2 GROUNDED

CHAPTER 2 GROUNDED Oh no," Kaz said. He recognized that boy in the window. "What? Who is that?" Little John asked. He, Mom, and Pops all craned their necks to see around Cosmo and the stars on Claire's water bottle. "You don't know him," Kaz said. "But Claire and I do. His name is Eli, and he likes to play tricks on people. When we were trying to find the ghost in Mrs. Beesley's attic, we thought he was the ghost. Remember, Claire?" Claire nodded slightly. "He goes to my school, too," she said in a low voice. "He's always in trouble for something."

哦，不，”卡兹说。 他认出了橱窗里的那个男孩。 “什么?那是谁？”小约翰问。 他、妈妈和爸爸都伸长了脖子去看《宇宙》杂志和克莱尔水瓶上的星星。 “你不了解他。”卡兹说。 “但是克莱尔和我知道。他叫伊莱，他喜欢捉弄人。 当我们在比斯利夫人的阁楼里找鬼魂的时候，我们以为他就是那个鬼魂。 记住,克莱尔?”克莱尔微微点了点头。 “他也在我的学校上学，”她低声说。 “他总是有麻烦。”

"Why are you just standing there?" Eli called to Claire. "Come over here so I can talk to you." He waved his arm. "Don't, Claire," Kaz said. He didn't trust Eli. "He might have a case for us," Claire said. "I think we should find out." She adjusted the strap on her water bottle and marched over to Eli's house. Kaz groaned. "Don't be such a scaredy-ghost, Kaz," Little John said. "I'm not a scaredy-ghost. I just—whoa!" Kaz shrieked as Cosmo suddenly bolted from his grasp. The dog was halfway through the bottle before Kaz and his parents managed to pull him back in. Woof! Woof! "No, Cosmo!" Kaz said, holding tight to his dog. Claire stopped right below Eli's window. "Okay, I'm here," she said, shading her eyes. "What do you want to talk to me about?"

“你为什么就站在那儿？”伊莱叫克莱尔。 “过来，我想和你谈谈。” 他挥了挥手。“别这样，克莱尔，”卡兹说。 他不信任伊莱。“他可能对我们有帮助，”克莱尔说。 “我认为我们应该找出答案。” 她调整了一下水瓶上的带子，大步走向伊莱的家。 Kaz呻吟着。“别这么害怕，卡兹，”小约翰说。 “我不是胆小鬼。我just-whoa !”卡兹尖叫着，宇宙突然从他的手中挣脱了。 在卡兹和他的父母设法把它拉回来之前，这只狗已经喝了一半的瓶子。 汪!汪!“不,Cosmo !”卡兹说，紧紧抱着他的狗。 克莱尔就停在伊莱的窗户下面。 “好吧，我来了，”她说，遮住眼睛。 “你想跟我谈什么？”

"I told you. I have a case for you," Eli said, leaning out the window. "A ghost case." Woof! Woof! Cosmo wiggled and squirmed in Kaz's arms. "Help! He's still trying to escape!" Kaz exclaimed. It took the entire ghost family to hold Cosmo inside the water bottle. Claire planted a hand on her hip. "I thought you didn't believe in ghosts," she said to Eli. "That's what you said when I told you that Mrs. Beesley hired me to find a ghost in her house. You even laughed at me when I said it."

“我告诉过你。以利探出窗外说：“我有一件事要告诉你。” “一个鬼案子。”汪!汪!宇宙在卡兹的怀里扭动着。 “救命!他还在试图逃跑！”Kaz喊道。 整个幽灵家族才把宇宙放进水瓶里。 克莱尔把手放在她的臀部。 “我还以为你不相信有鬼呢，”她对伊莱说。 “当我告诉你比斯利太太雇我去她家找鬼的时候，你也是这么说的。 我说这话的时候，你甚至嘲笑我。”

Eli scratched his head. "Yeah, well, that was before a ghost moved into my house," he said. "What makes you think there's a ghost in your house?" Claire asked. "I saw it," Eli said. "So, it was glowing," Little John said. "If it was a real ghost," Kaz said, clinging to his dog. He knew Eli couldn't see ghosts like Claire could. Claire unzipped her backpack and pulled out her ghost book and pen. "Can you describe it?" she asked. Woof! Woof! Woof!

伊莱挠了挠头。“是啊，那是在一个鬼搬进我家之前，”他说。 “你凭什么认为你的房子里有鬼？”克莱尔问道。 以利说：“我看见了。”“所以，它在发光，”小约翰说。 “如果真是鬼的话。”卡兹说着，紧紧抓住他的狗。 他知道伊莱不能像克莱尔那样看见鬼魂。 克莱尔拉开背包的拉链，拿出她的鬼书和笔。 “你能描述一下吗？”她问。 汪!汪!汪!

"I don't know," Eli said. "It looked like a ghost." "What was it doing?" Claire asked. "Hiding," Eli said. "I saw it go under my sister's bed once. I also saw it walk through a wall. And last night it hid in my closet and yelled, 'Boo!' when I opened the door." "Ghosts don't hide from solids," Pops said with a scowl. Kaz cringed when Pops said "solids." He knew Claire didn't like that word. "We don't have to hide," Pops said. "If we don't want solids to see us, we simply don't glow." "Whenever I try and follow the ghost or tell someone in my family about it, it disappears," Eli told Claire. "And then later it reappears someplace else. I think it likes to play hide-and-seek." "Uh-huh," Claire said as she wrote down everything Eli said.

以利说：“我不知道。”“它看起来像个鬼。” “它在干什么？”克莱尔问道。 以利说：“藏起来了。”“有一次我看到它从我妹妹的床底下钻过去。 我还看到它穿过一堵墙。 昨晚，它躲在我的衣橱里大喊：“嘘！当我打开门的时候。” “鬼不会躲固体的，”老爷子皱着眉头说。 老爷子说“固体”时，卡兹畏缩了。 他知道克莱尔不喜欢这个词。 “我们没必要躲起来，”老爷子说。 “如果我们不想让固体看到我们，我们就不发光。” 伊莱告诉克莱尔：“每当我试图跟随鬼魂或告诉家人这件事时，它就消失了。” “然后它会在其他地方重新出现。 我想它喜欢玩捉迷藏。” “嗯哼，”克莱尔一边说一边写下伊莱说的话。