10 TRANSFORMATION

CHAPTER 10 TRANSFORMATION The secret is in the tip of your thumb and your second finger," Claire's mom said to the wall beside Kaz. Kaz wished he could glow so Claire's mom could see him when she spoke to him. "You have to touch the very tip of your thumb and your second finger to whatever it is you want to transform, and then quickly pull your hand away." Claire's mom demonstrated with her own hand. "That's what pulls the solid out of the object. If you're a ghost that has the ability to transform an object." "Try it, Kaz," Claire urged. "See if you can transform that leaf on the floor."

“秘密就在你的拇指和食指的指尖上。”克莱尔的妈妈对着卡兹旁边的墙说。 卡兹希望他能发光，这样克莱尔的妈妈和他说话的时候就能看到他。 “你必须用拇指和食指的指尖触摸你想要变形的东西，然后迅速把手抽开。” 克莱尔的妈妈用自己的手做了示范。 “这就是把固体从物体中拉出来的原因。 如果你是一个有能力改变物体的鬼魂。” “试试看，卡兹。”克莱尔催促道。 “看看你能不能改变地板上的那片叶子。”

Kaz dived down to a leaf that had fallen from the plant in the corner. "Remember, just the tip of your thumb and your second finger," Claire's mom said again as all eyes focused on Kaz. And the leaf. Kaz slowly picked up the leaf. He held it between his thumb and second finger and then let go. The leaf remained solid as it fluttered back to the floor. "I think you have to let go faster," Claire suggested. "And don't squeeze it too tight," Claire's mom said. "You need to hold it kind of loose. Molly used to sort of balance things on the tips of her fingers, then flick her hand away!" Kaz reached for the leaf again. But this time he had such a light hold that it fell to the floor before he could even try to transform it. Grandma Karen groaned. "Keep trying, Kaz," Claire said.

和子扑到角落里植物上掉下来的一片叶子上。 “记住，只用大拇指和食指的指尖，”克莱尔的妈妈又说了一遍，所有的目光都集中在卡兹身上。 还有叶子。和子慢慢地捡起叶子。 他用拇指和食指夹住它，然后松开了。 那片叶子在拍打着落回地板时仍然是坚实的。 “我觉得你得快点放手，”克莱尔建议道。 “别捏得太紧，”克莱尔的妈妈说。 “你需要把它拿松一点。 莫莉过去常常用指尖平衡东西，然后把手弹开！”卡兹又伸手去拿那片叶子。 但这一次，他的手太轻了，还没来得及变形，它就掉到地上了。 卡伦奶奶呻吟着。“继续努力，卡兹，”克莱尔说。

Kaz sighed as he picked up the leaf again and held it gently, gently, gently. So gently that it sort of hovered there in the air between his thumb and his second finger. Then he quickly flicked his hand away as he let the leaf go. Kaz stared in amazement as the leaf turned ghostly! "You did it!" Claire clapped her hands together. Her mom and Grandma Karen smiled. "Yay! Kaz!" Little John exclaimed. Even Beckett looked impressed. "Now tell him to put it back." Claire's mom leaned forward on the bench. "Then ask him to see if he can bring my doll back, too." She was growing more and more excited. "He can hear you, Mom," Claire said. "He's right here."

和子叹了口气，又捡起那片叶子，轻轻地、轻轻地、轻轻地拿着。 轻轻地，它在他的拇指和食指之间的空中盘旋。 然后他迅速甩开他的手，他让叶子走了。 和子惊讶地看着叶子变成了幽灵！“你做到了！”克莱尔拍了拍手。 她的妈妈和卡伦奶奶笑了。 “耶!Kaz !”小约翰叫道。 就连贝克特看起来也印象深刻。 “现在告诉他把它放回去。” 克莱尔的妈妈靠在长凳上。 “那就让他看看能不能把我的娃娃也带回来。” 她越来越兴奋了。 “他能听到你说话，妈妈，”克莱尔说。 “他就在这儿。”

"I don't know if I can transform it back," Kaz said as he grabbed the ghostly leaf. "I don't know how that works." "Did Molly tell you how she made things solid again?" Claire asked her mom. Kaz turned the leaf all around. He tried squeezing it between his thumb and first finger. Wait! Second finger, not first, he said to himself as he switched his hold. And just like that, the leaf turned solid again! "Looks like he figured it out," Claire's mom said. Kaz turned the leaf ghostly again. Then solid. Then ghostly. Then solid. "I think I've got it!" He giggled. Little John brought the ghost doll over to Kaz. "Go ahead and transform Windy," he said glumly. "She belongs to Claire's mom. Not me." "Thanks, Little John," Claire said. "I've probably got another doll around somewhere that you can have."

“我不知道我能不能把它变回来，”和子一边说一边抓住那片幽灵般的叶子。 “我不知道这是怎么回事。” “莫丽有没有告诉你她又把东西变实了？”克莱尔问妈妈。 和子把叶子转了一圈。 他试着用拇指和食指捏它。 等等!第二根手指，不是第一根，他一边换手一边自言自语。 就这样，叶子又变成了固体！“看起来他想通了，”克莱尔的妈妈说。 和子又把叶子像鬼一样翻动起来。 然后固体。然后鬼魂。然后固体。 “我想我找到了！”他咯咯地笑着说。 小约翰把鬼娃娃拿给卡兹。 “去把风改造一下吧。”他闷闷不乐地说。 “她是克莱尔妈妈的。 不是我。”“谢谢，小约翰，”克莱尔说。 “我可能在什么地方有另一个娃娃，你可以拿着。”

"Okay," Little John said. Kaz squeezed his two thumbs and two second fingers around the doll's middle. The doll turned solid, then fell to the floor. Claire's mom lunged for it. "Oh, thank you," she said, looking somewhere between Kaz and Little John. "Thank you! Thank you!" While Claire and her mom and grandma exclaimed over the doll, Kaz said, "I know what I should transform now."

“好吧，”小约翰说。和子用两只拇指和两只无名指紧紧地搂住娃娃的中间。 娃娃变硬了，然后倒在地板上。 克莱尔的妈妈扑了过去。 “哦，谢谢你。”她说，目光落在卡兹和小约翰之间。 “谢谢你!谢谢你!”当克莱尔和她的妈妈、奶奶为这个娃娃欢呼时，卡兹说：“我知道我现在应该改变什么了。”

Little John perked up. "The envelope in the secret room!" The ghosts raced to the craft room and sailed through the bookshelf at the back of the room. Kaz swam over to the envelope and picked it up. He held it with the very tip of his thumb and second finger, then quickly flicked his hand away. The envelope turned ghostly! "Aha! Now we can open it and see what's inside," Little John cried as he reached for the envelope. "No." Kaz snatched it away. "Now we can take it through the wall." Holding tight to the envelope, Kaz turned and swam through the wall. Little John groaned. "Back already?" Claire said as the three ghosts returned to the craft room. Her eyes widened at the envelope in Kaz's hand. "Is the recipe inside?" "I don't know," Kaz said. "I think you should be the one to open it." He squeezed the envelope with the tip of his thumb and second finger, and

小约翰振作起来。“密室里的信封！”鬼魂跑到工艺室，穿过房间后面的书架。 卡兹游向信封，把它捡了起来。 他用拇指和食指的指尖握着它，然后迅速地把手移开。 信封变成了幽灵！“啊哈!现在我们可以打开它，看看里面是什么。”小约翰一边伸手去拿信封一边叫道。 “没有。”卡兹把它抢走了。 “现在我们可以把它穿过墙了。” 卡兹紧紧抓住信封，转身游过了墙。 小约翰呻吟着。“回来了?”克莱尔说，这时三个鬼魂回到了工艺室。 看到和子手里的信封，她睁大了眼睛。 “食谱在里面吗？”“我不知道，”卡兹说。 “我觉得应该由你来打开它。” 他用拇指和食指尖捏了捏信封，然后