6 NOT EVERYONE IS AFRAID

CHAPTER 6 NOT EVERYONE IS AFRAID It's alive!" a younger boy cried as Claire and Maddie leaped back from the monkfish. "It is not," said an older boy beside him. "It is too," the younger boy insisted. The monkfish just lay there on the ice now. It didn't look like it was alive. But Kaz couldn't tell for sure. "Can I help whoever's next?" asked the man behind the counter. He wore a white apron and a name badge that said BILL. The fish popped up again. "AAAHHHHHHH!" Kaz and Little John grabbed on to each other inside the bottle. The

第六章不是每个人都害怕它还活着！”克莱尔和玛蒂从安康鱼身边跳了回来，一个小男孩喊道。 “不是的，”他旁边的一个大男孩说。 “也是，”小男孩坚持说。 安康鱼现在就躺在冰上。 它看起来不像活的。 但是卡兹不能确定。 “我能帮下一位吗？”柜台后面的人问。 他系着白围裙，戴着写着“比尔”的名牌。 鱼又冒了出来。声“啊!”卡兹和小约翰在瓶子里互相抓着对方。 的

solid people standing near the glass case shrieked. "Is it alive?" the younger boy asked Bill. "Is what alive?" Bill asked. "Oh. This fish? This one right here?" He poked it with his finger. "It feels dead. Would you like to touch it?" "No way!" the boy shrieked. Bill smiled. "Or maybe it is still alive." The fish popped up again. But this time Bill let the crowd see that there was a stick attached to the back of the fish. He used the stick to make the fish pop up. A bunch of people laughed.

站在玻璃柜附近的人尖叫起来。 “它是活的吗？”小男孩问比尔。 “什么是活的？”比尔问。 “哦。这条鱼吗?就是这个吗？”他用手指戳它。 “感觉死了。你想摸摸它吗？”“不可能！”男孩尖叫道。 比尔笑了。“也许它还活着。” 鱼又冒了出来。但这一次比尔让人们看到鱼的背上系着一根棍子。 他用棍子把鱼弹了出来。 一群人笑了。

"Told you it wasn't alive," the older boy behind Claire and Maddie said to the younger boy. "That guy's just playing a Halloween trick on everyone." "He does that even when it's not Halloween. I think he likes scaring the tourists," Maddie said as she and Claire moved away from the counter. "Come on. Let's get some flowers." The girls strolled past long tables of flower bouquets. Maddie chose one with a mix of large blue, yellow, and white flowers. Then they left the market. They dashed down several flights of stairs to reach the underground transit station. A bus waited at the other end of the platform. "That's our bus," Maddie said, running toward it. She and Claire got on, paid their fares, and sat down on the first open seat. The ghosts stayed inside the bottle. "Do you think we'll see those ghosts that we saw this morning?" Little John asked as the bus

“告诉过你它不是活的，”克莱尔和麦迪身后的大男孩对小男孩说。 “那家伙只是在跟大家玩万圣节的把戏。” “即使不是万圣节，他也会这样做。 我想他喜欢吓唬游客，”Maddie说，她和Claire离开了柜台。 “来吧。我们去买些花吧。” 姑娘们从摆满花束的长桌子旁走过。 麦蒂选择了一种混合了蓝色、黄色和白色大花朵的图案。 然后他们离开了市场。 他们冲下几层楼梯来到地下中转站。 一辆公共汽车在站台的另一端等着。 “那是我们的公共汽车，”玛蒂边说边朝它跑去。 她和克莱尔上了车，付了车费，在第一个空座位上坐了下来。 鬼魂呆在瓶子里。 “你认为我们会看到今天早上看到的那些鬼吗？”小约翰边上车边问

sped through a tunnel. "I don't know," Kaz said. They kept their eyes open, but no ghosts passed through the bus this time. That night, Aunt Beth made spaghetti for dinner. "I love spaghetti," Claire said. She plopped a large serving of noodles onto her plate. Kaz and Little John hovered above the table. "I like the noodles, but not the sauce," Maddie said. "I'm a vegetarian, but Mom still tries to sneak hamburger in the sauce." "You need protein, Maddie," Aunt Beth said. "You can get protein without eating meat," Maddie said. "Hey, Claire. The teen advisory board is going to have touch-and-feel boxes at the Halloween party. What do you think? Should we put cold spaghetti in one of them? We could tell kids it's intestines. Or maybe brains."

快速穿过隧道“我不知道，”卡兹说。 他们一直睁着眼睛，但这次没有鬼魂从公共汽车上经过。 那天晚上，贝丝阿姨做了意大利面当晚餐。 “我喜欢意大利面，”克莱尔说。 她啪的一声把一大碗面放到盘子里。 卡兹和小约翰在桌子上方盘旋。 “我喜欢面条，但不喜欢酱汁，”麦迪说。 “我是素食主义者，但妈妈还是会偷偷地给汉堡加酱。” “你需要蛋白质，玛蒂，”贝丝阿姨说。 “不吃肉也能获得蛋白质，”麦迪说。 “嘿,克莱尔。青少年顾问委员会将在万圣节派对上安装触摸感应箱。 你觉得呢？我们应该把冷意大利面放进去吗？ 我们可以告诉孩子这是肠子。 或者是大脑。”

"Sure," Claire said with a laugh. Aunt Beth reached for a slice of garlic bread. "What else are you going to put in them?" she asked. "Peeled grapes," Maddie said. "Those will be eyeballs. Unpopped popcorn will be monster teeth. Sliced bananas will be witch's tongues. Oh! We also talked about putting a box over a hole in the table and having one of us sit under it. When a kid

“当然，”克莱尔笑着说。 贝思姨妈伸手拿了一片大蒜面包。 “你还要往里面放什么？”她问。 “去皮的葡萄，”玛蒂说。 “这些都是眼球。未爆的爆米花会变成怪物的牙齿。 香蕉片会变成女巫的舌头。 哦!我们还谈到在桌子上的一个洞上放一个盒子，让我们中的一个人坐在盒子下面。 当我还是孩子的时候

puts their hand in that box, the person under the table will reach through the hole and grab the kid's hand!" Aunt Beth gasped. "Now, that's scary," Claire said. "Too scary?" Maddie asked. "I don't know," Claire said, wiping her mouth. "Maybe." "Some kids like to be scared, though," Maddie said. "Especially on Halloween." "Oh! We can scare them. Can't we, Kaz?" Little John said. "We can glow and wail at the party. Should I tell Maddie that?" "No," Kaz said. "No glowing or wailing, remember?" "Not even on Halloween?" Little John asked. "Not even on Halloween," Kaz said. "But you heard Maddie. Some kids want to be scared. They might want to see a real, live ghost on Halloween," Little John argued.

把他们的手放在盒子里，桌子下面的人会从洞里伸出手来抓住孩子的手！”贝思姨妈喘着气说。 “这太可怕了，”克莱尔说。 “太可怕吗?”玛迪问道。 “我不知道，”克莱尔擦着嘴说。 “也许吧。”“不过，有些孩子喜欢害怕，”麦迪说。 “尤其是在万圣节。” “哦!我们可以吓唬他们。我们不能吗，卡兹？”小约翰说。 “我们可以在派对上发光和哭泣。 我应该告诉麦迪吗？”“不，”卡兹说。 “不要发光或哀号，记得吗？”“万圣节也没有？”小约翰问。 “甚至在万圣节也没有，”卡兹说。 “但是你听到麦迪说的了。有些孩子喜欢害怕。 他们可能想在万圣节看到一个活生生的鬼魂，”小约翰争辩道。