9 PUTTING THE CLUES TOGETHER

CHAPTER 9 PUTTING THE CLUES TOGETHER There was only one thing to do. "Cosmo and I have to go in," Kaz said. "We have to find Little John." "You don't like to pass through solid objects," Claire said. "I know," Kaz said. But he didn't have a choice. Don't think about it, he told himself. Just do it. Like with the button on the organ. And the sword. "Okay, here we go." He grabbed his dog, took a deep breath, then plunged through the side of the water bottle and into the side of the house.

只有一件事要做。 “我和科斯莫必须进去，”卡兹说。 “我们必须找到小约翰。” “你不喜欢穿过固体，”克莱尔说。 “我知道，”卡兹说。但他别无选择。 别想了，他告诉自己。 只管去做。比如风琴上的按钮。 还有剑。“好，我们开始吧。” 他抓住他的狗，深吸一口气，然后从水瓶的一侧跳入房子的一侧。

The wall was thicker than Kaz expected. It pushed back against his body for a second. Holding tight to Cosmo, Kaz kicked his legs as hard as he could. He could feel the wall slicing through him. It made him feel sooooo skizzy. But he just kept kicking until he was all the way through. Once he and Cosmo were safe, he let go of his dog and shook himself. "I did it!" he said with a short laugh. "I really did it." "Woof! Woof!" Cosmo barked. Now to find Little John. Kaz looked all around. He was in someone's bedroom. A young boy's, he guessed from all the toy trucks. "Little John?" he called as he swam out into the hallway. Cosmo swam right beside him. "Where are you, Little John?" Kaz and Cosmo continued down the hallway and into the living room. A TV was on in the corner, and two solid boys, who looked a little

这堵墙比和子预料的要厚。 有那么一瞬间，他的身体被推了回去。 卡兹紧紧抱着科斯莫，用尽全力踢着自己的腿。 他能感觉到墙在刺穿他。 这让他觉得自己非常…… 但他一直在踢，直到他把球踢穿。 当他和科斯莫安全后，他放开了他的狗，摇了摇自己。 “我做到了！”他笑着说。 “我真的做到了。”“汪!汪!”科兹摩吠叫。 现在去找小约翰。卡兹环顾四周。 他在别人的卧室里。 一个小男孩的，他从所有的玩具卡车中猜出来。 “小约翰？”他一边喊一边游向走廊。 科斯莫就在他身边游着。 “你在哪儿，小约翰？”卡兹和科斯莫继续沿着走廊走到客厅。 角落里开着一台电视，还有两个结实的男孩，他们看起来有点

older than Little John but not quite as old as Kaz, stood over a pair of toy cars that appeared to be driving around the floor all by themselves. Each boy held a strange object that had a bunch of buttons and dials. Little John hovered above them. "There you are!" Kaz cried. Little John turned. "Kaz!" he exclaimed. "You passed through the wall?" "Yes," Kaz said. "Because you didn't come back. Why didn't you come back?" "Because! Look!" Little John pointed at the cars on the floor. "Those are called remote-control cars. Those boys are making the cars move with those things in their hands." The solid boys, of course, had no idea that two ghost boys were watching them. Kaz frowned. He wasn't sure if he felt relieved that Little John was okay or annoyed that Little John was in here having fun while he and Claire were in the Outside worrying. "You were sent in here to do a job, Little

他比小约翰大，但没有卡兹大，他站在一对玩具车旁边，这两辆玩具车似乎在地板上自动行驶。 每个男孩都拿着一个奇怪的东西，上面有一堆按钮和刻度盘。 小约翰在他们上方盘旋。 “你在这儿！”Kaz哭了。 小约翰转过身来。“卡兹！”他喊道。 “你穿过墙了？”“是的，”卡兹说。 “因为你没有回来。 你为什么不回来？”“因为!看!”小约翰指着地上的汽车。 “这些被称为遥控车。 那些男孩正在用那些东西让汽车移动。” 那些实实在在的男孩当然不知道有两个幽灵男孩在看着他们。 Kaz皱起了眉头。他不确定他是为小约翰没事而感到欣慰，还是为小约翰在这里玩而他和克莱尔在外面担心而感到恼火。 “你是被派来完成任务的，利特尔

John," Kaz said, hands on his hips. "You were supposed to watch and observe what happened at five o'clock." "I did," Little John said. "And?" Kaz said. "Did you see anything?" "I saw lines on the TV. And there was a weird voice on the TV, too. Just like you heard in that other house," Little John said. "But it's not there anymore." "Was the voice scary?" Kaz asked. "Yes," Little John said. "But those boys weren't scared. They were mad because they couldn't hear their show." "Could you understand the voice?" Kaz asked. "A little," Little John said. "I heard 'W... B... Zero... something.' Then I heard, 'Whiskey, Bravo, Zero, Leema, Bravo, Bravo...' and 'Little Boy Blue,' and 'same time tomorrow.'" So, some of the same words Kaz and Claire had heard at David's house. But there were other words and phrases, too.

约翰，”卡兹双手叉腰说。 “你应该观察和观察五点钟发生的事情。” “是的，”小约翰说。 “然后呢?”Kaz说。“你看到什么了吗？”“我在电视上看到了台词。 电视上也有一个奇怪的声音。 就像你在另一所房子里听到的那样，”小约翰说。 “但它已经不在那里了。” “那声音吓人吗？”Kaz问道。 “是的，”小约翰说。“但那些男孩并不害怕。 他们很生气，因为他们听不到他们的表演。” “你听得懂那个声音吗？”Kaz问道。 “会一点，”小约翰说。 “我听到‘哇……B…零…… 一些东西。”然后我听到，‘威士忌，b, 0, Leema, b, b……和“小男孩布鲁”，还有“明天同一时间”。’”所以，卡兹和克莱尔在大卫家听到的一些同样的话。 但也有其他的单词和短语。

"Did you see any ghosts?" Kaz asked. "Nope." "Did you see anything else that could have made that voice come out of the TV?" Kaz asked. "Nope." Little John shook his head. So who was causing all this mischief in David's neighborhood? And was that person solid or ghost? "Maybe we should forget about the electromagnetic interference idea for now and focus on the words we heard coming through the TVs and David's organ," Claire suggested later that night at the library. Little John was playing with Cosmo. Beckett was reading a book. And Kaz and Claire were going over everything Claire had written in her notebook. W... B... Zero... Whiskey, Bravo, Zero, Leema, Bravo, Bravo. Little Boy Blue.

“你看见鬼了吗？”Kaz问道。 “不。”“你有没有看到别的东西能让那个声音从电视里发出来？”Kaz问道。 “不。”小约翰摇了摇头。 那么是谁在大卫的社区里制造了这些恶作剧呢？ 那个人是实体还是幽灵？ “也许我们现在应该忘记电磁干扰的想法，把注意力集中在我们从电视和大卫的风琴里听到的话语上，”克莱尔那天晚上在图书馆建议道。 小约翰在和科斯莫玩。 贝克特正在看书。 卡兹和克莱尔正在检查克莱尔在笔记本上写的所有东西。 W……B…零……威士忌，b, 0，利玛，b, b。 小男孩布鲁。