10 BLOOP, BLOOP, BLOOP

BLOOP, BLOOP, BLOOP "You know," said Ivy at last, "I don't think we should do this." She wiggled their arm. "What? How come?" asked Bean. She tried to sound disappointed. "It's mean to our parents," explained Ivy. "If it works, they'll be really sad when we're at the other person's house. Especially my mom. At least your parents have Nancy." "But that's Nancy," said Bean. "My parents would miss me a lot." Ivy nodded. "We have to think of other people."

“你知道，”艾薇最后说，“我认为我们不应该这样做。” 她摇晃着他们的手臂。“什么? 为什么？”比恩问。她竭力装出失望的样子。 “这对我们的父母很不好，”艾薇解释说。 “如果成功了，当我们在另一个人的家里时，他们会非常难过。 尤其是我妈妈。至少你父母还有南希。” “但那是南希，”比恩说。 “我的父母会非常想念我的。” 艾薇点点头。“我们必须为其他人着想。”

Bean nodded, too. "We have to be unselfish. Nancy would be way worse without me around." "Even though it would be great for us," said Ivy. Bean's knot was so good they couldn't untie it. They had to chew it. First Bean chewed, and then Ivy chewed. Finally, with one big chew, Bean bit through the string, and they each had two arms again.

豆子也点了点头。“我们必须无私。 没有我，南希会更糟的。” “虽然这对我们来说很好，”艾薇说。 比恩打的结太好了，他们打不开。 他们不得不咀嚼它。豆先嚼，艾薇又嚼。 最后，憨豆狠狠地咀嚼了一下，咬断了绳子，他们每个人又有了两只胳膊。

"Darn!" said Bean, waving her arm around. "No more twin!" "And I'm still spoiled," said Ivy, waving her arm around. Bean stopped waving her arm. "You know, Ivy, if you were spoiled, you wouldn't have thought of our parents. You would only have thought of yourself." "Hmm." Ivy thought about that. "You never did seem very spoiled to me," said Bean. "Maybe I don't really need a sister," said Ivy. "Right! Sisters are nothing but trouble." "Especially that Kalia," said Ivy. "Pew!" "All right then! I'm going to play some bannis!" Bean said, swinging an imaginary bamboo stick. "I'm going to read," said Ivy. "You're a big weirdo," said Bean. "No, you're a big weirdo," said Ivy. "See you!" "See you!"

“该死！”比恩挥舞着手臂说。 “没有双胞胎了！”“我还是被宠坏了，”艾薇说着，挥舞着手臂。 比恩不再挥舞她的手臂。 “你知道吗，艾薇，如果你被宠坏了，你就不会想到我们的父母了。 你只会想到你自己。” “嗯。”艾薇想了想。 “在我看来，你从来没有被宠坏过，”比恩说。 “也许我真的不需要一个妹妹，”艾薇说。 “正确!姐妹们无非就是麻烦。” “尤其是那个卡莉娅，”艾薇说。 “皮尤!”“那好吧！”我要弹班尼！”比恩说着，挥动着一根想象中的竹竿。 “我要去读书，”艾薇说。 “你真是个大怪人，”比恩说。 “不，你是个大怪人，”艾薇说。 “看到你!”“看到你!”

Off they ran, in different directions. Bean broke two bamboo sticks, playing bannis. She spit in the dirt, too. After that, she went home and did her regular things, like eating dinner and both wanting and not wanting to take a bath, and going to sleep. She forgot all about sisters and twins and spoiledness until the next day at school, during lunch, when Ivy looked in her lunchbox and said, "Oh. Here." She pulled out the jiggly man and threw him to Bean. "You can have him."

他们朝不同的方向跑去。 豆豆断了两根竹竿，玩起了班尼。 她还往土里吐口水。 之后，她回家做她平常做的事，比如吃晚饭，想不想洗澡，然后睡觉。 她忘记了所有关于姐妹、双胞胎和被宠坏的事情，直到第二天在学校吃午饭时，艾薇看了看她的午餐盒，说：“哦。 在这里。”她拉出那个摇摇晃晃的男人，把他扔给比恩。 “你可以拥有他。”

Bean looked at his little gummy blue body. "For real? Forever?" Ivy nodded. "You are not spoiled at all!" Bean said, jumping to her feet. She raced to the nearest wall and threw the jiggly man at it. Splat! He hung there for a moment. Then—bloop, bloop, bloop—down the wall he went. Eric popped up next to her. "Ew, is he made out of boogers?"

比恩看着他那黏糊糊的蓝色小身体。 “真的吗?永远?”艾薇点点头。 “你一点也没有被宠坏！”比恩说着跳了起来。 她跑到最近的一堵墙前，把那个摇摇晃晃的男人扔了过去。 长条木板!他在那儿等了一会儿。 然后噗，噗，噗，噗，他冲倒了墙。 埃里克突然出现在她身边。 “恶心，他是鼻屎做的吗？”