7 BYE-BYE, BALLET

BYE-BYE BALLET, "We're saved!" hissed Ivy, pulling Bean toward the door. "Saved from what?" Bean hissed back. "Being squids!" squealed Ivy. She raced out into the breezeway. Bean's sleeve was in her hand, so Bean raced with her. Together they left the school behind and hurried toward Pancake Court. "Okay," puffed Bean, "how are we saved?" Ivy stopped. "The field trip! We're going to run away! We'll run away to the aquarium, and we'll stay there until after The World of Dance is over!" Running away! What a great idea! Bean had been waiting for years to run away. What she had been waiting for was a

“我们得救了！”艾薇嘶嘶地说，把比恩拉向门口。 “从什么地方救出来的？”比恩嘶嘶地回答。 “乌贼！”艾薇尖叫道。 她跑到走廊上。 比恩的袖子在她手里，所以比恩跟着她跑。 他们一起离开学校，匆匆向煎饼庭院走去。 “好吧，”憨豆喘着气说，“我们是怎么得救的？”艾薇停止。 “实地考察！”我们要逃跑！我们要逃到水族馆去，一直呆到《舞蹈世界》结束！”逃跑!好主意！比恩为了逃跑已经等了很多年了。 她一直在等待的是一个

reason. She didn't want to hurt her parents' feelings by running away for no reason. The World of Dance was a great reason. This was the chance of a lifetime. Oh yeah. Bean suddenly remembered the other reason she had never run away. "What about food?" she asked. "Easy-peasy-Parcheesi," said Ivy. "I read about it in a book. You know how people throw money in fountains? We scrape it off the bottom of the fountain after the aquarium is closed at night, and then we buy food with it." That was pretty smart. Bean was impressed. Also, it would be fun to walk in a fountain without grown-ups freaking out about it. "Cool" she said. "Where will we sleep?" "We'll find a good spot once we get there. Aquariums are good for sleeping because they're dark."

的原因。她不想无缘无故地离家出走，伤害父母的感情。 舞蹈世界是一个很好的理由。 这是一生难得的机会。 噢,是的。比恩突然想起了她从未逃跑的另一个原因。 “那食物呢？”她问。 “easy- peas - parcheesi，”艾薇说。 “我是在一本书里读到的。 你知道人们怎么往喷泉里扔钱吗？ 晚上水族馆关门后，我们把它从喷泉底部刮下来，然后用它买食物。” 这很聪明。比恩对此印象深刻。 而且，在喷泉里散步也很有趣，大人们也不会害怕。 “酷！”她说。“我们睡在哪里？”“我们一到那里就会找到一个好地方。 水族馆很适合睡觉，因为那里很黑。”

"And quiet. Fish are very quiet." Bean pictured herself drifting off to sleep with fish swirling around her. It would be nice. "It'll be like sleeping on a boat." Ivy rubbed her hands together. "In this book I read, the kids filled their clarinet cases with extra underwear, but we'll use our backpacks." "My backpack is pretty big." "We should bring jackets, too. And money. In the book, they brought all their money." "Why do we need money if we're going to scrape it out of the fountain?" asked Bean. "Besides, I only have four dollars and

”和安静。鱼很安静。” 比恩想象着自己飘进梦乡，鱼儿围着她打转。 那会很好。“就像睡在船上一样。” 艾薇搓着手。 “在我读过的这本书中，孩子们在他们的单簧管箱子里塞满了额外的内衣，但我们会用我们的背包。” “我的背包相当大。” “我们也应该带夹克。 和金钱。在书中，他们把所有的钱都带来了。” “如果我们要从喷泉里刮钱，为什么还要钱呢？”比恩问。 “再说，我只有四块钱

some coins." "I've got twenty-six and some coins," said Ivy. "But I don't want to spend it. I'm saving for a glass doll." "There will be plenty of money in the fountain" Bean decided. "And we'll get clean at the same time," said Ivy. "Boy," Bean said, shaking her head. "It's too bad I wasted all that time worrying." Somehow, knowing that they were going to run away made ballet class better. "Still not good," said Bean. "But better." "I don't know," said Ivy. She was watching Dulcie do an arabesque. An arabesque was when you stretched out one arm and one leg at the same time. Arabesques made Ivy fall over. Dulcie could arabesque all day long. "Bet she puts

一些硬币。”“我有二十六个和一些硬币，”艾薇说。 “但我不想花掉它。 我在攒钱买一个玻璃娃娃。” “喷泉里会有很多钱的。”比恩决定道。 艾薇说：“同时我们也会变干净。” “男孩，”比恩摇着头说。 “真可惜我把时间都浪费在担心上了。” 不知怎么的，知道他们要逃跑让芭蕾课变得更好了。 “还是不太好，”比恩说。 “但更好。”“我不知道，”艾薇说。 她在看达西跳拉贝斯克舞。 阿拉伯式是指你同时伸出一只手臂和一条腿。 阿拉伯花饰把常春藤弄倒了。 达西可以一整天都在拉拉丝。 我敢打赌她会

glue on her shoes," muttered Ivy. "Very nice, Dulcie," said Madame Joy. "Thank you, Madame Jwah!" said Dulcie. Now instead of being butterflies at the end of ballet class, they practiced "Wedding Beneath the Sea." Dulcie swayed and kitty- jumped and fluttered her fingers. Two starfish girls twirled with their arms out. Two seahorse girls galloped in and out of the starfish. Two tuna girls glided together across the floor. Ivy and Bean, the friendly squids, stayed in one place and waved their

她的鞋子上有胶水，”艾薇喃喃地说。 “很好，杜尔茜，”乔伊夫人说。 “谢谢你，杰瓦夫人！” 现在，他们不再是芭蕾舞课结束时的蝴蝶，而是在练习《海底婚礼》。 达西摇晃着身子，像小猫一样跳着，挥动着手指。 两个海星女孩伸出胳膊旋转着。 两个海马女孩在海星间跑进跑出。 两个卖金枪鱼的女孩一起滑过地板。 艾薇和比恩，这两只友好的鱿鱼，呆在一个地方，挥舞着他们的手

arms. "Call this dancing?" Bean whispered. "This is standing." "Enter the prince!" cried Madame Joy. The prince was a girl wearing a black leotard and a red hat that looked like a tiny pillowcase. The prince was the second- crummiest part in "Wedding Beneath the Sea," but it was way better than being a friendly squid. The prince at least got to leap. The prince-girl leaped toward Dulcie while Dulcie fluttered away. Then the prince got down on one knee and waved her arms at Dulcie. Then Dulcie nodded, and all the other fishy things got in a circle and danced around them. Except the two friendly squids. Madame Joy said they were like doormen. They guarded the entrance to the mermaid palace. Finally Madame Joy clapped her hands. Class was over. For Ivy and Bean, it was

武器。“这叫跳舞？”豆低声说。 “这是站立。”“公爵进来了！”乔伊夫人喊道。 王子是个女孩，穿着黑色紧身衣，戴着一顶看起来像小枕套的红帽子。 王子是《海底婚礼》中第二糟糕的角色，但这比扮演一只友好的鱿鱼要好得多。 王子至少跳了一跳。 公主跳向杜尔茜，而杜尔茜则飞走了。 然后，王子单膝跪地，向杜茜挥动双臂。 然后，道西点了点头，所有其他的鱼都围成一个圈，围着他们跳舞。 除了那两只友好的鱿鱼。 乔伊夫人说他们就像看门人。 他们守卫着美人鱼宫殿的入口。 最后，乔伊夫人拍了拍手。 下课了。对艾薇和比恩来说，确实如此