10 NO DESSERT

NO DESSERT "No dessert" said Bean. "No videos for a, week. But at least they didn't make me stay in my room." Ivy was sitting next to Bean on her front porch. It was almost dark. They watched the bugs flying around the streetlight. "I don't think they're really mad," said Ivy. "You don't?" They had seemed pretty mad to Bean. "They have to act mad so they'll seem fair to your sister," Ivy said. "But your mom had this little, teeny smile on her face when she pulled Nancy out of the pit. She thought it was funny."

不吃甜点“不吃甜点”比恩说。 “一个星期没有视频。但至少他们没有让我呆在我的房间里。” 艾薇坐在比恩旁边的前廊上。 天几乎黑了。他们看着虫子在路灯周围飞来飞去。 “我不认为他们真的疯了，”艾薇说。 “你不?”在比恩看来，他们似乎很疯狂。 艾薇说：“他们必须装疯，这样对你妹妹才公平。” “但你妈妈把南希从坑里救出来的时候，脸上露出了一丝微笑。 她觉得这很有趣。”

Bean smiled, too, remembering. "It was funny." "It was great." "Nancy says she's never going to speak to either of us ever again. And she took back the coloring book she gave me." "Well, she never spoke to me before today, so that won't be any different for me." "It'll be better for me. But I bet she

比恩也笑了，回忆着。 “这很有趣。”“太棒了。” “南希说她再也不跟我们俩说话了。 她收回了她给我的着色书。” “嗯，在今天之前她从来没有和我说过话，所以这对我来说不会有什么不同。” “这样对我比较好。但我打赌她

doesn't stick to it." Bean yawned. It had been a big day. She turned to Ivy. "Do you think the spell is what made her dance?" "Of course." Ivy sounded very sure. But after a minute she said, "I didn't have time to say the spell, really. I just sort of thought it at the last second." Bean stared into the shadowy yard. "Maybe that's why she didn't dance for very long—because you only thought the spell instead of saying it." "Next time I'll say it." "You're going to do it again? On who?" Bean asked. "I was thinking about that Mrs. Trantz," said Ivy. Bean pictured Mrs. Trantz kicking up her feet on the edge of a muddy pit. It would be a beautiful sight. "Can you teach me to burp like that?" asked Bean. "Sure," Ivy said. "Maybe I'll try

不能坚持下去。”豆打了个哈欠。 这是重要的一天。她转向艾薇。 “你认为是咒语让她跳舞的吗？”“当然。” 艾薇听起来很肯定。但过了一会儿，她说：“我真的没有时间念咒语。 我只是在最后一刻才想到的。” 比恩凝视着阴暗的院子。 “也许这就是为什么她很久没有跳舞的原因——因为你只是想着那个咒语，而没有说出来。” “下次我再说。”“你要再来一次？” 谁?”豆问道。“我也在想这件事，特兰茨太太，”艾薇说。 比恩想象着特兰茨太太在一个泥泞的坑边踢着脚。 那将是一幅美丽的景象。 “你能教我那样打嗝吗？”比恩问。 “当然，”艾薇说。“也许我会试试

something new on Mrs. Trantz. Like a storm of grasshoppers." "Is that a hard one?" "No, but we have to start with a lot of grasshoppers," said Ivy. "It seems like all the spells have bugs in them" said Bean., "Not all of them," said Ivy. "Potions don't." Potions. That sounded fun. "Let's make a potion," Bean said.

特兰兹太太有新消息了 就像一场蝗虫风暴。” “难吗？”“不，但我们必须从很多蚱蜢开始，”艾薇说。 “好像所有的咒语都有虫子。”比恩说。“不是所有的，”艾薇说。 “药水不。”药水。听起来很有趣。 “我们来配制一剂魔药吧。”比恩说。

"Okay," Ivy said. "Tomorrow we'll make potions." "I know what" said Bean. "Tomorrow, let's fix up a lab in your room. Then we can make potions." She pictured a lab with shelves full of little bottles. She and Ivy would wear goggles. Ivy sat up straighter. "Yeah! That'll be good. We'll dump the dressing room and get some shelves. Shelves with little bottles. And maybe a counter." "Bean?" Bean's mother came out onto the front porch. "There you are. It's almost bath time. Ivy, do you want me to walk you home?" "Okay," said Ivy. But Bean's mom sat down beside Bean

“好吧，”艾薇说。“明天我们做魔药。” “我知道了。”比恩说。“明天，我们在你的房间里布置一个实验室吧。 然后我们就可以做魔药了。” 她想象着实验室的架子上摆满了小瓶子。 她和艾薇会戴上护目镜。 艾薇坐得更直了。“是啊!那太好了。 我们把试衣间拆了，搬些架子。 架子上放着小瓶子。 也许还有一个计数器。”“豆?”比恩的妈妈走到前廊。 “你在这儿。快到洗澡的时间了。 艾薇，要我送你回家吗？”“好吧，”艾薇说。 但是比恩的妈妈坐在比恩旁边

and looked at the nighttime sky. "You girls have certainly had a big day, haven't you?" Bean leaned against her mother's arm. "Tomorrow we're going to make a lab in Ivy's room." "You are, are you?" said Bean's mom. "What for?" "Potions," said Ivy. "What kind of potions?" asked Bean's mom. "Secret potions," said Ivy. There was a silence. Then Bean's mom said, "No matches. No poison. No explosions. No deadly fumes. No bugging Nancy. Is that clear?" Ivy and Bean looked at each other and rolled their eyes. "Weren't you the one who was always telling me to play with her?" said Bean. "Wasn't this all your idea in the first place?"

看着夜空。 “你们姑娘们今天过得可真开心，不是吗？”比恩靠在妈妈的胳膊上。 “明天我们要在艾薇的房间里做一个实验室。” “你是吗？”比恩的妈妈说。 “什么?”“魔药。”艾薇说。 “什么样的魔药？”比恩的妈妈问。 “秘密药剂。”艾薇说。 一阵沉默。然后比恩的妈妈说：“没有火柴。 没有毒。没有爆炸。没有致命的烟雾。 别烦我，南希。明白了吗？”艾薇和比恩面面相觑，翻了个白眼。 “不是你总是叫我和她一起玩吗？”比恩说。 “这一开始不都是你的主意吗？”