5 THE BIG SEARCH

CHAPTER 5 THE BIG SEARCH Kaz swam back through the fire station. "We have to go!" he told Claire. "Little John is missing. We have to find him!" Claire nodded slightly to Kaz, then turned to Brynlee and RJ. "I'm sorry we didn't find your ghost today. I'll come back tomorrow and search some more." "Let's... go...," Kaz wailed. Brynlee gasped. RJ's mouth fell open. Claire had a funny look on her face. She was the only one who could actually see Kaz. But everyone else had just heard him.

第五章大搜查卡兹游回了消防站。 “我们得走了！”他告诉克莱尔。 “小约翰不见了。我们必须找到他！”克莱尔向卡兹微微点了点头，然后转向布林利和RJ。 “很抱歉我们今天没有找到你的鬼魂。 我明天再来找一些。” “我们…去……卡兹哀号道。 Brynlee气喘吁吁地说。RJ张大了嘴。 克莱尔脸上有一种奇怪的表情。 她是唯一能看到卡兹的人。 但是其他人都听到了。

"That was the ghost!" the twins said at the same time. Uh-oh. Kaz hadn't meant to wail. Once again, it had just come out. "Do you see it?" Brynlee grabbed Claire's arm. "No," Claire lied as she looked straight at Kaz. "Get out your ghost-hunting equipment," RJ

“那就是鬼！”双胞胎同时说。 哦。卡兹并不想哭。 再说一次，它刚刚出来。 “你看到了吗？”布林利抓住克莱尔的胳膊。 “不，”克莱尔直视卡兹，撒谎道。 “拿出你的捉鬼装备，”RJ说

said. "The ghost is here. We all heard it." "No, Claire," Kaz cried in his normal voice. "We don't have time for that. We have to look for Little John. Where's your water bottle?" It was usually on her shoulder. Or in her hand. But Kaz didn't see it. "My stuff is out in the garage," Claire said. "But... I don't know what you're talking about, RJ. I don't know what you guys heard that makes you think there's a ghost in here. I didn't hear anything. And look at Sparky. I don't think he heard anything, either." Sparky was curled up on the red pillow next to Brynlee and RJ's dad's desk. Chasing fire trucks was exhausting. "Huh," Brynlee said. "She's right. Sparky isn't upset. Maybe we just thought we heard something." "But we both heard it. Even if Claire didn't," RJ said. Brynlee shrugged. "Must have been another

说。“鬼来了。我们都听到了。” “不，克莱尔。”卡兹用他正常的声音喊道。 “我们没有时间做这些。 我们得去找小约翰。 你的水瓶呢？”它通常在她的肩膀上。 或者在她手里。但是卡兹没有看到。 “我的东西在车库里，”克莱尔说。 “但是……我不知道你在说什么，RJ。 我不知道你们听到了什么让你们觉得这里有鬼。 我什么也没听到。再看看斯帕奇。 我想他也什么也没听到。” Sparky蜷缩在Brynlee和RJ爸爸桌子旁边的红枕头上。 追消防车很累人。 “嗯，”布林利说。“她是对的。 斯帕奇没有不高兴。也许我们只是觉得听到了什么。” “但是我们都听到了。即使克莱尔没有，”RJ说。 Brynlee耸耸肩。“一定是另一个

one of those weird twin things. We imagined the same thing." "I really have to go," Claire said. The twins led Claire down the hall and out to the garage. Kaz followed close behind. There were a lot of firefighters bustling around in the garage, cleaning equipment, winding hoses, and shining the trucks. Claire grabbed her bag and water bottle from the bench where she'd left them. Kaz shrank down... down... down... and passed through the side of the water bottle. "Come back and see us again." David waved as Claire opened a small door at the front of the garage. Once they were safely outside, Claire said to Kaz, "You wailed in there! You figured out how to wail." "Sort of," Kaz said. "But I don't want to talk about that. We have to find Little John!" "I don't know where he could be," Claire said

就是那种奇怪的双胞胎。 我们也有同样的想法。” “我真的得走了，”克莱尔说。 双胞胎带着克莱尔穿过大厅，来到车库。 卡兹紧随其后。 有很多消防员在车库里忙碌着，清理设备，缠绕软管，擦亮卡车。 克莱尔从她放的长椅上抓起她的包和水瓶。 卡兹退缩了……下来…… 下来……穿过了水瓶的侧面。 “再来看看我们吧。” 克莱尔打开车库前面的一扇小门时，大卫挥了挥手。 当他们安全出门后，克莱尔对卡兹说：“你在里面哭了！你知道怎么哭了。” “差不多吧，”卡兹说。“但我不想谈这个。 我们必须找到小约翰！”“我不知道他会在哪里，”克莱尔说

as she started down the street. "I saw him go inside the ladder truck before the alarm sounded. But I don't know if he was still in there when the fire fighters drove away. What if he blew out when they opened the doors?" If that was the case, they might never find Little John. The wind would have blown him away. But they had to try. "We should go to where the fire trucks went," Kaz said. "Maybe we'll see him blowing around there." Claire stopped walking. "But we don't know where they went." "Yes, we do," Kaz said. "I heard it in the radio room. They went to 1024 Elm Street." "Okay," Claire said. "Let's find Elm Street." She pulled out her phone to get directions and started walking again. Along the way, Kaz turned all around inside Claire's water bottle. If Little John was out there

当她沿着街道往前走时。 “在警报响起之前，我看到他进了云梯卡车。 但我不知道消防员开车离开时他是否还在里面。 要是他们开门时他就炸了怎么办？”如果是这样的话，他们可能永远找不到小约翰。 风会把他吹走的。 但他们不得不尝试。“我们应该去消防车去的地方，”卡兹说。 “也许我们会看到他在那里吹。” 克莱尔停了下来。“但我们不知道他们去了哪里。” “是的，我们有。”卡兹说。“我在广播室里听到的。 他们去了榆树街1024号。” “好吧，”克莱尔说。“我们去找榆树街吧。” 她拿出手机问路，然后又开始走路。 一路上，卡兹在克莱尔的水瓶里转来转去。 如果小约翰在那里

somewhere, Kaz didn't want to miss him. It didn't take long to reach 1024 Elm Street. There were no signs of a fire. No signs that fire trucks had even been there recently. "Do you see Little John?" Kaz asked, squinting. "No," Claire replied. "Do you?" "No," Kaz said glumly. They walked all around the building. No luck. "Which direction is the wind coming from?" Kaz asked. "Maybe we could follow the wind to see where it might have blown him." "We can try," Claire said, but she didn't sound hopeful. "I think it's blowing behind us." Claire walked and walked... all the way to the edge of town. Kaz gazed out over an empty field. Little John, where are you? he wondered.

在某个地方，卡兹不想错过他。 没过多久就到了榆树街1024号。 没有火灾的迹象。 没有迹象表明最近有消防车来过。 “你看到小约翰了吗？”卡兹眯着眼睛问。 “不，”克莱尔回答。“你呢?”“不，”卡兹闷闷不乐地说。 他们绕着大楼走了一圈。 没有运气。“风是从哪个方向吹来的？”Kaz问道。 “也许我们可以顺着风向，看看他被风吹到哪里去了。” “我们可以试试，”克莱尔说，但听起来并不充满希望。 “我想它正在我们身后吹。” 克莱尔走啊走…… 一直到镇的边缘。 卡兹凝视着外面一片空旷的田野。 小约翰，你在哪里？ 他想知道。