4 WHAT A SCREAM

WHAT A SCREAM When Bean's older sister, Nancy, wanted her room painted yellow, Bean's mother said that Bean could pick out a new color for her room, too. Bean picked green. Not light, sweet green. Deep, rich green the color of emeralds. Everyone told her she would get tired of it, but she hadn't. Bean loved her room. It was small and cozy: her bed was in one corner, her toy box in another, her dresser in a third, and best of, all, her basket chair was in the fourth. She liked to sit in her chair and pretend that she was an ape-girl living in a jungle tree house. She had made a lot of pictures of jungle animals and stuck them on the wall. The best was the toucan. "We could draw," said Ivy, looking at the pictures. "We could draw dinosaurs."

当比恩的姐姐南希想把她的房间漆成黄色时，比恩的妈妈说比恩也可以为她的房间挑一种新颜色。 豆子摘绿了。不淡，甜绿。 绿宝石的深绿色，绿宝石的颜色。 每个人都说她会厌倦的，但她没有。 比恩喜欢她的房间。房间又小又舒适：她的床在一个角落，她的玩具盒在另一个角落，梳妆台在第三个角落，最妙的是，她的篮子椅在第四个角落。 她喜欢坐在椅子上，假装自己是一个住在丛林树屋里的猿猴女孩。 她拍了很多丛林动物的照片，并把它们贴在墙上。 最好的是巨嘴鸟。“我们可以画画，”艾薇看着那些画说。 “我们可以画恐龙。”

"I don't want to draw. I want to break a world record," said Bean. "Don't you?" Ivy shrugged. "Not really. Seems like a lot of work for nothing. I don't want spoons all over my face." "But then you'd be famous," said Bean. "But I don't care if I'm famous for spoons on my face. If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for something important, like Mary Anning." Bean shook her head. Spoons would be fine with her. But spoons were taken. Bean stared at her green wall and tried to get an idea. Ivy lay down on Bean's bed and tried to imagine finding an ichthyosaur. Quiet minutes went by. "Hey!" said Bean. Ivy looked at her. "I've got a great idea!" said Bean. This was going to be easy. "I'm good at screaming, and I'm good at breaking

“我不想画画。我想打破世界纪录，”比恩说。 “你不要?”艾薇耸耸肩。 “不是真的。看来白费了不少功夫。 我可不想被勺子弄得满脸都是。” “但那样你就出名了，”比恩说。 “但我不在乎我是不是因为脸上有勺子而出名。 如果我要出名，我想因为一些重要的事情出名，比如玛丽·安宁。” 比恩摇了摇头。她用勺子就可以了。 但是勺子被拿走了。比恩盯着她的绿墙，试图想出一个主意。 艾薇躺在比恩的床上，试着想象自己找到了一条鱼龙。 安静的几分钟过去了。“嘿！”比恩说。 艾薇看着她。“我有个好主意！”比恩说。 这本来很容易的。 “我擅长尖叫，也擅长打破

things, right?" "I guess so." "I'll break a glass by screaming," said Bean. "I'll be the youngest person ever to do it." "What? You scream and throw a glass?" Ivy looked confused. "You already did that with a plate." "No—the scream breaks the glass. This lady in the book did it. She screamed so loud that a wine glass shattered. But she was old. I could probably scream louder because I'm young. I'll be a record breaker."

的事情,对吧?”“我想是的。” 比恩说：“我要尖叫着打碎杯子。” “我将成为有史以来最年轻的人。” “什么?你尖叫着扔杯子？”艾薇看起来很困惑。 “你已经用盘子做过了。” “不——尖叫声打破了玻璃。 书里的这位女士就是这么做的。 她尖叫得太大声了，酒杯都碎了。 但是她老了。我可能会喊得更大声，因为我还年轻。 我会打破记录的。”

"That's a good record," said Ivy. "That'll be fun." She bounced a little on Bean's bed. "Okay," said Bean, "I'll need a wine glass. I'll go get it." She jumped up. And then she sat down again. Her dad was still sweeping up little pieces of plate. He probably wouldn't be very happy to find out that she was planning to break something else. Maybe she could find

“这是一个很好的记录，”艾薇说。 “那会很有趣的。”她在比恩的床上跳来跳去。 “好吧，”比恩说，“我需要一个酒杯。 我去拿。”她跳了起来。 然后她又坐了下来。 她爸爸还在清理盘子里的小碎片。 如果他发现她打算弄坏别的东西，他可能会很不高兴。 也许她能找到

something made of glass upstairs where he wouldn't need to know about it. Not a mirror. That was bad luck. But there had to be something she could use. "I've got it!" she yelled. "Got what?" "Nancy's glass animals. I'll shatter one of them. It'll be even better than a wine glass." "Won't Nancy get mad?" Bean pictured Nancy's face and then quickly put it out of her mind. "No. She has gazillions of them, and besides, I'll glue the animal back together when I'm done. She won't even notice." I hope, she added silently.

楼上有个玻璃做的东西这样他就不会知道了。 不是镜子。那是坏运气。 但肯定有她能用的东西。 “我找到了！”她喊道。 “有什么?”“南希的玻璃动物。 我会打散其中一个。它甚至比葡萄酒杯还好。” “南希不会生气吗？”比恩想象着南希的脸，但很快就把它抛在脑后。 “没有。她有无数个，而且，我用完后会把动物粘在一起的。 她根本不会注意到的。”“我希望，”她默默地补充道。

Ivy went on a spying mission down the hall, past Nancy's room. "The coast is clear," she reported when she came back. "She's not in her room." "Okeydoke," said Bean. She took a deep breath and headed for the door on super- quiet tiptoe. Nancy's room was very organized. All

艾薇在大厅里执行间谍任务，经过南希的房间。 “安全了，”她回来后报告说。 “她不在她的房间里。”“好吧，”比恩说。 她深吸了一口气，蹑手蹑脚地向门口走去。 南希的房间很整洁。 所有