6 A MESSAGE FOR CLAIRE

CHAPTER 6 A MESSAGE FOR CLAIRE You can't just mope around the library all day," Claire told Kaz as she packed her bag the next morning. "Come to school with me." "I don't want to," Kaz said. "We'll look for Little John after school," Claire said. "We should go over to the fire station and look for that ghost again, too." "I said no!" Kaz snapped. The last thing he wanted to do was search for the ghost at the fire station. That was how they'd lost Little John in the first place. "Kaz," Beckett said, closing the book in his

第六章给克莱尔的口信第二天早上，克莱尔收拾行李时对卡兹说：“你不能整天在图书馆里闷闷不乐。” “跟我来学校吧。”“我不想，”和子说。 “放学后我们去找小约翰，”克莱尔说。 “我们也应该去一趟消防站，再找找那个鬼魂。” “我说了不!”Kaz厉声说。他最不愿意做的事就是在消防站寻找鬼魂。 这就是他们最初失去小约翰的原因。 “卡兹，”贝克特说，合上书

hand. "You should go to school with the solid. This isn't the first time you and Little John have been apart. I'm sure your brother is fine." They didn't understand. They couldn't understand. Beckett didn't have a family. And Claire had never been separated from hers. They didn't know how it felt to lose someone, then find them, and then get separated again. It felt worse than being apart the first time. "I know you think I don't understand," Beckett said. "But I do. I lost my family years ago." "You have a family?" Claire said with surprise. Beckett scowled. "Of course I have a family. Everyone has a family." "Where are they? What happened to them?" Kaz asked. "They blew away. Just like your family," Beckett said. "But I didn't search for them. I didn't make friends with a solid girl who wanted to form a ghost detective agency and help ghosts. I stayed here in the library and felt sorry for

的手。“你应该和固体一起去上学。 这不是你和小约翰第一次分开了。 我相信你哥哥很好。” 他们不明白。他们无法理解。 贝克特没有家庭。 克莱尔从来没有和她的母亲分开过。 他们不知道失去一个人，然后找到他们，然后又分开是什么感觉。 这比第一次分开的感觉更糟。 “我知道你认为我不明白，”贝克特说。 “但我知道。几年前我失去了家人。” “你有家人吗？”克莱尔惊讶地说。 贝克特皱起了眉头。“我当然有家庭。 每个人都有家庭。”“他们在哪儿?” 他们后来怎么样了？”Kaz问道。 他们被吹走了。就像你的家人一样，”贝克特说。 “但我没有去找他们。 我没有和一个想要成立一个鬼魂侦探机构帮助鬼魂的可靠女孩交朋友。 我呆在图书馆里，感到很抱歉

myself." Claire walked over to Beckett. "It's not too late," she said softly. "You can make friends with me right now. You could even join C & K Ghost Detectives if you want." "I don't think so," Beckett said. "Not at my age. But, Kaz, you should go with Claire." It was the first time Kaz had heard Beckett call Claire by her name. Kaz had to admit that sitting around the library feeling sorry for himself wasn't going to accomplish anything. He and Claire still had a case to solve. He didn't want Sparky to be afraid of a room just because he'd seen a ghost in there. Kaz wanted to find that ghost and tell him to be nice to Sparky. It's what Little John would want him to do. "Okay, I'll come to school with you, Claire. And then we can go over to the fire station after that," Kaz said. He shrank down... down... down... and swam into the water bottle.

我自己。”克莱尔走向贝克特。 “还不算太晚，”她轻声说。 “你现在可以和我交朋友了。 如果你愿意，你甚至可以加入《C & K幽灵侦探》。” “我不这么认为，”贝克特说。 “在我这个年纪不行。但是，卡兹，你应该和克莱尔一起去。” 这是卡兹第一次听到贝克特叫克莱尔的名字。 卡兹不得不承认，坐在图书馆里自怨自艾是不会有任何结果的。 他和克莱尔还有案子要破。 他不想让斯帕奇因为在房间里见过鬼就害怕。 卡兹想找到那个鬼魂，告诉他对斯帕奇好点。 这是小约翰希望他做的事。 “好吧，我和你一起去学校，克莱尔。 然后我们可以去消防站，”卡兹说。 他畏缩了……下来……下来…… 然后游到水瓶里。

"Good," Claire said, hoisting the strap from the bottle onto her shoulder. "See you later, Beckett." When they got to school, Brynlee and RJ were waiting for Claire by her locker. "Guess what?" Brynlee said. "What?" Claire asked as she opened her locker. She set her water bottle on the shelf inside. Brynlee and RJ glanced over their shoulders, then put their heads close to Claire's. "Last night our dad slept over at the fire station," Brynlee said in a low voice. "When he came home for breakfast, he said he saw the ghost during the night. It even talked to him." "What did the ghost say?" Claire asked. "It said, 'Tell RJ and Brynlee to bring Claire to the fire station. Tell her to come as soon as possible,'" RJ said. Kaz passed through the side of the water bottle and swam into the middle of their circle. "Why would the ghost ask for you?" he asked Claire.

“很好，”克莱尔说着，把瓶子上的带子吊到肩上。 “再见，贝克特。”当他们到达学校时，Brynlee和RJ正在克莱尔的储物柜旁等她。 “你猜怎么着?”Brynlee说。 “什么?”克莱尔一边打开储物柜一边问道。 她把水瓶放在里面的架子上。 Brynlee和RJ回头瞥了一眼，然后把头靠近Claire。 “昨晚我们爸爸在消防站过夜，”布林利低声说。 “当他回家吃早饭的时候，他说他在夜里看到了鬼。 它甚至和他说话了。”“鬼说了什么？”克莱尔问道。 “上面写着，‘告诉RJ和Brynlee把Claire带到消防站。 叫她尽快来，’”RJ说。 和子穿过水瓶的一边，游到他们的圈子中间。 “为什么鬼魂要找你？”他问克莱尔。

"How does he or she even know your name?" "Did your dad say anything else about the ghost?" Claire asked the twins. "Just that it was a young boy," RJ said. Kaz blinked. A young boy? "We'll check it out after school," Claire said as she closed her locker door. Kaz swam next to Claire's ear. "Little John is a young boy. The ghost must be Little John. That's how he knows your name," he said. "The ghost is Little John!" Claire veered into the girls' bathroom. She motioned for Kaz to follow. Kaz felt a little funny about that. He wasn't a girl. But Claire clearly wanted him to come, so he darted in behind her just before the door closed.

“他或她是怎么知道你的名字的？”“你爸爸还说了什么关于鬼魂的事吗？”克莱尔问双胞胎。 “只知道是个小男孩，”RJ说。 Kaz眨了眨眼睛。一个小男孩？“我们放学后再去看看，”克莱尔说着关上了储物柜的门。 卡兹游到克莱尔的耳朵旁边。 “小约翰是个小男孩。 鬼魂一定是小约翰。 所以他才知道你的名字，”他说。 “鬼是小约翰！”克莱尔拐进了女厕所。 她示意卡兹跟过来。 卡兹对此感到有点好笑。 他不是女孩。但克莱尔显然想让他来，所以他就在门关上之前冲到她身后。