3 VISITING GRANDMOM AND GRANDPOP

CHAPTER 3 VISITING GRANDMOM AND GRANDPOP What were you talking about when you said, 'Did you see that?'" Little John asked Kaz as they floated inside Claire's water bottle. They were almost to Valley View. Kaz held tight to Cosmo. "I thought I saw a ghost in the window next to Eli's," he explained. "I only saw it for a second, so maybe I imagined it." "Maybe you saw the sun reflecting against the window," Mom suggested. "Lots of things look like ghosts from a distance, but they turn out to be something else," Pops added.

第三章拜访爷爷奶奶当你说“你看到那个了吗？”当他们漂浮在克莱尔的水瓶里时，小约翰问卡兹。 他们快到山谷景了。 卡兹紧紧抱着宇宙。“我觉得我在伊莱家旁边的窗户里看到了鬼，”他解释说。 “我只看到了一秒钟，所以可能是我想象出来的。” “也许你看到了反射在窗户上的太阳，”妈妈建议道。 老爷子补充说：“很多东西从远处看像鬼，但结果却是别的东西。”

Kaz knew Pops was right. He and Claire had been called to solve quite a few ghostly mysteries, but none of them had resulted in any real ghosts. "It could be a ghost," Little John said. "We're not the only ghosts around here, you know. There's Beckett, there's the family that lives in the purple house, and there are a bunch of old lady ghosts at Valley View." "Don't call them old ladies," Mom scolded. "That's not polite." "But they are old ladies," Little John said. "Everyone at Valley View is old." "We're here," Kaz announced as Claire walked up to a small brick building. She pulled open the door, and a large colorful bird in the entryway squawked, "Hello! Hello!" "Ack!" Kaz shrieked, even though the bird was in a cage. Grrrrr! Cosmo bared his teeth and growled at the bird. "What in the world is that?" Mom asked.

卡兹知道老爷子是对的。他和克莱尔曾被要求解决一些幽灵之谜，但没有一个是真正的鬼魂。 “可能是鬼，”小约翰说。 “你知道，我们不是这里唯一的鬼魂。 有贝克特，有住在紫色房子里的那一家人，还有一群在山谷景镇的老太太鬼。” “别叫她们老太太，”妈妈责备道。 “这是不礼貌的。”“可她们都是老太太，”小约翰说。 “谷景城的人都老了。” “我们来了，”卡兹宣布，克莱尔走到一座小砖房前。 她拉开门，门口有一只彩色的大鸟叫道：“你好！你好!”“消!”卡兹尖叫起来，尽管那只鸟被关在笼子里。 了呃!科斯莫露出牙齿，对着那只鸟咆哮。 “那到底是什么？”母亲问。

Little John giggled. "It's a bird. His name is Petey. Right, Kaz?" Little John glanced at Kaz, then looked again. "Kaz? Are you glowing?" "You are glowing!" Pops exclaimed. "I am?" Kaz looked down at himself. There was a slight bluish glow to his skin. Unfortunately, he had no idea what he was doing to make it happen. "Wow, Kaz!" Claire said, impressed. "Excuse me? Can I help you?" the lady at the counter asked. Claire quickly shoved her water bottle behind her back. "I'd uh... like to visit some people who live here," she said. "Awww," Kaz groaned, turning his arm all around. "The glow is gone already." As soon as Kaz let go of Cosmo, the dog charged through Claire's water bottle—and into Petey's cage! "Cosmo! No! BAD DOG!" Kaz yelled. He swam after his dog. While Cosmo chased Petey,

小约翰咯咯地笑。“是一只鸟。 他的名字叫皮特。Kaz ?”小约翰看了卡兹一眼，又看了看。 “Kaz ?你在发光吗？”“你在发光！”持久性有机污染物喊道。 “我?”卡兹低头看了看自己。 他的皮肤微微泛着蓝光。 不幸的是，他不知道他在做什么来实现这一目标。 “哇,Kaz !”克莱尔惊讶地说。 “对不起?我能为您效劳吗？”柜台的女士问。 克莱尔赶紧把她的水瓶推到背后。 “我嗯…我想去看看住在这里的人，”她说。 “啊，”卡兹呻吟着，把胳膊转了一圈。 “红光已经消失了。” 卡兹一放开科斯莫，它就冲过克莱尔的水瓶——冲进了皮特的笼子！“都市性!不!坏狗!”Kaz喊道。 他跟着他的狗游泳。当科斯莫追逐皮特时，

Kaz chased Cosmo. Up, down, and all around the cage. "BAD DOG! BAD DOG!" Petey squawked. Mom, Pops, and Little John swam into the cage and tried to help Kaz catch Cosmo. But Petey flew right through them. "BAD DOG!" he squawked again. "My goodness!" The lady at the counter rose to her feet. She couldn't see all the ghosts in the birdcage. She could only see Petey. "I don't know what's wrong with that bird." Claire pressed her lips together. She knew what was wrong, but there was nothing she could do to help.

卡兹追着科斯莫。上，下，在笼子周围。 “坏狗!坏狗!”皮蒂会抗议。 妈妈、爸爸和小约翰游进笼子里，试图帮助卡兹抓住科斯莫。 但是皮蒂从他们中间穿过去了。 “坏狗！”他又叫了一声。 “我的天哪!”柜台前的女士站了起来。 她看不见鸟笼里所有的鬼。 她只能看见皮蒂。“我不知道那只鸟怎么了。” 克莱尔抿紧嘴唇。 她知道哪里出了问题，但她无能为力。

"Got him!" Little John shouted as he grabbed Cosmo around the middle and swam back through the cage. Kaz and his parents followed Little John and Cosmo over to a far corner of the room—as far from Petey as they could get. Petey shook his feathers, then uttered one more "BAD DOG!" Once the bird was calm, the lady at the counter sat back down. "Sorry about that," she said to Claire. "Now, was there someone in particular you wanted to visit?"

“他!”小约翰一边喊一边抓住科斯莫，从笼子里游了回来。 卡兹和他的父母跟着小约翰和科斯莫走到房间的一个遥远的角落——离皮特越远越好。 彼得抖了抖羽毛，又叫了一声“坏狗！”鸟儿平静下来后，柜台的女士又坐了下来。 “很抱歉，”她对克莱尔说。 “那么，你有没有特别想去拜访的人？”

"Uh." Claire thought for a second, then said, "Yes! I'd like to visit Victor Helsing!" Victor had done some repair work at the library a long time ago—long before Claire was even born. Claire, Kaz, and Little John had gone to see him when they wanted to learn more about the secret room. That was when they'd found out that Grandmom and Grandpop had made Valley View their new haunt. "I'm sure Victor would love some company," the lady said. "He's in room 105." She wrote it on a scrap of paper and slid the paper across the counter. Claire grabbed it. "Thanks," she said as she headed down the hall. Kaz and his family wafted behind her. Claire stopped in the doorway of room 105. "This is Victor's room," she told the ghosts. "Come find me when you're done, or I'll come find you when I'm done."

“嗯。”克莱尔想了一秒钟，然后说：“是的！我想去拜访维克多·赫尔辛！”很久以前，维克多在图书馆做过一些修理工作——早在克莱尔出生之前。 克莱尔、卡兹和小约翰想了解更多关于密室的事情时，他们去看了他。 就在那时，他们发现爷爷奶奶把山谷景当成了他们的新去处。 “我相信维克多会喜欢有人作伴的，”女士说。 “他在105房间。”她把这句话写在一张小纸片上，然后把纸片滑过柜台。 克莱尔抓住了它。“谢谢，”她边说边朝大厅走去。 和子和他的家人跟在她后面。 克莱尔在105房间门口停了下来。 “这是维克多的房间，”她告诉鬼魂们。 “你干完了就来找我，不然我干完了就来找你。”