9 STAKEOUT!

CHAPTER 9 STAKEOUT! We have to do what your parents do," Kaz told Claire. "We have to watch that spot where everyone sees the ghost and wait for him to appear again." Claire grinned. "You're right. We know where he'll show up." She grabbed her bag and went out into the entryway. "Everyone always sees him right there." She pointed. "Right above that plant." She went over to the bench and sat down. Kaz floated behind her, keeping one eye on the plant and the other eye on the door to the Outside. Sometimes that door opened when Kaz didn't expect it. But as long as he stayed back by the

第九章监视！我们必须做你父母做的事，”卡兹告诉克莱尔。 “我们必须盯着每个人都能看到鬼的地方，等着他再次出现。” 克莱尔笑了。“你是对的。 我们知道他会在哪里出现。” 她抓起包，走到门口。 “每个人都看到他就在那里。” 她指出。“就在那株植物上面。” 她走到长凳前坐了下来。 卡兹飘在她身后，一只眼睛盯着那棵植物，另一只眼睛盯着通往外面的门。 有时那扇门会在卡兹没有预料到的时候打开。 但只要他待在后面

bench, he would be safe from the Outside wind. They watched and they waited. But nothing happened. Claire opened her bag and pulled out a shiny, red ball. Kaz stared as she put it to her mouth and took a bite out of it. "You want some?" she asked between bites as she held the object out to him. "What is it?" Kaz asked. "An apple. Haven't you ever tasted an apple before?" Kaz had never tasted anything before. Ghosts didn't eat. "How can you throw up if you don't eat?" Claire asked. "What are you throwing up?" Kaz shrugged. "My insides." Claire and Kaz remained in the entryway for the rest of the afternoon. Lots of solids walked through. Some of them, like Grandma Karen, walked through more than once.

坐在长凳上，他就不会被外面的风吹到。 他们观察着，等待着。 但是什么也没发生。克莱尔打开她的包，拿出一个闪亮的红球。 当她把它放到嘴里时，和子盯着看，咬了一口。 “你想来点吗？”她边咬边问，一边把东西递给他。 “什么事？”Kaz问道。“一个苹果。 你以前没吃过苹果吗？”卡兹以前从来没有吃过任何东西。 鬼魂不吃东西。“你不吃东西怎么会呕吐呢？”克莱尔问道。 “你在吐什么？”Kaz耸耸肩。 “我的内脏。”克莱尔和卡兹整个下午都呆在入口处。 很多固体穿过。 他们中的一些人，比如凯伦奶奶，不止一次地走过这里。

But no ghosts wafted through. The next day, Kaz and Claire watched the entryway again. Still no ghosts. But the lady who used to own the house came in. Kaz wasn't sure she saw Claire sitting on the bench, even though Claire wasn't a ghost. The lady held her cane in one hand and a magnifying glass in the other. She hobbled over to the plant and peered through her magnifying glass. Kaz and Claire glanced at each other. What is

但是没有鬼魂飘过。 第二天，卡兹和克莱尔再次监视了入口通道。 还是没有鬼。这时，那幢房子的女主人走了进来。 卡兹不确定她是否看到克莱尔坐在长凳上，尽管克莱尔不是鬼魂。 这位女士一手拿着手杖，一手拿着放大镜。 她一瘸一拐地走到植物跟前，用放大镜看了看。 卡兹和克莱尔互相看了一眼。 是什么

that lady doing? Claire cleared her throat. "Good heavens!" the lady said. "You scared me half to death." "Sorry," Claire said. "What are you doing?" "I lost an earring when I was in here the other day," the lady said. "I'm trying to find it. But I'm too old to get down on the floor." "I'm not," Claire said, dropping to her hands and knees. "Maybe I can find it for you." Kaz swam along the floor beside her. "What does your earring look like?" Claire asked. "It's round, with blue and silver jewels in it," the woman said. "Is this it?" Kaz asked, hovering over a small, sparkly object.

那位女士怎么样？克莱尔清了清嗓子。 “天哪！”女士说。 “你把我吓得半死。” “对不起，”克莱尔说。“你在干什么？”“那天我在这里丢了一只耳环，”那位女士说。 “我正在努力找到它。但我太老了，不能躺在地板上。” “我没有，”克莱尔说着，双手和膝盖跪了下来。 “也许我能帮你找到。” 卡兹在她身边游来游去。 “你的耳环是什么样子的？”克莱尔问道。 “它是圆的，里面有蓝色和银色的珠宝，”女人说。 “是这个吗？”和子问道，在一个闪闪发光的小物体上方盘旋。

Claire grabbed the object. "Found it," she said, handing it to the lady. "Oh, thank you, dear," she said. "Well," Kaz said at the end of the day, "we may not have solved the case of the library ghost, but we solved the case of that lady's missing earring." On the third day, Grandma Karen said, "What are you doing, Claire? Why do you sit here day after day? If you don't want to work in the library, why don't you go outside and play?" "I don't like to play outside," Claire said. "Nonsense. Everyone likes to play outside.

克莱尔抓住了那个东西。 “找到了，”她说着，把它递给了那位女士。 “哦，谢谢你，亲爱的，”她说。 “好吧，”一天结束时卡兹说，“我们也许没有解决图书馆鬼魂的案子，但我们解决了那位女士丢失耳环的案子。” 第三天，凯伦奶奶说：“克莱尔，你在做什么？ 你为什么日复一日地坐在这里？ 如果你不想在图书馆工作，为什么不出去玩呢？”“我不喜欢在外面玩，”克莱尔说。 “胡说。每个人都喜欢在外面玩。

You could use some fresh air." "I'll think about it," Claire said. But she stayed right where she was. Later, Beckett joined Kaz and Claire in the entryway. "Why do you two sit here day after day?" he asked. "Don't you find it dreadfully dull?" "We're waiting for the library ghost to appear," Claire said. "What makes you think that he or she is going to appear while you're sitting here?" "What do you mean?" Claire asked. "Why wouldn't he appear while we're sitting here?" "Because the 'ghost' probably isn't a real ghost like Kaz and me," Beckett said. "It's probably a solid pretending to be a ghost." "You know I hate that word, Beckett," Claire said, glaring at him. "Wait, Claire," Kaz said. "Beckett could be right. What if the 'ghost' isn't really a ghost?" Claire thought about it. "Then he won't come

你该呼吸点新鲜空气了。” “我会考虑的，”克莱尔说。 但她一直待在原地。 后来，贝克特在入口处加入了卡兹和克莱尔。 “你们俩为什么天天坐在这里？”他问道。 “你不觉得枯燥得可怕吗？”“我们在等图书馆的幽灵出现，”克莱尔说。 “你为什么认为他或她会在你坐在这里的时候出现？”“你是什么意思？”克莱尔问道。 “我们坐在这里的时候，他为什么不出现呢？”贝克特说：“因为这个‘鬼’可能不像卡兹和我那样是个真正的鬼。” “这可能是一个固体假装成鬼。” “你知道我讨厌这个词，贝克特，”克莱尔瞪着他说。 “等等，克莱尔，”卡兹说。贝克特可能是对的。 如果这个‘鬼’不是鬼呢？”克莱尔想了想。 “那么他不会来了