10 THE BONES OF MYSTERY

THE BONES OF MYSTERY "BEEE-EEEN! IIIII-VEEE!" squalled a voice. "Open the gate!" I'm going to have to run away, thought Bean. She stood up, preparing for takeoff. "Open up, you guys!" That was Leo. "I'm going to be late for practice!" "I'm running away," said Bean. "It was nice knowing you," she said to her dad. "Wait a second," said Ivy. She looked at Bean's dad. "You don't know what these are the bones of, do you?" "Nope. Can't say I do," he said. "So you're saying these bones are pretty mysterious, aren't you?" asked Ivy. "Sure. They're pretty mysterious." "The most mysterious bones you've ever seen?"

神秘的骨头“哔——哔！”一个声音叫道。 “开门！”我得逃跑了，比恩想。 她站起来，准备起飞。 “开门，伙计们！”那是利奥。 “我训练要迟到了！”“我要逃跑，”比恩说。 “很高兴认识你，”她对她爸爸说。 “等一下，”艾薇说。 她看着比恩的爸爸。“你不知道这些是什么骨头吧？”“不。 我不知道，”他说。“所以你是说这些骨头很神秘，是吗？”艾薇问。 “当然。它们非常神秘。” “你见过的最神秘的骨头？”

He smiled. "You bet." Ivy nodded. "Good." "BEEEE-EEN!" Ivy turned to Bean. "Don't worry. It's going to be okay." She walked calmly toward the back gate and opened it. People streamed in. Bean couldn't believe how many there were. Vanessa, Drew, Dusit, Emma, Zuzu, Sophie W. and Sophie S., Marco, Anya, Nascim, Jared, Leo with five guys she didn't know, Leo's sister Kiki, Isaiah, two fourth-grade girls who Bean didn't know the names of, Leann from down the street, the skinny little first- grader along with about six other skinny

他笑了。“你赌。”艾薇点点头。 “好”。“BEEEE-EEN !”艾薇转向比恩。 “别担心。一切都会好的。” 她平静地走向后门，打开了门。 人们蜂拥而至。比恩简直不敢相信有这么多。 Vanessa, Drew, Dusit, Emma, Zuzu, Sophie W。 马可,苏菲。安雅,Nascim,贾里德,狮子座有五人她不知道,狮子座的妹妹琪琪,以赛亚,两位四年级女生豆不知道的名字,Leann从街上,瘦小的第一,年级以及其他六瘦

little first-graders, some tiny brothers and sisters, and assorted moms. "Hi" said Bean in a small voice. What, was she going to say to all these people? "What happens next?" Bean's dad whispered in her ear. "I don't know," said Bean nervously. The tiny kids started playing in Bean's playhouse, and the moms stood around the edges of the yard looking like they were late for something else, but the big kids crowded around Ivy and Bean. They didn't look really friendly. "So—let's see the dinosaur bones" said, Vanessa.

小一年级学生，小弟弟小妹妹，还有各种各样的妈妈。 “嗨，”比恩小声说。 她要对这些人说什么？ “接下来会发生什么？”比恩的爸爸在她耳边小声说。 “我不知道。”比恩紧张地说。 小孩子们开始在比恩的游戏室里玩耍，妈妈们站在院子的边缘，看起来好像要迟到似的，但是大孩子们围在艾薇和比恩周围。 他们看起来不太友好。 “那么，让我们看看恐龙的骨头吧。”凡妮莎说。

"Yeah!" squeaked the skinny first-grader. Showtime. Then Bean heard Ivy take a deep breath. "Attention, please!" Ivy called. She climbed up onto the trampoline and stood there, looking down at everyone. "I have an announcement!" "What?" said Leo. Not even Mary Anning was as brave as Ivy, Bean thought. She felt suddenly

“是啊！”瘦削的一年级学生尖声说。 好戏上演。然后，比恩听到艾薇深吸了一口气。 “请注意!”常春藤。 她爬上蹦床，站在那里，低头看着大家。 “我要宣布一件事！”“什么？”利奥说。 比恩想，就连玛丽·安宁也比不上艾薇勇敢。 她突然感到

lighter. The crowd grew quiet, watching Ivy. She cleared her throat. "This afternoon, we had a visit from an expert, and he told us that these," Ivy pointed to the bones, "are not, I repeat NOT, dinosaur bones." She looked at the crowd below her. "The expert was unable to identify these bones. He says

打火机。人群安静下来，看着艾薇。 她清了清嗓子。“今天下午，一位专家来拜访我们，他告诉我们，”艾薇指着骨头说，“这些不是，我再说一遍，不是恐龙骨头。” 她看了看下面的人群。 “专家无法辨认这些骨头。 他说

these are the most mysterious bones he has ever seen. Because of that, he has decided to name them The Bones of Mystery." Wow. Bones of Mystery. That's exactly what they were! Bean climbed onto the trampoline and stood beside Ivy. "These are the bones of a creature never before seen", she said in a loud voice. "Possibly a man- eating, saber-toothed, deadly-clawed creature." "We will let you know what the creature is as soon as studies have been done" said, Ivy. "We regret any inconvenience." There was a silence. Ivy and Bean looked down at the kids standing around the trampoline. They looked back. Finally, the skinny first-grader said, "Can I touch The Bones of Mystery?"

这是他见过的最神秘的骨头。 正因为如此，他决定将它们命名为神秘之骨。” 哇。神秘之骨。他们就是这样！比恩爬上蹦床，站在艾薇旁边。 “这些是一种从未见过的生物的骨头，”她大声说。 “可能是一种吃人的、剑齿虎的、有致命爪子的生物。” “一旦研究完成，我们会让你知道这个生物是什么。”艾薇说。 “给您带来不便，我们深表歉意。” 一阵沉默。艾薇和比恩低头看着站在蹦床周围的孩子们。 他们回头看。最后，瘦骨嶙峋的一年级学生说：“我能摸一下神秘之骨吗？”