7 RATS! SALAMI! WOW!

RATS! SALAMI! WOW! "I thought this was supposed to keep us off the streets," Bean yelled at the door. Her father didn't answer. He didn't open the door, either. "Sheesh." Bean and Ivy walked down the front path to the sidewalk. They looked in one direction. Trees and houses. They looked in the other direction. Trees and houses and a cat.

老鼠!香肠!哇!“我以为这是为了让我们远离街头，”比恩对着门口喊道。 她父亲没有回答。他也没有开门。 “天哪。”比恩和艾薇沿着前面的小路走到人行道上。 他们朝一个方向看。 树和房子。他们看向了另一个方向。 树，房子和一只猫。

Ivy sighed and sat down on the sidewalk. "This could take days." "Months" said Bean. "Years". The cat walked to the middle of Pancake Court and sat down. "Cat in Danger?" suggested Ivy. "Is that a story?" She took out her notebook. The cat licked its leg. "Clean Cat in Danger," said Bean. She took out her notebook too. The cat stood up, gave them an annoyed look, and crossed the street.

艾薇叹了口气，在人行道上坐了下来。 “这可能需要几天时间。”“好几个月。”比恩说。 “年”。猫走到煎饼庭的中间坐了下来。 “猫有危险？”艾薇建议道。 “这是一个故事吗？”她拿出她的笔记本。 猫舔它的腿。“干净的猫有危险，”比恩说。 她也拿出了她的笔记本。 那只猫站起来，恼怒地看了他们一眼，然后穿过街道。

"Cat Saved?" said Ivy. Bean shook her head. "Boring. This is going to be the worst newspaper in the world." "What if they ask for their money back?" Ivy said gloomily. "I guess we could give them cheese," said Bean, even more gloomily. "But it's ours!" said Ivy. "Not until we write the ding-dang newspaper," said Bean. They sat some more. Mr. Columbi came out of his house, waved at Ivy and Bean, took a leaf off his car, and went back inside his house. "Cleanest Car on the Court?" asked Ivy. "That's not news," said Bean. "His car is always the cleanest." "Have you ever been in his house?" Ivy asked. Bean shook her head. "I wonder if it's as clean as his car," Ivy said. "Bet it's not," said Bean. She imagined Mr. Columbi's house. "I bet it's really dirty and

“猫得救了？”艾薇说。比恩摇了摇头。 “无聊。这将是世界上最糟糕的报纸。” “如果他们要求退钱怎么办？”艾薇忧郁地说。 “我想我们可以给他们奶酪。”比恩更沮丧地说。 “但这是我们的！”艾薇说。 比恩说：“等我们写好叮当报纸再说。” 他们又坐了一会儿。科伦比先生走出家门，向艾薇和比恩挥了挥手，从车上取下一片叶子，回到了自己的房子里。 “球场上最干净的车？”艾薇问。 “这不是新闻，”比恩说。 “他的车总是最干净的。” “你去过他的房子吗？”艾薇问道。 比恩摇了摇头。“我想知道它是否和他的车一样干净，”艾薇说。 “肯定不是，”比恩说。 她想象着科伦比先生的房子。 “我敢打赌它真的很脏，而且。

disgusting. With moldy sandwiches lying on the floor." "And rats in the sofa," added Ivy. "Eeeww!" Bean giggled. "He prob-ably eats food out of his shoes because all his plates are dirty." "There's never a speck of dirt on his car," said Ivy, "because he wants everyone to think he's clean." "His dirty house is his secret," Bean said. "Mr. Columbi's Dirty Secret," said Ivy. Bean looked at Ivy. "Now that's news." Ivy smiled. "We'll have to sneak."

恶心。地板上放着发霉的三明治。” “还有沙发上的老鼠，”艾薇补充道。 “Eeeww !”豆咯咯笑了。“他吃东西可能是从鞋子里拿出来的，因为他所有的盘子都脏了。” “他的车上从来没有一点灰尘，”艾薇说，“因为他想让每个人都觉得他很干净。” “他的脏房子是他的秘密，”比恩说。 “科伦比先生的肮脏秘密。”艾薇说。 比恩看着艾薇。“这才是新闻。” 艾薇笑了。“我们得偷偷摸摸。”

"Easy-peasy," said Bean. "If we get caught, we'll say my dad made us do it." Looking into Mr. Columbi's house really was easy-peasy. It was Ivy who found the wheelbarrow in the backyard, and it was Bean who found the wooden box next to the garage. Put the box in the wheelbarrow, and ta-da! A perfect view into Mr. Columbi's living room. Oh look, there was his kitchen, too. "No rats in the sofa," whispered Ivy, holding tight to the windowsill. "Maybe they're inside the pillows," hissed Bean below. "Well, he's sleeping on the sofa," Ivy hissed back. "He wouldn't do that if there were rats, would he?"

“易如反掌，”比恩说。“如果我们被抓住了，我们就说是我爸爸让我们这么做的。” 搜查科伦比先生的房子真的很容易。 是艾薇在后院发现了手推车，是比恩在车库旁发现了木箱。 把箱子放到手推车上，然后！从这里可以看到科伦比先生的客厅。 哦，看，那也是他的厨房。 “沙发里没有老鼠。”艾薇紧抓着窗台小声说。 “也许它们在枕头里面。”比恩在下面嘶嘶地说。 “嗯，他在沙发上睡觉。”艾薇嘶嘶地回答。 “如果有老鼠，他不会那样做的，对吧？”

"You never know," said Bean. "What about moldy sandwiches?" "There's a sandwich," said Ivy. "It could be moldy." "Is it on the floor or in a shoe?" "It's on a plate," Ivy said. "But there are crumbs everywhere. And, yuck, there's a lot of salami on the floor." "Salami?" "That's what it looks like."

“谁知道呢，”比恩说。 “发霉的三明治怎么办？”“有一个三明治，”艾薇说。 “可能是发霉了。”“它是在地板上还是在鞋里？”“在盘子里，”艾薇说。 “但是到处都是面包屑。 而且，糟糕的是，地板上有很多意大利香肠。” “香肠?”“看起来就是这样。”