1 A NEW CASE

BY EDGAR AWARD WINNER DORI HILLESTAD BUTLER The HAUNTED LIBRARY

埃德加奖得主多里·希勒斯塔德·巴特勒著《闹鬼的图书馆》

CHAPTER 1 A NEW CASE Woof! Woof!" "Cosmo! No!" Kaz grabbed Cosmo about a second and a half before he passed through the craft-room window and into the Outside. Kaz peered out the window. He didn't see what his dog was all excited about. "You can't go into the Outside," Kaz scolded. "What are you thinking?" Cosmo lowered his eyes. His tail drooped. "He's a dog, Kaz," Claire said, glancing up from her homework. "He doesn't know it's dangerous for ghosts to be outside." Claire reached

第1章一个新案子汪！汪!”“都市性!不!”卡兹在穿过工艺室的窗户进入外面之前抓住了宇宙大约一秒半的时间。 卡兹向窗外望去。 他没有看到他的狗为什么那么兴奋。 “你不能到外面去。”和子责备道。 “你在想什么？”科斯莫垂下眼睛。 他的尾巴耷拉着。“他是条狗，卡兹，”克莱尔说，从她的作业中抬起头来。 “他不知道鬼魂在外面是危险的。” 克莱尔达到

out to pet Cosmo. But Claire was a solid, so her hand passed through him. "He should know," Kaz said, holding his dog tight against his chest. "He's seen what happens when ghosts go into the Outside." Kaz and Cosmo used to live in an old schoolhouse with Kaz's mom and dad; his grandmom and grandpop; his little brother, Little John; and his big brother, Finn. Finn liked to stick his arm or leg through the wall to the Outside just to scare Kaz and Little John. But one day when the ghost boys were playing Keep Away, Finn stuck his head a little too far through the wall, and his whole body was pullllled into the Outside. Grandmom and Grandpop tried to rescue Finn, but they ended up in the Outside, too. And they all blew away. "Plus, Cosmo has been in the Outside himself, too," Kaz reminded Claire. Last summer some solids came to the old schoolhouse with their big trucks and their

去宠爱宇宙了但克莱尔是固体，所以她的手穿过了他。 “他应该知道，”卡兹说着，把他的狗紧紧抱在胸前。 “他见过鬼魂进入外面会发生什么。” 卡兹和科斯莫曾经和卡兹的父母住在一所旧校舍里；他的爷爷奶奶；他的弟弟小约翰；还有他的哥哥芬恩。 芬恩喜欢把胳膊或腿伸出墙外，只是为了吓唬卡兹和小约翰。 但是有一天，当幽灵男孩们在玩“走开”的游戏时，芬恩把头从墙里伸得太远了，他的整个身体都被拉进了外面。 爷爷奶奶想救芬恩，但他们最后也被困在了外面。 他们都被风吹走了。“另外，Cosmo自己也去过外面，”卡兹提醒克莱尔。 去年夏天，一些固体带着他们的大卡车和他们的

wrecking ball. They destroyed the old schoolhouse, and the rest of Kaz's family was forced into the Outside. Like Finn, Grandmom, and Grandpop, they were all scattered in the wind. Kaz ended up here at the library. He felt lucky to have found Cosmo a few weeks ago when he and Claire were out solving a ghostly mystery. He hadn't seen anyone else in his family for so long. Now Cosmo wiggled and squirmed in Kaz's arms. Kaz hugged him even harder. "I don't think your dog likes to be held so tight, Kaz," Beckett said. Beckett was the other ghost who lived at the library. He'd been here way longer than Kaz had. Kaz loosened his grip on Cosmo, and the ghost dog pawed his way out of Kaz's arms. He paddled right back toward the window. Kaz sighed. What is out there? he wondered. Cosmo had never been so interested in the Outside before. "Claire, could you please close that shade?"

破坏球。他们摧毁了旧校舍，和子的家人被迫搬到了外面。 就像芬恩、奶奶和爷爷一样，他们都散落在风中。 卡兹最后来到了图书馆。 他觉得自己很幸运，几周前，当他和克莱尔出去解决一个幽灵之谜时，他找到了《宇宙》。 他很久没见过家里的其他人了。 现在宇宙在卡兹的怀里扭动着。 卡兹搂得更紧了。 贝克特说：“卡兹，我觉得你的狗不喜欢被抱得这么紧。” 贝克特是另一个住在图书馆的鬼魂。 他在这里的时间比卡兹长得多。 卡兹松开了对宇宙的控制，幽灵狗从卡兹的怀抱中挣脱出来。 他径直向窗户游去。 Kaz叹了口气。外面有什么？ 他想知道。《宇宙》杂志从未对外界如此感兴趣。 “克莱尔，你能把窗帘关上吗？”

Kaz asked, grabbing his dog again. "If Cosmo can't see what's out there, then maybe he'll settle down." "Why don't you close the shade, Kaz?" Beckett said. "I can't," Kaz said. And Beckett knew he couldn't. Kaz simply didn't have the skills that other ghosts did. He was working on them. Really, he was. But ghost skills were hard. And he didn't like to practice. What ghost did? "How do you know you can't close that shade?" Beckett asked. "Have you tried?" "That's right, Kaz," Claire said. "Now that you can pick up solid objects, maybe you can pull the shade." Kaz had only just learned to pick up solid objects. He still wasn't very good at it. And picking up a solid object wasn't the same as pulling on a shade and making it move. But he was willing to give it a try.

卡兹问，又抓住了他的狗。 “如果宇宙看不到外面的东西，也许他会安定下来。” “你为什么不把窗帘关上呢，卡兹？”贝克特说。 “我不能，”卡兹说。贝克特知道他做不到。 卡兹根本没有其他鬼魂拥有的技能。 他在研究它们。真的，他是。 但是幽灵技能很难。 而且他不喜欢练习。 什么鬼干的？“你怎么知道你关不上那个窗帘？”贝克特问道。 “你试过吗？”“没错，卡兹，”克莱尔说。 “既然你可以拿起固体物体，也许你可以拉上遮阳板。” 卡兹刚刚学会拿起固体物体。 他还是不太擅长。 拿起一个固体物体和拉上遮阳板让它移动是不一样的。 但他愿意试一试。