4 THE PORTAL

THE PORTAL Ivy was standing outside the bathroom door. She was staring at the ground. "Whatcha looking at?" asked Bean. "Portal," said Ivy, pointing to a whitish stain on the cement. "What?" "It's a portal. A door. To the underworld. This is where the ghost is coming in." Ivy kneeled down to touch the stain. Bean felt a little shiver on the back of her head A haunted bathroom was cool but a., door to the underworld was creepy. The stain did kind of look like a ghost. She didn't feel so excited about the ghost anymore. "Why would a ghost come to our bathroom, anyway?" she asked, kneeling beside Ivy.

艾薇站在浴室门外。 她盯着地面。 “你在看什么？”比恩问。 “传送门。”艾薇指着水泥上的一块白色污渍说。 “什么?”“这是一个传送门。一扇门。 去地狱。这就是鬼要进来的地方。” 艾薇跪下来摸那块污渍。 宾觉得后脑勺有点发抖，闹鬼的浴室很酷，但通往地下世界的门却令人毛骨悚然。 那污渍看起来确实有点像鬼。 她对鬼魂不再那么兴奋了。 “为什么鬼魂会来我们的浴室呢？”她跪在艾薇身边问道。

"The school was probably built on top of graves," said Ivy. "When they do that, it disturbs the spirits, so they wander around, all sad and miserable, haunting whatever was built on top of them." "But it's not our fault. We didn't decide to build the school here." Ivy shook her head. "Ghosts don't care." Her voice got mysterious. "And now they will seek revenge on the intruders who ruined their graves." "Revenge," said Bean, staring at the

艾薇说：“学校可能是建在坟墓上的。” “当他们这样做的时候，它会打扰灵魂，所以他们四处游荡，悲伤而痛苦，萦绕在他们上面的任何东西上。” “但这不是我们的错。我们没有决定在这里建学校。” 艾薇摇了摇头。“鬼才不管呢。” 她的声音变得神秘起来。“现在他们要向毁坏他们坟墓的入侵者复仇。” “复仇。”比恩盯着那个

spot. She imagined cloudy shapes whirling down the breezeway toward Ms. ArubaTate's classroom. "They'll be pouring in," said Ivy. "An army of ghosts." "But there's just one now, right?" asked Bean quickly. Ivy jumped up. "Let's find out," she said, reaching for the door. An army of ghosts! No way Bean was going in that bathroom now. "Ms. Aruba- Tate said we had to come back ASAP" she, said. Ivy saw Bean's face. "Oh, okay," she said. "Let's go back." "Put up your chairs, boys and girls," said Ms. Aruba-Tate. She said it every afternoon when the bell rang, and every afternoon, half the class forgot. "Drew, please keep

点。她想象着多云的身影从走廊上盘旋而下，向她袭来。 ArubaTate的教室。“他们会蜂拥而至，”艾薇说。 “一群鬼。”“但现在只有一个了，对吧？”比恩赶紧问。 艾薇跳了起来。“我们去看看，”她说着伸手去开门。 一群鬼！比恩现在不可能进浴室了。 “阿鲁巴-塔特女士说我们必须尽快回来，”她说。 艾薇看到了比恩的脸。“哦，好吧，”她说。 “我们回去吧。”“孩子们，把椅子收起来。” Aruba-Tate。每天下午下课铃一响，她就说这句话。每天下午，班上一半的人都忘了。 “德鲁，请继续

your hands to yourself. MacAdam, you may not put the turtle in your backpack. Thank you." Emma and Zuzu were already on the field when Ivy and Bean got there. They weren't doing cartwheels. They were just waiting. "So?" said Emma. "Tell us." Ivy explained about the milky cloud, about the girl coming out of the bathroom shivering, about the moaning noise, and about the yellow eyes that shone like

你自己动手吧。麦克亚当，你不能把乌龟放进背包里。 谢谢你。”艾薇和比恩赶到的时候，艾玛和祖祖已经在球场上了。 他们没有做侧手翻。 他们只是在等待。“那又怎样？”艾玛说。 “告诉我们的。”艾薇解释了那朵乳白色的云，那个女孩哆嗦着从浴室出来，呻吟的声音，还有那双闪闪发光的黄眼睛

flashlights. When she was done, Emma and Zuzu turned to look at the blue bathroom door. "No way," said Zuzu. "I don't see anything," said Emma. "That's okay. Some people just can't see them," said Ivy. "Bean can." Bean nodded. Some people couldn't see them, but she could. "But wait", said Emma. "If there's a ghost, I want to see it." She leaned forward, staring at the bathroom. "Keep your eyes open for a long time without blinking," Ivy suggested. Emma popped her eyes at the door. A girl ran down the breezeway and into the bathroom. As the door swung shut, Emma said, "I see a cloud! It's a milky cloud, like you said!" "Yeah. That's it," Ivy said, nodding.

手电筒。当她完成后，艾玛和祖祖转过身去看那扇蓝色的浴室门。 “不可能，”祖祖说。“我什么也没看见，”艾玛说。 “没关系。有些人就是看不见它们，”艾薇说。 “豆”。豆点了点头。有些人看不见，但她可以。 “等等，”艾玛说。“如果真有鬼，我要去看看。” 她身体前倾，盯着浴室。 “长时间睁着眼睛，不要眨眼，”艾薇建议。 艾玛朝门口瞪了瞪眼睛。 一个女孩跑下走廊，进了浴室。 门关上时，艾玛说：“我看到一朵云！就像你说的，是一片乳白色的云！”“是的。 艾薇点点头说。

Zuzu popped her eyes, too. "Is it glowing? I thought I saw something glowing." "That's the eyes," Bean said. "You must be seeing its eyes." She felt important, helping Zuzu to see the ghost. "What are you guys doing?" It was Leo, with a soccer ball under his arm. "Look!" said Ivy, pointing. The girl was coming out of the bathroom. "See how she's rubbing her hands? That's because she just walked through the cold mist. She's probably shivering, too!" Leo looked at Ivy. "What?" "There's a ghost in our bathroom," Bean

祖祖也瞪大了眼睛。 “它在发光吗？”我想我看到什么东西在发光。” “那是眼睛，”比恩说。 “你一定看到了它的眼睛。” 她觉得自己很重要，帮祖祖见了鬼。 “你们在干什么？”是里奥，腋下夹着一个足球。 “看！”艾薇指着说。 那个女孩正从浴室里出来。 “看她是怎么搓手的？” 那是因为她刚穿过冰冷的雾。 她可能也在发抖！”利奥看着艾薇。 “什么?”“我们的浴室里有鬼”比恩