7 HOUSE CALLS

HOUSE CALLS Ivy came down her stairs holding a gigantic pair of scissors. "My mom says not to cut anything thick with them." She handed them to Bean. "I've seen ropes that are way thicker than this," said Bean. She knelt by the end of the rope and started cutting. "Okay," she said, when she had finally done it. "This is our sample. Let's get to work." She stood up. "Where are you going?" asked Dino. "We're going to find our suspect," said Bean. "Our what?" asked Prairie. "Suspects are people who might have done it," explained Bean. "We're going to look in people's basements and sheds and stuff. If we see a yellow rope, then we know that person is probably the one who's doing it. Get it?"

艾薇拿着一把巨大的剪刀走下楼梯。 “我妈妈说不要用它们切任何厚的东西。” 她把它们递给比恩。“我见过比这粗得多的绳子，”比恩说。 她跪在绳子的一端，开始割绳子。 “好吧，”她说，当她终于完成了。 “这是我们的样本。让我们开始工作吧。” 她站了起来。“你要去哪里？”迪诺问。 “我们会找到嫌疑人的，”比恩说。 “我们的什么？”普雷里问。 比恩解释说：“嫌疑犯是可能做过这件事的人。” “我们要去人们的地下室、棚屋和其他地方看看。 如果我们看到一根黄色的绳子，那么我们就知道那个人可能就是在做这件事的人。 明白了吗?”

They got it. "First stop is your house," said Bean to Dino. "My house?!" shouted Dino. "I didn't do anything!" "Okay. But what about your dad?" asked Bean. "Or Crum... I mean, Matt?" Everyone called Dino's brother Crummy Matt except Dino. It was hard to remember to call him just plain Matt when Dino was around. "It wasn't my dad or Matt," said Dino. "They're on a field trip. But you can look in our basement if you want."

他们明白了。“第一站是你家，”比恩对迪诺说。 “我的房子？！”迪诺喊道。 “我什么也没做！”“好吧。 那你爸爸呢？”比恩问。 ”或床……我是说，马特？”除了迪诺，每个人都叫迪诺的哥哥邋遢马特。 当迪诺在身边的时候，我很难记得叫他马特。 “不是我爸爸或马特，”迪诺说。 “他们在实地考察。不过如果你愿意的话，你可以去我们的地下室看看。”

Dino's basement was surprising, but not because there was yellow rope in it. There were lots of paintings in it and they were all of clouds. Dino's dad had painted them.

迪诺的地下室令人惊讶，但不是因为里面有黄绳子。 里面有很多画，都是关于云的。 是迪诺的爸爸画的。

At Sophie S.'s house, they kept their junk in the garage. There was plenty of junk in there. But no rope. Ruby and Trevor's house was the neatest place in the world. Even in the shed, all the stuff was in baskets and each basket had a little sign on it. Ivy and Bean found green garden string, but no rope. They went to Prairie's house, Sophie W.'s house, and Jake the Teenager's house. Jake the Teenager said his gecko was sleeping, so they couldn't come in. But he said he knew for sure he didn't have any yellow rope. Then they went to Ivy's house and Bean's house, too, just to be fair. They saw many interesting things. But not one of the things they saw was a yellow rope. After that, everyone went to Bean's office to rest. Bean sat in her spinny chair, thinking. They had done all the kid-houses. Eight kid- houses, no rope. That left seven—no, eight— houses with no kids or tiny kids or grown-up

在苏菲S。他们把垃圾放在车库里。 里面有很多垃圾。 但是没有绳子。鲁比和特雷弗的家是世界上最干净的地方。 即使在棚子里，所有的东西都装在篮子里，每个篮子上都有一个小牌子。 艾薇和憨豆找到了绿花园的绳子，但没有绳子。 他们去了普雷里的家。还有少年杰克的家。 少年杰克说他的壁虎睡着了，所以他们不能进来。 但他说他肯定没有黄绳子。 为了公平起见，他们也去了艾薇家和比恩家。 他们看到了许多有趣的东西。 但他们看到的东西中没有一根是黄色的绳子。 之后，大家都去比恩的办公室休息。 比恩坐在她的旋转椅上，思考着。 他们把所有的儿童之家都打扫过了。 八个儿童屋，没有绳子。 剩下的是七座，不，八座房子，没有孩子，没有小孩，也没有大人

kids. How was she going to get into those basements and sheds? Could she sneak in? She might have to break a window. Al Seven would do it in a second. Al Seven had probably never been grounded. Ivy cleared her throat. Bean spun. Ivy cleared her throat again. Bean looked at her. What? Ivy wiggled her eyebrows. She tossed her hair. Bean gave Ivy a bug-eyed look. What? Ivy tapped her nose. "What?!" Bean shouted. "I have an idea!" yelled Ivy. Everyone

的孩子。她要怎么进那些地下室和棚屋呢？ 她能溜进来吗？她可能得打破一扇窗户。 阿尔·Seven一秒钟就能搞定。 Al Seven可能从未停飞过。 艾薇清了清嗓子。Bean旋转。 艾薇又清了清嗓子。 比恩看着她。怎么啦？艾薇摇了摇眉毛。 她甩了甩头发。比恩瞪了艾薇一眼。 怎么啦？艾薇轻拍她的鼻子。 “什么? !”豆喊道。“我有个主意！”艾薇叫道。 每个人都