2 BEAN HATCHES A PLAN

BEAN HATCHES A PLAN It all began because Bean was playing a trick on her older sister. Bean's older sister was named Nancy. She was eleven. Nancy thought Bean was a pain and a pest. Bean thought Nancy was a booger-head. Ever since she turned eleven, Nancy had been acting like she was Bean's mother. She ordered Bean around in a grown-up voice: "Comb your hair." "No more pretzels." "Brush your teeth." "Say please."

这一切都是从比恩捉弄姐姐开始的。 比恩的姐姐名叫南希。 她十一岁。南希认为比恩是个讨厌鬼。 比恩认为南希是个笨蛋。 从十一岁起，南希就一直表现得像比恩的母亲。 她用成熟的声音命令比恩：“梳头。” “不要再吃椒盐脆饼了。”“刷牙。” “请说。”

Bean's mother said that Nancy was going through a stage. Bean knew what that meant. That meant Nancy was bossy. Bean also knew that nobody likes bossy kids, so she was trying to help Nancy be done with her stage. Here's how she helped: She bugged Nancy until Nancy freaked out. Bean thought this was pretty helpful. The afternoon that Bean got her great

比恩的妈妈说南希正在经历一个阶段。 比恩知道那是什么意思。 这意味着南希很专横。 比恩也知道没有人喜欢专横的孩子，所以她想帮助南希完成她的舞台。 她是这样做的：她一直缠着南希，直到南希吓坏了。 比恩认为这很有帮助。 比恩得到她的那天下午很好

idea, she was shopping with her mom and Nancy. Actually, Bean was being dragged along by her mom and Nancy. Bean hated shopping. Nancy loved, loved, loved it. Nancy was trying on skirts. Lots of skirts. She put on a purple skirt. She looked at her front in the mirror. Then she turned to the side. Then she turned around and tried to look at her behind. "Looks good," said Bean. "Let's go." "Be patient just a little longer, Bean," said Bean's mother. "I think it's cute, honey," she said to Nancy. Nancy looked in the mirror some more. "Do you think the pockets are dumb?"

她当时正和妈妈和南希一起去购物。 其实，比恩是被她妈妈和南希拖着走的。 比恩讨厌购物。南希很喜欢，很喜欢，很喜欢。 南希在试裙子。 很多裙子。她穿上一条紫色的裙子。 她看着镜子里的自己。 然后她转过身去。 然后她转过身来，试图看她的背后。 “看起来不错，”比恩说。“我们走吧。” “再耐心一点，比恩，”比恩的妈妈说。 “我觉得它很可爱，亲爱的，”她对南希说。 南希又看了看镜子。 “你认为口袋是哑巴吗？”

"I like the pockets," said Bean's mom. "Get it, get it, get it!" moaned Bean. She had never been so bored in her entire life. She was so bored she fell on the floor. Then she took a tiny peek up at the lady in the dressing room next door. Yow.

“我喜欢这些口袋，”比恩的妈妈说。 “抓住它，抓住它，抓住它！”比恩呻吟着。 她一生中从来没有这么无聊过。 她无聊得跌倒在地板上。 然后她瞥了一眼隔壁更衣室里的女士。 哎唷。

"Get up, Bean!" said her mother. "This minute." Bean got up and sat on the triangle seat again. She waited. Nancy looked at herself. "I kind of like it," Nancy said. "But it costs forty dollars. That's all my money. I could get two shirts for forty dollars." "Don't be a tightwad," said Bean. She had just learned that word. It meant someone who didn't like to spend money. "Don't call your sister a tightwad," said Bean's mom. Bean saw Nancy's eyes looking at her in the mirror. "Tightwad," Bean mouthed without any sound. Nancy's eyes got narrow, and so quick that their mother didn't see, she stuck out her tongue. Then Nancy turned to their mother and said, "I think the skirt costs too much, Mom. I think I'd rather try on some tops."

“起来，豆子！”妈妈说。 “这一刻。”豆子站起来，又坐在了三角形的座位上。 她等待着。南希看了看自己。 “我有点喜欢它，”南希说。 “但是要花40美元。 那是我所有的钱。我可以花40美元买两件衬衫。” “不要做吝啬鬼，”比恩说。 她刚刚学会了这个词。 它的意思是不喜欢花钱的人。 “别叫你妹妹吝啬鬼，”比恩的妈妈说。 比恩看到南希的眼睛正看着镜子里的她。 “吝啬鬼。”比恩悄无声息地说。 南希的眼睛眯了起来，动作很快，母亲没看见，她伸出了舌头。 南希转身对妈妈说：“妈妈，我觉得这条裙子太贵了。 我想我还是试试上衣吧。”

Bean knew then that Nancy was being slow on purpose. Just to drive her crazy. Bean thought about kicking her in the shin. But then she got the idea. It was a great idea. It was also a helpful idea, one that would teach Nancy not to be such a tightwad. And best of all, her idea would make Nancy freak out. "You'll be sorry," Bean mouthed to Nancy.

这时比恩知道南希是故意慢下来的。 只是为了把她逼疯。比恩想踢她的小腿。 但后来她明白了。 这是个好主意。这也是一个有益的主意，可以教会南希不要做一个吝啬鬼。 最重要的是，她的想法会让南希抓狂。 “你会后悔的，”比恩用嘴对南希说。