2 Un-Magic Tree House

UN-MAGIC TREE HOUSE Bean did have important plans. Okay, one important plan. It was about a board. She had found a good board, a really good one. It was wide and strong and smooth. It had probably been a bookshelf once, but when Bean saw it, she knew that it was meant to be a tree house. It would be the floor of Bean's tree house, her secret hideaway, her fort, her almost-apartment up in the leaves, where no one could come unless Bean gave her permission. Except Ivy, because Ivy was going to help her build it. They were going to be tree housemates.

憨豆确实有重要的计划。 好吧，一个重要的计划。是关于一块木板的。 她找到了一块很好的木板，一块非常好的木板。 它又宽又结实，又光滑。 它可能曾经是一个书架，但当比恩看到它时，她知道它应该是一个树屋。 这将是比恩树屋的地板，她的秘密藏身之处，她的堡垒，她在树叶上的几乎是公寓的地方，除非比恩允许，否则没有人能来。 除了艾薇，因为艾薇要帮她建房子。 他们会成为三名室友。

There was one problem with Bean's plan. Trees. Bean's backyard had trees, but not trees with nice, low, friendly branches. It had trees with high, unfriendly branches. Bean had tried putting her board in a bush, but that didn't

比恩的计划有一个问题。 树。比恩的后院有树，但不是长着漂亮、低矮、友好树枝的树。 那里的树长着高大而不友好的树枝。 比恩试着把她的冲浪板放在灌木丛里，但没有成功

work. The bush had sort of fallen over. Bean had gritted her teeth and lugged the board to her front yard, where there was a plum tree with some sturdy branches. A front-yard tree house was not as good as a backyard tree house, but Bean was trying to be open-minded. Another problem was nails. Bean was not supposed to use them. Or hammers. Her dad had promised to nail the board into the plum tree, but he kept forgetting. Now, as Bean thought about Nancy and

工作。灌木丛好像倒了。 比恩咬紧牙关，把木板拖到了她的前院，那里有一棵梅树，枝干粗壮。 前院的树屋不如后院的树屋好，但比恩试图变得开明。 另一个问题是钉子。 比恩不应该使用它们。 或锤子。她爸爸答应把木板钉在梅树上，但他老是忘记。 现在，当比恩想到南希和

Girl Power 4-Ever Camp, she decided she couldn't wait for her dad. She had to make her tree house today. No hammer and nails? Fine. She would find another way, a better way. Nancy would come home from camp and wish she had a tree house like Bean's. Bean might let her sit inside it for one minute. Bean looked over at Ivy's house, on the other side of Pancake Court. The curtains were closed. But that was okay. Bean could do it on her own. "Girls are strong, girls are great," she sang softly. "Girls have the power to cre-ate." Feeling determined, Bean set to work. The first question was how to stick things together without nails. Easy-peasy! Duct tape! Bean raced inside and came out with a thick roll of tape. She was getting more determined by the moment. Probably kids would cluster around the bottom of the plum tree, hoping to be allowed in her tree house. She shoved the board up into the tree's branches, looked at it for a second, and then went inside to get a chair. She banged her knee dragging the chair over the

女孩力量4-Ever夏令营，她决定她等不及她爸爸了。 她今天要做她的树屋。 没有锤子和钉子？很好。 她会找到别的办法，更好的办法。 南希从营地回家，希望她有一个像比恩那样的树屋。 比恩可能会让她在里面坐一分钟。 比恩看了看艾薇的房子，就在煎饼街的另一边。 窗帘拉着。但没关系。 比恩可以自己做。 “女孩是坚强的，女孩是伟大的，”她轻轻地唱着。 “女孩有创造的能力。” 下定决心后，比恩开始工作。 第一个问题是如何在没有钉子的情况下把东西粘在一起。 非常简单!胶带!比恩跑了进去，拿着一卷厚厚的胶带出来。 那一刻，她变得更加坚定了。 也许孩子们会聚集在梅树的底部，希望被允许进入她的树屋。 她把木板推到树枝上，看了一会儿，然后走进去找了把椅子。 她把椅子拖过楼梯时撞到了膝盖

lawn, and it wasn't very good for the lawn, but at last she was ready. She stood on the seat, wrapping tape around the board and the branch. Tape, tape, tape. Okay! Done! She got down and moved the chair to the other end of the board. Tape, tape, tape— "Hi." "Yikes!" Bean grabbed the tree to keep from falling off her chair.

草坪，这对草坪不太好，但最后她准备好了。 她站在座位上，用胶带把木板和树枝缠起来。 磁带，磁带，磁带。好吧!完成了!她坐下来，把椅子挪到木板的另一端。 磁带，磁带，磁带- “嗨。”“呀! !”比恩抓住那棵树以免从椅子上摔下来。

"Did I scare you?" Ivy looked pleased. "I'm trying to walk without making any sound." "Why do you want to do that?" asked Bean. "So I can creep up on people and cast spells on them," Ivy said. Ivy was going to be a witch

“我吓到你了吗？”艾薇看起来很高兴。 “我想走路时不发出任何声音。” “你为什么要这么做？”比恩问。 艾薇说：“这样我就可以爬到别人身上，对他们施咒语。” 艾薇会成为一个女巫