5 WHAT A DEAL!

WHAT A DEAL! The first stop was Kalia's house. Kalia was only two, so she couldn't read The Flipping Pancake, but Kalia had parents. Both Kalia's parents were named Jean, which Bean thought was hilarious. Jean the girl answered the door.

多划算啊！第一站是卡莉娅的家。 Kalia只有两岁，所以她不会读《翻转煎饼》，但Kalia有父母。 Kalia的父母都叫Jean， Bean觉得这很搞笑。 女孩简开了门。

"Hi, Bean," she said. "What can I do for you?" A terrible scream came from upstairs. "Is that Kalia?" asked Ivy. "Is she okay?" asked Bean. "She's fine," said Jean. "She's napping." Bean cleared her throat. It was time for her speech. "Hello, I'm Bean," she said. Another terrible scream rang through the house. Bean talked louder. "Would you like to know the latest exciting news about Pancake Court? For only one dollar, you can get one thrilling issue of The Flipping Pancake. And you'll be helping to keep two neighborhood children off the streets." She smiled at Jean with all her teeth, just like the people on television. "All for the bargain price of one dollar," said Ivy. That was her part. Upstairs, something heavy crashed to the floor. Together, Ivy and Bean began to sing, "Get the news of Pancake Court! Pancake Court! Pancake Court! All the news of Pancake Court!

“嗨，豆子，”她说。“我能为你做什么？”楼上传来一声可怕的尖叫。 “那是卡莉娅吗？”艾薇问。 “她还好吗？”比恩问。 “她很好，”琼说。“她是打盹。” 比恩清了清嗓子。是她演讲的时间了。 “你好，我是豆子，”她说。 又一声可怕的尖叫从屋子里响起。 比恩大声说。“你想知道关于煎饼阁的最新消息吗？” 只要一美元，你就可以买到一本令人兴奋的《煎饼》。 而且你还能帮助邻居家的两个孩子远离街头。” 她龇着牙对琼笑，就像电视上的人一样。 “只要一美元的便宜价格，”艾薇说。 那是她的角色。楼上，有个很重的东西摔到了地板上。 艾薇和比恩一起唱起歌来：“得到煎饼法庭的消息！煎饼法院!煎饼法院!煎饼法庭的所有消息！

For! Only! A dollar!" Ads on television usually had songs. "Sure." Jean was looking at the ceiling. "Sure. A dollar. Hang on a sec!" She zipped down the hall. Ivy and Bean waited on the doorstep, listening to something hit a wall and break into lots of pieces. Jean zipped back. "Great! Here!" She handed Ivy a dollar just as the next scream blazed through the house. "Bye!" she said, shutting the door. They heard

对!只有!一美元!”电视广告通常有歌曲。 “当然。”琼望着天花板。 “当然。一美元。等一下！”她飞快地穿过大厅。 艾薇和比恩等在门阶上，听着什么东西撞到墙上摔成碎片的声音。 琼拉上拉链。“太好了!在这里!”她递给艾薇一美元，这时房子里响起了另一声尖叫。 “再见！”她说着关上了门。 他们听到

her running up the stairs. "Wow. Aren't you glad we decided not to babysit?" said Bean. Ivy nodded and stuck the dollar in her pocket. "One dollar down, nine to go." The next house was Mrs. Trantz's. Mrs. Trantz's yard had sparkly white stones and big silver bubbles and teeny fences around every rosebush. It looked like someone nice lived there, but that was a big lie. If Bean even so much as put one foot on Mrs. Trantz's pink front path, Mrs. Trantz whipped out the front door and started yelling. "Forget it. Not worth it," said Ivy. Bean nodded. Whew. They moved on to Jake the Teenager's

她跑上楼梯。 “哇。我们决定不照看孩子，你不高兴吗？”比恩说。 艾薇点点头，把钱塞进口袋。 “付了1美元，还差9美元。” 下一个是特兰茨太太的房子。 特兰茨太太的院子里有闪闪发光的白色石头和巨大的银色泡泡，每一丛玫瑰周围都有小栅栏。 看起来好像住着个好人，但那是个弥天大谎。 如果比恩胆敢踏上特兰兹太太粉红色的门前小路，特兰兹太太就会冲出前门，开始大喊大叫。 “算了吧。不值得，”艾薇说。 豆点了点头。唷。他们去了少年杰克家

house. Jake the Teenager was in the garage beside his house. They knew he was in there because loud music with bad words in it was leaking out of the garage windows. Jake the Teenager didn't seem like the type to be interested in The Flipping Pancake, so Ivy and Bean didn't go to the garage. They went to the front door of the house. Bean was surprised that Jake the Teenager's dad heard the doorbell over the music, but he did. Bean hollered her speech as loud as she could, and Jake the Teenager's dad nodded and smiled. But just when Ivy was about to say "All for the bargain price of one dollar!" a really amazingly bad word came flying out of the garage, and she lost her mind. "Give us some money!" she screeched.

的房子。少年杰克在他家旁边的车库里。 他们知道他在里面，因为从车库的窗户里传出来的是刺耳的音乐和脏话。 少年杰克看起来不像是对烙饼感兴趣的人，所以艾薇和比恩没有去车库。 他们走到房子的前门。 比恩很惊讶少年杰克的爸爸在音乐中听到了门铃，但他确实听到了。 比恩尽可能大声地喊着她的话，少年杰克的爸爸点点头，微笑着。 但就在艾薇要说“只要一美元！”的时候，一个非常令人惊讶的脏话从车库里飞了出来，她失去了理智。 “给我们点钱！”她尖叫道。