3 TO THE TREE HOUSE

CHAPTER 3 TO THE TREE HOUSE I'm your father," Pops said as Claire tromped across Margaret's backyard, her bottle swinging at her side. "When I say we're not going to do something, we're not going to do it." "Sorry, Pops," Kaz said. "I didn't want to miss our chance to go to the tree house." "Well, I have to admit this is a very interesting way to travel," Pops said. He turned all around inside the bottle. Margaret and Henry had a large climbing structure with a swing and two slides in the middle

“我是你的爸爸，”老爷子说，克莱尔迈着沉重的步伐穿过玛格丽特家的后院，她的奶瓶在她身边摇摆。 “当我说我们不打算做某事时，我们就不会去做。” “对不起，爸爸，”卡兹说。“我不想错过我们去树屋的机会。” “嗯，我不得不承认这是一种非常有趣的旅行方式，”老爷子说。 他在瓶子里转过身来。 玛格丽特和亨利有一个大型攀爬设施，中间有一个秋千和两个滑梯

of their backyard. There was also a sandbox and lots of toys. The girls walked all the way to the trees at the back of the yard. There was a little house built into the branches of the tallest tree. A rope ladder hung from the porch to the ground. "You're so lucky to have a tree house," Claire said to Margaret. "I know," Margaret replied. One by one, the girls climbed the rope ladder. First Margaret, then Kenya, Olivia, and finally, Claire. "Whoa," Kaz said as Claire climbed higher and higher. The bottle that held the ghosts bumped against her hip as she climbed.

他们的后院。还有一个沙盒和许多玩具。 女孩们一路走到后院的树丛旁。 在最高的那棵树的树枝上有一座小房子。 一架绳梯从门廊吊到地上。 “你有一座树屋真是太幸运了，”克莱尔对玛格丽特说。 “我知道，”玛格丽特回答。 女孩们一个接一个地爬上绳梯。 先是玛格丽特，然后是肯雅，奥利维亚，最后是克莱尔。 “哇，”卡兹说，克莱尔爬得越来越高。 她爬的时候，装鬼魂的瓶子撞在了她的屁股上。

"Uh-oh. Are you skizzy, Kaz?" Little John asked. "Are you going to spew?" He backed up a little, but he didn't dare move back too far. Otherwise he'd pass through the bottle into the Outside. "No, I'm not skizzy," Kaz said. "Then why did you say 'whoa'?" Little John asked. "Because we're up so high!" Kaz said. "It's quite a view," Pops said as Claire stepped onto the little porch outside the tree house. They could see Margaret's whole neighborhood from up here. "We have a lock on the door to keep people out," Margaret told Claire. Kaz watched from inside the bottle as Margaret spun the dial on the lock. First she turned it to three, then to one, then to five. The lock clicked, and Margaret opened the door. "Cool," Claire said as she followed the other girls inside. They had to crouch down a little

“哦。你晕吗，卡兹？”小约翰问。 “你要吐了吗？”他后退了一点，但不敢后退太远。 否则他会穿过瓶子进入外面。 “不，我没有轻浮，”卡兹说。 “那你为什么说‘哇’？”小约翰问。 “因为我们在这么高的地方！”Kaz说。 “这景色真不错，”老爷子说，克莱尔走到树屋外面的小门廊上。 他们从这里可以看到玛格丽特的整个社区。 玛格丽特告诉克莱尔：“我们在门上加了一把锁，把人挡在外面。” 卡兹在瓶子里看着玛格丽特转动锁上的刻度盘。 她先把它变成3，然后变成1，然后变成5。 锁咔哒一声关上了，玛格丽特打开了门。 “酷，”克莱尔跟着其他女孩走进去时说。 他们不得不稍微蹲下身子

because the tree-house door was smaller than a regular door. As soon as Claire closed the door, the ghosts passed through the side of the bottle and expanded. "Mom?" Kaz and Little John called as they looked around. "Elise? Where are you?" Pops called. The inside of the tree house was all one room. A huge tree branch grew up through the floor and out through the top of one of the walls. Two of the walls had glass windows. There was a rug on the floor and several pillows scattered around. Kaz and Little John's mom was nowhere in sight. "Well?" Kenya asked Claire. "Do you see any ghosts?" "Not yet," Claire said. She unzipped her detective bag and took out her ghost glass and ghost catcher. She put the ghost glass to her eye and moved slowly around the small tree house.

因为树屋的门比普通的门小。 克莱尔一关上门，鬼魂就从瓶子的侧面钻了出来。 “妈妈?”卡兹和小约翰环顾四周，喊道。 “伊莉斯?你在哪儿？”持久性有机污染物。 树屋的内部都是一个房间。 一根巨大的树枝从地板上伸出来，从一堵墙的顶部伸出来。 其中两面墙有玻璃窗。 地板上铺着地毯，四周散落着几个枕头。 卡兹和小约翰的妈妈不见了。 “嗯?”肯雅问克莱尔。 “你看见鬼了吗？”“还没有，”克莱尔说。 她拉开侦探包的拉链，拿出她的鬼镜和捕鬼器。 她把幽灵玻璃放在眼睛上，慢慢地绕着小树屋移动。

"What is that solid girl doing?" Pops asked. Kaz explained about Claire's "ghost-hunting equipment." Her ghost glass was really an old magnifying glass. And her ghost catcher was a handheld vacuum that she'd wrapped in foil. "She can't tell people she can see ghosts," Kaz said. "They'll laugh at her. And they'll think she's weird. So she pretends she needs these things to see and catch ghosts." Pops snorted. "And other solids believe that?" "I guess," Kaz said with a shrug. "Do you see something?" Margaret asked Claire. "Maybe," Claire said. She glanced over her shoulder and wiggled her eyebrows at Kaz. What? Did Claire want him to do something? Maybe she was trying to show him something. Unfortunately, Kaz couldn't see through Margaret, Kenya, or Olivia. They'd all crowded around Claire and were trying to see into her ghost glass. "I don't see anything," Kenya said.

“那个结实的姑娘在干什么？”持久性有机污染物问道。 卡兹解释了克莱尔的“捉鬼装备”。 她的鬼镜其实是一个旧放大镜。 她的捕鬼器是一个手持式吸尘器，她用箔纸包着。 “她不能告诉别人她能看见鬼，”和子说。 “他们会嘲笑她的。他们会觉得她很奇怪。 所以她假装她需要这些东西来看鬼和捉鬼。” 哼了一声。“别的固体也相信吗？”“我想是吧。”卡兹耸耸肩说。 “你看到什么了吗？”玛格丽特问克莱尔。 “也许吧，”克莱尔说。她回头瞥了一眼，对卡兹摇了摇眉毛。 怎么啦？克莱尔想让他做什么吗？ 也许她是想给他看点什么。 不幸的是，卡兹看不清玛格丽特、肯雅和奥利维亚。 他们都挤在克莱尔周围，想要看到她的幽灵镜。 “我什么也没看到，”肯亚说。