8 UH-OH

"They'll never figure it out. Not in a million years," Bean was saying. "We'll just disappear and then—ta-da!—we'll come back a few hours later, and they'll have no idea where we've been." She put the door back into its hole and turned to Ivy. "It'll be our secret fort."

“他们永远也弄不明白。 “一百万年也不会。”比恩说。 “我们就消失了，然后——砰！”我们几个小时后再回来，他们就不知道我们去了哪里。” 她把门放回洞里，转向艾薇。 “那将是我们的秘密堡垒。”

Ivy was moving into the shadows. "We'll fix it up so it's all comfy and cozy. With silk curtains and rugs and poofy pillows." Bean walked carefully across the boards. "Right over here we could put a little stove, so we could make hot chocolate," Bean said. "We could have a cat, too. And maybe one of those tiny monkeys." "We could get beds and have secret sleepovers," Ivy went on. Her mother didn't let her have sleepovers yet. "I could sneak out of my house and come over here—" "And I'll tie a string to my toe and dangle the string out the window. You pull on the string to wake me up, and I'll let you in, and we'll come up here. Oh, I know! Instead of beds, we could put up hammocks, like a ship." Bean hugged herself. It was such a great idea. "And they'll never know. They'll say, 'Where have you been?' and we'll say, 'Us? We were right here.' And it won't be a lie!"

艾薇正在向暗处移动。 “我们会把它修好，让它舒适舒适。 有丝绸窗帘、地毯和蓬松的枕头。” 比恩小心翼翼地走过木板。 比恩说：“我们可以在这里放一个小炉子，这样我们就可以做热巧克力了。” “我们也可以养一只猫。 也许还有一只小猴子。” “我们可以找到床，秘密过夜，”艾薇继续说。 她妈妈还不让她在别人家过夜。 “我可以溜出我的房子，到这里来——”“我要在脚趾上系一根绳子，把绳子挂在窗外。 你拉绳子把我弄醒，我就放你进去，我们就上来。 哦，我知道了！我们可以搭吊床，而不是床，就像船一样。” 比恩拥抱了自己。这真是个好主意。 “他们永远也不会知道。他们会说，‘你去哪儿了？’我们会说：‘我们？ 我们就在这儿。”而且这不会是谎言！”

"And when we grow up and they think we're in college, we'll live here," said Ivy. "We'll go out at night to gather food." "We'll cut a hole in the wall and go out on the roof," said Bean. "After the attic, the thing I want most is to go on the roof." Ivy got up and knocked on the wall. She could hear outside sounds through the wood. "We could make a balcony," she said. "Our own secret balcony on our own secret house." "It's going to make Nancy wacko," Bean giggled. "She's going to explode from jealousy when she finds out." "But you aren't going to tell her, right?" "Oh. Right. Maybe when we're really old." Ivy put her hands on her hips. "The first thing we need is silk curtains," she said. "I don't think we have any silk curtains," Bean said. "But how about some sheets? We've got plenty of extra sheets." "Sure. For now, we'll use sheets," Ivy agreed.

“等我们长大了，他们以为我们上大学了，我们就住在这里，”艾薇说。 “我们晚上出去采集食物。” “我们在墙上挖个洞，然后到屋顶上去。”比恩说。 “上了阁楼之后，我最想做的就是上屋顶。” 艾薇站起来敲了敲墙。 她可以透过树林听到外面的声音。 “我们可以做一个阳台，”她说。 “我们秘密房子里的秘密阳台” “这会让南希发疯的，”比恩咯咯笑着说。 “如果她知道了，肯定会妒火中烧。” “但你不会告诉她，对吧？”“哦。 正确的。也许等我们老了再说。” 艾薇把手放在屁股上。 “我们首先需要的是丝绸窗帘，”她说。 “我想我们没有丝绸窗帘，”比恩说。 “但是床单怎么样？” 我们有很多多余的床单。” “当然。现在，我们要用床单，”艾薇同意道。

"Okay. They're in the closet. I'll get them." Bean jumped up and moved away through the shadows. Ivy thought about rugs and poofy pillows. A lamp would be nice, too. "Ivy?" "Yeah?" "We have a problem." "What kind of problem?" asked Ivy.

“好吧。它们在壁橱里。 我去拿。”比恩跳起来，穿过阴影离开了。 艾薇想到了地毯和毛绒枕头。 一盏灯也不错。 “艾薇?”“是吗?”“我们有麻烦了。” “什么样的问题？”艾薇问。

"There's no handle on this door." "I know," said Ivy. "You just push it." "Not from this side," said Bean. "Only from the outside." Uh-oh. Bean had put the door back into the hole. "Can you pull it?" Ivy asked. "There's nothing to pull."

“这扇门上没有把手。” “我知道，”艾薇说。“你只要推它就行了。” “这边不行，”比恩说。 “只能从外面看。”哦。 比恩把门放回了洞里。 “你能拉吗？”艾薇问道。 “没有什么可拉的。”