8 A DANGEROUS MISSION

CHAPTER 8 A DANGEROUS MISSION Me?" Little John cried. "How can I help?" Yeah! Kaz wondered, trying not to feel jealous. What can Little John do to help? "Remember, David's mom said that he and Ben have dentist appointments on Monday," Claire said. "So?" Kaz said. "So, Ally's probably going to go hang out with her friends," Claire said. "Which means no one will be home at David's house. I wonder if the ghost"—Claire made air quotes with her fingers —"will still come out if no one's home."

第八章危险的任务我？”小约翰哭了。 “我能帮什么忙？”是啊!卡兹想，尽量不让自己感到嫉妒。 小约翰能帮什么忙呢？ “记住，大卫的妈妈说他和本周一约了牙医，”克莱尔说。 “所以?”Kaz说。“所以，艾丽可能会和她的朋友们出去玩，”克莱尔说。 “这意味着大卫家不会有人在家。 我在想，如果没人在家，鬼魂还会不会出来？”——克莱尔用手指做了个空中引号。

That's a good question, Kaz thought. Claire went on, "Little John can pass through walls. So maybe he can go inside David's house on Monday and find out for us." "That is a terrible idea," Beckett said. "A terribly dangerous idea." "It's not that I can't pass through walls—" Kaz started to say. "I know," Claire interrupted. She and Little John continued at the same time: "You just don't like to." "I like to pass through walls," Little John said. He spun around and plunged headfirst through the fiction-room wall and disappeared. "See?" he called from the next room over. Then he stepped back through the wall. "But how am I going to get inside this boy's house? Won't I have to go into the Outside to get there? The wind will blow me right past it." Claire held up her water bottle. "This is how Kaz travels outside," she said. "If I can put my

这是个好问题，卡兹想。 克莱尔接着说：“小约翰能穿墙。 所以也许他周一可以去大卫的房子里帮我们看看。” “这是个糟糕的想法，”贝克特说。 “一个非常危险的想法。” “不是我不能穿墙——”卡兹刚想说。 “我知道，”克莱尔打断他。 她和小约翰同时继续说：“你就是不喜欢。” “我喜欢穿墙，”小约翰说。 他转过身，一头扎进小说室的墙，消失了。 “看见了吗？”他从隔壁房间喊道。 然后他穿过墙退后一步。 “可是我怎么才能进到这个男孩的房子里去呢？” 我不是要到外面去吗？ 风会把我吹过去的。” 克莱尔举起她的水瓶。 “这就是卡兹在外面旅行的方式，”她说。 “如果我能把我的

water bottle right up against David's house, maybe you can pass through the bottle and the house." "Oh," Little John said. "Okay." What could possibly go wrong? "No!" Beckett said on Monday. "You cannot send that little boy into a house all by himself. It's too dangerous!" "Mind your own business, Beckett!" Claire said as she twisted the top from her bottle. Kaz, Little John, and Cosmo all shrank down... down... down. Kaz swam into the bottle through the open top, and Little John and Cosmo passed through the stars on the side of the bottle. The bottle felt crowded with three ghosts. They all had to shrink a little smaller to fit, which made everything in the Outside look even bigger. And scarier. "I'm telling you, this is a bad idea," Beckett said, following them all the way to the front door.

水瓶正对着大卫的房子，也许你可以穿过瓶子和房子。” “哦，”小约翰说。“好吧。” 有什么可能出错呢？ “不!”贝克特周一说。 “你不能让那个小男孩一个人进房子。 太危险了！”“管好你自己的事，贝克特！”克莱尔边说边拧开瓶盖。 卡兹、小约翰和宇宙都缩小了…… 下来……下来。卡兹从敞开的瓶盖游到瓶子里，小约翰和科斯莫从瓶子侧面的星星中间穿过。 瓶子里塞满了三只鬼。 他们都必须缩小一点来适应，这使得外面的一切看起来更大。 和可怕。“我告诉你们，这是个坏主意，”贝克特说，一路跟着他们来到前门。

"A really bad idea." "I can do it, Beckett," Little John said. "Don't worry." Kaz felt proud of his little brother, but also a little bit jealous. Proud. Jealous. Proud. Jealous. It was as though those feelings were playing tug-of- war inside Kaz's heart. "I'm opening the door now, Beckett," Claire said, putting her hand on the doorknob. "You better get out of the way." "Hmph," Beckett said as he backstroked away from the door. Claire walked Kaz, Little John, and Cosmo down the street, the bottle swinging gently at her side. "This is... weird," Little John said after a while. "What's weird?" Kaz asked. "We're in the Outside, but not really," Little John said, looking all around. "We're traveling safely in the Outside," Kaz

“真是个坏主意。”“我能做到，贝克特，”小约翰说。 “别担心。”和子为他的小弟弟感到骄傲，但也有点嫉妒。 感到骄傲。嫉妒了。感到骄傲。嫉妒了。 这些感觉好像在和子的心里玩拔河游戏。 “我现在要开门了，贝克特，”克莱尔把手放在门把手上说。 “你最好别挡道。” “嗯，”贝克特边说边仰泳离开了门口。 克莱尔牵着卡兹、小约翰和科斯莫走在街上，奶瓶在她身边轻轻地摇晃着。 “这是……过了一会儿，小约翰说。 “奇怪什么?”Kaz问道。 “我们在外面，但不是真的，”小约翰说，环顾四周。 “我们在外面很安全，”卡兹说

said. "Now let's see if we can solve this case." They were close to solving it; Kaz could feel it. As they turned onto David's street, Kaz saw the same lady working in her flower garden and listening to music on her radio. Wait... radio? Claire said something about radios when she was reading about the electrowhatever interference. "Claire?" Kaz called out. "CLAIRE!" Now that he was smaller than usual, he had to talk even louder to get Claire's attention. "What?" she said, raising the bottle to the level of her eyes. Kaz pointed at the radio on the grass. "Could that radio over there be causing the interference and making all those strange things happen at David's house?" Claire turned. "That little thing? I don't know. We have a radio like that at home, and it never causes any problems with our TV. But... if we're right about the interference thing, maybe she's

说。“现在让我们看看能不能破案。” 他们就快解决这个问题了；卡兹能感觉到。 当他们转到大卫住的那条街上时，卡兹看到那位女士在她的花园里干活，一边听着收音机里的音乐。 等待……收音机吗?克莱尔在阅读有关电子干扰的文章时提到了无线电。 “克莱尔?”卡兹喊道。“克莱尔!”现在他比平时小了，他不得不更大声地说话来引起克莱尔的注意。 “什么？”她说，把瓶子举到眼睛的高度。 卡兹指着草地上的收音机。 “会不会是那边的收音机造成了干扰，让大卫家发生了那么多奇怪的事情？”克莱儿转过身。 “那个小东西？”我不知道。 我们家里有一台这样的收音机，它从来不会对我们的电视造成任何问题。 但是…如果我们关于干扰的事是对的，也许她

having interference, too. Let's go see." She skipped over. "Hello again," Claire said, stopping right beside the radio. The lady glanced up. "Oh hello," she said, shading her eyes. "You're that Jeffrey boy's friend, aren't you?" "Yes," Claire replied. "Did you know that some strange things have been happening over at their house?" "Strange things?" "Yeah," Claire said. "Like, their garage door goes up all by itself. And a lamp comes on. They also get these lines on their TVs, and they hear a really weird voice both on their TVs and through their organ." "Through their organ? Really?" The lady shifted her legs. "Yeah. And these things always happen at five o'clock. I was just wondering if you have any trouble with your radio at five o'clock?" "Well, now that you mention it, I do tend to get

也有干扰。我们去看看吧。” 她跳过去了。“又见面了，”克莱尔说，停在收音机旁边。 那位女士抬起头来。“哦，你好，”她说，遮住眼睛。 “你是那个叫杰弗里的男孩的朋友，对吗？”“是的，”克莱尔回答。 “你知道他们家最近发生了一些奇怪的事情吗？”“奇怪的事情?”“是的，”克莱尔说。 “比如，他们的车库门是自己打开的。 一盏灯亮了。他们的电视上也有这些线路，他们在电视上和风琴上都听到了一个非常奇怪的声音。” “通过他们的器官？”真的吗?”那位女士挪了挪腿。 “是的。这些事情总是发生在五点钟。 我只是想知道你五点钟的收音机有问题吗？”“好吧，既然你提到了，我确实倾向于