8 Eek!

CHAPTER 8 EEK! Claire wiggled the key in the lock, and the attic door popped open. Mrs. Beesley hurried out and quickly slammed the door closed behind her. "Did you see the ghost this time?" Claire asked. "No." Mrs. Beesley shook her head, her back pressed firmly against the door. "But I heard it. I think that ghost is angry with us for disturbing it." "Why do you think it's angry?" Claire asked. "Because it was making a lot of noise, more than before, like it was trying to scare me away,"

第八章周！克莱尔在锁里扭动钥匙，阁楼的门砰地一声开了。 比斯利太太急忙跑出去，随手砰地关上了门。 “这次你看见鬼了吗？”克莱尔问道。 “没有。”比斯利太太摇了摇头，背紧紧地贴在门上。 “但是我听到了。我想那鬼魂是在生我们的气，因为我们打扰了它。” “你认为它为什么生气？”克莱尔问道。 “因为它发出了很大的噪音，比以前更大，就像它想把我吓跑一样，”

Mrs. Beesley said with a shiver. Her face had grown very pale. "I didn't hear any noise after you left the attic," Kaz told Claire. "But I was swimming around down here looking for you." "What did you hear?" Claire asked. "Thumping, scratching, and a sort of reH-reH- REE noise," Mrs. Beesley replied. ReH-reH-REE? "Like a dog?" Kaz asked, though reH-reH-REE wasn't really a sound Cosmo made. "Did it sound like a dog?" Claire asked. "No," Mrs. Beesley said. "It sounded like a ghost!"

比斯利太太打了个寒颤说。 她的脸变得非常苍白。 “你离开阁楼后，我没有听到任何声音，”卡兹告诉克莱尔。 “可我在这儿游来游去找你呢。” “你听到了什么？”克莱尔问道。 “砰砰声，抓挠声，还有一种reH-reH- REE的声音，”比斯利太太回答。 ReH-reH-REE吗?“像条狗？”卡兹问道，虽然“雷-雷-雷”并不是宇宙号发出的声音。 “听起来像狗叫吗？”克莱尔问道。 “不，”比斯利太太说。“听起来像鬼！”

"ReH-reH-REE doesn't sound like a ghost wail at all," Kaz said. "Do you want me to go check it out?" Claire asked. "No!" Mrs. Beesley shook her head. "Whatever is up there, it's too much for the two of us to handle by ourselves. I think I should call someone." She strode down the hall. Claire followed. "Who?" she asked as Mrs. Beesley picked up her phone. "Who are you going

“ReH-reH-REE听起来一点也不像鬼的哀号，”卡兹说。 “你要我去看看吗？”克莱尔问道。 “不!”比斯利太太摇了摇头。 “不管上面有什么，我们两个人都应付不了。 我想我应该叫人来。” 她大步走过大厅。克莱尔。 “谁？”比斯利太太拿起电话时，她问道。 “你上哪儿去？

to call?" "I-I don't know," Mrs. Beesley said. She put the phone down and sank into her chair. "Who would believe that I've got a ghost in my attic? None of my neighbors believe me. They all think I'm crazy." Claire touched Mrs. Beesley's arm. "I believe you," she said. "You do?" Kaz gaped at Claire. "You really think there's a ghost in Mrs. Beesley's attic?" Kaz wasn't so sure. "Please, let me go up and look around one more time," Claire begged. "If there's really a ghost in your attic, I can talk to him and see what he wants." "I don't know." Mrs. Beesley scratched her head. "I don't think it's a good idea." "I really don't think he wants to hurt anyone," Claire said. "Most ghosts don't." "Well...," Mrs. Beesley said. "I don't think I want to go back up there. But if you really want to

叫吗?”“我不知道，”比斯利太太说。 她放下电话，瘫坐在椅子上。 “谁会相信我的阁楼里有鬼呢？” 我的邻居都不相信我。 他们都认为我疯了。” 克莱尔摸了摸比斯利太太的胳膊。 “我相信你，”她说。 “你做什么?”卡兹目瞪口呆地看着克莱尔。 “你真的认为比斯利太太的阁楼里有鬼吗？”卡兹不太确定。 “求你了，让我再上去看看吧，”克莱尔恳求道。 “如果你的阁楼里真的有鬼，我可以和他谈谈，看看他想要什么。” “我不知道。”比斯利太太挠了挠头。 “我不认为这是个好主意。” “我真的不认为他想伤害任何人，”克莱尔说。 “大多数鬼魂都不会。”“嗯……比斯利太太说。 “我想我不想再上去了。 但如果你真的想

look around one more time, you have my permission. Let's make sure the attic door is propped open this time, though. Okay?" "Okay," Claire said. She and Mrs. Beesley headed back down the hall. Claire opened the attic door, and Mrs. Beesley set a box in front of the door to hold it open. Kaz drifted behind Claire as she marched up the attic stairs. When they reached the top, they stopped and listened. All they heard was a gentle breeze through the leaves outside the open window.

我允许你再四处看看。 不过这次我们得确保阁楼的门是开着的。 没事吧?”“好吧，”克莱尔说。 她和比斯利太太沿着走廊往回走。 克莱尔打开了阁楼的门，比斯利太太在门前放了一个盒子，让门开着。 克莱尔大步走上阁楼楼梯时，卡兹尾随在她身后。 当他们到达山顶时，他们停下来倾听。 他们只听到窗外树叶间吹来的微风。

Claire closed the window. They listened some more. The attic was quiet. "I don't think there are any ghosts up here," Kaz said, breaking the silence. "I don't, either," Claire admitted. "But we're detectives, remember?" "What does that mean?" Kaz asked. When Claire said they should start a detective agency to find his family, Kaz thought that meant they would simply go over to someone's house and look for ghosts. He didn't know how to be a real detective like Claire's parents. Did Claire? Claire sat down on an old trunk. "All I know is that Mrs. Beesley hired us to do a job," she said. "Ghost or not, she hired us to find whatever is haunting her attic. So that's what I think we should do." "Okay," Kaz said. "How do we do that?" "Maybe we should start by making a list of all

克莱尔关上了窗户。他们又听了一会儿。 阁楼很安静。“我不认为这上面有鬼。”和子打破沉默说。 “我也不知道，”克莱尔承认。 “可我们是侦探，记得吗？”“这是什么意思？”Kaz问道。 当克莱尔说他们应该成立一家侦探事务所来寻找他的家人时，卡兹认为这意味着他们可以简单地去别人家找鬼魂。 他不知道如何像克莱尔的父母那样成为一名真正的侦探。 克莱尔吗?克莱尔坐在一个旧箱子上。 “我只知道，比斯利太太雇我们是来干活的，”她说。 “不管是不是鬼，她雇我们来找在她阁楼上闹鬼的东西。 所以这就是我认为我们应该做的。” “好吧，”卡兹说。“我们该怎么做？”“也许我们应该先列个清单