1 A BIG FAVOR

BY EDGAR AWARD WINNER DORI HILLESTAD BUTLER The HAUNTED LIBRARY

埃德加奖得主多里·希勒斯塔德·巴特勒著《闹鬼的图书馆》

CHAPTER 1 A BIG FAVOR You guys! Come quick!" Little John shouted as he swam into Claire's living room. "You won't believe what Finn is doing!" It was the middle of the night. Kaz, Cosmo, Mom, Pops, Grandmom, and Grandpop had the TV on, but they weren't paying much attention to it. They just had it on while they waited for Claire to wake up. The ghosts had a big favor to ask of Claire. Kaz groaned. "What's Finn doing?" he asked his younger brother, Little John. Finn was Kaz and Little John's big brother. Back when the ghosts lived in the old

第1章帮你们一个大忙！快!”小约翰一边喊一边游进克莱尔的客厅。 “你不会相信芬恩在做什么！”那是半夜。 卡兹、科斯莫、妈妈、爸爸、奶奶和爷爷开着电视，但他们没怎么注意。 他们只是在等克莱尔醒来的时候戴着它。 鬼魂们想让克莱尔帮个大忙。 Kaz呻吟着。“芬恩在做什么？”他问他的弟弟小约翰。 芬恩是卡兹和小约翰的哥哥。 当鬼魂住在古老的

schoolhouse, Finn liked to scare his brothers by putting an arm, leg, or his head through the outside wall. One day he pushed his head too far through the wall and he got stuck in the Outside. Grandmom and Grandpop tried to rescue him, but the wind blew them all away. A few months later, some solids came and tore down the old schoolhouse. Kaz and the rest of his family were forced into the Outside. The wind blew them away, too. It blew Kaz to the library, where he met Claire, the solid girl who lives above the library with her parents and her grandma. Kaz didn't think he'd ever see the rest of his family again. But he and Claire found Cosmo when they were searching for a ghost in an attic. Little John had gotten himself "returned" to the library inside a book. The three of them found Grandmom and Grandpop at a nursing home. They found Mom and Pops at a girl named Margaret's house. And just yesterday, they found Finn at a boy named Eli's house.

在学校里，芬恩喜欢把胳膊、腿或头伸进外面的墙来吓唬他的兄弟们。 有一天，他把头从墙里探了出去，卡在了外面。 爷爷奶奶试着去救他，但是风把他们都吹走了。 几个月后，一些固体来了，把旧校舍拆掉了。 卡兹和他的家人被迫进入了外面。 风也把它们吹走了。 它把卡兹吹到了图书馆，在那里他遇到了克莱尔，一个可靠的女孩，和她的父母和奶奶住在图书馆楼上。 卡兹以为他再也见不到家人了。 但他和克莱尔在阁楼里寻找鬼魂时发现了宇宙号。 小约翰把自己藏在一本书里“送回”了图书馆。 他们三个人在一家养老院找到了爷爷奶奶。 他们在一个叫玛格丽特的女孩家里找到了爸爸妈妈。 就在昨天，他们在一个叫伊莱的男孩家里发现了芬恩。

"You have to see what Finn's doing," Little John said. "He's in Claire's room." Kaz sighed. Whatever Finn was doing in Claire's room in the middle of the night, it couldn't be good. The ghosts swam down the hall and through Claire's bedroom door. Claire was sound asleep on her bed, and Finn was braiding her hair to the bedpost! Kaz gasped. "Finn!" "Woof! Woof!" Cosmo barked at Finn while Mom, Pops, Grandmom, and Grandpop shook

“你得看看芬恩在做什么，”小约翰说。 “他在克莱尔的房间里。”Kaz叹了口气。 不管芬恩大半夜在克莱尔的房间里做什么，肯定不是好事。 鬼魂游过大厅，穿过克莱尔卧室的门。 克莱尔在床上睡得很熟，芬恩把她的头发编到床柱上！Kaz气喘吁吁地说。 “芬恩!”“汪!汪!”当妈妈、爸爸、奶奶和爷爷颤抖的时候，宇宙向芬恩吠叫

their heads in disapproval. "You're such a tattletale, Little John," Finn said. "Come on, Finn," Kaz said. "That's not very nice." All of a sudden, Claire jerked awake. She tried to sit up, but couldn't. "What the—?" she said. Her fingers followed her hair all the way to the bedpost. "Who did this?" she asked the ghosts. Her gaze settled on Finn. She made a face at him. "Aw, can't you take a joke?" Finn asked. He tried to help Claire unbraid her hair, but she didn't want his help. She shoved her hand through his chest. "Way to go, Finn," Little John said. "Claire may not want to do us that favor now." "What favor?" Claire asked as her hair came free from the bedpost. "She can't do it in the middle of the night," Kaz said. "Go back to sleep, Claire. We'll ask you

他们表示不赞成。 “你真是个爱搬弄是非的人，小约翰，”芬恩说。 “来吧，芬恩，”卡兹说。 “这可不太好。”突然，克莱尔惊醒了。 她想坐起来，但坐不起来。 “这是怎么回事？”她说。她的手指顺着头发一直摸到床柱。 “是谁干的？”她问鬼魂。 她的目光落在芬恩身上。她对他做了个鬼脸。 “啊，你开不起玩笑吗？”芬恩问道。 他试图帮克莱尔解开她的辫子，但她不需要他的帮助。 她把手伸进他的胸膛。 “做得好，芬恩，”小约翰说。 “克莱尔现在可能不想帮我们了” “什么忙?”克莱尔问道，她的头发从床柱上垂了下来。 “她不能在半夜这么做，”和子说。 “回去睡觉吧，克莱尔。 我们会问你

in the morning." Maybe by then she will have forgotten what Finn did to her hair. Claire turned on her bedside lamp. "I'm awake now," she said, combing her hair with her fingers. "Go ahead and ask." The ghosts looked at one another. Mom motioned for Kaz to do the asking. "Well..." Kaz wafted closer to Claire. "You know how there's this little problem between our family and Beckett?" Beckett was the other ghost who lived at the library. For some reason, Mom, Grandmom, and Grandpop never wanted to be in the same room

明天早上。”也许到那时她就会忘记芬恩对她的头发做了什么。 克莱尔打开床头灯。 “我现在醒了，”她边说边用手指梳理头发。 “去问吧。”鬼魂们面面相觑。 妈妈示意卡兹去问。 “嗯……”卡兹飘向克莱尔。 “你知道我们家和贝克特之间有什么小问题吗？”贝克特是另一个住在图书馆的鬼魂。 出于某种原因，妈妈、奶奶和爷爷从来不想呆在一个房间里