11 GOOD AND SOGGY

GOOD AND SOGGY Bean was drenched. Her hair was sticking to the sides of her face, and water was dribbling out of her shorts pocket and down her legs. She wiggled her legs against the rope. It didn't move. The only part of Ivy that wasn't wet was the top of her head. "My shoes are squishy," she said. "It feels kind of good," said Bean. "I got sweaty being bad."

GOOD AND SOGGY Bean浑身湿透了。 她的头发粘在脸的两侧，水从她的短裤口袋里淌出来，顺着她的腿流下来。 她在绳子上扭动双腿。 它没有动。艾薇身上唯一没湿的地方是她的头顶。 “我的鞋子都湿了，”她说。 “感觉还不错，”比恩说。 “我变坏的时候出汗了。”

She watched Crummy Matt holding the hose, spraying it high into the air so that water came down like rain. Dino, Sophie S., Sophie W., and Liana were stamping in the mud puddle at the end of the driveway. It looked like a lot of fun. "Come on" called Bean. "Let us out!", "Never," said Crummy Matt. "You got to stay there forever!" "Maybe the birds will rescue us," said Ivy, but not like she believed it.

她看着邋遢的马特拿着水管，向空中高高地喷水，水像雨一样落了下来。 迪诺、苏菲S、苏菲W和莉安娜在车道尽头的泥坑里跺着脚。 看起来很有趣。 “来吧，”比恩喊道。“放我们出去！”“不，”倒霉的马特说。 “你得永远呆在那儿！”“也许鸟儿会救我们，”艾薇说，但她并不相信。

Bean heard a little voice. "Hi Bean". It was Katy. She was peeking around the side of the tree. "I'm sorry I ate all your candy." "Oh, that's okay," Bean said. "It wasn't my candy anyway." Katy stepped around in front of Bean. The front of her pink dress was smeared with chocolate. "I got all messed up," she said. "Yeah," said Bean. "Are you in trouble?" "Not yet," said Katy. "I don't care anyway." There was a pause. "Are you going to be bad some more? That was better than House." "I'm sort of stuck here", said Bean. "Unless—hey, Katy, will you push that rope up a little? The one on my knee." Katy pushed the rope up, and Bean felt the knot under her fingers. "This is not such a great knot," she said.

比恩听到一个微弱的声音。 “嗨豆”。是凯蒂。她在树的旁边偷看。 “对不起，我把你的糖都吃了。” “哦，没关系，”比恩说。 “反正那不是我的糖果。” 凯蒂走到比恩面前。 她粉红色连衣裙的前襟沾上了巧克力。 “我搞砸了，”她说。 “是的，”比恩说。“你遇到麻烦了吗？”“还没有，”凯蒂说。 “反正我也不在乎。”一阵沉默。 “你还要再坏下去吗？” 这比豪斯好多了。” “我有点被困在这里了，”比恩说。 “除非——嘿，凯蒂，你能把绳子往上推一点吗？” 我膝盖上的那个。”凯蒂把绳子推了上去，比恩摸了摸她手指下的绳结。 “这个结不怎么好，”她说。

Katy was looking at the kids in the mud. "I'm already dirty," she said thoughtfully. "A little more won't make any difference." She ran down the lawn toward the puddle. The knot was getting looser. Suddenly Crummy Matt came running up to the tree. "Here," he said to Ivy, pulling Blister out of his pocket. "You got a rat on your head." He put Blister on the top of Ivy's head. "If you move, he'll chew your hair off." Then he ran away, back to his hose. "Yuck," said Bean. Rats gave her the creeps. Ivy felt Blister's little feet scrabbling against her scalp. His stomach rested, fat and warm, on her hair. She could hear the squeaky sound of his breath inside her head. "Is he eating my hair?" she asked Bean. Bean strained to see the top of Ivy's

凯蒂看着泥里的孩子们。 “我已经很脏了，”她若有所思地说。 “再多一点也不会有什么不同。” 她沿着草坪朝水坑跑去。 结越来越松了。 突然，可怜的马特跑到树前。 “给你，”他对艾薇说，从口袋里掏出水疱。 “你头上有只老鼠。” 他把水泡放在艾薇的头顶上。 “如果你动一下，他会咬掉你的头发。” 然后他跑开了，回到他的水管旁。 “恶心，”比恩说。老鼠使她起鸡皮疙瘩。 艾薇感到水泡的小脚在她的头皮上挠来挠去。 他的肚子又肥又热，靠在她的头发上。 她可以听到他的呼吸在她的脑海里发出吱吱的声音。 “它在吃我的头发吗？”她问宾。 比恩竭力想看看艾薇的顶

head. "Hang on a sec," she said. She pulled the rope until the free end slid out of the knot. All at once, the rope sagged. She had done it! "Ta-da!" Now she could see. She stood on tiptoe and looked. Blister, dry and comfortable at last, stretched across Ivy's head. "No. He's sleeping," said Bean. "I'll get him off." She reached up. "No!" whispered Ivy. "Leave him there!" "Really? You don't mind?" asked Bean. "No! Don't you get it?" whispered Ivy. "He's an animal, and he's following me! Because I'm pure of heart!" Bean stood on tiptoe again. Blister did

头。“等一下，”她说。 她拉绳子，直到绳子的那一端从结里滑了出来。 突然，绳子下垂了。 她做到了！“哈哈!”现在她能看见了。 她踮起脚尖看了看。 终于，一个又干又舒服的水泡横过了艾薇的头。 “没有。他在睡觉，”比恩说。 “我会把他弄下来的。”她伸出手来。 “不！”艾薇小声说。“把他留在那儿！”“真的吗? 你不介意吧？”比恩问。 “不!你还不明白吗？”艾薇小声说。 “他是野兽，他在跟踪我！”因为我的心是纯洁的！”比恩又踮起了脚尖。 泡了

look happy. So did Ivy. "How long are you going to let him stay there?" she asked. "He can stay forever if he wants to," said Ivy firmly. She stood very straight so Blister wouldn't fall off. Bean glanced at the mud puddle. Now Katy was stamping in it, too. "I'm going to stop being bad. I'm just going to be regular." "That's okay," said Ivy. "I've got Blister. You can be regular now." "Okay," said Bean. She turned around and ran down the driveway toward the mud puddle. "YAH!" she screamed, jumping into the center.

看起来快乐。艾薇也是。“你打算让他在那儿待多久？”她问。 “如果他愿意，他可以永远待在这里。”艾薇坚定地说。 她站得很直，这样水泡就不会掉下来。 比恩瞥了一眼泥坑。 现在凯蒂也踩在上面了。 “我将不再做坏人。 我要做个普通人。” “没关系，”艾薇说。“我得了水泡。 你现在可以正常生活了。”“好吧，”比恩说。 她转过身，沿着车道向泥坑跑去。 “耶！”她尖叫着，跳到了人群中间。