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CHAPTER 6 .... .., -- --- --! I told you!" Henry said. "I told you I saw a ghost in the tree house last night. And I told you I heard a ghost in our house!" "There's no such thing as ghosts," Henry's dad said as he turned a page in his newspaper. "No one ever believes me," Henry grumbled. "I believe you," Margaret said. "I've seen a ghost in the tree house, too. I didn't see it last night, but I believe you saw it. It tracked in mud and messed up the pillows. That's how I know it was there last night." Henry shifted in his seat a little.

第六章.... ..， -- --- --！我告诉过你！”亨利说。 “我告诉过你我昨晚在树屋里看见了一个鬼。 我告诉过你我听到我们家有鬼！”“没有鬼这种东西，”亨利的爸爸一边翻着报纸一边说。 “从来没有人相信我，”亨利抱怨道。 “我相信你，”玛格丽特说。 “我也在树屋里看到了鬼。 我昨晚没看到，但我相信你看到了。 它踩在泥里，弄脏了枕头。 所以我才知道它昨晚在那儿。” 亨利在座位上挪动了一下。

"Wait. Ghosts don't track in mud," Kaz said. "We don't walk on the ground, so our feet don't ever get muddy." But Kaz and Little John and Pops had all seen the ghost glowing in the tree house during the night, too. "Maybe you girls tracked in the mud yourselves when you were in there yesterday afternoon," Margaret's mom suggested. "We didn't," Margaret said. "I know we didn't because the ground was dry yesterday afternoon. It didn't rain until last night." "Maybe someone went in after it started raining?" Dad suggested. "How would they have gotten in? The door is locked!" Margaret said. "Ghosts can walk through walls," Henry said. "Maybe you didn't lock the door. Or maybe someone figured out the combination," Mom said. "No one knows the combination except people in this family and Kenya and Olivia," Margaret

”等。鬼不会在泥里追踪，”和子说。 “我们不在地面上行走，所以我们的脚永远不会弄脏。” 但是卡兹、小约翰和老爷子也都在夜里看到过幽灵在树屋里发光。 “也许你们女孩子昨天下午在那儿的时候，自己也踩到了泥。”玛格丽特的妈妈暗示道。 “我们没有，”玛格丽特说。 “我知道我们没有，因为昨天下午地面是干的。 直到昨晚才下雨。” “也许下雨后有人进去了？”爸爸建议。 “他们是怎么进来的？” 门锁上了！”玛格丽特说。 “鬼魂可以穿墙而过，”亨利说。 “也许你没有锁门。 或者有人知道密码了。”妈妈说。 “除了我们家的人、肯雅和奥利维亚，没有人知道这个组合，”玛格丽特说

said. Henry bit his lip. "Okay, kids. Time to get ready for school," Dad said. They all got up from the table and went to gather their things. When no one else was looking, Kaz saw Henry kick a pair of shoes under the bench by the back door. Then Henry sat down and put on a different pair of shoes. Kaz peered under the bench. He saw that the shoes Henry had kicked under there had mud on them.

说。亨利咬着嘴唇。“好吧,孩子。 “该准备上学了。”爸爸说。 他们都从桌边站起来，去收拾他们的东西。 趁没人注意的时候，卡兹看见亨利在后门旁边的长凳底下踢了一双鞋。 然后亨利坐下来，穿上了另一双鞋。 卡兹往长凳下面看了看。 他看到亨利踢到下面的鞋子上有泥。

But that didn't make any sense. Henry was in his bedroom when they all saw the ghost in the tree house last night. Kaz, Little John, and Pops spent the rest of the morning near the kitchen window, watching the tree house. But if the ghost was still out there, she wasn't showing herself. "Margaret said she'd let Claire know if the ghost came back," Kaz said. "Maybe Claire will come home with Margaret after school, and she'll take us back to the tree house." "Oh, I hope so," Little John said. Pops sniffed. "We can solve this problem on our own," he said. But as morning turned to afternoon, neither Pops nor Kaz nor Little John had figured out a way to get to the tree house. They didn't even know whether the ghost was still out there. They hadn't seen any more glowing.

但这没有任何意义。 昨晚他们都看到树屋里的鬼时，亨利正在他的卧室里。 卡兹、小约翰和老爷子整个上午都在厨房的窗户旁看着树屋。 但如果鬼魂还在外面，她就不会现身了。 “玛格丽特说如果鬼魂回来了，她会告诉克莱尔的，”卡兹说。 “也许克莱尔放学后会和玛格丽特一起回家，她会带我们回树屋。” “哦，我希望如此，”小约翰说。 闻了闻。“我们可以自己解决这个问题，”他说。 但是，从早上到下午，老爷子、卡兹和小约翰都没有找到去树屋的路。 他们甚至不知道鬼魂是否还在外面。 他们再也没有看到任何发光的东西。

A few hours later, Margaret and Henry came home with their mom. First they had a snack in the kitchen. Then Margaret and Henry turned on the computer and started a game that had something to do with zapping bugs. "This is how solid children spend their time?" Pops said as he stared at the screen. "It looks fun!" Little John said. "It looks... dull," Pops said. Yet he couldn't seem to tear himself away. All of a sudden, the doorbell rang. Was it Claire? "I'll get it," Margaret said. She raced to the door. Kaz floated behind her. It wasn't Claire. It was Kenya and Olivia. Kaz groaned. Maybe Claire was still coming. He swam to the window and looked up and down the street. He didn't see Claire, but he saw those same older boys sitting on the grass next door. They had a gray metal case in front of them and a

几个小时后，玛格丽特、亨利和他们的妈妈回到了家。 首先他们在厨房吃了点心。 然后，玛格丽特和亨利打开电脑，开始玩一个关于消灭虫子的游戏。 “老实人的孩子就是这样打发时间的？”老爷子盯着屏幕说。 “看起来很有趣！”小约翰说。 “它看起来……没意思，”老爷子说。 然而，他似乎无法挣脱。 突然，门铃响了。 是克莱尔吗？“我去拿，”玛格丽特说。 她跑到门口。卡兹在她身后漂浮。 不是克莱尔。是肯亚和奥利维亚。 Kaz呻吟着。也许克莱尔还会来。 他游到窗前，上下打量着街道。 他没有看到克莱尔，但他看到那些大男孩坐在隔壁的草地上。 他们面前有一个灰色的金属箱子，还有一个

bucket of small objects. But Kaz couldn't tell what any of that stuff was. "So, what are we going to do about this ghost?" Olivia asked. "Maybe we should call that Claire girl again," Margaret said. Yes! Kaz thought, turning toward the girls. Call Claire! Call her right now. "It's not a ghost," Kenya said. "Then what is it?" Margaret asked. "I'm not the only one who's seen it. My brother saw it last night. And this morning there was mud on the rug in our tree house. But the door was still locked. How did someone get in through a locked door? It has to be a ghost." Kenya shrugged. "Or someone who knows the combination to the lock." "Who knows the combination besides us?" Margaret asked. Kenya strolled over to the window. Kaz darted out of her way.

桶的小对象。但卡兹看不出这些东西是什么。 “那么，我们该怎么对付这个鬼呢？”奥利维亚问道。 “也许我们应该再给那个叫克莱尔的女孩打电话，”玛格丽特说。 是的!和子想，转向姑娘们。 叫克莱尔!现在就给她打电话。 “这不是鬼，”肯亚说。 “那是什么？”玛格丽特问道。 “我不是唯一一个看到它的人。 我哥哥昨晚看到了。 今天早上，我们树屋的地毯上有泥。 但门还是锁着。 有人是怎么从锁着的门进来的？ 那一定是个鬼。”肯尼亚耸耸肩。 “或者有人知道锁的密码。” “除了我们，还有谁知道密码？”玛格丽特问道。 肯雅踱到窗前。 卡兹赶紧闪开。