9 THE BIG NAB

THE BIG NAB The next morning, Bean began to do the regular things—yawn, splash, stumble—and then she remembered the rope. Quickly she zipped out onto her front porch to take a look. The mysterious rope-tyer had come again! The yellow rope stretched like a bright snake beyond Ivy's stairs and up Mr. Columbi's driveway, wrapped once around his garbage can, trailed across his weed collection, and moved on to Ruby and Trevor's house, where it wound in and out of their experimental bean plants and finally came to an end at the far edge of their grass. When she saw it, Bean's heart started to thump. It grew! It was still happening! Pancake Court was a place of mystery!

第二天早上，比恩开始做平常的事情——打哈欠、溅水、绊倒——然后她想起了绳子。 她迅速跑到前廊上看了看。 那个神秘的套绳人又来了！黄色的绳子像一条明亮的蛇，穿过艾薇家的楼梯，上了科伦比家的车道，绕了一次他的垃圾桶，穿过他的大麻堆，然后来到鲁比和特雷弗家，在他们的实验性豆科植物间蜿蜒而出，最后在他们家的草地尽头尽头。 当比恩看到它时，她的心开始怦怦直跳。 它成长!它还在发生！煎饼阁是一个神秘的地方！

Then she remembered Dino's worried face, and Sophie S.'s and Prairie's and Trevor's and Ruby's. She thought, I'm supposed to solve this mystery. And then: How the heck am I going to do that? She went back inside. The rest of the regular things—cereal, banana, where's my backpack, someone took it, oh here it is—didn't seem regular. "You look tired, sweetie," said her mom. "Did you get enough sleep?" "Hardly any," said Bean. This wasn't exactly true, but it was nice when her mom worried about her. "She slept, Mom. She was snoring her head off when I went to bed last night," said Nancy.

然后她想起了迪诺焦虑的脸。还有普雷里，特雷弗和鲁比的。 她想，我应该解开这个谜团。 然后：我到底要怎么做呢？ 她回到屋里。其他正常的东西——麦片、香蕉、我的背包呢，有人拿走了，哦，在这儿——看起来不正常。 “你看起来很累，宝贝，”她妈妈说。 “你睡眠充足吗？”“几乎没有。”比恩说。 这并不完全正确，但当她妈妈担心她时，这是件好事。 “她睡着了，妈妈。“昨天晚上我上床睡觉的时候，她正在呼呼大睡。”南希说。

"I was up half the night," said Bean. She drooped tiredly. She was about to say that she was so tired she should stay home from school, when suddenly she got the idea she'd been waiting for: the perfect plan, like something Al Seven himself might have thought up. She smiled at Nancy.

“我半夜没睡，”比恩说。 她疲惫地垂下了腰。她正想说她太累了，应该待在家里不去上学，这时她突然想到了她一直在等待的主意：一个完美的计划，就像阿尔·Seven自己可能想到的那样。 她对南希笑了笑。

"Stop smiling at me," said Nancy grumpily. "Sure thing, pal." "It's in our yard now," said Ruby. She was chewing on her hair. "In our beans," added Trevor. "It's wrapped around Mr. Columbi's garbage

“别对我笑了，”南希生气地说。 “当然可以，伙计。”“它现在在我们的院子里，”Ruby说。 她在咀嚼自己的头发。 “在我们的豆子里。”特雷弗补充道。 “包裹在科伦比先生的垃圾上

can," said Dino. He looked over his shoulder and whispered, "You think it could be a zombie?" "Or a werewolf?" said Sophie S. They all looked at Bean with worried faces. She smiled toughly. "Don't be stooges," she said. "Zombies don't carry ropes. And werewolves can't tie knots. They have paws." She tried to talk without moving her lips. "And you should stop worrying about it, because I've got a plan. A good plan. Maybe even a great plan." "What?" said Dino. "She said she has a plan," Ivy explained. "A good plan, maybe even a great plan." "Tell it," said Ruby. Trevor and Prairie and Sophie S. nodded. Bean looked around at their scared faces. It was her job to make them feel better. "Okay. Here's my plan. Mr. Whoever-tied-the-rope

迪诺说。他回头看了看，小声说：“你觉得会是僵尸吗？”“还是狼人？” 他们都忧心忡忡地看着比恩。 她强硬地笑了笑。“别当傀儡，”她说。 “僵尸不带绳子。 狼人不会打结。 它们有爪子。”她尽量不动嘴唇说话。 “你别再担心了，因为我有个计划。 好计划。甚至可能是一个伟大的计划。” “什么？”迪诺说。“她说她有个计划，”艾薇解释说。 “一个好计划，甚至可能是一个伟大的计划。” “说吧，”鲁比说。特雷弗，普雷里和苏菲S。 点了点头。比恩环顾四周，看着他们惊恐的面孔。 让他们感觉好点是她的工作。 “好吧。这是我的计划。Whoever-tied-the-rope先生

comes in the night, right?" They nodded. "So tonight, I'm going to get up in the middle of the night and wait for him. When he comes out to tie the rope, I'll nab him!" "What does that mean, nab?" asked Trevor. "Um, get him," Bean said. "Grab him." "What if he's big and mean?" asked Sophie worriedly. Yikes, Bean thought. What if he is big and mean? "I know," said Ivy. "Just take a picture of him. That way you don't have to get close to him. You can take a picture and then run back inside and lock the door." "Good idea," said Bean. "I'll take a picture

晚上来，对吧？”他们点了点头。 “所以今晚，我要在半夜起来等他。 等他出来系绳子的时候，我就抓住他！”“这是什么意思，纳布？”特雷弗问。 “嗯，抓住他，”比恩说。“抓住他。” “如果他又大又刻薄怎么办？”苏菲担心地问。 哎呀，豆子想。如果他又大又坏呢？ “我知道，”艾薇说。“给他拍张照吧。 这样你就不用靠近他了。 你可以拍张照片，然后跑回屋里锁上门。” “好主意，”比恩说。“我要拍张照片