10 HAPPY ENDING

Happy Ending A few grown-ups muttered. Bean heard someone say something about bedtime. One

几个大人嘟囔着。 比恩听到有人在说睡觉的事。 一个

dad sat up, but he flopped down again when he saw Bean coming toward him. In a minute or two, the grown-ups got quiet. Ivy and Bean heard some gentle sighs. Ivy poked Bean in the ribs. "See," she whispered. "They're getting happy." Bean was getting happy, too. She couldn't lie down, because she was taking care of the grown-ups, but she could feel the cool night air and she could listen to the leaves move. She could smell the damp dirt under the grass. She and Ivy stood side by side, making sure that nothing surprising happened. "I think they're liking nature," whispered Ivy. "I think so, too," whispered Bean. For just a moment, she felt like the grown-ups were the little ants and she was the giant who understood how big the world really was. A grown-up began to snore softly. Way out on the lawn, the Principal curled up on her side. Ivy checked Ms. Aruba-Tate's glow-in-the-dark

爸爸坐了起来，但当他看到比恩朝他走来时，又扑通一声坐了下来。 一两分钟后，大人们安静了下来。 艾薇和比恩听到了一些轻轻的叹息。 艾薇戳了戳豆子的肋骨。 “看，”她低声说。“他们越来越开心了。” 比恩也越来越开心了。 她不能躺下，因为她要照顾大人们，但她能感觉到夜晚凉爽的空气，她能听到树叶移动的声音。 她能闻到草下潮湿的泥土。 她和艾薇肩并肩站着，确保不会发生意外。 “我想他们喜欢大自然，”艾薇小声说。 “我也这么认为。”比恩小声说。 有那么一瞬间，她觉得大人们是小蚂蚁，而她是巨人，知道世界有多大。 一个大人轻轻地打起鼾来。 在外面的草坪上，校长侧着身子蜷缩着。 艾薇检查了阿鲁巴-塔特女士的夜光灯

watch. "Two more minutes," she whispered. Ivy and Bean watched the grownups resting. The two minutes passed. "All right, grown-ups," said Ivy gently. "It's time to get up now." Some of the grown-ups moaned a tiny bit. They didn't want to get up. Eventually, they struggled to their feet. Except for three who had fallen asleep. Bean woke them up nicely. It would have been fun to pour water on their faces, but that wouldn't have made them happy. When all of them were on their feet, Bean said, "Okay. That was our science project. You can go now."

手表。“再等两分钟。”她低声说。 艾薇和比恩看着大人们休息。 两分钟过去了。“好吧，大人。”艾薇温柔地说。 “现在该起床了。” 有些大人呻吟了几声。 他们不想起床。 最后，他们挣扎着站了起来。 只有三个人睡着了。 比恩很好地叫醒了他们。把水倒在他们脸上会很有趣，但这不会让他们开心。 当他们都站起来后，比恩说：“好吧。 那是我们的科学项目。 你现在可以走了。”

But they didn't. They stood looking at her and Ivy. "Wait," said a mom. "How was that about global warming?" Ivy and Bean glanced at each other. Even in the dim light, Bean could see that the grown- ups were confused. "Were you happy?" asked Bean. "What?" said the mom. "Were you happy while you were lying down?" asked Bean. "Well, yes," said the mom. "Sure. It was great." "That's it," said Ivy. "We wanted you all to feel happy in nature." "So you would care about global warming," explained Bean. There was a little pause. Bean and Ivy looked at each other—what was so hard to understand? —and then the mom said, "Oh. I get it."

但他们没有。他们站在那里看着她和艾薇。 “等等，”一位妈妈说。“全球变暖是怎么回事？”艾薇和比恩互相瞥了一眼。 即使在昏暗的灯光下，比恩也能看出大人们的困惑。 “你开心吗？”比恩问。 “什么？”妈妈说。“你躺着的时候开心吗？”比恩问。 “嗯，是的，”妈妈说。 “当然。太棒了。”“就是这样，”艾薇说。 “我们希望你们都能在大自然中感到快乐。” “所以你会关心全球变暖，”比恩解释说。 沉默了一会儿。比恩和艾薇面面相觑——有什么难理解的吗？ 然后妈妈说：“哦。 我明白了。”

The other grown-ups smiled. "That's a good one," said a dad. "That's a really good one." The other grown-ups yawned and nodded. They began to drift back to the cafeteria, except for Ivy and Bean's parents. Ivy's mom took Ivy's hand. "I was happy," she said. "Really? You weren't worried about poison oak and bugs?" Ivy asked. "At first, I was, a little bit. But then I did what you said, Bean, and smelled the grass and listened to the trees. I haven't done that in a long time." "And now you care about global warming?" Ivy asked. "Sure I do." Ivy turned to Bean. "It worked!" Bean elbowed Ivy. "Of course it worked. It couldn't help working. It's science." As they walked back to the cafeteria to give

其他的大人都笑了。 “这是个好主意，”一位爸爸说。 “这真是个好主意。” 其他的大人打了个哈欠，点了点头。 除了艾薇和比恩的父母，他们开始慢慢回到自助餐厅。 艾薇的妈妈拉着艾薇的手。 “我很高兴，”她说。“真的吗? 你不担心毒橡树和虫子吗？”艾薇问道。 “一开始，我有点害怕。 但后来我照你说的做了，豆子，闻了闻草，听了听树的声音。 我很久没这么做了。” “现在你又关心全球变暖了？”艾薇问道。 “我当然知道。”艾薇转向比恩。 “成功了!”比恩肘击艾薇。 “当然管用。它不由自主地工作。 它的科学。”当他们走回自助餐厅的时候

Ms. Aruba-Tate her watch, Bean's dad put his arm around her shoulder. "That was a great science project, sweetie. Much better than my poster idea." Bean gave him a squeeze. "Oh, Dad, don't feel bad. You're a grown-up. You can't help it." Ivy and Bean let the grown-ups walk ahead. "They're all caring about global warming now," said Ivy. "I can tell." "We should give classes," said Bean. "It would have been nice if we had found the one big solution to global warming," said Ivy. "Yeah," said Bean. "But we had lots of good small ideas." "And we're only beginners," said Ivy. "If the two of us work on global warming for ten more years, I bet we find the solution." Once again, Bean pictured herself holding up a test tube full of shimmering pink stuff while white-coated scientists gasped in amazement. "The first thing we need to do,"

阿鲁巴-泰特女士戴着手表，比恩的爸爸用胳膊搂住了她的肩膀。 “那是一个伟大的科学项目，亲爱的。 比我的海报主意好多了。” 比恩挤了他一下。“哦，爸爸，不要难过。 你是个成年人了。你没办法。” 艾薇和比恩让大人们走在前面。 “他们现在都关心全球变暖，”艾薇说。 “我看得出来。”“我们应该上课，”比恩说。 艾薇说：“如果我们能找到解决全球变暖的大办法，那就太好了。” “是的，”比恩说。“但我们有很多好的小创意。” “我们只是初学者，”艾薇说。 “如果我们两个人在全球变暖问题上再努力十年，我敢打赌我们会找到解决办法的。” 比恩再一次想象了自己拿着一个装满闪闪发光的粉红色东西的试管，而穿着白色衣服的科学家们惊讶地倒吸了一口气。 “我们要做的第一件事是，”