7 MORE GHOSTS!

CHAPTER 7 MORE GHOSTS! Kaz and Little John had never been inside a nursing home before. A large yellow, green, and blue bird greeted them from its cage beside the door when Claire walked in. "Hello! Hello!" the bird squawked. "Hello," Claire said to the bird. "What's your name?" "Hello! Hello!" the bird squawked again. As soon as the front door closed, Kaz and Little John passed through the side of Claire's water bottle and expanded to normal size. "I never knew birds could talk," Kaz said as he drifted close, but not too close, to the cage. "His name is Petey," a lady behind a counter

第七章更多的鬼！卡兹和小约翰以前从来没有进过养老院。 克莱尔走进来时，一只黄绿蓝三色的大鸟从门边的笼子里迎接他们。 “你好!你好！”鸟叫道。 “你好，”克莱尔对小鸟说。 “你叫什么名字？”“你好!喂！”鸟又叫了起来。 前门一关上，卡兹和小约翰就从克莱尔的水瓶侧面穿过，膨胀到正常大小。 “我从来不知道鸟儿会说话。”和子边说边慢慢靠近笼子，但又不太靠近。 “他叫皮蒂，”柜台后面的一位女士说

said to Claire. "Ask him who's a pretty bird." "Who's a pretty bird?" Claire asked Petey. The bird shifted on his perch. He didn't say anything. "Who's a pretty bird, Petey?" the lady at the desk said. "Shut up!" the bird squawked. "Petey!" the lady exclaimed as Claire, Kaz, and Little John giggled. "Petey!" the bird repeated. The lady at the desk shook her head in dismay. "Can I help you?" she asked Claire. "I'd like to see Victor Helsing," Claire said, leaning on the counter. "Sure," said the lady. "He's in room 105. Go down that hallway and walk through the activity room. It'll be the first room on the right." "Thanks," Claire said as she, Kaz, and Little John started down the hall. "Hey, there's a ghost!" Little John pointed up ahead.

对克莱尔说。“问问他谁是一只漂亮的鸟。” “谁是一只漂亮的鸟？”克莱尔问皮蒂。 那只鸟在栖木上移动。 他什么也没说。“谁是只漂亮的鸟，皮蒂？”前台的女士说。 “闭嘴！”鸟尖声叫道。 “皮特！”那位女士喊道，克莱尔、卡兹和小约翰咯咯地笑了起来。 “皮特！”那只鸟重复道。 前台的女士沮丧地摇了摇头。 “我能帮你吗？”她问克莱尔。 “我想见见维克多·赫尔辛，”克莱尔靠在柜台上说。 “当然，”女士说。“他在105房间。 沿着走廊走，穿过活动室。 就在右边的第一个房间。” “谢谢，”克莱尔说，她、卡兹和小约翰开始沿着走廊走。 “嘿，有个鬼！”小约翰指着前方。

"Two of them," Kaz said, as first one, then two ghosts darted across the hall from one room into another. Neither of the ghosts was glowing. And neither of them noticed Kaz or Little John. Claire, Kaz, and Little John continued down the hall and into the activity room. They were surprised to find four more ghosts hovering above a table where four solids were playing cards. "Hey! Who are you guys?" Little John asked as he and Kaz swam over to the ghosts. They were all lady ghosts. Old lady ghosts. The ladies turned to Little John and Kaz. The solids turned, too. "Who are you guys?" a solid lady with bluish hair asked. Kaz stared. Was that solid lady talking to him and Little John? She had to be. She said you guys

“两个。”卡兹说，他是第一个，然后两个鬼魂穿过大厅，从一个房间跑到另一个房间。 两个鬼魂都不发光。 他们谁也没有注意到卡兹和小约翰。 克莱尔、卡兹和小约翰继续穿过大厅进入活动室。 他们惊讶地发现又有四个幽灵在一张桌子上盘旋，桌子上有四个实体在打牌。 “嘿!你们是谁？”小约翰边问边和卡兹游向鬼魂。 她们都是女鬼。 老女人鬼。女士们转向小约翰和卡兹。 固体也转动了。“你们是谁？”一个淡蓝色头发的女士问。 Kaz盯着。那位结实的女士在跟他和小约翰说话吗？ 她必须是。她说你们

and she was looking right at them. Claire was still halfway across the room. She had stopped to pull out her notebook. "We don't usually see such young ghosts in here," said the solid lady who sat across from the blue-haired lady. "Can you see us?" Kaz asked the solid ladies. Neither he nor Little John was glowing. "Of course we can see you," said a solid man who sat between the two ladies. "We may be old, but we're not blind," said the other solid man. "You mean all of you can see us?" Little John cried, wide-eyed. "Almost everyone in this nursing home can see us," said one of the ghost ladies. "Everyone of a certain age, I mean." "Little John? Kaz? Is that you?" said a voice behind them. Kaz and Little John turned. "GRANDMOM?!?!" they cried out. Grandpop

她正看着他们。 克莱尔还在房间的另一边。 她停下来拿出她的笔记本。 “我们通常不会在这里看到这么年轻的鬼魂，”坐在蓝发女士对面的那位身材魁梧的女士说。 “你能看见我们吗？”卡兹问那些稳重的女士们。 他和小约翰都不发光。 “我们当然能看见你们，”坐在两位女士中间的一个结实的男人说。 “我们可能老了，但我们不瞎。”另一个结实的人说。 “你是说你们所有人都能看见我们？”小约翰睁大眼睛叫道。 “几乎这个养老院的每个人都能看到我们，”其中一位幽灵女士说。 “我是说，到了一定年龄的每个人。” “小约翰?Kaz吗?是你吗？”一个声音在他们身后说。 卡兹和小约翰转过身来。 “奶奶？！？！”他们喊道。 Grandpop

was there, too. The four ghosts swam to each other. First Kaz and Grandmom hugged while Little John and Grandpop hugged. Then Kaz and Grandpop hugged while Little John and Grandmom hugged. "How marvelous! It's a family reunion," said one of the ghost ladies. "Is Finn here, too?" Little John asked. "No," Grandmom replied. "I'm afraid we never found him. What are you two doing here?" But before Kaz or Little John could explain, Grandmom grabbed them both and hugged them again. "I didn't think we'd ever see you again!" "I... didn't think... we'd ever... see... you... again, either!" Kaz said, gasping for air. Grandpop tugged on Grandmom's arm. "Let the poor child catch his breath," he said. "Sorry, sorry," Grandmom said as she finally let Kaz and Little John go. Claire cleared her throat. "Kaz? Are you going to introduce us?" she asked.

我也在那里。四个幽灵游向彼此。 首先卡兹和奶奶拥抱，小约翰和爷爷拥抱。 然后卡兹和爷爷拥抱，小约翰和奶奶拥抱。 “多么奇妙!这是一次家庭团聚，”其中一位女鬼说。 “芬恩也在吗？”小约翰问。 “不，”奶奶回答。“恐怕我们一直没有找到他。 你们俩在这儿干什么？”但卡兹和小约翰还没来得及解释，奶奶就抓住了他们俩，再次拥抱了他们。 “我以为我们再也见不到你了！”“我…… 没有想到……我们所… 看到……你……再次,要么!”卡兹喘着气说。 爷爷拽着奶奶的胳膊。 “让这可怜的孩子喘口气吧，”他说。 “对不起，对不起。”奶奶说着，终于放开了卡兹和小约翰。 克莱尔清了清嗓子。 “Kaz ?你要介绍我们认识吗？”她问。