaz straight toward the house and in through an open window. Now that he was away from the Outside wind, Kaz could swim again. He paddled hard to the far corner of the room. As far from that open window as he could get. His whole body trembled in fear. Once he was sure the wind wouldn't pull him back into the Outside, Kaz slowly turned and

有高楼大厦的城市。字段。 很多很多的田地。和子整个下午都在乘风而行。 它会让他走吗？最后，风慢了下来，和子飘了下来…… 下来……下来。前面隐约出现了一幢带环绕门廊的白色大房子。 风把和子直接吹向房子，从一扇开着的窗户吹了进来。 现在他远离了外面的风，和子又可以游泳了。 他使劲划到房间的远角。 离那扇开着的窗户越远越好。 他吓得全身发抖。 当他确信风不会把他拉回外面时，卡兹慢慢地转过身来

looked around. Where am I? he wondered. He was in a brightly lit room. It was almost as bright as the Outside. The room was full of bookshelves. Rows and rows of tall bookshelves, just like the library in his old haunt. Except these bookshelves didn't have any dust, and they held way more books. Kaz swam to the next room. A sign on the door read: NONFICTION ROOM. There were more books in there. Books... magazines... newspapers... tables... chairs. And solids. Real, live solids. Kaz had never seen so many solids all at once, and he'd never been this close to them before. Some of them walked around with their feet actually touching the floor. When they walked, their feet made noise. Other solids sat on chairs. They sat there without floating away. What would it feel like to walk on the floor or sit on a chair? Kaz wondered. He didn't notice the solid woman walking

环顾四周。我在哪儿？ 他想知道。他在一个灯火通明的房间里。 它几乎和外面一样明亮。 房间里摆满了书架。 一排排高高的书架，就像他以前常去的图书馆一样。 只不过这些书架上没有灰尘，而且还能放更多的书。 卡兹游到隔壁房间。 门上的牌子上写着：非虚构作品室。 那里有更多的书。 书……杂志……报纸…… 表……椅子。和固体。 真正的，活的固体。卡兹从来没有同时看到过这么多固体，也从来没有离它们这么近过。 他们中的一些人走路时，他们的脚真的碰到了地板。 他们走路时，脚发出响声。 其他固体坐在椅子上。 他们坐在那里，没有飘走。 在地板上行走或坐在椅子上是什么感觉？ Kaz很好奇。他没有注意到那个健壮的女人在走路

toward him until it was too late. "Aaaaaaah!" he shrieked as she walked right through him. Passing through any solid object felt strange to Kaz. But passing through a solid person, or having one pass through him, felt even worse than passing through a wall or a door. It felt like the person was swimming around inside of him. Ick. Ick. Ick. The solid woman shivered, then turned to her friend. "I just felt a sudden chill. Do you feel it, too?" "Everyone says this library is haunted," said the friend. Haunted? Does that mean other ghosts live here? Kaz had never met any ghosts outside of his family.

直到一切都太迟了。 “啊——啊！”他尖叫着，她正好从他身上走过。 穿过任何固体物体对和子来说都很奇怪。 但是，从一个实实在在的人身上穿过去，或者让一个人从他身上穿过去，这种感觉比穿过一堵墙或一扇门还要糟糕。 感觉那个人在他体内游来游去。 我吐!我吐!我吐!那个结实的女人颤抖了一下，然后转向她的朋友。 “我只是突然感到一阵寒意。 你也感觉到了吗？”“每个人都说这个图书馆闹鬼，”朋友说。 闹鬼吗?这是不是意味着这里住着别的鬼魂？ 卡兹从来没有见过他家人以外的鬼魂。

"There are always strange things going on around here," said a third solid woman. "I've heard about books opening and closing by themselves. Lights blinking on and off. And some people have even seen and heard the library ghost." None of those solids could see Kaz. Kaz glided into the next room. It wasn't really a room; it was more of an entryway. It had a bench

“这附近总有怪事发生。”第三个结实的女人说。 “我听说过书是自己打开合上的。 灯一闪一闪。 有些人甚至看到和听到了图书馆的鬼魂。” 那些固体都看不到卡兹。 卡兹溜进了隔壁房间。 这不是一个真正的房间；它更像是一个入口。 它有一条长凳