2 How to Travel Safely Outside

CHAPTER 2 HOW TO TRAVEL SAFELY OUTSIDE "I have an idea," Claire said. "You can shrink, right?" "Yes," Kaz said. Shrinking was one ghost skill he had mastered. But he didn't understand how that would help. It didn't matter whether he expanded, shrank, or stayed his normal size. If he went into the Outside, the wind would blow him away. "Follow me," Claire said. Kaz swam after her. When they got to the kitchen, Claire opened a cabinet and took out a tall, rounded container with green stars on it. "This

“我有个主意，”克莱尔说。 “你可以缩小，对吧？”“是的，”卡兹说。 萎缩是他精通的一项幽灵技能。 但他不明白这有什么用。 无论他是扩大、缩小，还是保持正常的体型，这都无关紧要。 如果他到外面去，风就会把他吹走。 “跟我来，”克莱尔说。卡兹跟在她后面游。 他们到了厨房，克莱尔打开一个橱柜，拿出一个又高又圆的容器，上面有绿色的星星。 “这

is my water bottle. Can you shrink small enough to fit inside?" Kaz looked at it. "Sure," he said. He used to shrink much smaller than that whenever he played Keep Away with his brothers back at their old haunt. "Good," Claire said. "Because if you can ride in here, then I can take you with me anywhere." "Even into the Outside?" Kaz asked. "Even outside." "And I won't blow away?" "I don't think so," Claire said. I don't think so was not the same as No, you won't. But Kaz was willing to give the bottle a try. He took a deep breath and shrank down... down... down... until he was no larger than Claire's finger. Then he spun around three times and swam into the bottle. "That is so cool," Claire said. She always said that when Kaz shrank. Shrinking wasn't something solids could do. Not even if they tried

是我的水瓶。你能缩小到能塞进去吗？”卡兹看着它。 “当然，”他说。每当他和他的兄弟们回到他们的老地方玩“远离”游戏时，他总是缩得比现在小得多。 “很好，”克莱尔说。“因为如果你能骑在这里，那么我就可以带你去任何地方。” “甚至到外面去？”Kaz问道。 “即使外面。”“我不会被风吹走吗？”“我不这么认为，”克莱尔说。 我不这么认为和不，你不会的。 但卡兹愿意试一试瓶子。 他深吸了一口气，缩了下去。 下来……下来……直到他只有克莱尔的手指那么大 然后他转了三圈，游进了瓶子里。 “这太酷了，”克莱尔说。 当卡兹退缩时，她总是这么说。 收缩不是固体可以做到的。 即使他们尝试了也不行

really, really hard. Claire peered in at Kaz through the open top. Her eyes and nose now looked huge to Kaz. "How is it?" Claire asked. "Do you have enough room in there?" Kaz swam in a circle all around the bottle. He had plenty of room. And even if he didn't, he could shrink a little smaller. It was kind of hard to see out through the side

真的，真的很难。克莱尔透过敞开的顶篷往里看卡兹。 在和子看来，她的眼睛和鼻子都很大了。 “怎么样？”克莱尔问道。 “你那里有足够的地方吗？”和子围着瓶子游了一圈。 他有足够的空间。即使他没有，他也可以缩小一点。 从侧面看出去有点困难

of the bottle, though, because there were green stars all over it. "It's fine," he said, floating between the stars. "Okay," Claire said. "I'm going to put the top on the bottle now." Kaz ducked as a green lid came down over the top of the bottle. "Can you still hear me with the top on?" Claire asked. Her voice sounded a little muffled, but Kaz could hear her. "Yes. Can you hear me?" he asked. "Yes," Claire said. She picked up the bottle with Kaz inside and looped the strap over her shoulder. "Let's go!" The bottle swung back and forth against Claire's hip as she skipped down the stairs. Kaz felt both excited and a little bit nervous. He was going into the Outside! With Claire! "Grandma?" Claire called, her hand on the front door. "I'm going for a walk, okay?" Grandma Karen poked her head into the

不过是瓶子，因为瓶子上满是绿色的星星。 “很好，”他说，漂浮在星星之间。 “好吧，”克莱尔说。“我现在要把瓶盖盖上。” 当一个绿色的盖子盖在瓶盖上时，卡兹弯下腰。 “穿上上衣你还能听到我说话吗？”克莱尔问道。 她的声音听起来有点低沉，但卡兹能听见。 “是的。你能听到我说话吗？”他问。 “是的，”克莱尔说。她拿起里面的瓶子，把带子系在肩上。 “我们走吧!”克莱尔跳下楼梯时，瓶子在她的屁股上来回摆动。 卡兹感到既兴奋又有点紧张。 他要去外面了！克莱尔!“奶奶?”克莱尔喊道，她的手放在前门上。 “我要出去走走，好吗？”凯伦奶奶把她的头伸进

entryway. "By yourself?" she asked. Claire hugged the bottle with Kaz inside close to her body. "Yes," she said. "Well, I'm glad you're finally getting some fresh air," Grandma Karen said. "Maybe you'll even find a new friend?" "Maybe," Claire said. "Please be home by four o'clock," Grandma Karen said. Claire opened the door and stepped into the Outside. Brightness! That was the first thing Kaz noticed about the Outside. Everything was so bright. But he felt reasonably safe traveling inside Claire's bottle. He was even starting to enjoy the Outside a little bit. It was so full of color. As Claire walked, Kaz saw gray sidewalk and green grass below him... blue sky with white fluffy clouds above him... trees with bright green leaves and dark red leaves to his right... flowers

入口通道。“你一个人？”她问。 克莱尔抱着瓶子，里面的卡兹靠近她的身体。 “是的，”她说。“嗯，我很高兴你终于呼吸到了新鲜空气，”凯伦奶奶说。 “也许你甚至会找到一个新朋友？”“也许吧，”克莱尔说。 “请在四点钟之前回家，”凯伦奶奶说。 克莱尔打开门，走到外面。 亮度!这是卡兹注意到外面的第一件事。 一切都那么明亮。但他觉得在克莱尔的瓶子里旅行相当安全。 他甚至开始有点享受外面的生活了。 它是如此的色彩缤纷。克莱尔走着走着，卡兹看到下面灰色的人行道和绿色的草地…… 蓝色的天空，白色蓬松的云在他头顶上…… 在他的右边有亮绿色的叶子和深红色的叶子的树…… 花

in every color of the rainbow to his left. He heard birds chirping... insects buzzing... wind rustling through the leaves... and in the distance he heard a familiar "Woof! Woof!" Kaz turned toward the sound. It almost sounded like his dog, Cosmo. But it couldn't be. Could it? Kaz peered between two green stars. He didn't see any dogs, ghost or solid. "How long will it take to get where we're going?" Kaz asked. "Not long," Claire said as she turned a corner. This was a busier street than the last one they'd been on. Cars and trucks whizzed past. Kaz had never been so close to cars and trucks before. "Woof! Woof!"

在他左边彩虹的每一种颜色里。 他听到鸟儿啁啾。 昆虫的嗡嗡声……风吹过树叶沙沙作响…… 他听到远处传来一声熟悉的“汪！”汪!”卡兹转向声音。 听起来就像他的狗，科斯莫。 但这不可能。可以吗? 卡兹凝视着两颗绿色的星星。 他没有看到任何狗，无论是鬼还是实体。 “到我们要去的地方需要多长时间？”Kaz问道。 “没多久，”克莱尔转过一个弯说。 这条街比他们上次走过的那条更热闹。 汽车和卡车呼啸而过。 卡兹以前从未如此接近过汽车和卡车。 “汪!汪!”