6 MORE SEARCHING

CHAPTER 6 MORE SEARCHING There's one place we haven't looked for your brother," Claire said as Kaz drifted over to the window and gazed into the Outside. It was getting dark out there. Kaz turned. "Where?" "Where Beckett went. Behind that bookcase in the back of the craft room," Claire said. "I think there's a secret room back there. I've seen Beckett go back there a lot. But like he told you before, I can't get in there. There's no door or anything." "You think Finn could be in there?" Kaz asked hopefully. "I think you should go find out."

第六章更多的搜寻还有一个地方我们没有找过你哥哥。”克莱尔说，这时卡兹慢慢地走到窗前，凝视着外面。 外面天黑了。 Kaz转过身。“在哪里?”贝克特去的地方。 在工艺室后面的书柜后面，”克莱尔说。 “我想后面有个密室。 我经常看到贝克特去那里。 但就像他之前告诉你的，我进不去。 没有门或任何东西。” “你觉得芬恩会在里面吗？”卡兹满怀希望地问。 “我觉得你应该去看看。”

Kaz agreed. But there was one problem. "I'm not very good at passing through walls," he admitted. "Oh," Claire said. "Well, is your brother good at it?" Kaz almost laughed. "Finn is good at everything." "Then all you have to do is stand or"—she glanced down at Kaz's feet, which hovered a few inches off the ground—"float in front of the bookcase and call his name. If he hears you calling him, he'll come out. Won't he?" "I don't know," Kaz said. "I've been calling him for an hour." "Maybe he hasn't heard you," Claire said. "Or... maybe he's hiding from you. Like a game." Like hide-and-seek? Kaz thought. Finn loved hide-and-seek. But this wasn't a time for games. Kaz and Finn's haunt was gone. Mom, Pops,

Kaz同意了。但有一个问题。 “我不太擅长穿墙，”他承认。 “哦，”克莱尔说。“那么，你哥哥擅长吗？”卡兹几乎笑了。 “芬恩什么都擅长。” “那么你所要做的就是站起来，或者”——她瞥了一眼和子离地几英寸的脚——“飘到书架前，叫他的名字。 如果他听到你叫他，他会出来的。 他不会吗?”“我不知道，”卡兹说。 “我给他打了一个小时的电话。” “也许他没有听到你的话，”克莱尔说。 “还是……也许他在躲着你。 就像一场游戏。”喜欢捉迷藏吗? Kaz思想。芬恩喜欢捉迷藏。 但这不是玩游戏的时候。 卡兹和芬恩常去的地方不见了。 妈妈,持久性有机污染物,

Grandmom, Grandpop, Little John, and Cosmo were all gone. If Finn was here, he and Kaz had to stick together. Kaz swam down the stairs... across the entryway... into the craft room... and all the way to the bookcase at the back of the room. "Finn?" he called. "It's me, Kaz. Are you back there, Finn?" Kaz waited. Finn did not appear. "Finn?" Kaz said again. He turned his ear toward the bookcase and listened.

奶奶、爷爷、小约翰和科斯莫都不见了。 如果芬恩在这里，他和卡兹必须团结在一起。 卡兹游下楼梯…… 穿过入口通道……进入工艺室…… 一直走到房间后面的书柜。 “芬恩？”他喊道。“是我，卡兹。 你在后面吗，芬恩？”Kaz等待着。 芬恩没有出现。“芬恩?”卡兹又说。 他把耳朵转向书柜，听着。

He didn't hear anything. Kaz stared at the bookcase. Passing through a wall was something almost every ghost could do. Even Little John could do it. There was no reason Kaz shouldn't be able to do it, too. He stuck out his finger and sloooowly moved it toward the bookcase. No! As much as he wanted to, he just couldn't bring himself to step through that wall of books. Finn would have to come to him. If he was even back there.

他什么也没听到。卡兹盯着书柜。 穿墙而过几乎是每个鬼魂都能做的事。 就连小约翰都能做到。 卡兹没有理由不能做这件事。 他伸出手指，慢慢地移向书架。 不!尽管他很想，但他就是无法让自己跨过那堵书墙。 芬恩必须去找他。 如果他在那里的话。

The truth was, Finn could be anywhere. He could be hiding in some secret room behind the bookcase. He could be hiding someplace else in the library. Or he could be miles away from here. The entryway seemed to be the exact center of the library, so Kaz swam back in there. Then he yelled as loud as he could so Finn would hear him no matter where he was. "NO GAMES, FINN! IF YOU'RE IN THIS LIBRARY, COME OUT! COME OUT RIGHT NOW!" He paused to take a breath, then added, "I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR HAUNT! I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MOM, POPS, AND LITTLE JOHN! AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT COSMO!" Kaz waited. And waited. And waited some more. Finn did not appear. Kaz's shoulders sagged. Claire slowly walked over to him and tried to

事实是，芬恩可能在任何地方。 他可能藏在书柜后面的某个密室里。 他可能藏在图书馆的其他地方。 也可能他离这里很远。 入口通道似乎正好是图书馆的中心，所以卡兹游回了那里。 然后他尽可能大声地喊，这样芬恩无论在哪里都能听到他的声音。 “没有游戏，芬恩！”如果你在这个图书馆，就出来！马上出来！”他停下来喘了口气，接着说：“我得告诉你我们出没的地方发生了什么事！我得告诉你妈妈，爸爸和小约翰的事！我还得跟你说说《宇宙》！”Kaz等待着。 等着。又等了一会儿。 芬恩没有出现。卡兹的肩膀下垂了。 克莱尔慢慢地走向他，试图

touch his shoulder, but her hand passed right through him. "Aaaah!" Kaz darted away. "Don't do that!" "What?" Claire asked. "What'd I do?" "You made your hand pass through me. I don't like that. It makes me feel funny." "Huh," Claire said. "It just makes me feel cold." She pulled out her book and wrote that down. While she was writing, Kaz said, "I guess you were right earlier. Finn's not here. Beckett must be the ghost all those... kids saw earlier." "Probably," Claire said. She strolled over to the big plant where the kids had said they'd seen the ghost. "But you know what? I've never actually seen him glow. I didn't see him today. And I didn't see him any of those other days, either." "So...?" Kaz wasn't sure what she was getting at. "So, I can't prove that it was Beckett," Claire

碰了碰他的肩膀，但她的手穿过了他。 “啊!”卡兹跑开了。“别这样！”“什么?”克莱尔问道。 “我做了什么？”“你用你的手穿过我。 我不喜欢那样。这让我觉得很有趣。” “嗯，”克莱尔说。“这让我觉得很冷。” 她拿出本子，把这句话写了下来。 当她写的时候，和子说：“我想你之前是对的。 芬恩不在这里。贝克特一定是那个鬼魂 孩子们早就看到了。”“可能吧，”克莱尔说。 她漫步到孩子们说他们看到鬼魂的那个大工厂。 “但是你知道吗？我从来没见过他发光。 我今天没见到他。在那之后的日子里，我也没有见到他。” “所以……?”卡兹不知道她在说什么。 “所以，我不能证明是贝克特，”克莱尔说