15 HALLOWEEN IN SEATTLE

CHAPTER 15 HALLOWEEN IN SEATTLE Oliver didn't know much about the solid girl that Little John had left with, just that she was around Little John's age. And she carried a water bottle. That was how Oliver knew about water bottles. He'd seen Little John travel in one. "Attention!" a voice came over the intercom. "The museum will be closing in five minutes." "We have to go," Maddie said. "Thanks for bringing my boy home," Oliver's mom said. Kaz shrank down... down... down and went inside Claire's bottle. Claire and Maddie walked back to the bus tunnel in the dark and the rain.

第十五章西雅图的万圣节奥利弗对小约翰留下来的那个结实的女孩不太了解，只知道她和小约翰差不多大。 她带着一个水瓶。 奥利弗就是这样知道水瓶的。 他见过小约翰坐着它旅行。 “注意！”对讲机里传来一个声音。 “博物馆还有五分钟就要关门了。” “我们得走了，”玛蒂说。 “谢谢你把我儿子带回家，”奥利弗的妈妈说。 卡兹退缩了……下来…… 爬到克莱尔的瓶子里 克莱尔和玛蒂在黑暗和雨中走回巴士隧道。

What was Kaz going to do? There had to be millions of girls in Seattle. How would he ever find the one that Little John had gone with? And even if he did find her and Little John, would Little John come with him? How would Kaz ever explain all this to Mom and Pops? That night, Claire and Maddie put the finishing touches on their Halloween costumes. Claire was going as a mermaid. Maddie would be a punk rocker. Since there wasn't going to be a party at the library on Halloween, Maddie said she'd take Claire trick-or-treating instead. Kaz hovered glumly in the corner. "Maddie, your phone's ringing!" Aunt Beth called from the kitchen. Maddie raced out of the room. "Coming," she called.

卡兹要做什么？西雅图肯定有上百万的女孩。 他怎么能找到和小约翰一起去的那个人呢？ 即使他找到了她和小约翰，小约翰会跟他一起去吗？ 卡兹要怎么向爸爸妈妈解释这一切呢？ 那天晚上，克莱尔和麦迪为他们的万圣节服装做了最后的修饰。 克莱尔要扮成美人鱼。 麦迪会是一个朋克摇滚歌手。 既然万圣节图书馆没有派对，麦蒂说她要带克莱尔去“不给糖就捣蛋”。 和子闷闷不乐地在角落里徘徊。 “麦迪，你的电话响了！”贝思姨妈从厨房里喊道。 玛蒂跑出了房间。 “来了，”她喊道。

"Cheer up, Kaz," Claire said. "We don't know for sure that Little John is gone for good. We'll go back to the library one more time tomorrow before trick-or-treating. Maybe he'll be there." Kaz doubted it. "Little John said he always wanted his own solid friend," he told Claire. "It sounds like he found one." Maddie rushed back in. "Well, here's some good news," she said. "That was Andrea on the phone. She called all the kids who signed up for the Halloween party to let them know the party was canceled, and a bunch of moms got upset! When they heard there weren't enough kids signed up, they got a bunch more kids to sign up. So the party is back on!"

“振作起来，卡兹，”克莱尔说。 “我们不确定小约翰是否永远离开了。 明天不给糖就捣蛋之前我们再去一次图书馆。 也许他会在那里。”卡兹对此表示怀疑。 “小约翰说他一直想要一个真正的朋友，”他告诉克莱尔。 “听起来他好像找到了一个。” 麦蒂冲了回来。“好吧，这里有一些好消息，”她说。 “刚才是安德里亚的电话。 她打电话给所有报名参加万圣节派对的孩子，告诉他们派对取消了，很多妈妈都很生气！当他们听说没有足够的孩子报名时，他们让更多的孩子报名。 所以派对又开始了！”

"For real?" Claire said. "For real," Maddie said. "We get to skip our schoolwork again tomorrow morning so we can go to the library and help Andrea set up." "What about the underground ghosts?" Kaz said. When he remembered that Maddie couldn't hear him, he wailed, "What... about... the... underground... ghosts...? They... won't... be... happy... Solid... people... aren't... supposed... to... be... in... the... library... at... night..." Claire and Maddie looked at each other. "It's only one night," Maddie said. "Can't we be in the library one night without a bunch of ghosts getting upset?" "What if we invite the ghosts to come to the party, too?" Claire suggested. "Oh, I like that," Maddie said. "Real ghosts at a Halloween party!" "How... will... you... invite... them...?" Kaz wailed. "How... will...

“真的吗?”克莱尔说。“说真的，”麦迪说。 “明天早上我们又可以翘课了，这样我们就可以去图书馆帮安德里亚布置了。” “那地下的鬼呢？”Kaz说。 当他想起麦迪听不见他说话时，他哭着说：“什么…… 关于……地下…… 鬼魂……?他们……不会…… 是…快乐……固体……人…… 不是……应该………… 是…在……图书馆… 在…晚上……”克莱尔和曼迪面面相觑。 “这只是一个晚上，”麦迪说。 “我们就不能在图书馆呆上一晚，不让一群鬼生气吗？”“如果我们邀请鬼魂也来参加聚会呢？”克莱尔建议。 “哦，我喜欢，”玛蒂说。 “万圣节派对上的真鬼！”“怎么… 将……你……邀请……他们……?”Kaz恸哭。 “怎么…将……

they... know... we... want... them... to... stay...?" "We'll put up a big sign that says GHOSTS WELCOME!" Claire said. Maddie grinned. "People will think we're talking about costumes, not real ghosts." Then her face clouded. "Oh, but what if some of the kids are scared of the ghosts?" Claire shrugged. "It's Halloween. You've got to expect a ghost or two to show up on Halloween." The next morning Kaz went to the library with Claire and Maddie. While they helped Andrea decorate and get set up for the party, Kaz searched all eleven floors of the library one more time. Little John was nowhere to be found. The party was going to be held in the tenth- floor reading room. Kaz watched Claire and Maddie move chairs and tables away from the

他们……知道…我们……想要…… 他们………留在……?”“我们要挂一个大牌子，上面写着欢迎鬼魂！”克莱尔说。 玛迪咧嘴一笑。“人们会以为我们说的是戏服，而不是真正的鬼魂。” 然后她的脸变得阴沉起来。“哦，但如果有些孩子害怕鬼怎么办？”克莱儿耸耸肩。 “这是万圣节。你得料到万圣节会有一两个鬼魂出现。” 第二天早上，卡兹和克莱尔、玛蒂一起去了图书馆。 当他们帮安德里亚布置派对的时候，卡兹又搜遍了图书馆的11层楼。 小约翰无处可寻。 晚会将在十楼的阅览室举行。 卡兹看着克莱尔和麦迪把椅子和桌子从

carpeted area. Next they set up tables for food and games. Then they painted large signs that said: WELCOME TO THE SPL HALLOWEEN PARTY! REAL LIVE GHOSTS WELCOME, TOO! Kaz watched his solid friends hang their signs on the tenth floor, outside the children's center on the first floor, and down in the parking garage. The parking attendant raised an eyebrow. "You two know you're asking for trouble putting up a sign like that, don't you?" he said. "We don't care. It's Halloween!" Maddie said. Maddie and Claire were really excited about the party, but Kaz wasn't. It's hard to get excited about a party when you're not sure you'll ever see your little brother again. Kids started arriving for the party a little before seven. They came dressed as pirates, vampires, skeletons, characters from popular children's books, even a ghost. The one who was dressed like

地毯的面积。然后他们摆好桌子放食物和游戏。 然后他们画了很大的牌子，上面写着：欢迎来到SPL万圣节派对！也欢迎真实的鬼魂！和子看着他那些可靠的朋友们把牌子挂在十楼、一层儿童中心外面，以及楼下的停车场。 泊车员扬起了眉毛。 “你们俩知道挂那样的牌子是自找麻烦，不是吗？”他说。 “我们不在乎。这是万圣节!”玛迪说。 玛蒂和克莱尔对这个派对很兴奋，但卡兹却不是。 当你不确定你是否还能再见到你的小弟弟时，你很难对派对感到兴奋。 孩子们在快到七点的时候就开始来参加聚会了。 他们装扮成海盗、吸血鬼、骷髅、流行儿童读物中的人物，甚至是鬼魂。 那个穿得像