3 BIRD BRAINS

BIRD BRAINS "IIIII-VEEE!" Bean shouted into Ivy's mail slot. "Yoooooo-hooo!" "Hello, Bean," said Ivy's mom, opening the front door. "Care for a slice of cucumber?" She was holding a plate of them. Bean wanted to say, Are you nuts? But she knew that wasn't polite. "No thank you," she said. "Is Ivy home?" "She's out in the yard," said Ivy's mom. "Go on back." Bean walked down the path beside Ivy's house and opened the gate that led to the backyard. Ivy's yard didn't have a trampoline like Bean's, but it did have big rocks and a perfectly round puddle that Ivy called a pond even though she had to fill it with the hose. Ivy was standing still in the

鸟的大脑“呜——呜！”比恩对着艾薇的信箱喊道。 “Yoooooo-hooo !”“你好，豆子，”艾薇的妈妈打开前门说。 “想来片黄瓜吗？”她手里拿着一盘。 比恩想说，你疯了吗？ 但她知道这是不礼貌的。 “不，谢谢，”她说。“艾薇在家吗？”“她在外面的院子里，”艾薇的妈妈说。 “回去吧。”比恩沿着艾薇家旁边的小路走去，打开了通往后院的大门。 艾薇的院子里没有比恩家那样的蹦床，但有大石头和一个完美的圆形水坑，艾薇称之为池塘，尽管她必须用软管把它填满。 艾薇静静地站在房间里

middle of the long, weedy grass. Her arms were raised to the sky, and she had a big smile on her face. "Are you trying to fly?" called Bean. Ivy turned to Bean and smiled even bigger, but she didn't move. "Hi," she whispered. "Wave your arms," advised Bean. Ivy smiled so hard her eyeballs bulged out. "What the heck are you doing?" Bean asked. "I'm trying to be good," whispered Ivy.

长而杂草丛生的草丛中间。 她的双臂伸向天空，脸上挂着灿烂的笑容。 “你想飞吗？”比恩叫道。 艾薇转向比恩，笑得更开心了，但她没有动。 “嗨，”她低声说。“挥动你的手臂。”比恩建议道。 艾薇笑得太开心了，她的眼球都鼓了出来。 “你到底在干什么？”豆问道。 “我在努力做好人，”艾薇低声说。

"What?" yelled Bean. She waded through the weedy grass. "I'm trying to be good," Ivy whispered again. "Why do you have to be so quiet about it?" Now Bean was whispering, too. "Because I don't want to scare the birds away. I'm trying to be so good that birds land on my fingers and wolves come out of the woods and follow me down the street", Ivy explained.

“什么？”比恩喊道。她涉水走过杂草丛生的草地。 “我在努力做好人。”艾薇又低声说。 “你为什么要对这件事保持沉默？”现在比恩也在窃窃私语。 “因为我不想把鸟儿吓跑。 我努力表现得很好，鸟儿落在我的手指上，狼从树林里出来，跟着我走到街上。”艾薇解释道。

Bean stared. "Why would being good make birds land on your fingers and wolves do whatever you just said?" "I found out about it yesterday. If you're super-good and pure of heart, animals think you're one of them and they love you and follow you around." Ivy's arms were trembling. She must have been holding them up for a while. "Are you sure about this?" asked Bean. "Positive. I saw it in a picture. There was this guy with birds flying all around him and a wolf licking his foot. My mom said this guy was so good that wild beasts talked to him and birds swarmed after him." "I don't get it. Why did the birds swarm after him?" "Because his heart was so pure and kind that they saw that he was the same as an animal on the inside. They loved him," Ivy said.

Bean盯着。“为什么做好事会让鸟儿落在你的手指上，让狼听你的话呢？”“我昨天才知道的。 如果你超级善良，心地纯洁，动物们会认为你是它们中的一员，它们会爱你，跟着你。” 艾薇的手臂在颤抖。 她肯定拖了他们一段时间了。 “你确定吗？”比恩问。 “积极的。我在一张照片上看到的。 有个家伙，鸟围着他飞，一只狼在舔他的脚。 我妈妈说这家伙太棒了，野兽都跟他说话，鸟都跟着他。” “我不明白。鸟儿为什么成群结队地追他？”“因为他的心是那么纯洁和善良，他们看到他的内心和动物一样。 他们爱他，”艾薇说。

Bean thought about that. "Like Snow White, you mean?" Hadn't the birds helped Snow White make a pie? Ivy made a face. "Snow White wasn't good. She was a goonball. Everyone knows you're not supposed to eat stuff you get from strangers." "But the birds liked her" said Bean., "Maybe the birds felt sorry for her, but they didn't think she was one of them," said Ivy. "Anyway, I don't want to be like Snow White. I want to be like the guy in the picture. I want a wolf to follow me because I'm pure of heart." A wolf. Bean pictured a shaggy wolf walking beside her while a bird rested on her shoulder. Her mom and dad would be scared half to death, but Bean would say, "The wolf won't hurt you. He's my friend." Then the wolf and Bean would give each

比恩想了想。“你是说像白雪公主？”鸟儿们没有帮白雪公主做馅饼吗？ 艾薇做了个鬼脸。“白雪公主不好。 她是个笨蛋。每个人都知道你不应该吃从陌生人那里得到的东西。” “但是鸟儿们喜欢她，”比恩说。“也许鸟儿们为她感到难过，但它们不认为她是它们中的一员，”艾薇说。 “不管怎样，我不想像白雪公主那样。 我想像照片里的那个人一样。 我想要一只狼跟着我，因为我心地纯洁。” 一只狼。比恩想象着一只毛茸茸的狼走在她身边，一只鸟停在她的肩膀上。 爸爸妈妈会吓得半死，但比恩会说：“狼不会伤害你的。 他是我的朋友。”然后狼和豆子就会互相让步

other long, understanding looks. And then Bean's mom and dad would feel rotten because they hadn't realized that Bean was so pure of heart. They had thought she was a pain. Bean smiled at Ivy. "A wolf would be pretty cool." "Yeah." Ivy smiled dreamily. "We could share him" said Bean.,

其他长，理解的目光。 然后比恩的父母会觉得很糟糕，因为他们没有意识到比恩是如此纯洁的心灵。 他们认为她是个麻烦。 比恩对艾薇微笑。“狼会很酷。” “是的。”艾薇梦幻般地笑了。 “我们可以分享他，”比恩说。