9 A HOT STORY

A HOT STORY "Boy, I thought I knew everything that happened on Pancake Court," said Bean as they walked away from Sophie W.'s house. "You know how Ms. Aruba-Tate is always saying how important it is to understand other people?" Ivy said. "I think I understand people a lot more after I look in their windows."

“孩子，我以为我知道煎饼法庭上发生的一切，”比恩说，他们离开了苏菲。的房子。 “你知道阿鲁巴-塔特女士总是说理解别人有多重要吗？”艾薇说。 “我想，在我看到他们的窗户后，我对他们的了解要多得多。”

Sophie W.'s mom had had blue goo all over her face. Also, most of her hair was inside a bag, except for some strings poking out the top. She was painting the strings with a paintbrush. It was very interesting. Bean leaned the box up against Trevor and Ruby's house. Ivy held it there so she wouldn't fall again. Bean stood on top of the box and peered in the window. "It's just their living room," she said, looking at the empty chairs and sofa. "Pretty boring." "Let's go around back," suggested Ivy. Ruby and Trevor were twins. They were eight. They didn't go to school. Their mother taught them at home, which meant they did whatever they wanted and then they had to write about it. Ivy and Bean thought the whole thing was completely unfair. "Bean!" yelled Ruby and Trevor together when they saw Bean's face peeking over their back fence. "Whatcha doing? Come on over!" they yelled.

苏菲W。她的妈妈脸上粘满了蓝色的黏液。 此外，她的大部分头发都在一个袋子里，除了一些绳子从顶部伸出来。 她正在用画笔涂绳子。 非常有趣。比恩把盒子靠在特雷弗和鲁比的房子上。 艾薇拿着它，这样她就不会再掉下去了。 比恩站在箱子顶上，从窗户往里看。 “这只是他们的客厅，”她看着空空的椅子和沙发说。 “很无聊”。“我们绕到后面去吧。”艾薇建议道。 鲁比和特雷弗是双胞胎。 他们八岁。他们没有去上学。 他们的母亲在家里教他们，这意味着他们做任何他们想做的事，然后他们必须写下来。 艾薇和比恩认为整件事完全不公平。 “憨豆！”当鲁比和特雷弗看到憨豆的脸从他们的后栅栏后面偷看时，他们一起喊道。 “到了以后在做什么?快过来！”他们喊道。

"We can't," said Bean. "We're working." "Who's we?" "Ivy's down here, holding the box," said Bean. "Hi!" called Ivy. "Hi, Ivy!" yelled Ruby. "We'll help you work," said Trevor. "We're going to croak if something doesn't happen soon." "You can't help. We're making a newspaper and we have to do it ourselves," said Bean. "Why'd you come over, then?" asked Ruby. "We were hoping to find something exciting

“我们不能，”比恩说。“我们工作。” “我们是谁?”“艾薇在下面，拿着盒子。”比恩说。 “嗨！”艾薇叫道。“嗨，艾薇！” “我们会帮你干活的。” “如果不尽快采取行动，我们就要完蛋了。” “你帮不了我。我们正在制作一份报纸，我们必须自己做。” “那你为什么过来？”鲁比问。 “我们希望找到一些令人兴奋的东西

to put in the newspaper," said Bean. "There's no news here," said Ruby glumly. "Nothing exciting ever happens around here." "Okay," said Bean. She started to lower herself off the box. "No! Wait!" yelled Trevor. "Don't go!" He looked around his backyard. "I'll make something exciting happen. Something you can put in your newspaper." Ruby rolled her eyes. "Dream on." "No! Watch!" Trevor jumped up and yanked a leaf off a bush. "I can set this leaf on fire without a match." He pulled a magnifying glass out of his pocket and held it over the leaf. "It's magic!" he said. "No, it's not. It's a magnifying glass," Bean said.

登在报纸上，”比恩说。 “这里没有新闻。”鲁比闷闷不乐地说。 “这里从来没有发生过什么激动人心的事情。” “好吧，”比恩说。她开始从箱子上下来。 “不!等等！” “别走!”他环顾了一下后院。 “我会让一些令人兴奋的事情发生。 可以登在报纸上的东西。” 鲁比翻了个白眼。“梦想”。 “不!看!”特雷弗跳起来，从灌木丛上扯下一片叶子。 “我不用火柴就能把这片叶子点着。” 他从口袋里掏出一个放大镜，放在树叶上。 “太神奇了！”他说。“不，不是。 这是一个放大镜，”比恩说。

"Still, I'm starting a fire. That's news," Trevor insisted. The sun's rays collected on the glass and shone down on the leaf. Bean looked down at Ivy. Ivy shrugged. "It's just a leaf." The leaf began to smoke. "I don't think that counts as news," Bean told Trevor. Trevor looked up at Bean. "What if I light the whole bush on fire?" he asked. "Then there'll be a hot time in the old town

“不过，我还是要生火。 这是新闻。”特雷弗坚持道。 太阳光聚集在玻璃上，照在树叶上。 比恩低头看着艾薇。艾薇耸耸肩。 “它只是一片叶子。”叶子开始冒烟了。 “我不认为这算新闻，”比恩告诉特雷弗。 特雷弗抬头看着比恩。“如果我把整个灌木丛都点着呢？”他问。 “那老城就会有一段难熬的日子了

tonight," Bean said. That was a line from a famous song about a fire, but she couldn't remember what came next. "Fire! Fire! Fire!" yelled Ruby. Oh yeah, thought Bean. That's the next line. Except that's not what Ruby meant. Trevor had dropped the smoking leaf on the lawn and now a little bit of grass was smoking, too. Yikes! "Fire!" yelled Bean. "Really?" asked Ivy. "Let me see!" She stopped holding the box and jumped up on it.

今晚，”比恩说。这是一首关于火灾的著名歌曲中的台词，但她不记得接下来是什么了。 “火!火!着火了！” 哦，是的，比恩想。这是下一行。 但露比不是这个意思。 特雷弗把冒烟的叶子掉在草坪上，现在也有一小片草在冒烟。 呵!“着火了！”比恩喊道。 “真的吗？”艾薇问。“让我看看！”她不再拿着盒子，跳了上去。