7 EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES

CHAPTER 7 EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES I'm home!" Claire called as she and Gabriel thundered up the stairs. "And I brought a friend. His name is Gabriel." Friend might be stretching it a little, Kaz thought as he and his brothers passed through Claire's water bottle. Claire's mom poked her head out from the kitchen. "Oh, hello," she said. "Dinner will be ready in about half an hour. Will you stay for dinner, Gabriel?" "Sure," Gabriel said with a shrug. Claire's mom smiled and returned to the kitchen. Then Kaz's parents and dog wafted out of

第七章每个人都会犯错，我回来了！”克莱尔喊道，她和盖伯瑞尔轰隆隆地上了楼。 “我还带了一个朋友来。他的名字叫盖伯瑞尔。” 当卡兹和他的兄弟们穿过克莱尔的水瓶时，卡兹想，这位朋友可能有点言过其实了。 克莱尔的妈妈从厨房里探出头来。 “哦，你好，”她说。“大约半小时后晚饭就好了。 你会留下来吃晚饭吗，盖伯瑞尔？”“当然。”盖伯瑞尔耸耸肩说。 克莱尔的妈妈笑了笑，回到厨房。 然后和子的父母和狗飘了出去

the kitchen. "You must've put up a lot of those flyers," Kaz's mom said. "You've been gone all afternoon." "More ghosts?" Gabriel said, staring at Kaz's parents. "Woof! Woof!" Cosmo barked. He sniffed Gabriel's ear. Gabriel tried to brush him away, but his hand passed through the ghost dog. "How many ghosts do you know, anyway?" Gabriel asked Claire. "Lots," she said. She unzipped her bag and pulled out her notebooks. Little John pointed at the green one. "That notebook is full of ghosts she knows," he said. Kaz's mom wafted closer. "Who is this solid boy?" she asked, looking Gabriel over from head to toe. "What does he mean 'more ghosts'? Can he see us, too?"

厨房。“你一定贴了很多这样的传单，”卡兹的妈妈说。 “你整个下午都不在。” “鬼?”盖伯瑞尔盯着卡兹的父母说。 “汪!汪!”科兹摩吠叫。 他嗅了嗅盖伯瑞尔的耳朵。盖伯瑞尔想把他赶走，但他的手却穿过了那条鬼狗。 “你到底认识多少鬼？”盖伯瑞尔问克莱尔。 “很多，”她说。她拉开包的拉链，拿出笔记本。 小约翰指着那只绿色的。 “那本笔记本上写满了她知道的鬼魂，”他说。 卡兹的妈妈飘近了。“这个健壮的男孩是谁？”她问，从头到脚打量着盖伯瑞尔。 “他说‘更多的鬼’是什么意思？” 他也能看见我们吗？”

"Yes," Kaz said. "His name is Gabriel," Little John said. "The guy at the movie theater hired him to get rid of the ghosts." "Oh, no," Mom said. She put her hand to her mouth. "Oh, yes," Finn said. "He blew Dave away from the theater two days ago and then yesterday he came back and blew Jessie and Conrad away." Gabriel looked down at the floor and shifted from one foot to the other while Finn talked.

“是的，”卡兹说。“他叫盖伯瑞尔，”小约翰说。 “电影院的人雇他来驱除鬼魂。” “哦，不，”妈妈说。她用手捂住嘴。 “哦，是的，”芬恩说。“两天前他把戴夫从剧院轰走了，昨天他回来又把杰西和康拉德也轰走了。” 盖伯瑞尔低头看着地板，在芬恩说话的时候从一只脚换到另一只脚。

"So, now they're missing, too?" Mom said. "Why in the world did you bring this boy here?" "Because he's sorry," Little John said. Just then, Beckett's head rose through the floor. Gabriel jumped out of the way. "I want to help find your friends," Gabriel said to all the ghosts. "You should've thought of that before you blew them away," Mom said, shaking her finger at Gabriel. "Do you have any idea how much trouble you've caused? It's extremely dangerous for ghosts to be in the Outside." She expanded larger and larger with every word she spoke. "It's like you being in a tornado! Have you ever been in a tornado? Have you ever lost loved ones?"

“那么，现在他们也不见了？”母亲说。 “你到底为什么要把这个男孩带到这里来？”“因为他很抱歉，”小约翰说。 就在这时，贝克特的头从地板上探出头来。 盖伯瑞尔跳开了。 “我想帮你找到你的朋友，”盖伯瑞尔对所有的鬼魂说。 “你在把它们吹走之前就应该想到这一点，”妈妈对盖伯瑞尔摇着手指说。 “你知道你惹了多少麻烦吗？” 鬼魂在外面是非常危险的。” 她说的每一个字都使她的心胸越来越宽广。 “就像你在龙卷风里一样！”你经历过龙卷风吗？ 你曾经失去过亲人吗？”

Solid people can't shrink, but somehow Gabriel looked smaller than he did before. His bottom lip quivered. "Mom, chill," Finn said. "Yeah, everyone makes mistakes," Kaz said. Mom looked at Finn. Then at Beckett. Embarrassed, Beckett quickly disappeared beneath the floor. Mom looked a little embarrassed, too. "How are you going to find the ghosts that you blew away?" she asked Gabriel as she shrunk to her

实体的人是不会缩水的，但不知怎么的，加百列看起来比以前小了。 他的下嘴唇颤抖着。“妈妈，冷静点，”芬恩说。 “是的，每个人都会犯错，”卡兹说。 妈妈看着芬恩。然后是贝克特。 贝克特尴尬地迅速躲到地板下面。 妈妈看起来也有点尴尬。 “你怎么才能找到那些被你吹走的鬼魂呢？”她一边问盖伯瑞尔，一边缩到她身边

normal size. Her tone of voice was a little nicer, but not a lot. "We're open to suggestions," Claire said. "From everyone. Even you, Beckett." She raised her voice so he could hear her through the floor. Beckett's head popped back in. "Really?" he said. "You want my help, too?" "The more people we have helping, the more likely we are to find the lost ghosts," Mom said to Beckett. Beckett drifted up, up, up until his whole body was in Claire's living room. But he still kept some distance between himself and Kaz's mom. "Okay, who's got an idea for how we can find Dave, Jessie, and Conrad?" Little John asked as Claire and Gabriel sat down on the couch. No one seemed to have one. "I could ask my parents if they have any ideas. They're private detectives," Claire told Gabriel. "Do they know that you can see ghosts?" Gabriel asked.

正常大小。她的语气好了一点，但也好不到哪里去。 “我们愿意听取建议，”克莱尔说。 “从每一个人。即使是你，贝克特。” 她提高了声音，这样他隔着地板也能听到。 贝克特把头探了进来。 “真的吗？”他说。“你也需要我的帮助吗？”“帮助我们的人越多，我们就越有可能找到失踪的鬼魂，”妈妈对贝克特说。 贝克特越飘越高，直到他的整个身体都在克莱尔的客厅里。 但他仍然和卡兹的妈妈保持着距离。 “好吧，谁知道怎么才能找到戴夫、杰西和康拉德？”克莱尔和盖伯瑞尔在沙发上坐下时，小约翰问道。 似乎没有人有。 “我可以问我的父母他们是否有什么主意。 他们是私家侦探，”克莱尔告诉加布里埃尔。 “他们知道你能看见鬼吗？”盖伯瑞尔问道。