9 WHAT’S UNDER THE BED

CHAPTER 9 WHAT'S UNDER THE BED? Kaz hovered above Claire. Watching. Waiting. "Ohhhhhhhh," a voice moaned. But the voice didn't come from under Brynlee's bed. It came from somewhere else in the fire station. Kaz peered out into the hallway. He didn't see a ghost. But he heard it: "Ohhhhhh," it moaned. Brynlee bolted up in bed. "What's happening?" she asked. "What?" Claire said groggily. "What's that noise?" She raised her head, then sat up all the

第九章床底下是什么？ 卡兹在克莱尔上方盘旋。观看。 等待。“哦——”一个声音呻吟道。 但那声音不是从布林利的床底下传来的。 它来自消防站的其他地方。 卡兹凝视着外面的走廊。 他没有看到鬼。但他听到了：“哦——”它呻吟着。 布林利躲在床上。“发生什么事了？”她问。 “什么?”克莱尔昏昏沉沉地说。 “那是什么声音？”她抬起头，然后坐直了身子

way. "Brr. It's cold in here." She shivered. "I know," Brynlee said, hugging her arms to her sides. She dropped her voice to a whisper. "I think the ghost is here." "He was under Brynlee's bed," Kaz said. "I saw him pull the blanket off Brynlee. He's in another room now." Did he take the girls' blankets with him? Brynlee reached over and turned on a table lamp. "My blanket's on the floor," Claire said. She picked it up and wrapped it around her shoulders. "Oh! So's mine," Brynlee said. But when she tried to pick it up, she couldn't. Someone or something under her bed pulled back. Brynlee gasped. "The ghost is under my bed!" she said as she let go of the blanket and scooted to the far corner of her bed. Kaz frowned. Most ghosts could pick up a solid object like a blanket. But if a solid person pulled on the object like Brynlee did, they would

道路。”即。这里很冷。” 她哆嗦了一下。“我知道，”布林利说着，把双臂抱在身体两侧。 她把声音压低成耳语。 “我想鬼就在这儿。” “他在布林利的床底下，”卡兹说。 “我看见他把布林利身上的毯子扯下来。 他现在在另一个房间里。” 他把女孩们的毯子带走了吗？ 布林利伸手打开了一盏台灯。 “我的毯子在地板上，”克莱尔说。 她把它捡起来，披在肩上。 “哦!我也是，”布林利说。 但当她想把它捡起来时，她做不到。 她床底下有什么人或什么东西拉开了。 Brynlee气喘吁吁地说。“鬼在我床底下！”她一边说一边放开毯子，飞快地跑到床的另一个角落。 Kaz皱起了眉头。大多数鬼魂都能捡起像毯子这样的固体。 但如果一个实体人像布林利那样拉物体，它们就会

pull it right out of the ghost's hands. Solids were way stronger than ghosts. "Let's see this ghost," Claire said. Brynlee backed up even farther and hugged her knees to her chest. Still holding her blanket around her, Claire got out of bed, dropped to her knees, and peered under Brynlee's bed. When she raised her head, she smiled. Then laughed. "What?" Brynlee said with a scowl. "What's so funny?" "Come look," Claire said. Brynlee hesitated for a second. She leaned over just far enough to see under the bed.

把它从鬼手里抢过来。 固体比鬼魂强多了。 “让我们看看这个鬼，”克莱尔说。 布林利后退得更远，把她的膝盖抱在胸前。 克莱尔仍然用毯子裹着自己，从床上爬起来，双膝跪地，朝布林利的床底下看了看。 当她抬起头时，她笑了。 然后笑了。“什么?”布林利皱着眉头说。 “什么事这么好笑？”“过来看看，”克莱尔说。 布林利犹豫了一会儿。 她俯下身，刚好能看到床底下。

Kaz dove down and took a peek, too. Sparky was curled up on Brynlee's blanket under the bed. "Sparky!" Brynlee laughed. "Come out of there. Give me back my blanket!" She tugged on the blanket some more. Sparky got off the blanket and crawled out from under the bed. He wagged his tail at Kaz. Kaz tried to pet the dog, but his hand passed through him.

卡兹也跳下去偷看了一眼。 斯帕奇蜷缩在床底下布林利的毯子上。 “活泼的!”Brynlee笑了。 “从那儿出来。把毯子还给我！”她又把毯子拉了一下。 斯帕奇从毯子上下来，从床底下爬了出来。 他对卡兹摇尾巴。 和子想摸摸那只狗，但他的手从他身上穿过。

"Now we know who's been stealing blankets during the night," Brynlee said with a pointed look at the dog. "Yes, but we still don't know why Sparky won't go in the TV room or the garage," Claire said. She paused, then tilted her head toward the door. "And we don't know who's been moaning. Do you hear that?" "Ohhhhhhhhh," the voice moaned again. Brynlee nodded. She and Claire went to the door and poked their heads around the corner. Kaz hovered above them. This time they saw a large dark shadow moving across the wall way down the hall. "That must be the ghost," Brynlee said in a low voice. "Is there a light switch in the hallway?" Claire whispered. "Yes. Right here," Brynlee whispered back. She flipped the switch, and the shadow disappeared in the light. But the moaning

“现在我们知道是谁在夜里偷毯子了，”布林利尖锐地看了狗一眼说。 “是的，但是我们仍然不知道为什么Sparky不去电视室或车库，”克莱尔说。 她停顿了一下，然后把头朝门歪了歪。 “我们不知道是谁在抱怨。 你听到了吗？”“哦……”那个声音又呻吟了起来。 Brynlee点点头。她和克莱尔走到门口，从拐角处探出头来。 卡兹在他们上方盘旋。这一次，他们看见一个巨大的黑影在大厅的墙上移动。 “那一定是鬼。”布林利低声说。 “走廊里有电灯开关吗？”克莱儿小声说。 “是的。就在这儿。”布林利小声回答。 她拨动开关，影子消失在灯光中。 但是呻吟

continued: "Ohhhhhhhhhhh." "Do you need your ghost-hunting stuff?" Brynlee asked Claire. "I don't know," Claire said. "That doesn't sound like a ghostly moan to me." It didn't sound very ghostly to Kaz, either. "Let's follow the sound," Claire said. As they crept down the hallway, the moaning grew louder. And louder. It sounded like it was coming from the kitchen. Sparky charged ahead into the kitchen as Dick and RJ came into the hallway behind Claire and Brynlee. "What is all that moaning?" Dick asked, rubbing his neck. "Did you guys hear it, too?" RJ asked. "Woof! Woof!" Sparky barked from the kitchen. But it was an excited bark, not an angry or frightened bark. They all went into the kitchen and found David staggering around, moaning. His eyes were open,

继续说:“Ohhhhhhhhhhh。” “你需要你的捉鬼工具吗？”布林利问克莱尔。 “我不知道，”克莱尔说。 “在我看来，这听起来不像幽灵的呻吟。” 卡兹也觉得这听起来不太像鬼。 “我们跟着声音走吧，”克莱尔说。 他们蹑手蹑脚地走过走廊，呻吟声越来越大。 和响亮。听起来像是从厨房里传来的。 当迪克和RJ跟在克莱尔和布林利后面走进走廊时，斯帕奇冲进了厨房。 “你在抱怨什么？”迪克揉着脖子问。 “你们也听到了吗？”RJ问道。 “汪!汪!”斯巴克从厨房里叫道。 但那是一种兴奋的吠叫，而不是愤怒或害怕的吠叫。 他们都走进厨房，发现大卫摇摇晃晃地呻吟着。 他的眼睛睁着，