11 SQUIDARINAS

SQUIDARINAS They were right. Bean's mother was mad. "This is not what I expect from you, Bernice Blue. When you go on a trip of any kind, I expect you to listen to the grown-up in charge. This is something we've discussed a thousand times." Bean's mother folded her arms and glared at Bean. Bean could tell she was supposed to say something. "I'm sorry," she said. "I should think so!" said her mother. She

乌贼：他们是对的。 比恩的妈妈很生气。“这不是我对你的期望，伯尼斯·布鲁。 当你去旅行的时候，我希望你听大人的话。 这是我们讨论过无数次的问题。” 比恩的母亲交叉着双臂，怒视着比恩。 比恩看得出来她应该说点什么。 “对不起，”她说。“我也这么认为！”她妈妈说。 她

glared some more. "Well! We'll talk about the consequences this evening when Daddy comes home. In the meantime, both of you go upstairs and try on your ballet costumes. And I don't want to hear any complaining!" Bean and Ivy walked quietly upstairs. Quietly they closed the door to Bean's room. "Whew," said Ivy. "That was a close one." "It's not over yet," said Bean. "Your mom still has to get mad." "I know," said Ivy. "But at least none of them found out about the running-away part." "We've got to get rid of the evidence," said Bean, busily pulling the bag of salt, the Band-Aids, the string, and the underwear out of her backpack. She stuffed it all under her bed. Ivy did the same.

又瞪了几眼。“嗯!今晚爸爸回来后我们再讨论后果。 与此同时，你们俩上楼去试试芭蕾舞服。 我不想听到任何抱怨！”比恩和艾薇静静地走上楼。 他们悄悄地关上了比恩房间的门。 “哇，”艾薇说。“好险啊。” “还没结束呢，”比恩说。 “你妈妈还是会生气的。” “我知道，”艾薇说。“但至少他们没有人发现逃跑的事。” “我们得处理掉证据，”比恩说着，忙着从背包里拿出那袋盐、创可贴、绳子和内衣。 她把它们都塞到床底下了。 艾薇也这么做了。

"Jeez!" Bean slumped against her bed. "What a day." Ivy lay down on the floor. "I'm pooped." "Are you trying on those costumes?" shouted Bean's mother from downstairs. "Sheesh," said Bean, getting up. "Work, work, work. That's all I do" The white. leotards lay across her bed, stuffed tights legs tangled around them. "Come on," said Bean. "You have to try yours on, too."

“哎呀!”比恩瘫倒在床上。 “多糟糕的一天啊。”艾薇躺在地板上。 “我精疲力尽。”“你在试穿那些戏服吗？”比恩的妈妈在楼下喊道。 “嘘。”比恩说着站了起来。 “工作，工作，工作。这就是我所做的一切。” 她的床上放着紧身衣，紧身裤的裤腿缠在上面。 “来吧，”比恩说。“你也得试试你的。”

Ivy sighed and got up. Together they untangled the tights legs and got undressed and pulled on the white leotards. Bean looked at Ivy in her white leotard with ten white legs dangling from her waist. Ivy looked at Bean. "I don't think Madame Joy has ever seen a real squid," she said. Bean thought about the long, blubbery white legs. It made her head prickle.

艾薇叹了口气，站了起来。他们一起解开紧身衣的裤腿，脱下衣服，穿上白色紧身衣。 比恩看着穿着白色紧身衣的艾薇，她的腰上挂着十条白色的腿。 艾薇看着比恩。“我想乔伊夫人从来没有见过真正的鱿鱼，”她说。 比恩想着那条又长又胖的白腿。 这使她的头刺痛。

"Remember its legs?" Ivy nodded. "And its eye? Remember how it looked at us?" "Like it was excited. Like it could hardly wait to squeeze the life out of us," said Bean. "Like we were food," agreed Ivy. "Squids are not friendly," Bean announced. Ivy lifted up one of her white tights legs and shook it. "A real squid would wrap its legs around Dulcie and squish her."

“还记得它的腿吗？”艾薇点点头。 “它的眼睛呢？”还记得它是怎么看我们的吗？”“好像很兴奋。 就好像它迫不及待地想要榨干我们的生命。”比恩说。 “就像我们是食物一样，”艾薇同意道。 “鱿鱼不友好，”比恩宣布。 艾薇抬起她的一条白色紧身裤腿，摇了摇。 “一只真正的鱿鱼会把杜尔西团团围住，把她压扁。”

Bean giggled. "And then it would eat the starfish and the sea horses." She bonked Ivy with one of her tights legs. "And the prince." Ivy bonked her back. "And then it would look at the audience with its humongo eye and say, 'And you people are my dessert.'" There was a pause. "You know," Bean said thoughtfully, "we could use your face paint to make big black eyes." There was another pause. Ivy and Bean looked at each other. "Madame Joy will kill us," said Ivy. "We won't do anything," said Bean.

豆咯咯笑了。“然后它会吃海星和海马。” 她用一条裤腿撞了艾薇一下。 “还有王子。”艾薇拍了拍她的背。 “然后它会用人类的眼睛看着观众，说，‘你们是我的甜点。’”沉默了一会儿。 “你知道，”比恩若有所思地说，“我们可以用你脸上的颜料画个又大又黑的眼睛。” 又是一阵沉默。艾薇和比恩面面相觑。 “乔伊夫人会杀了我们的，”艾薇说。 “我们什么也不做，”比恩说。