6 ANOTHER GHOST CATCHER

CHAPTER 6 ANOTHER GHOST CATCHER Kaz, Finn, and Little John hovered safely inside Claire's water bottle while Claire stood on the sidewalk outside the movie theater and stared at the card in her hand. "There's an address on this card," Claire told her ghost friends. "I don't have to be home until dinnertime. We've got time to visit Gabriel Goodman before we go back to the library." "Great! Let's go," Finn said. "Wait," Kaz said as Claire started walking. She stopped. "What?" she asked. "Well," Kaz said. "If this boy can see ghosts when they're not glowing, then won't he be able to

卡兹、芬恩和小约翰安全地在克莱尔的水瓶里徘徊，而克莱尔则站在电影院外的人行道上，盯着手里的卡片。 “这张卡片上有个地址，”克莱尔告诉她的鬼魂朋友们。 “我不用等到晚饭时间才回家。 在回图书馆之前，我们还有时间去拜访加布里埃尔·古德曼。” “太好了!我们走吧，”芬恩说。 “等等，”卡兹说，克莱尔开始走路。 她停了下来。“什么？”她问。 “嗯，”卡兹说。“如果这孩子能看见不发光的鬼魂，那他就不能了

see us? What if he somehow forces us out of this bottle and blows us into the Outside, too?" Little John let out a big breath of air. "Do you have to worry about every little thing, Kaz?" "Of course he does," Finn said. "He's Kaz." Claire set her bag on a bench, then sat down beside it. "No, Kaz is right to worry," she said, holding her water bottle on her lap. "We know this boy blew Jessie and Conrad out of the theater. He probably blew Dave out of the theater, too. We need to make sure you guys stay safe." "We're safe. We're inside your water bottle," Finn said. "It doesn't hurt to take extra precautions," Claire said. She unzipped her bag, picked up the bottle with the ghosts, and put it inside the bag.

看到我们吗?要是他把我们从瓶子里逼出来，把我们也吹到外面去怎么办？”小约翰深深地吸了一口气。 “你非得为每一件小事操心吗，卡兹？”“他当然知道，”芬恩说。 “他是Kaz。”克莱尔把她的包放在一张长凳上，然后坐在它旁边。 “不，卡兹担心是对的，”她说，把水瓶放在腿上。 “我们知道这个男孩把杰西和康拉德轰出了剧院。 他可能也把戴夫轰出了剧院。 我们需要确保你们的安全。” “我们是安全的。我们在你的水瓶里，”芬恩说。 “采取额外的预防措施并没有什么坏处，”克莱尔说。 她拉开包的拉链，拿起装有鬼魂的瓶子，把它放进包里。

"Hey!" Little John cried as Claire started to zip her bag closed over them. Finn swam to the top of the bottle. "Don't put us in here!" he shouted. "We won't be able to see anything!" "That means Gabriel won't be able to see you, either," Claire said. "I think that's best. At least until we know a little more about him." She zipped her bag the rest of the way closed and everything went dark around Kaz, Finn, and Little John. Finn sighed. "Maybe she's right," he said. "Better safe than sorry. No one knows that better

“嘿!”小约翰哭了，克莱尔开始把她的包拉上。 芬恩游到了瓶子的顶部。 “别把我们关在这儿！”他喊道。 “我们什么也看不见！”“那意味着盖伯瑞尔也看不到你了。”克莱尔说。 “我认为这是最好的。至少在我们对他有更多了解之前是这样。” 她把包的拉链拉上，卡兹、芬恩和小约翰周围一片漆黑。 芬恩叹了口气。“也许她是对的，”他说。 “安全总比后悔好。没有人比他更了解这一点

than me." The ghosts could tell by the way the bottle jiggled back and forth that Claire was walking now. Kaz wondered how far away Gabriel's house was. "This reminds me of when we traveled inside that box with the doll that didn't shrink," Little John said. He rubbed his hands together to make them glow, which provided a little light inside Claire's bag. "Huh? What are you talking about?" Finn asked. He rubbed his hands together, too.

比我好。”鬼魂们可以从瓶子前后晃动的样子看出克莱尔正在走路。 卡兹不知道盖伯瑞尔的家离这儿有多远。 小约翰说：“这让我想起了我们在那个箱子里旅行时那个不会缩水的娃娃。” 他搓了搓双手，让它们发光，这样克莱尔的包里就有了一点光。 “嗯?你在说什么？”芬恩问道。 他也搓了搓双手。

Kaz and Little John told Finn about the doll they'd found in the secret room at the library. They thought it belonged to Little John's friend Kiley. They wanted to take it to her, but they couldn't make the doll shrink. That was when they learned that ghostly objects that used to be solid don't shrink. By the time Kaz and Little John finished the story, it sounded as though they had arrived at Gabriel's house. They could hear Claire talking to someone. "I'm looking for Gabriel Goodman," she said. Her voice sounded muffled, but Kaz could still make it out. "That's me," a boy replied. "I see you have my card. Do you have a ghost you need me to take care of?" "No, I—" Claire broke off. "This is kind of hard to explain. Can I come in?" "Okay," Gabriel said. The ghosts heard a door open, then shut.

卡兹和小约翰告诉芬恩他们在图书馆的密室里发现的娃娃。 他们以为这是小约翰的朋友凯利的。 他们想把娃娃带给她，但他们无法让娃娃缩小。 就在那时，他们了解到，曾经是固体的幽灵物体不会收缩。 等卡兹和小约翰讲完这个故事，听起来他们好像到了盖伯瑞尔的家。 他们听到克莱尔在跟人说话。 “我在找加布里埃尔·古德曼，”她说。 她的声音听起来很低沉，但卡兹还是能听出来。 “那是我，”一个男孩回答。 “我看到你有我的名片。你有鬼魂需要我照顾吗？”“不，我——”克莱尔停了下来。 “这有点难以解释。 我能进来吗？”“好吧，”盖伯瑞尔说。 鬼们听到一扇门开了，然后又关上了。

"Let's go out there," Little John whispered. He started to pass through the water bottle into Claire's bag, but Kaz and Finn each grabbed one of his arms and pulled him back. "Not yet," Kaz whispered back. "Not until we know it's safe," Finn added. "I'm like you," Claire said to Gabriel. "I can see ghosts when they're not glowing and I can hear ghosts when they're not wailing." "What's glowing? What's wailing?" Gabriel asked. "You don't know what glowing and wailing mean?" Claire asked. "Haven't you ever talked to any of the ghosts you've seen?" "No. Why would I do that?" Gabriel said. "Because that's how you get to know people," Claire said. "You talk to them. You tell them about yourself and they tell you about themselves. That's how you become friends." "Why would I want to be friends with a ghost?" Gabriel asked.

“我们出去吧，”小约翰低声说。 他开始穿过水瓶进入克莱尔的包里，但卡兹和芬恩各自抓住他的一只胳膊，把他拉了回来。 “还没有。”卡兹小声回答。 “直到我们知道它是安全的，”芬恩补充说。 “我和你一样，”克莱尔对加布里埃尔说。 “我能看到不发光的鬼魂，也能听到不哀号的鬼魂。” “发光的是什么?哭泣是什么?”盖伯瑞尔问道。 “你不知道发光和哀号是什么意思吗？”克莱尔问道。 “你没跟你见过的鬼说过话吗？”“没有。 我为什么要那么做？”盖伯瑞尔说。 “因为这是你了解别人的方式，”克莱尔说。 “你和他们交谈。你向他们介绍你自己，他们也向你介绍他们自己。 这就是你们成为朋友的方式。” “我为什么要和鬼魂做朋友？”盖伯瑞尔问道。