4 A DANGEROUS IDEA

CHAPTER 4 A DANGEROUS IDEA Get out of that bottle, boys!" Pops said. "Now!" The ghosts and the girls were all back inside Margaret's kitchen. Claire had just put her ghost glass and ghost catcher back inside her bag and was getting ready to go home. "No," Little John said stubbornly. Kaz didn't want to disobey Pops again. But Pops didn't understand. "We want to go back to the library with Claire," Kaz said in a small voice. "The library is our new haunt."

第四章危险的主意从瓶子里出来，孩子们！”持久性有机污染物。 “现在!”鬼魂和女孩们都回到了玛格丽特的厨房里。 克莱尔刚刚把她的鬼镜和捉鬼器放回包里，准备回家。 “不，”小约翰固执地说。 卡兹不想再违背老爷子的话了。 但是老爷子不明白。 “我们想和克莱尔一起回图书馆去。”卡兹小声说。 “图书馆是我们的新去处。”

"Yeah," Little John said. "Cosmo is there, and Beckett." "Who's Beckett?" Pops asked. "He's the other ghost who lives at the library," Kaz said. "Beckett will wonder where we are," Little John said. "Sorry, boys," Pops said. "We're not going anywhere until we find your mother." He reached into Claire's water bottle and pulled Kaz and Little John out. "But Claire can help us find Mom," Little John said. "We don't need help from a solid girl," Pops said. "What about Cosmo?" Kaz asked. "Are we just going to leave him in the library all alone?" "He's not alone," Pops said. "You just said he's with your friend Beckett." "Is something wrong, Claire?" Olivia asked as Claire watched the ghosts.

“是的，”小约翰说。“Cosmo在那里，还有Beckett。” “贝克特是谁?”持久性有机污染物问道。 “他是住在图书馆的另一个鬼魂，”和子说。 “贝克特会想知道我们在哪里，”小约翰说。 “对不起，孩子们，”老爷子说。“在找到你妈妈之前，我们哪也不去。” 他把手伸进克莱尔的水瓶，把卡兹和小约翰拉了出来。 “但是克莱尔可以帮我们找到妈妈，”小约翰说。 老爷子说：“我们不需要一个可靠的女孩的帮助。” “那《宇宙》杂志呢？”Kaz问道。 “难道我们就把他一个人留在图书馆里吗？”“他并不孤单，”老爷子说。 “你刚说他和你朋友贝克特在一起。” “出什么事了吗，克莱尔？”奥利维亚问，克莱尔看着鬼魂。

Claire blinked. "No. I'm fine," she said to the girls. She threw the strap of her bag over her shoulder and gave Kaz a rueful look. "I better go. It's almost time for dinner." Little John groaned. Kaz bit his lip. They really weren't going with Claire? "We're not mad that you didn't find any ghosts, if that's what you're thinking," Kenya said as she put a hand on Claire's shoulder. "I don't think there are any ghosts for you to find." "I'll let you know if any ghosts come back," Margaret promised. Pops sighed when he saw how unhappy Kaz and Little John were. "Maybe when we find your mother, we can make our way to the library," he said. Little John perked up. "We just have to glow and wail a bit when we want to go to the library," he said. "Then Margaret will call Claire, and Claire will come and get us!"

克莱儿眨了眨眼睛。“没有。我很好，”她对女孩们说。 她把包的带子甩到肩上，悲哀地看了和子一眼。 “我得走了。快到吃晚饭的时间了。” 小约翰呻吟着。卡兹咬着嘴唇。 他们真的不和克莱尔一起去吗？ “如果你是这么想的话，我们不会因为你没找到鬼魂而生气，”肯雅把手放在克莱尔的肩膀上说。 “我不认为有什么鬼让你去找。” “如果有鬼魂回来，我会告诉你的。”玛格丽特保证道。 老爷子看到卡兹和小约翰这么不开心，叹了口气。 “也许等我们找到你妈妈，我们就可以去图书馆了，”他说。 小约翰振作起来。他说：“当我们想去图书馆的时候，我们只需要容光焕发，嚎啕大哭一下。” “然后玛格丽特会叫克莱尔，克莱尔会来接我们！”

"Hey, that's good thinking, Little John," Kaz said, feeling a little better about the situation. "Bye," Claire said to the girls and the ghosts. She raised her hand, and Kaz touched his hand to hers. It passed right on through. "See you soon," he said. That night while Margaret and Henry and their parents slept in their bedrooms upstairs, Kaz wailed softly in the living room below them. "Woo... ooo... ooo... ooo!"

“嘿，这主意不错，小约翰。”卡兹说，对这种情况感觉好些了。 “再见，”克莱尔对女孩们和鬼魂们说。 她举起手来，和子把他的手放在她的手上。 它直接穿过了。 “再见，”他说。那天晚上，玛格丽特、亨利和他们的父母都睡在楼上的卧室里，卡兹在楼下的客厅里轻声哭泣。 “吴…噢噢噢…噢噢噢…已坏!”

"That's very good, son!" Pops said, clapping his hands together. All of a sudden, a voice rang out above them: "MOOOOOOOMMMMM!" "Oh no," Kaz moaned as the upstairs hallway light came on and shined down the stairs. The ghosts listened as Margaret and Henry's mom called out, "What's the matter, Henry? Are you sick?" "No," Henry called back. "I heard a ghost." "Way to go, Kaz," Little John said as he slugged Kaz in the arm. "I didn't mean for anyone other than you guys to hear me," Kaz said. "Then why did you wail?" Little John asked. "That's the whole point of wailing. So solids can hear us." "I wanted to show Pops that I could do it," Kaz said. Clearly, that was a bad idea. Margaret and Henry's mom said, "Oh, honey. You had a bad dream. There's no such thing as

“太好了，孩子！”老爷子拍着手说。 突然，一个声音在他们头顶响起：“哞——哞——嗯……”“哦，不。”楼上走廊的灯亮了，照到了楼下，卡兹呻吟道。 鬼魂们听到玛格丽特和亨利的妈妈喊道：“怎么了，亨利？” 你病了吗？”“不，”亨利回道。 “我听到鬼的声音。”“好样的，卡兹。”小约翰一边说一边猛击卡兹的手臂。 “我不想让你们以外的人听到我的话，”卡兹说。 “那你为什么哭呢？”小约翰问。 “这就是哭泣的全部意义。 这样固体就能听到我们了。”“我想让老爷子知道我能做到，”卡兹说。 显然，这是个坏主意。 玛格丽特和亨利的妈妈说：“哦，亲爱的。 你做了个噩梦。没有所谓的

ghosts." The ghosts looked at one another. "Why do solids always say there's no such thing as ghosts?" Pops muttered. "Look what else I can do," Kaz said. He dived down to the floor and picked up a solid toy car. "Wow," Pops said as Kaz held the solid car in his ghostly hands. "Wait. I'm not done," Kaz said. He held the car between his third finger and his thumb, then flicked his wrist. The solid car became a ghostly car. "WOW!" Pops said again. He swam over and poked the ghostly car with his finger. "You have

鬼。”鬼魂们面面相觑。 “为什么固体总是说没有鬼魂这种东西？”持久性有机污染物嘟囔着。 “看看我还能做什么。”和子说。 他钻到地板上，捡起一辆结实的玩具汽车。 “哇，”老爷子说，这时卡兹幽灵般的手里拿着那辆结实的车。 ”等。我还没说完，”卡兹说。 他用无名指和拇指夹住汽车，然后轻弹手腕。 那辆结实的汽车变成了一辆幽灵般的汽车。 “哇!”老爷子又说。他游过去，用手指戳了戳那辆幽灵般的汽车。 “你有