4 BEAN MEETS IVY

BEAN MEETS IVY Bean peeked out between leaves. Nancy hadn't seen the $20 bill. She was standing on it. Hmm, thought Bean. Her plan was a bust, but if she kept on being a ghost, maybe she could scare Nancy a little. "I'm going to wrap my fingers around your neck, too," she howled in her spooky voice. "And I'm going to spit in your ear!" "No, you're not," said Nancy. She didn't sound scared. She reached into the bush and yanked Bean out. "Stop yelling." That's when she saw the $20 bill. "Hey!" she said. "Where did you get the money? You don't have twenty dollars." Then she saw the string. "I see what you're doing, burp face! I bet this is my money, too!" Then she picked up the bill and looked at it. "You stole my money! I'm telling Mom!"

豆子从树叶间探出头来。 南希没有看到那张0美元的钞票。 她站在上面。嗯，比恩想。 她的计划失败了，但如果她继续扮鬼，也许能吓吓南希。 “我也要用手指掐住你的脖子。”她用可怕的声音吼道。 “我要往你耳朵里吐口水！”“不，你不是，”南希说。 她听起来并不害怕。她把手伸进灌木丛，把比恩拽了出来。 “停止叫喊。”就在那时，她看到了那张0美元的钞票。 “嘿！”她说。“你从哪儿弄来的钱？” 你没有20美元。” 然后她看到了绳子。“我知道你在干什么，打饱嗝的脸！”我打赌这也是我的钱！”然后她拿起账单看了看。 “你偷了我的钱！”我要告诉妈妈！”

She began to pull Bean toward the front door. Uh-oh, thought Bean. None of her ideas were working out today. Now she had two choices. She could go inside with Nancy and face Mom. Or she could run. So Bean fell over on the ground and started to wail. "My ankle! Ow-wow-wow! My ankle's killing me! It's sprained!" She held her ankle. Nancy frowned. "You didn't sprain your ankle, you faker!" she said, but she bent down to take a look.

她开始把比恩拉向前门。 哦哦，比恩想。今天她的想法没有一个成功。 现在她有两个选择。她可以和南希一起进去面对妈妈。 或者她可以逃跑。于是比恩倒在地上哭了起来。 “我的脚踝!Ow-wow-wow !我的脚踝疼死了！是扭伤了!”她抱着脚踝。 南希皱起了眉头。“你没有扭伤脚踝，你这个骗子！”她说，但她弯下腰去看了看。

That was all Bean needed. She stood up and ran. She ran out of her yard and around Pancake Court until she found herself in front of Ivy's house." Oooooh! You're in trouble now, Bernice Blue!" yelled Nancy. "I'm going to tell Mom!" Bernice was Bean's real name. People used it only when they were yelling at her. Bean couldn't help it. She just had to stick her tongue out and say, "Ppppppthbt!" Then she just had to turn around and wiggle her behind at Nancy.

这就是比恩所需要的。她站起来跑了。 她跑出了她的院子，绕着煎饼庭院跑了一圈，直到发现自己来到了艾薇家门前。” 哇!你现在有麻烦了，伯尼斯·布鲁！”南希喊道。 “我要告诉妈妈！”伯尼斯是比恩的真名。 人们只在对她大喊大叫的时候才用。 比恩没办法。她只好伸出舌头说：“Ppppppthbt!”然后，她只好转过身来，对着南希扭了扭屁股。

"That's it!" Nancy yelled. "I'm getting Mom!" She stormed into the house. For a minute, Bean felt happy. She loved making Nancy mad. But when Nancy was gone, Bean began to worry. Mom hated it when she did more than one bad thing at a time. Bean counted: taking the money, lying about her ankle, leaving the yard without asking, and wiggling her behind at Nancy. Four things. Five if you counted pretending to be a ghost. Bean was going to be in big trouble. How big? No dessert, for sure. No videos for a week, maybe. But it could be even worse. Her mom might send her to her room for the rest of the day. Bean hated that.

“就是这样!”南希喊道。 “我去叫妈妈！”她冲进房子。 有那么一会儿，比恩感到很高兴。 她喜欢惹南希生气。 但南希走后，比恩开始担心起来。 妈妈讨厌她一次做不止一件坏事。 比恩数了数：拿了钱，躺在脚踝上，不问就离开了院子，在南希身后摇晃她。 四件事。如果你算上装鬼的话，是五次。 比恩会有大麻烦的。 有多大?当然没有甜点。 可能一周都不能看视频。 但情况可能更糟。 她妈妈可能会让她在房间里待上一整天。 比恩讨厌这样。

"Hide." Bean looked up. She had forgotten all about Ivy. Ivy was still sitting on her porch. She had been watching the whole time. She knew that the ghost of Mr. Killop was really Bean inside the bush. Bean expected her to be mad. But she didn't look mad. She looked excited. "Hide," she said again. Hmm, thought Bean. Maybe Boring Ivy was right. If her mom couldn't find her, she couldn't send her to her room. If she stayed out until dark, her parents would stop being mad and start being worried. Her mom might say, "Oh, my poor little Bean.

“隐藏”。比恩抬起头。她把艾薇忘得一干二净。 艾薇还坐在门廊上。 她一直在看。 她知道基洛普先生的鬼魂真的是躲在灌木丛里的比恩。 比恩以为她疯了。 但她看上去并不生气。她看起来很兴奋。 “躲起来。”她又说。嗯，比恩想。 也许无聊的艾薇是对的。 如果她妈妈找不到她，她就不能把她送回自己的房间。 如果她在外面呆到天黑，她的父母就会停止生气，开始担心。 她妈妈可能会说：“哦，我可怜的小豆子。

My poor little baby!" Then they'd be so happy to see her when she came limping home that they probably wouldn't punish her at all. They might even let her have seconds on dessert. That settled it. "Okay," she said to Ivy. "Where?" "Follow me." Ivy came down the stairs and slipped behind a bush growing against her house. Bean followed her and crouched down under the wide leaves.

我可怜的小宝贝！”然后，当她一瘸一拐地回家时，他们会非常高兴，他们可能根本不会惩罚她。 他们甚至会让她再吃点甜点。 这就解决了问题。“好吧，”她对艾薇说。 “在哪里?”“跟我来。”艾薇走下楼梯，溜到房子旁边的灌木丛后面。 比恩跟着她，蹲在宽大的树叶下。