1 TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

IVY + BEAN TAKE CARE OF THE BABYSITTER by annie barrows

艾薇和豆子照顾安妮·巴罗斯的保姆

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

好得令人难以置信

Thwack!

啪的一声,

Bean was grinding corn. She put a few pieces of Indian corn on the sidewalk and then smacked a rock down on top of them. Thwack! It hardly dented them, but that was okay. That was part of the fun. You had to pound for a long time. Thwack! "What are you doing?" It was her sister, Nancy, standing on the porch. "Grinding corn." Thwack! Bean looked at her corn. It was dented now. "You can do some, too, if you want. I've got lots of corn." Nancy watched her pound. "What's it for?" "Food," said Bean. "I'm making cornbread." Thwack! "Hey, look! Corn dust!" Nancy almost came to look. She even took a step down the stairs. But then she got a prissy look on her face and said, "Like Mom's going to let you eat stuff that's been on the sidewalk. Dream on."

比恩在磨玉米。她在人行道上放了几片印第安玉米，然后把一块石头砸在上面。 啪的一声,它几乎没有撞到他们，但没关系。 这是乐趣的一部分。你得敲很长时间。 啪的一声,“你在干什么？”站在门廊上的是她的妹妹南希。 “磨玉米。”啪的一声,比恩看着她的玉米。 现在它已经凹陷了。“如果你愿意，你也可以做一些。 我有很多玉米。”南希看着她的体重。 “这是干什么用的？”“食物，”比恩说。 “我在做玉米面包。”啪的一声,“嘿,瞧!玉米尘埃!”南希差点儿过来看。 她甚至走下了楼梯。 但她一脸挑剔地说：“好像妈妈会让你吃人行道上的东西似的。 梦。”

Bean could have thrown the rock at her, but she knew better than that. Bean was seven. Nancy was eleven. Bean knew how to drive Nancy nutso without getting into trouble herself. She began to moan loudly, "Grind or starve! Winter's coming! If we don't grind corn, we'll have to eat rocks!" "Cut it out, Bean!" hissed Nancy. "Everyone will see you!" Nancy was always worried that everyone would see her. Bean wanted everyone to see her. She lay down on the sidewalk and rolled from side to side, moaning, "Just a little corn dust, that's all I ask!"

比恩本可以朝她扔石头的，但她心里很清楚。 比恩当时七岁。南希十一岁。 比恩知道如何在不惹上麻烦的情况下把南希逼疯。 她开始大声呻吟：“要么磨，要么饿死！冬天来了!如果我们不磨玉米，我们就只能吃石头了！”“别闹了，豆子！”南希嘶嘶地说。 “每个人都会看到你的！”南希总是担心大家会看到她。 比恩想让每个人都看到她。 她躺在人行道上，从一边滚到另一边，呻吟着：“只要一点玉米粉，我就要求这么多！”

The front door slammed. Nancy had gone inside. That was easy. Bean lay on the sidewalk, resting. The sun was warm. She loved Saturdays. "We've got dirt at my house," said a voice above her. It was Sophie W. from down the street. "What kind of dirt?" asked Bean. Sophie smiled. Both her front teeth were out, and she had filled the hole with gum. "A lot of dirt." That sounded interesting. Bean jumped up and grabbed her bag of corn. Together, she and Sophie hurried around Pancake Court. Usually Sophie W.'s house looked a lot like all the other houses on Pancake Court, but today it looked different. Today, there was an enormous

前门砰地关上了。南希已经进去了。 这很简单。比恩躺在人行道上休息。 太阳很温暖。她喜欢星期六。 “我们家有土，”她上方一个声音说。 是街那头的索菲·w。 “什么样的土？”比恩问。 苏菲笑了。她的两颗门牙都掉了，她用口香糖填满了洞。 “一大堆土。”听起来很有趣。 比恩跳起来，抓起她那袋玉米。 她和索菲一起匆匆绕过煎饼阁。 通常Sophie W。他的房子看起来和煎饼街的其他房子很像，但今天它看起来不一样了。 今天，有一个巨大的