12 CRACK!

CRACK! Bean rubbed her face, for real this time. There had to be a way to keep them from telling a grown-up about the rope, and she needed to think of it in the next three seconds. Ivy sniffed. Bean wondered what would happen if she tied herself up in the rope. They wouldn't blow it up if she were inside it. Or would they? Ivy sniffed louder. Bean gave her the bug-eyed look. What? Ivy tapped herself with one finger. Bean pointed at Ivy. You? Ivy nodded. Bean lifted her eyebrows. Really? Ivy nodded again. Go ahead.

裂缝!比恩揉了揉脸，这次是真的。 必须想个办法不让他们把绳子的事告诉大人，她需要在接下来的三秒钟内想个办法。 艾薇嗅。比恩想知道如果她把自己绑在绳子上会发生什么。 如果她在里面，他们就不会炸了。 他们会吗？艾薇更大声地嗅了嗅。 比恩瞪了她一眼。 怎么啦？艾薇用一根手指轻敲自己。 比恩指着艾薇。你吗?艾薇点点头。 比恩扬起眉毛。真的吗? 艾薇又点了点头。继续。

Ivy was the most amazing person in the world. Bean smiled. Okay. She tried to remember exactly what Al Seven had said. "The end isn't always pretty," she began. Everyone looked confused. "What?" said Ruby. Bean sighed. She shook her head. "Friends. They break your heart, I guess." "Whose heart?" said Sophie S. "What are you talking about?" Bean grabbed Ivy's arm and said loudly, "Crime doesn't pay, pal!" Ivy fell to her knees. "You got me!" she wailed, covering her face with her hands. "It was me! I did it!" "Did what?" yelled Dino. Ivy looked between her fingers. "I am Mr. Whoever! I tied the rope!" "You are?" said Sophie S. and Prairie and Ruby and Trevor together. "You did?"

艾薇是世界上最了不起的人。 豆笑了。好吧。她努力回忆艾尔七世说过的话。 “结局并不总是美好的，”她开始说。 每个人看起来都很困惑。“什么？” 豆叹了口气。她摇了摇头。 ”朋友。我想它们会伤透你的心。” “谁的心？” “你在说什么？”比恩抓住艾薇的胳膊，大声说：“犯罪是不会有报应的，伙计！”艾薇跪了下来。 “你抓住我了！”她哭着，用手捂住脸。 “是我！”我做到了！”“做了什么？”迪诺喊道。 艾薇从指缝间看了看。 “我就是那个鬼先生！”我把绳子系好了！”“是吗？” 还有普雷里，露比和特雷弗。 “你做的?”

Ivy nodded and covered her face again. "I did it. I'm sorry!" "No way," said Dino. "Yes way," sniffed Ivy. "How'd you get up on my roof?" Dino asked, looking at her with narrow eyes. "Um—I—uh—" Bean could tell Ivy was going to say something about flying, so quickly she interrupted, "Ivy has a super-long ladder at her house." This was true, too. "I do!" said Ivy. "The painter left it by mistake. It's in the backyard." "Didn't you say she was on the porch with you last night?" asked Ruby. "How could she add a new piece of rope when you were sitting right there?" "When she fell asleep, I snuck off the porch and tied a new piece onto the end. I lied! I lied to my friend!" Ivy buried her face in her hands

艾薇点点头，又捂住了脸。 “我做到了。我很抱歉!”“不可能，”迪诺说。 “当然可以。”艾薇嗤之以鼻。“你是怎么上我家屋顶的？”迪诺眯着眼睛看着她问道。 “嗯——我——嗯——”比恩看得出艾薇要说些关于飞行的事，所以她赶紧打断了她的话，“艾薇家里有一个超长的梯子。” 这也是真的。“我喜欢！”艾薇说。 “油漆工弄错了。 就在后院。”“你不是说她昨晚和你在门廊上吗？”鲁比问。 “她怎么能在你坐在那儿的时候加一根新绳子呢？”“等她睡着了，我偷偷溜出门廊，在尾巴上绑了一根新的。 我说谎了!我对朋友撒了谎！”艾薇双手掩面

again. Bean said sternly, "I hope you've learned something from this, young lady." Her parents said that to her all the time. "I sure did," Ivy said. She lifted her face and looked into the distance in a learning sort of way. "I'll never do it again." "Okay," said Bean. "I guess that's that." She looked at Trevor and Ruby and Prairie and Sophie S. and Dino. "So we're done!" she said loudly. "The end! Case cracked! Mystery solved!" There was a pause. Then Dino said, "But why? Why did you do it?" "To scare you," said Ivy. "To terrify you. Sorry." There was another pause. "I wasn't scared," said Ruby. "Me neither," said Dino and Sophie S. together. They made snorty sounds.

再一次。比恩严厉地说：“我希望你从中吸取了教训，小姑娘。” 她父母总是这么对她说。 “当然，”艾薇说。她抬起脸，带着学习的神情望着远方。 “我再也不会这么做了。”“好吧，”比恩说。 “我想就是这样。”她看着特雷弗、鲁比、普雷里和苏菲。 和恐龙。“我们完事了！”她大声说。 “结束!情况下了!谜团解开了!”一阵沉默。 然后迪诺说：“为什么？你为什么要这样做？”“为了吓唬你，”艾薇说。 “吓吓你。抱歉。”又是一阵沉默。 “我不害怕，”鲁比说。 “我也是，”迪诺和苏菲说。 在一起。它们发出呼噜声。

"Like I'd be scared of a yellow rope!" said Prairie. "Yeah, it was dumb," said Trevor. He got up. "I'm going. I've got stuff to do." "Me too." "Yeah." "Rope! Ha! Who's scared of a rope?" One by one, they walked away. Ivy and Bean watched them go.

“就像我害怕黄绳子一样！”普雷里说。 “是啊，很蠢。”特雷弗说。 他站了起来。“我走了。我还有事情要做。” “我也是。”“是的。”“绳子!哈!谁会怕绳子？”他们一个接一个地走开了。 艾薇和比恩看着他们走了。

When they were finally alone, they looked at each other. "That was good," said Bean. "That was really good." Ivy nodded. "We saved a magical creature from doom. We are friends of magic," she called loudly, just in case the magical creature was listening. Bean leaned over her desk to take another peek at the yellow rope. "You know what? I think I'd better take this desk and stuff down. I don't want the rope to feel crowded." "Right," said Ivy. "That was a close one." "Yeah," said Bean. "I don't want to be a P. I. anymore. I think I'll go back to being the person who makes up fortunes for fortune cookies." "That's a good job," said Ivy. "I'm still going to be a witch." "I'll write a fortune that says You will soon meet a witch, and then you can come out from under the table, and the fortune will be true,"

当他们终于单独在一起时，他们面面相觑。 “太好了，”比恩说。 “那真的很好。”艾薇点点头。 “我们从厄运中拯救了一个神奇的生物。 我们是魔法的朋友。”她大声喊道，以防那个神奇的生物听到。 比恩俯下身，又看了一眼黄色的绳子。 “你知道吗？我想我最好把这张桌子和东西拿下来。 我不想让绳子感觉很挤。” “对，”艾薇说。“好险啊。” “是的，”比恩说。“我不想当P。 我了。我想我会回去做那个给幸运饼干算命的人。” “这是一份好工作，”艾薇说。 “我还是会成为一个女巫。” “我要写一个幸运儿，上面写着你很快就会遇到一个女巫，然后你就可以从桌子底下出来了，这个幸运儿就会成真。”