5 IVY HATCHES A PLAN

IVY HATCHES A PLAN Bean opened her eyes. They were in a corner of Ivy's backyard. There was a big rock on one side and a small tree on the other. Between them was a perfectly round puddle. "This is the secret spot?" asked Bean. She had expected something more secret looking. Like a cave. "Yes. They'll never find you here," said Ivy. "You can stay for as long as you want. I'll bring you food." "But I only need to stay until dinnertime" Bean said., Ivy looked disappointed. "I thought you wanted to run away." "I do. But only till dinner." "Oh." Bean felt bad about not staying.

艾薇想出一个计划比恩睁开了眼睛。 他们在艾薇家后院的一个角落里。 一边有一块大石头，另一边有一棵小树。 他们之间是一个圆得很好的水坑。 “这就是秘密地点吗？”比恩问。 她原以为会是更神秘的样子。 像个山洞。“是的。他们永远不会在这里找到你的。”艾薇说。 “你想待多久就待多久。 我给你拿吃的来。”“但我只需要待到晚饭时间。”比恩说。艾薇看起来很失望。 “我还以为你想逃跑呢。” “我做的。不过只能吃到晚饭。” “哦。”比恩对没有留下来感到很难过。

"Wouldn't you get in trouble if your parents found out I was living here?" she asked. "They don't come out here much," Ivy said. "My mom is afraid of ticks." "You probably don't ever get in trouble anyway," said Bean, feeling glum. "I'm always in trouble."

“如果你父母发现我住在这里，你不会有麻烦吗？”她问。 “他们不常来这里，”艾薇说。 “我妈妈害怕蜱虫。” “反正你也不会惹上麻烦的。”比恩闷闷不乐地说。 “我总是有麻烦。”

"I do too get in trouble," said Ivy. "No, you don't," Bean said. "You read books all the time. You can't get in trouble for reading books." Ivy said, "I will get in trouble— really huge trouble—if I do what I want to do. What I plan to do." Bean waited. "Well? What do you plan to do?" Ivy looked all around before she whispered, "Spells. Magic. Potions." "Really? You mean like a witch?" "Yes. Well. Not yet. But I'm going to be a witch," said Ivy. Her eyes were glowing. "I'm learning how."

“我也会惹麻烦，”艾薇说。 “不，你不需要，”比恩说。 “你一直在读书。 你不会因为读书而惹上麻烦。” 艾薇说：“如果我做我想做的事，我就会有麻烦——真正的大麻烦。 我打算怎么做。”豆等。 “嗯?你打算怎么办？”艾薇环顾四周，低声说：“咒语。 魔法。药水。”“真的吗?你是说像个女巫？”“是的。 好。还没有。但我要成为一个女巫。”艾薇说。 她的眼睛闪闪发光。“我正在学习。”

Bean looked at Ivy's black bathrobe. It was kind of dirty now, and some of the little pieces of paper had fallen off. Bean saw that the papers were cut into star and moon shapes. Bean also saw that Ivy didn't know how to draw stars. Some of them had four points and some only had three. The moons didn't look so good either. "Is that a witch's robe?" she asked. "Yeah," said Ivy. "Did you make it yourself?" asked Bean.

比恩看着艾薇的黑色浴袍。 现在有点脏了，一些小纸片掉了下来。 比恩看到这些纸被剪成了星星和月亮的形状。 豆子还发现艾薇不知道怎么画星星。 有些人得了四分，有些人只有三分。 月亮看起来也不太好。 “那是女巫的长袍吗？”她问。 “是的，”艾薇说。“你自己做的吗？”比恩问。

"Yeah." "It's nice," said Bean politely. It didn't look like a witch's robe. It looked goofy. "I didn't know you could learn to be a witch. I thought you just had to be one." "That's what most people think," said Ivy. "But I'm learning. I probably know more than most born witches my age. I just learned this spell that makes you invisible." "Wow." Bean could use that for sure. "Will you teach me? That would be great." "I haven't done it yet," Ivy admitted. "You've got to have a dead frog."

“是的。”“很好。”比恩礼貌地说。 它看起来不像女巫的长袍。 它看起来很傻。“我不知道你可以学会成为一个女巫。 我以为你只需要成为一个。” “大多数人都是这么想的，”艾薇说。 “但我正在学习。我可能比我这个年纪的天生女巫懂得更多。 我刚学会了一个能让你隐形的咒语。” “哇。”比恩肯定会用的。 “你会教我吗？”那太好了。” “我还没做过，”艾薇承认。 “你必须有一只死青蛙。”

"Oh." "It would be really mean to kill a frog." "Yeah." "That's why I dug this pond." Ivy pointed to the puddle with her gold stick. "I'm hoping a frog will come here and die." Bean didn't mention that it looked like a puddle. "Wow," she said. "What's the stick for?" "That's my wand," said Ivy. Bean couldn't help it. She burst out laughing. "That's not a wand. That's just a stick painted gold!" "It is too a wand!" Now Ivy looked mad. "And you better watch out, or I'll use it on you!" Bean stopped laughing. "Use it how?" "I'll cast the dancing spell on you. You won't be able to stop dancing for the rest of your life. Like this." She started jumping up

“哦。”“杀死一只青蛙真是太残忍了。” “是的。”“这就是我挖这个池塘的原因。” 艾薇用她的金棍子指着水坑。 “我希望有一只青蛙到这里来死掉。” 比恩没说它看起来像个水坑。 “哇，”她说。“那根棍子是干什么用的？”“那是我的魔杖。”艾薇说。 比恩没办法。她突然大笑起来。 “那不是魔杖。那只是一根漆成金色的棍子！”“这也是一根魔杖！”现在艾薇看起来疯了。 “你最好小心点，不然我就用它对付你！”比恩停止了笑。 “怎么用？”“我要给你施跳舞咒。 你这辈子都不能停止跳舞了。 这样的。”她开始跳起来