2 A CHEESY SUGGESTION

A CHEESY SUGGESTION Really, Ivy and Bean didn't want to hear one more word about cheese either. Words didn't seem to be getting them anywhere. Ivy had tried whispering "Lowfat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-you serving size" in her mother's ear in the middle of the night. Her mother was supposed to wake up in the morning wanting to buy cheese for Ivy. Instead, her mother woke up while Ivy was whispering and told her to get back to bed pronto.

真的，艾薇和比恩也不想再听到一个关于奶酪的词了。 言语似乎并没有给他们带来任何帮助。 艾薇曾试着在半夜里对着妈妈的耳朵低语“低脂Belldeloon奶酪，专为你准备的”。 她妈妈应该在早上醒来，想给艾薇买奶酪。 然而，艾薇的妈妈醒了，这时她正在窃窃私语，叫她赶快上床睡觉。

Bean put a sticky note in her mom's book. In her best and tiniest handwriting, she wrote, "Belldeloon cheese is good!" and stuck it over some other words. She figured if her mom read about Belldeloon cheese in a book, she'd buy some for Bean. Instead, Bean's mom told Bean

比恩在她妈妈的书里放了一张便利贴。 她用最漂亮、最细小的笔迹写道：“Belldeloon奶酪很好吃！”然后把它粘在其他几个字上。 她想如果妈妈在书里读到Belldeloon奶酪，她就会给豆子买一些。 相反，比恩的妈妈告诉了他

to leave her books alone. It was tiring, trying to make parents do what they should. After they had eaten their fruit (boring) and some peanut butter (not as boring, but still) and a little bit of brown sugar (yum!), Bean and Ivy played Eraser Valley. Bean had 56 erasers in different shapes. Most of them were animals, like bears and pigs, but she also had foods, like french fries and toast. Sometimes Ivy and Bean set up shops and restaurants and schools in

不要管她的书。试图让父母做他们应该做的事是很累的。 在他们吃完水果（无聊）和一些花生酱（不那么无聊，但仍然）和一点红糖（好吃！）之后，Bean和Ivy玩了橡皮擦谷。 比恩有56块形状各异的橡皮。 大多数是动物，像熊和猪，但她也有食物，像薯条和吐司。 有时，艾薇和比恩在城里开商店、餐馆和学校

Eraser Valley, and life was good for all the happy erasers. But mostly, Eraser Valley was disaster central. There were tsunamis and there were tornadoes. There were avalanches, earthquakes, and plagues. Eraser Valley had been through it all. Bean and Ivy lined the erasers up and looked at them. What would befall Eraser Valley today? "We could sell them," said Ivy. "Hey! They're my erasers," Bean said. She

橡皮谷，生活对所有快乐的橡皮来说都是美好的。 但大多数情况下，橡皮谷是灾难中心。 有海啸，有龙卷风。 有雪崩、地震和瘟疫。 橡皮谷经历了这一切。 比恩和艾薇把橡皮擦排好，看着它们。 今天的橡皮谷会发生什么？ “我们可以把它们卖掉，”艾薇说。 “嘿!它们是我的橡皮擦。”宾说。 她

picked up a sushi and held it tight. "I like them. Not for sale." "I thought you wanted wax," Ivy said. "I do want wax." "Then we need money," Ivy argued. "We have to sell something." "Nancy makes money babysitting," Bean said. Nancy was Bean's older sister. She was rich. "Do you think anyone would leave a baby with us?" Ivy made a face. "What if it cried?"

拿起一个寿司，紧紧握住。 “我喜欢他们。非卖品。” “我以为你想要蜜蜡呢，”艾薇说。 “我想要蜜蜡。”“那么我们需要钱，”艾薇争辩道。 “我们得卖点东西。” “南希靠照顾孩子赚钱，”比恩说。 南希是比恩的姐姐。 她很有钱。“你觉得会有人把孩子留给我们吗？”艾薇做了个鬼脸。 “如果它哭了怎么办？”

Bean made a worse face. "What if it pooped?" "Yuck. Forget it. We've got to sell something." Ivy was determined. "What's it going to be?" Bean thought of a solution. "Let's sell some of Nancy's stuff." "Isn't that stealing?" asked Ivy. "Nah. Not really. Only a little." Bean shrugged. "She won't mind." "Really?" Bean thought about the time she had borrowed one tiny spool of wire from Nancy's bead kit. Which Nancy wasn't even using and Bean had really needed. And which Bean would have given back, if Nancy hadn't found it in Bean's room first and completely freaked out. "Okay, maybe not." "What can we sell?" Ivy asked. She picked up a toast eraser. "I bet we could get a quarter for this." "You're almost a witch," Bean pointed out. "Can't you magically make money?"

比恩脸色更难看。“如果它拉屎了怎么办？”“恶心。 算了吧。我们得卖点东西。” 艾薇下定了决心。“会是什么呢？”比恩想到了一个解决办法。 “我们卖掉南希的一些东西吧。” “这不是偷窃吗？”艾薇问。 “不。不是真的。只会一点点。” 豆耸耸肩。“她不会介意的。” “真的吗?”比恩想起有一次她从南希的头套里借了一小线绳。 南希根本不用，比恩却很需要。 如果南希没有先在比恩的房间里发现它，然后完全吓坏了，比恩会把它还给她的。 “好吧，也许不是。”“我们能卖什么？”艾薇问道。 她拿起一块烤面包擦。 “我打赌我们可以用这个换到25美分。” “你简直就是个女巫。”比恩指出。 “你不能神奇地赚钱吗？”