12 WHAT A GREAT DAY

WHAT A GREAT DAY What a great day, Bean thought. She was eating her ice cream on the front porch. She stirred hard, watching the chocolate part swirl into the vanilla part. Yum. Ice- cream soup. Ivy stepped out onto her front porch, holding an ice-cream bar. "Come over!" yelled Bean. Ivy went back inside and came out after a moment. She started down the steps, stopping every few feet to lick the drips from her bar. "What do you have?" she asked as she sat down next to Bean.

多好的一天啊，比恩想。 她正在前廊吃冰淇淋。 她使劲搅拌，看着巧克力的那部分搅进香草的那部分。 好吃。冰淇淋汤。艾薇走到她家的前廊，手里拿着一个冰淇淋棒。 “过来！”比恩喊道。艾薇回到屋里，过了一会儿又出来了。 她开始走下台阶，每走几英尺就停下来舔舔酒吧里滴下的水。 “你有什么？”她在比恩旁边坐下时问道。

"Ice-cream soup," said Bean, showing her. "Mm." They ate in silence for a few minutes. Then—bang—the porch door slammed shut behind Nancy. "You spilled on your shirt," she said to Bean.

“冰淇淋汤，”比恩指着她说。 “毫米”。他们默默地吃了几分钟。 接着，门廊的门在南希身后砰地关上了。 “你洒在衬衫上了，”她对比恩说。

Bean looked down. She had spilled on her shirt. "Oh well" she said., Nancy sat down. "It'll never come out," she said. "Mom says you have to come in and do your math." "Hi, Nancy," said Ivy. "Hi," said Nancy in a not-very-friendly way. "You're supposed to go in, Bean." "Okay," said Bean without getting up. "Did you get a new haircut, Nancy?" Ivy asked. "What? No," said Nancy. There was a pause. "Why? Does my hair look different?" Bean stared very hard at her milkshake.

比恩低下头。她洒在衬衫上了。 “哦，好吧，”她说。南希坐了下来。 “它永远不会出来，”她说。 “妈妈说你必须进来做数学题。” “嗨，南希，”艾薇说。“嗨，”南希不太友好地说。 “你应该进去，比恩。” “好吧。”比恩没有起身就说。 “你换新发型了吗，南希？”艾薇问道。 “什么?不，”南希说。一阵沉默。 “为什么?我的头发看起来不一样了吗？”比恩紧紧地盯着她的奶昔。

Ivy licked a drip. "Yeah." She tilted her head to the side and looked at Nancy's hair. "The bottom—there— it looks different. Kind of uneven. You know?" "It does?" said Nancy, grabbing some hair and pulling it in front of her face. "Yeah. Sort of uneven," Ivy said. She cracked off a piece of chocolate coating and ate it. Nancy stared at her hair and then got up and went inside. Ivy and Bean finished their ice cream in silence. A really great day, thought Bean.

艾薇舔了舔点滴。“是的。” 她把头歪向一边，看着南希的头发。 “底部——那里——看起来不一样。 有点不平衡。你知道吗?”“真的吗？”南希说着抓了几根头发拉到脸前。 “是的。有点不平衡，”艾薇说。 她撕开一块巧克力外衣吃了起来。 南希盯着自己的头发，然后站起来走了进去。 艾薇和比恩默默地吃完了他们的冰淇淋。 真是美好的一天，比恩想。