2 MEET LITTLE JOHN

CHAPTER 2 MEET LITTLE JOHN So tell me what's been happening at the library," Claire said later when she and Maddie were setting up a cot next to Maddie's bed. Kaz and Little John hovered above them. "You said kids weren't signing up for the Halloween party because they think the library's haunted." "It is haunted," Maddie said. She handed Claire two pillows. "How do you know?" Claire asked. She plopped down on the cot and grabbed her notebook and pen. "Have you seen a ghost in the library?"

“告诉我图书馆发生了什么事，”克莱尔后来和玛蒂在玛蒂的床边搭小床时说道。 卡兹和小约翰在他们上方盘旋。 “你说孩子们不报名参加万圣节派对是因为他们认为图书馆闹鬼。” “这里闹鬼，”玛蒂说。 她递给克莱尔两个枕头。 “你怎么知道的？”克莱尔问道。 她扑通一声坐在小床上，抓起笔记本和笔。 “你在图书馆里看见鬼了吗？”

"No, but I've heard it," Maddie said. "So have a bunch of other people. It lives inside the dumbwaiter." "What's a dumbwaiter?" Little John asked Kaz. Kaz shrugged. "What's a dumbwaiter?" Claire asked Maddie. "It's like an elevator for books instead of people," Maddie replied. "There's a little compartment, and librarians put books in there and send them to people who want them on other floors in the library." "Hmm, okay," Claire said. She wrote Seattle Public Library Ghost in big letters in her notebook. Below that, she wrote lives in the dumbwaiter. "So, is that where you hear the ghost? Inside the dumbwaiter?" "Yes," Maddie said. "What does it say?" Claire asked. "It doesn't say anything," Maddie replied. "It just cries and cries and cries. It's a very sad

“没有，但我听说过，”玛蒂说。 “其他人也一样。 它住在电梯里。” “什么是升降机？”小约翰问卡兹。 Kaz耸耸肩。“什么是升降机？”克莱尔问麦迪。 “这就像一个载书而不是载人的电梯，”玛蒂回答。 “那里有一个小隔间，图书管理员把书放在那里，然后把它们送到图书馆其他楼层需要的人那里。” “嗯，好吧，”克莱尔说。她在笔记本上用大字写着“西雅图公共图书馆之鬼”。 在那下面，她在电梯里写生活。 “那么，你就是在那里听到鬼的声音的？” 在升降机里面？”“是的，”玛蒂说。 “上面写了什么？”克莱尔问道。 “它什么也没说，”玛蒂回答。 “它不停地哭，不停地哭。 这是非常悲伤的

ghost." She sat down on her own bed across from Claire. "What makes her so sure it's a ghost?" Kaz asked. So many of the cases C & K Ghost Detectives had solved ended up not being ghosts. Claire wrote sad ghost and cries a lot. "How do you know it's a ghost?" she asked. "What else could it be?" Maddie asked. "People always think a real kid got stuck in the dumbwaiter—" "Ghost kids are real kids!" Little John blurted.

鬼。”她坐在克莱尔对面自己的床上。 “她凭什么这么肯定那是鬼？”Kaz问道。 《C & K幽灵侦探》解决的许多案件最终都不是鬼魂。 克莱尔写了《悲伤的幽灵》，经常哭。 “你怎么知道那是鬼？”她问。 “还能是什么呢？”玛迪问道。 “人们总是认为一个真的孩子被困在了升降机里——”“鬼孩子是真的孩子！”小约翰脱口而出。

"Shh!" Kaz said. He couldn't hear Maddie over Little John. "So they get a librarian to come open it up, but there's never anyone in there," Maddie went on. "The crying gets louder, though, when the dumbwaiter is open. Plus, there are all these other weird things that keep happening at the library. Elevators and escalators stop working for no reason. Doors open and close all by themselves. It's got to be a ghost, don't you think?" "Maybe," Claire said. She wrote down everything her cousin said. "If you can see and talk to the ghost, maybe you can find out why it's so sad," Maddie said. "If we fix whatever's wrong, maybe it'll go away. Then kids will sign up for the Halloween party, and we won't have to cancel it." "I'll do my best," Claire said, closing her notebook. "Good. We'll go to the library tomorrow. As soon as Mom says we've done enough

“嘘!”Kaz说。他听不见麦蒂的声音，听不见小约翰的声音。 “所以他们找了一个图书管理员来打开它，但里面从来没有人，”麦迪继续说。 然而，当电梯打开时，哭声变得更大了。 另外，图书馆里还经常发生其他奇怪的事情。 电梯和自动扶梯无缘无故停止工作。 门是自己开，自己关的。 一定是个鬼，你说呢？”“也许吧，”克莱尔说。 她把表姐说的话都记下来了。 “如果你能看到鬼魂并与之交谈，也许你就能知道为什么它如此悲伤，”麦迪说。 “如果我们解决了问题，也许问题就会消失。 这样孩子们就会报名参加万圣节派对，我们就不用取消了。” “我会尽力的，”克莱尔合上笔记本说。 “很好。我们明天去图书馆。 只要妈妈说我们做得够多了

schoolwork," Maddie said. She picked up Claire's water bottle and tried to see inside. "I can't believe your ghost friends can really fit in there." "Oh, they're not in there right now," Claire said. "They're not?" Maddie said. "Where are they?" "We're... over... here...," Little John wailed. "Behind you..." He started to glow. Maddie turned. She opened her mouth, but no words came out. "Maddie, meet Little John," Claire said, gesturing toward him. "Hi...," Little John wailed. He waved at Maddie. Maddie grinned. "Hey, I can see ghosts now, too! Just like you." "You can only see him because he's glowing," Claire said. "That's what ghosts do when they want us to see them. My other ghost friend, Kaz, can't glow."

学校作业，”玛蒂说。她拿起克莱尔的水瓶，想看看里面是什么。 “我不敢相信你的鬼魂朋友真的能挤得进去。” “哦，他们现在不在那里，”克莱尔说。 “他们不是?”玛迪说。 “他们在哪儿？”“我们… 在…在这里……小约翰哭着说。 “你后面……”他开始容光焕发。 玛迪转过身。她张开嘴，但一句话也说不出来。 “麦迪，这是小约翰，”克莱尔指着他说。 “嗨…小约翰哭着说。 他朝麦迪挥了挥手。玛迪咧嘴一笑。 “嘿，我现在也能看见鬼了！”就像你一样。” “你能看到他是因为他在发光，”克莱尔说。 “当鬼魂想让我们看见它们的时候，它们就是这么做的。 我的另一个鬼魂朋友，卡兹，不会发光。”

"Don't remind me," Kaz moaned. It was the only ghost skill he hadn't learned yet. "But he's here, too," Claire said. "Kaz, say hello to Maddie." "Hello...," Kaz wailed. He tried to glow. He closed his eyes and clenched his fists and told his body to glow. But as usual, nothing happened. "Hi," Maddie said. Little John stopped glowing. Maddie blinked. "Hey, where'd that ghost go?" she asked. "He's still there," Claire said. "It takes a lot of energy for ghosts to glow, so he's not glowing anymore." "You mean he's tired?" Maddie asked. "Sort of," Claire replied, stifling a yawn. "Ghosts don't sleep. But they run out of energy if they use their ghost skills a lot." "Speaking of sleep," Maddie said. "You look like you could use some."

“别提醒我。”卡兹呻吟道。 这是他唯一没有学会的鬼魂技能。 “但他也在这里，”克莱尔说。 “卡兹，跟麦迪打个招呼。” “你好…卡兹哀号道。他试图发光。 他闭上眼睛，握紧拳头，让自己的身体发光。 但像往常一样，什么也没发生。 “嗨，”麦迪说。小约翰不再容光焕发。 玛迪眨了眨眼睛。“嘿，那个鬼去哪儿了？”她问。 “他还在那儿，”克莱尔说。 “鬼魂发光需要很多能量，所以他不再发光了。” “你是说他累了？”玛迪问道。 “差不多吧，”克莱尔回答，强忍着哈欠。 “鬼魂不睡觉。但是如果他们经常使用他们的幽灵技能，他们就会耗尽能量。” “说到睡觉，”玛蒂说。 “你看起来需要一些。”