9 THE SPELL

THE SPELL Nancy stopped dragging Bean across the porch and looked at Ivy. "Who are you?" she asked. Ivy smiled and slitted her eyes. With her white face and red blood drops, she looked very witchy. "It matters not. Free my friend" she hissed., Wow, thought Bean. She's really going for it. Nancy dropped Bean's arm and lifted one eyebrow, which was something she had just learned how to do and did all the time. "What's that supposed to be?" she asked in a snippy, grown-up way, looking at Ivy's wand. Ivy shook the wand in Nancy's face. "This is your doom," she said in a deep voice.

南希不再拖着比恩穿过门廊，看着艾薇。 “你是谁？”她问。艾薇笑了笑，眯缝着眼睛。 她脸色苍白，血滴通红，看上去很妖娆。 “没关系。释放我的朋友。”她嘶嘶地说。哇，比恩想。 她真的很努力。 南希放下比恩的手臂，扬起一条眉毛，这是她刚刚学会的，而且一直在做的事情。 “那是什么东西？”她看着艾薇的魔杖，用一种大人的傲慢口吻问道。 艾薇在南希面前挥舞着魔杖。 “这是你的厄运，”她用低沉的声音说。

"It's a wand," said Bean, looking back and forth between Ivy and Nancy. She was beginning to worry. Maybe Ivy was going for it too much. With older sisters, you had to be able to say that you never meant what you said, that you were kidding the whole time. Ivy didn't seem to know that. Nancy snorted. "It's a stick," she said. She looked at Ivy's robe and giggled. "Nice bathrobe, too. You guys are complete and total dweebs." Uh-oh. Bean looked at Ivy. Her cheeks

“这是一根魔杖。”比恩说，在艾薇和南希之间来回看了看。 她开始担心了。 也许艾薇太执着了。 和姐姐在一起，你必须要说你说的话不是真心的，你一直都是在开玩笑。 艾薇似乎并不知道。 南希哼了一声。“这是一根棍子，”她说。 她看着艾薇的长袍，咯咯地笑了起来。 “浴袍也很漂亮。你们是彻头彻尾的笨蛋。” 哦。比恩看着艾薇。 她的脸颊

were red under the white paint, and her eyes glittered. She looked like she might cry. Suddenly, Bean was furious. Before, she had been really mad. But now Nancy was making fun of Ivy, and that made Bean furious. Without even stopping to think about it, Bean reached down into the bucket she was still carrying. She got a big handful of pink worms. For a second, they squiggled in her hand. And then she threw them at Nancy's

她的脸在白漆下是红色的，她的眼睛闪闪发光。 她看起来好像要哭了。 突然，比恩暴跳如雷。 以前，她真的很生气。 但是现在南希在取笑艾薇，这让比恩很生气。 比恩想都没想，就把手伸到她还拎着的水桶里。 她抓了一大把粉红色的虫子。 有那么一会儿，它们在她手里乱写乱画。 然后她就朝南希家扔了

face. Some of them fell onto Nancy's shirt. Some of them got stuck in her hair. But one landed on her eyebrow and wiggled there, trying to find some dirt. Nancy was so surprised she froze. She just stood with her mouth hanging open, staring at Bean. Calmly, Bean reached into the bucket again and got another handful of worms. She aimed better this time. She got one in Nancy's mouth.

脸。其中一些落在南希的衬衫上。 有些卡在她头发里了。 但有一颗落在她的眉毛上，在那里扭动着，试图找到一些泥土。 南希惊讶得僵住了。 她只是张着嘴站在那里，盯着比恩。 比恩平静地把手伸进桶里，又抓了一把虫子。 这次她瞄得更准了。 她往南希嘴里塞了一颗。

"Phoo!" The pink worm went flying as Nancy spit it out. There was a tiny moment of quiet, and then she opened her mouth wide and let out a giant scream. Bean and Ivy looked at each other and smiled. "Whatever happens next," their eyes said, "that was worth it." And then they began to run. Nancy tore after them, still screaming. Bean zigzagged across the lawn because she knew it was harder to catch someone who was zigzagging. Ivy zigzagged, too, right behind Bean. "Worms! Worms!" Nancy was screaming. She had lost her mind. "Ahhhhhh!" Bean could hear her mother calling, "What on earth?! Girls! Girls!" Bean and Ivy ran around the trampoline, with Nancy close behind. They jumped over the hula hoops and the stilt and headed for the

“Phoo !”南希把粉红色的虫子吐了出来，它飞了起来。 安静了一小会儿，然后她张大嘴巴，发出一声巨大的尖叫。 比恩和艾薇面面相觑，笑了。 “不管接下来会发生什么，”他们的眼神说，“这都是值得的。” 然后他们开始跑。 南希追赶着他们，仍然尖叫着。 比恩在草坪上弯弯曲曲地走着，因为她知道要抓住走弯弯曲曲的人更难。 艾薇也跟在比恩后面。 “虫子!虫子!”南希在尖叫。 她失去了理智。“Ahhhhhh !”比恩听到妈妈在叫：“到底是怎么回事？！”女孩!女孩!”比恩和艾薇绕着蹦床跑，南希紧跟在后面。 他们跳过呼啦圈和高跷，朝

trees. Nancy followed, still screaming. She was right behind them. She was so close she could almost grab the soft folds of Ivy's robe—she was just about to get it. "Help!" squealed Ivy. Bean gave a yank and pulled the robe away in the nick of time. Ivy and Bean swerved for the playhouse. Maybe they could get inside it before Nancy tackled them. "Come on!" Bean yelled. Together they jumped over the worm pit, squeezed into

树。南希跟在后面，还在尖叫。 她就在他们后面。 她离得如此之近，几乎可以抓住艾薇长袍的柔软褶皱——她就要抓住了。 “救命！”艾薇尖叫道。比恩猛地一拉，在关键时刻拉开了长袍。 艾薇和比恩转向剧场。 也许他们能在南希抓住他们之前进去。 “来吧!”豆喊道。他们一起跳过虫坑，挤了进去