9 NO SUCH THING

NO SUCH THING Food coloring didn't change the magic of a potion. It just made it look better. Most potions, Ivy had learned, came out greenish brown. Sometimes, they were pinkish brown, which was even worse. So Ivy fixed them up with food coloring. "Wow" said Bean, when she saw the, thick blue liquid in Ivy's jar. "That's really blue. How much did you put in?" "Almost a whole thingie." "Doesn't your mom get mad when you do that?" asked Bean. But she knew the answer. Ivy's mom didn't get mad about using things up. She got mad about messes. All parents were different. "Did you get the hair?" Ivy asked. "Yeah." Bean pulled a plastic bag out of

没有这种东西食用色素并不能改变药剂的魔力。 它只是让它看起来更好。 艾薇知道，大多数药水出来的时候都是绿棕色的。 有时，它们是粉棕色的，这更糟。 所以艾薇用食用色素把它们修好了。 “哇！”当比恩看到艾薇的罐子里那粘稠的蓝色液体时，她说。 “那真的很蓝。你投了多少钱？”“几乎是一整个东西。” “你这么做，你妈妈不会生气吗？”比恩问。 但她知道答案。艾薇的妈妈不会因为用完东西而生气。 她对乱七八糟的东西很生气。所有的父母都不一样。 “你拿到头发了吗？”艾薇问道。 “是的。”憨豆从里面拿出一个塑料袋

her pocket. "It's just little bits. She didn't even notice." Even though that's what Bean had wanted, she had still been disappointed. Ivy understood. "Maybe she'll notice later." The two girls crouched down and carefully added the bits of hair to the jar. After they put the lid back on, they took turns shaking the jar until the hair was mixed in. Then Ivy whispered some magic words while Bean plugged her ears. Even with the oath of liquids, Bean wasn't supposed to hear Ivy's magic words.

她的口袋里。“只是一点点。 她甚至没有注意到。”尽管这是比恩想要的，但她仍然感到失望。 艾薇理解。“也许她以后会注意到的。” 两个女孩蹲下来，小心翼翼地把头发放进罐子里。 盖上盖子后，他们轮流摇晃罐子，直到把头发混进去。 然后艾薇低声说了几句咒语，而比恩则堵住了她的耳朵。 即使发誓不喝液体，比恩也不应该听到艾薇的咒语。

When she was done, Ivy put the jar in her backpack. The girls started walking to school. "Did you bring a present for the ghost?" Ivy asked. "I'm going to give it my half-dollar," said Bean, showing a bright silver coin. "What about you?"

做完后，艾薇把罐子放进背包里。 女孩们开始步行上学。 “你给鬼带礼物了吗？”艾薇问道。 “我要把我的半美元给它，”比恩说着，拿出一枚亮闪闪的银币。 “你呢？”

"I brought one of my fossils. The shell one." "That's a good present for a ghost." Fossils and ghosts were both leftovers of dead things. When the girls got to Emerson School, Leo was waiting for them. "Are you guys still going to expel the ghost?" he asked. "Of course. We made a potion," said Bean. Leo shook his head. "You guys are nuts," he said But then he asked, "What's in it?". "Secret" said Bean., "All we can tell you is that this potion is very powerful," said Ivy in a mysterious voice. "And at lunch recess, the ghost will be expelled. Never to return."

“我带来了我的一块化石。 壳的那个。”“这是送给鬼魂的好礼物。” 化石和鬼魂都是死去的东西的残余。 当女孩们到达爱默生学校时，利奥正在等她们。 “你们还打算驱逐幽灵吗？”他问。 “当然。我们做了一种魔药。”比恩说。 利奥摇了摇头。“你们都疯了，”他说，但接着又问，“里面有什么？” “秘密”比恩说。“我们只能告诉你，这种药剂非常强大。”艾薇用一种神秘的声音说。 午餐休息时，鬼魂会被开除。 再也不回来了。”

Leo dropped his ball and gave it a soft kick. "I'll help if you want." By morning recess, all the kids in the second grade knew that Ivy and Bean were going to expel the ghost at lunch. Everyone gathered around the play structure again. "Ms. Aruba-Tate said you weren't supposed to talk about the ghost anymore, Ivy," said Zuzu. She snapped the waist of her skirt. "That's not what she said," Ivy said. "She said she expected that she wouldn't hear any more nonsense about a ghost in the bathroom." "And she's not going to because we're going to expel it with our potion," added Bean. "That's why we're doing it," said Ivy. "For Ms. Aruba-Tate. If it was just us, we wouldn't. We don't mind it."

利奥放下球，轻轻地踢了一脚。 “如果你愿意，我可以帮忙。”早上课间休息时，二年级所有的孩子都知道艾薇和比恩要在午餐时驱逐幽灵。 所有人又聚集在戏剧结构周围。 “阿鲁巴-塔特女士说你不能再谈论鬼魂了，艾薇。”祖祖说。 她啪的一声把裙子的腰拉了一下。 “她不是这么说的，”艾薇说。 “她说她希望她不会再听到关于浴室里有鬼的废话了。” “她不会的，因为我们要用魔药把它赶走。”比恩补充说。 “这就是我们这么做的原因，”艾薇说。 阿鲁巴-塔特女士。如果只有我们，我们不会。 我们不介意。”

"My uncle knows a guy who saw a ghost, and his hair turned white in one second!" said Eric. "Ghosts are dead!" said Drew. "They're going to eat your brains!" Ivy and Bean rolled their eyes. "That's zombies" said Bean., "The ghost was here first," Ivy said, trying to be patient. "The school invaded its resting place. We have to send it back to its grave, but we're going to give it presents like the Egyptians did with their dead people. It's going to be a ceremony." Zuzu snapped her waistband again and said, "Well, I don't believe in ghosts, and I'm going to tell Ms. Aruba-Tate what you're doing." She turned toward the classroom. Uh-oh, thought Bean. Trouble. "HALT!" It was Ivy's voice, louder than anyone (but Bean) had ever heard it.

“我叔叔认识一个人，他看见了鬼，他的头发一秒钟就变白了！”埃里克说。 “鬼是死的！” “他们要吃了你的脑子！”艾薇和比恩翻了个白眼。 “那是僵尸。”比恩说。“是鬼魂先来的，”艾薇说，尽量保持耐心。 “学校侵入了它休息的地方。 我们必须把它送回坟墓，但我们要给它礼物就像埃及人对待他们死去的人一样。 这将是一个仪式。” 祖祖又扣了扣腰带，说：“好吧，我不相信有鬼，我要去告诉她。 阿鲁巴-泰特你在干什么。” 她转向教室。 哦哦，比恩想。麻烦。 “暂停!”那是艾薇的声音，比任何人（除了比恩）听到的声音都大。