10 ONE IS SILVER AND THE OTHER’S GOLD

ONE IS SILVER AND THE OTHER'S GOLD

一个是银，一个是金

Ivy and Bean were playing in the living room when Nancy finally finished vacuuming. They were playing doll babysitters. Bean's doll was the kid. She had crawled out on the roof and was dancing on the chimney. Ivy's doll was the babysitter. She was having a fit. "Come down before you fall," wailed Ivy's doll. "Maybe I will, and maybe I won't," said Bean's doll. Suddenly there was an earthquake. The house was a tall stack of books. Bean's doll fell quite a ways. "Oh no! My legs are broken!" shouted Bean's doll. "Luckily, I'm a doctor!" Ivy's doll jumped up. "Let's put Band-Aids on them." "Too late! The volcano next door is erupting!"

当南希终于用吸尘器打扫完房间时，艾薇和比恩正在客厅里玩。 他们在玩娃娃保姆。 比恩的娃娃就是那个孩子。她爬上了屋顶，在烟囱上跳舞。 艾薇的娃娃是保姆。 她发作了。“快下来，别摔下去。”艾薇的娃娃哭着说。 “也许我会，也许不会，”比恩的娃娃说。 突然发生了地震。 房子里堆满了书。 比恩的娃娃摔了好多跤。 “哦,不!我的腿断了！”比恩的娃娃喊道。 “幸运的是，我是个医生！”艾薇的娃娃跳了起来。 “我们给他们贴创可贴吧。” “太迟了!隔壁的火山正在喷发！”

"Here comes the lava! It lifts the house up, and carries it for miles!" Ivy picked up the attic book and threw it across the room. "The babysitter is buried in rubble!" Nancy walked into the living room looking crabby. "What a mess! You two can just pick up all those books yourselves. I'm tired of cleaning up after you!" "But we're playing!" said Bean. "Well, stop playing and pick up those books," snapped Nancy. "I want this place looking perfect when Mom and Dad come home." She glanced at the clock. "Which is going to be soon." "That's not fair!" Bean started yelling. "We're having fun—" Suddenly she stopped. Nancy looked weird. Her eyelids were silver, and her eyelashes were blue. She had forgotten to wash the makeup off.

“岩浆来了！”它能把房子举起来，还能把它带到几英里外！”艾薇捡起阁楼上的书，朝房间的另一头扔去。 “保姆被埋在瓦砾里了！”南希走进客厅，一副暴躁的样子。 “真是一团糟！”你们俩可以自己去拿那些书。 我不想再帮你收拾了！”“可我们在玩呢！”比恩说。 “好了，别玩了，把书捡起来，”南希厉声说。 “我希望爸爸妈妈回来的时候，这个地方看起来很完美。” 她瞥了一眼钟。“很快就会了。” “这不公平！”比恩开始大喊大叫。 “我们玩得很开心——”她突然停了下来。 南希看上去怪怪的。她的眼睑是银色的，睫毛是蓝色的。 她忘了把妆洗掉。

"Have you looked in the mirror lately?" asked Bean. "You're colorful," said Ivy. Nancy ran down the hall to the bathroom. She banged the door shut. Bean heard the water running. "I guess we don't have to pick up now," said Ivy. "She'll still make us do it in a few minutes," sighed Bean. "My babysitters clean up for me," said Ivy. "So does Leona, but Nancy's not a real babysitter," said Bean. She tossed her doll onto the floor. Playing was no fun once you knew you had to clean it up. She missed Leona. What if Nancy

“你最近照过镜子吗？”比恩问。 “你真漂亮，”艾薇说。 南希跑到大厅的浴室。 她砰的一声把门关上。比恩听到了流水声。 “我想我们现在不必接电话了，”艾薇说。 “几分钟后她还是会让我们做的。”比恩叹了口气。 “我的保姆帮我打扫卫生，”艾薇说。 “利昂娜也是，但南希不是一个真正的保姆，”比恩说。 她把洋娃娃扔到地板上。 一旦你知道你必须清理干净，玩就没有乐趣了。 她想念利昂娜。如果南希

was going to be her babysitter forever? Her parents would like it, and Nancy would like it, too, because of the money. Ugh. Bean couldn't let that happen. "I have an idea," said Bean. "Come on." She got up and walked down the hall, and Ivy followed. Bean leaned close to the bathroom door and said loudly, "If it weren't for me, you'd be in big trouble." Nancy opened the door. Her face was wet and blotchy. "What?" "It's pretty lucky for you that Mom didn't come in and see that silver stuff," Bean said. Nancy stared at her for a moment. "Okay. Thanks," she said. Bean leaned against the doorway. "It's almost like I'm the babysitter," she said. "You are not!" said Nancy. "I'm the babysitter!" "But I'm keeping you out of trouble like a babysitter," explained Bean. Nancy opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything.

永远做她的保姆？ 她的父母会喜欢的，南希也会喜欢的，因为钱。 啊。比恩不能让这种事发生。 “我有个主意，”比恩说。 “来吧。”她站起来，沿着走廊走，艾薇跟在后面。 比恩靠在浴室门上大声说：“如果不是我，你会有大麻烦的。” 南希打开了门。她的脸又湿又脏。 “什么?”“你很幸运，妈妈没有进来看到那些银色的东西，”比恩说。 南希盯着她看了一会儿。 “好吧。谢谢，”她说。比恩靠在门口。 “就好像我是保姆一样，”她说。 “你不是！”南希说。 “我是保姆！”“但我会像保姆一样让你远离麻烦，”比恩解释说。 南希张开嘴，但什么也没说。

"That's pretty nice of me, I think. And when we were in the attic, you didn't even know it because you were down here," said Bean. "Anything could have happened to us." Ivy nodded. "But you're fine," argued Nancy. "But I had to take care of myself," Bean said. "What do you want, Bean?" asked Nancy with narrow eyes. "Money," said Bean. "Since I was a babysitter, I should get some of your money."

“我觉得我真是太好了。 当我们在阁楼的时候，你甚至不知道，因为你在下面，”比恩说。 “我们什么事都可能发生。” 艾薇点点头。“但是你很好啊，”南希争辩道。 “但我必须照顾好自己，”比恩说。 “你想要什么，豆子？”南希眯着眼睛问。 “钱，”比恩说。“既然我是保姆，我应该得到一些你的钱。”