10 Case Closed

CHAPTER 10 CASE CLOSED Claire led Mrs. Beesley over to the floorboard with the hole and turned on the flashlight. Mrs. Beesley squinted. "Squirrels?" she said. "Those are my ghosts?" Claire nodded. "I think the mother came in over there. See?" She pointed to the attic vent. "Then she found this hole and made a nest in it for her babies." "ReH-reH-REE!"

克莱尔领着比斯利太太走到有洞的地板前，打开手电筒。 比斯利太太眯起眼睛。“松鼠？”她说。 “那些是我的鬼魂？”克莱儿点了点头。 “我想孩子的母亲是从那边进来的。 看到了什么?”她指着阁楼的通风口。 “然后她发现了这个洞，在里面为她的孩子们做了一个窝。” “ReH-reH-REE !”

Mrs. Beesley tipped her head toward the noise. "That's the sound I heard earlier. That, and the crying, and the marbles rolling." "I think the babies make a crying sound when the mother is away," Claire told Mrs. Beesley. "And the marble sound was probably rolling acorns." "Imagine that," Mrs. Beesley said, shaking her head. "I can't thank you enough for solving this mystery for me." So the case was closed. But Cosmo was still

比斯利太太把头探向那声音。 “这是我之前听到的声音。 还有哭声和弹珠打滚的声音。” “我觉得当妈妈不在的时候，孩子们会发出哭声，”克莱尔告诉比斯利太太。 “弹珠的声音可能是滚橡子的声音。” “想象一下，”比斯利太太摇着头说。 “你帮我解开了这个谜团，我真是太感谢你了。” 所以这个案子就结了。但宇宙却静止不动

lost. "Let's go downstairs. I'll get my purse so I can pay you," Mrs. Beesley said. Claire grinned at Kaz as she tramped down the stairs after Mrs. Beesley. "We're going to get paid!" she mouthed. "Isn't that great?" Kaz didn't care about getting paid. Ghosts had no use for money. He wanted to find his dog. That was the whole reason he came back to Mrs. Beesley's house today. To find Cosmo. But he had to face facts: Cosmo was gone. Probably for good. "Thank you for believing me when I said I had a ghost in my attic," Mrs. Beesley said as she placed several bills in Claire's hand. "I know what it feels like when people don't believe you," Claire said. "Thank you for the money." She opened her bottle, and Kaz swam inside. It was time to go back to the library.

丢失。“我们下楼去吧。 我去拿我的钱包，这样我就可以付钱给你了，”比斯利太太说。 克莱尔朝卡兹咧嘴一笑，一边跟在比斯利太太后面走下楼梯。 “我们会得到报酬的！”她用口型说。 “那不是很棒吗？”卡兹不在乎是否得到报酬。 鬼魂不需要钱。 他想找到他的狗。 这就是他今天回到比斯利夫人家的原因。 去找宇宙。但他必须面对现实：《宇宙》已经走了。 可能是永远的。“谢谢你相信我说我的阁楼里有鬼，”比斯利太太一边说一边把几张钞票放在克莱尔手里。 “我知道别人不相信你是什么感觉，”克莱尔说。 “谢谢你的钱。” 她打开瓶子，和子游了进去。 是时候回图书馆了。

"Cosmo could still be hiding somewhere in here," Claire said to Kaz as she opened the front door and stepped inside the library entryway. "I doubt it," Kaz grumbled. "Claire? Is that you?" Grandma Karen called from the craft room. "Yes," Claire said. She opened the bottle, and Kaz swam out. "Would you come in here, please? I'd like to talk to you," Grandma Karen said. Claire headed for the craft room. Kaz drifted behind. "Woof! Woof!" Kaz could hardly believe his eyes. Grandma Karen was reading at the table. And there, at her feet, was his dog. "Cosmo!" he cried. "Where have you been, boy?" Cosmo swam up and licked Kaz's face. Had Cosmo been there at the library all along? Where?

“Cosmo可能还藏在这里的某个地方，”克莱尔对卡兹说，她打开前门，走进图书馆的入口通道。 “我对此表示怀疑。”卡兹抱怨道。 “克莱尔?是你吗？”凯伦奶奶从工艺室打来电话。 “是的，”克莱尔说。她打开瓶子，和子游了出来。 “你能进来一下吗？” 我想和你谈谈，”凯伦奶奶说。 克莱尔朝工艺室走去。 卡兹落在后面。“汪!汪!”和子简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。 卡伦奶奶在桌旁看书。 在她的脚边，是他的狗。 “宇宙！”他叫道。“你上哪儿去了，孩子？”科斯莫游过来，舔了舔卡兹的脸。 科斯莫一直都在图书馆吗？ 在哪里?

Grandma Karen looked up from her book. "I think I know why Thor was behaving so strangely yesterday," she said to Claire in a funny voice. "Oh?" Claire said. Kaz could tell she was trying to "act normal," like she didn't see Kaz or Cosmo. "Tell me, Claire," Grandma Karen said. "Do you see a ghost dog anywhere in this room?" "WHAT?" Claire's voice went high. Grandma Karen smiled. She dropped her hand over the arm of the chair and made a kissing sound. "Here, doggie, doggie!" Cosmo started to GLOW. "Oh no," Kaz said, slapping his hand to his forehead. Tail wagging, Cosmo broke away from Kaz and scampered over to Grandma Karen. "Now do you see him?" Grandma Karen asked as she scratched Cosmo's ears. Her hand passed through his head, but he didn't seem to mind. Claire looked around nervously. "Grandma,"

卡伦奶奶从书本上抬起头来。 “我想我知道为什么托尔昨天表现得那么奇怪了，”她用一种奇怪的声音对克莱尔说。 “哦?”克莱尔说。卡兹看得出来，她试图“表现得正常”，就像她没有看到卡兹或《时尚》一样。 “告诉我，克莱尔，”凯伦奶奶说。 “你在这个房间里看到一只鬼狗了吗？”“什么?”克莱尔的声音变高了。 凯伦奶奶笑了。她把手放在椅子扶手上，发出亲吻的声音。 “来，小狗，小狗！”Cosmo开始发光。 “哦，不，”卡兹说，用手拍了拍额头。 科斯莫摇着尾巴，挣脱卡兹，跑向凯伦奶奶。 “现在你看见他了吗？”凯伦奶奶挠着科斯莫的耳朵问道。 她的手摸过他的头，但他似乎并不介意。 克莱尔紧张地环顾四周。 “奶奶,”

she hissed. "Everyone can see him now." "Relax, dear," Grandma Karen said. "There's no one here but us." Well... and me, thought Kaz. Grandma Karen stopped scratching Cosmo's ears, and he stopped glowing. "You can still see this little dog, can't you?" Grandma Karen said to Claire. Claire bit her lip and nodded. "How did you know?" "Well, the fact that you talk to yourself so often was a clue. And I just got off the phone with Victoria Beesley. She called to tell me what a help you were in finding her 'ghost.'" Kaz and Claire exchanged a look. They hadn't expected their customers to call Claire's grandma.

她不屑地说道。“现在每个人都能看到他了。” “放松点，亲爱的，”凯伦奶奶说。 “这里除了我们没有别人。” 嗯…还有我，卡兹想。 凯伦奶奶不再抓科斯莫的耳朵，他也不再发光了。 “你还能看到这只小狗，是吗？”凯伦奶奶对克莱尔说。 克莱尔咬着嘴唇点了点头。 “你怎么知道的？”“嗯，你经常自言自语就是一个线索。 我刚和维多利亚·比斯利通过电话。 她打电话来告诉我你帮了我多大的忙，帮我找到了她的鬼魂。卡兹和克莱尔交换了一下眼神。 他们没想到他们的顾客会打电话给克莱尔的奶奶。