4. The L Word

4 The L Word

4 . L字

I followed the ghost of Mr. Klutz as we swooped higher into the sky. Then we zoomed really fast away from the ocean. "Where are you taking me now?" I asked. "You'll find out," the ghost of Mr. Klutz replied. Flying is so cool. I wish I could fly everywhere. We swooped down lower, and I could see the rooftop of Ella Mentry School in the distance. That's my school. "Wait, you're taking me to school?" I asked. "Yes," the ghost of Mr. Klutz replied, "in more ways than one." We were getting closer to the school. The ghost of Mr. Klutz wasn't slowing down. It looked like we were going to crash right into the wall of the school! "Watch out!" I shouted, putting my

我跟着克鲁茨先生的鬼魂飞向更高的天空。 然后我们飞快地离开了海洋。 “你现在要带我去哪儿？”我问。 “你会知道的，”克鲁茨先生的鬼魂回答。 飞行太酷了。我希望我能到处飞。 我们飞得更低了，我可以看到远处艾拉门特里学校的屋顶。 那是我的学校。“等等，你要送我去学校？”我问。 “是的，”克鲁茨的鬼魂回答说，“不止一种。” 我们离学校越来越近了。 克鲁茨先生的幽灵并没有放慢脚步。 看起来我们就要撞到学校的墙上了！“小心!”我喊道，把我的

hands over my eyes. But we didn't crash. We flew right through the wall! It was the coolest thing ever. Being a temporary ghost was fun! The ghost of Mr. Klutz and I flew through the wall into the vomitorium. It used to be called the cafetorium, but then some first grader threw up in there and everybody started calling it the vomitorium. It was all decorated for Halloween, with pictures of witches and pumpkins and bats and stuff.* The whole gang was sitting below us eating lunch, including me, A.J. in the past. "Can they see or hear us?" I asked the ghost of Mr. Klutz. "No," he replied as we hovered over the table. "Do you remember this day, A.J.?" "Oh, yeah," I replied. "Halloween is my favorite holiday." "Do you love it?" the ghost of Mr. Klutz

双手捂住我的眼睛。但我们没有坠毁。 我们直接飞穿了墙！这是最酷的事情。 做一个临时的鬼魂很有趣！我和克鲁茨先生的鬼魂穿过墙飞进了体育馆。 以前叫cafetorium，后来有个一年级的学生在里面吐了，大家就叫它vomitorium。 里面都是万圣节的装饰，有女巫、南瓜、蝙蝠之类的图案。*所有人都坐在我们下面吃午饭，包括我，A.J. 在过去。“他们能看到或听到我们吗？”我问克鲁茨先生的鬼魂。 “不，”我们在桌子上方盘旋时，他回答说。 “你还记得这一天吗，A.J.?”“哦，是的，”我回答。 “万圣节是我最喜欢的节日。” “你喜欢吗”克鲁茨先生的鬼魂

asked me. Ugh, he said the L word. I didn't answer. I try to never say the L word out loud. That's the first rule of being a kid. "Wait a minute," I said. "I thought you were the ghost of SUMMERS past." "Halloween isn't in the summer?" asked the ghost of Mr. Klutz. "Oops. I really need to get a calendar." Below us, my friends were talking about Miss Mary, who was a student teacher and also happens to be Mr. Klutz's daughter. "Miss Mary is scary," A.J. in the past said. "She looks like a vampire," said Neil. "Maybe she really is a vampire," said A.J. in the past. "Did you ever think of that? She dresses in all black. She wears black makeup. She's got a pet bat." "Stop trying to scare Emily," Andrea told

问我。呃，他说了“ L ”开头的词。 我没有回答。我试着从不大声说出“L”这个词。 这是当孩子的第一准则。 “等一下，”我说。“我以为你是萨默斯过去的鬼魂。” “万圣节不是在夏天吗？”克鲁茨先生的鬼魂问。 “哦。我真的需要一个日历。” 在我们下面，我的朋友们正在谈论玛丽小姐，她是一名实习教师，碰巧也是克鲁茨先生的女儿。 “玛丽小姐很吓人。 过去说过。“她看起来像个吸血鬼，”尼尔说。 “也许她真的是一个吸血鬼，”A.J.说 在过去。“你想过吗？” 她穿一身黑。她化着黑色的妆。 她养了一只宠物蝙蝠。”“别吓唬艾米丽了，”安德里亚说

A.J. in the past. "I'm scared," said Emily. "Miss Mary probably lives in a cave and sleeps hanging upside down from the ceiling," said A.J. in the past. "Then she goes out at night and bites people in the neck and drinks their blood." "We've got to do something!" Emily yelled, and then she went running out of the vomitorium. Everybody laughed except Andrea, who made a mean face at A.J. in the past.

a。j。“我很害怕，”艾米丽说。 “玛丽小姐可能住在一个山洞里，睡在天花板上倒挂着，”A.J.说 在过去。“然后她晚上出去咬人的脖子，喝他们的血。” “我们必须做点什么！”艾米丽喊道，然后她跑出了体育馆。 大家都笑了，除了安德里亚，她对aj做了个刻薄的鬼脸 在过去。