7 GHOST HUNTING

CHAPTER 7 GHOST HUNTING Was the other ghost in the garage now? Was that the problem? Kaz couldn't see the whole garage from inside Claire's water bottle, but he could see a lot of it. He didn't see any ghosts in there. "Maybe we should take Sparky around front and see if he'll go in the main door," Claire suggested. "That's a good idea," Brynlee said. They all ran up the grassy hill behind the fire station and around to the front of the building. RJ pushed open the main door, and Sparky ran

第七章捉鬼另一个鬼魂现在在车库里吗？ 这就是问题所在吗？卡兹无法从克莱尔的水瓶里看到整个车库，但他可以看到很多。 他没看到里面有鬼。 “也许我们应该带斯帕奇到前面转转，看看他会不会从正门进去。”克莱尔建议道。 “这是个好主意，”Brynlee说。 他们都跑上消防站后面的草山，绕到大楼前面。 RJ推开大门，火花跑了起来

through it with his tail wagging. He charged into the office and went from one desk to another, greeting all the firefighters. "Weird," Brynlee and RJ said. "What's weird?" Dick asked. "The fact that you two have this twin thing where you say the same thing at the same time?" "No," Brynlee said as Kaz passed through the water bottle and expanded to full size. "You know how Sparky won't go in the TV room?" RJ said. "He was like that with the back door just now, too. He wouldn't go into the garage. We thought maybe he didn't want to go into the fire station at all anymore. But he didn't mind coming in this door." "That's a funny fire station mascot," David said with a laugh. "A dog who refuses to go into the fire station." Several of the other firefighters nodded in agreement. "Let's see if he'll go into the garage from

摇着尾巴穿过它。 他冲进办公室，从一张桌子走到另一张桌子，向所有的消防员打招呼。 “奇怪，”Brynlee和RJ说。 “奇怪什么?”迪克问。 “你们俩有孪生兄弟的毛病，在同一时间说同样的话？”“不，”布林利说，这时卡兹穿过水瓶，膨胀到原来的大小。 “你知道斯帕奇是怎么不肯进电视室的吗？”RJ说。 “他刚才对后门也是这样。 他不愿进车库。 我们想也许他再也不想进消防站了。 但他不介意从这扇门进来。” “那是一个有趣的消防站吉祥物，”大卫笑着说。 “一只拒绝进入消防站的狗。” 其他几个消防员点头表示同意。 “让我们看看他会不会从

inside the fire station," RJ said as he headed for the back hallway. "Come on, Sparky!" Kaz would've preferred to look for Little John, but he followed Sparky, RJ, Brynlee, and Claire down the hall. When they reached the door to the garage, RJ pulled it open. Sparky sat down and let out a low growl. While RJ held the door open, Brynlee walked through and turned around at the top of the stairs. "Come here, Sparky!" she said, patting her legs. RJ tried to nudge Sparky through the doorway

在消防站里，”RJ边说边朝后面的走廊走去。 “加油，闪闪！”卡兹本想去找小约翰，但他跟着斯帕奇、RJ、布林利和克莱尔穿过大厅。 当他们走到车库门口时，RJ拉开了门。 火花坐下来，发出一声低沉的咆哮。 RJ扶着门，Brynlee走了进来，在楼梯顶上转过身来。 “过来，斯帕奇！”她拍拍腿说。 RJ试图把斯帕奇推到门口

from behind, but the dog refused to go. "Arooooooooooo!" he howled. Little John wafted into the hallway behind them. "There you guys are!" he said to Kaz and Claire. "Little John!" Kaz cried. He swam to Little John and threw his arms around his brother. "You're here! You're safe. You're not blowing in the wind somewhere." Sparky leaped up and wagged his tail at Little John. "Now what's that dog doing?" Brynlee asked. "Why is he so excited all of a sudden?" "Of course I'm not blowing in the wind," Little John said. "Were you worried, Kaz? I told those firefighters last night to tell you I was here." "Yeah, but we didn't get the message until this morning," Kaz said, finally letting Little John go. "And we didn't know for sure it was you." "Who else would it have been? Who else would have asked for Claire?" Little John asked as

从后面，但狗拒绝走。 “呜——呜——呜！” 小约翰飘飘然地跟在他们后面走进走廊。 “你们来了！”他对卡兹和克莱尔说。 “小约翰!”Kaz哭了。他游向小约翰，伸出双臂搂住他的弟弟。 “你在这里!你是安全的。 你不是在某个地方随风飘荡。” 斯巴克跳起来，对着小约翰摇着尾巴。 “那只狗在干什么？”Brynlee问道。 “他怎么突然这么兴奋？”“我当然不会在风中吹，”小约翰说。 “你担心吗，卡兹？”昨晚我让那些消防员告诉你我在这里。” “是的，但我们直到今天早上才收到消息。”卡兹说，最后让小约翰走了。 “我们也不确定那就是你。” “还能是谁呢？” 还有谁会找克莱尔呢？”小约翰问。

he tried to pet Sparky. But Sparky swam right through his hand. "Where were you?" Kaz asked. "Last I saw, you were inside that fire truck when the alarm sounded. But when the fire truck came back, you were gone." "I was still inside the fire truck," Little John said. "When the firefighters opened the doors to the truck, I was afraid I was going to get sucked into the Outside. So I shrank and hid inside the glove box. I didn't know when it was safe to come out, so I stayed there for a long, long time. When I came out, the truck was back in the garage. It was nighttime, and everyone was gone." "Hiding in the glove box was a smart idea," Kaz said. "I know," Little John replied. "I'm glad we found you," Claire accidentally said out loud. "Who are you talking to, Claire?" RJ asked. "Is it the ghost?" Brynlee asked.

他想摸摸斯巴克。但是火花从他的手上游了过去。 “你去哪儿了？”Kaz问道。 “上次我看见你的时候，警报器响了，你还在消防车里。 但是当消防车回来的时候，你已经不见了。” “我还在消防车里，”小约翰说。 “当消防队员打开卡车的门时，我害怕自己会被吸进外面。 于是我畏缩起来，躲进了手套箱里。 我不知道什么时候出来安全，所以我在那里呆了很长很长时间。 我出来的时候，卡车已经停在车库里了。 当时是晚上，所有人都走了。” “躲在手套箱里是个聪明的主意，”卡兹说。 “我知道，”小约翰回答。 “我很高兴我们找到了你，”克莱尔不小心大声说。 “你在跟谁说话，克莱尔？”RJ问道。 “是鬼吗？”Brynlee问道。

"Uh... yeah," Claire said quickly. "Let me get out my equipment and I'll catch it." She unzipped her bag and pulled out her ghost glass and her ghost catcher. She aimed them both at Little John. Kaz gasped. "No!" he cried, swimming between Claire and Little John. "You can't suck my brother into that machine!" Claire's ghost catcher was really just a handheld vacuum that she'd covered in foil. She hadn't turned it on yet, but Kaz knew it was LOUD. And strong. Much stronger and scarier than any outside wind. "Relax, Kaz. We'll be safe inside Claire's water bottle," Little John said. Oh, Kaz thought. Of course. After all, Claire never planned to use her ghost catcher on any real ghosts. She just needed it so other solids would think she'd caught a ghost. Kaz and Little John shrank down... down... down... and passed through the side of Claire's water bottle. Once they were safe inside, Claire turned on her ghost catcher. It made a terrible

“嗯…是的，”克莱尔赶紧说。 “让我拿出我的设备，我会抓住它的。” 她拉开包的拉链，拿出她的鬼镜和捕鬼器。 她把两只枪都对准了小约翰。 Kaz气喘吁吁地说。“不！”他喊道，游到克莱尔和小约翰之间。 “你不能把我弟弟吸进那台机器！”克莱尔的捕鬼器其实只是一个手持式吸尘器，她用箔纸盖住了。 她还没打开，但卡兹知道声音很大。 和强大的。比外面的风更强更可怕。 “放松,Kaz。我们在克莱尔的水瓶里会很安全，”小约翰说。 哦，卡兹想。当然可以。 毕竟，克莱尔从未打算用她的捕鬼器来对付任何真正的鬼魂。 她只是需要它，好让其他固体以为她抓了鬼。 卡兹和小约翰退缩了…… 下来……下来……从克莱尔的水瓶侧面穿过 他们安全进去后，克莱尔开启了她的捕鬼器。 这真是太可怕了。