2 Slippery Slope!

Chapter 2 Slippery Slope! Malia and Dante stared at Ivan in disbelief. "You're imagining stuff," Malia said. "That was just a bunch of tourists." "It was Chabela Aguilar." Ivan's voice was more serious than usual. Dante shrugged. "Maybe the cold and snow are messing with your eyes, dude. Three months have passed. Thirteenth Street is over." "Yeah," Malia agreed. "Let it go." The lift groaned to a stop. The cousins hopped out. Ivan gestured toward the ski lift. "Seriously, I saw her." Dante sighed. "Why would she be in Utah,

第二章 滑溜溜的雪坡！ 玛利亚和但丁难以置信地盯着伊万。 “你肯定是想多了，”玛利亚说。 “那就是一群游客而已。” “那是查贝拉·阿吉拉尔。” 伊万的声音比平时严肃多了。 但丁耸了耸肩。 “哥们，说不定是冷天和大雪晃了你的眼睛。 都过去三个月了。 十三街的事已经结束了。” “是啊，”玛利亚附和道。 “别纠结了。” 缆车嘎吱一声停了下来。 几个表亲跳下车。 伊万指着滑雪缆车的方向。 “我没开玩笑，我真的看见她了。” 但丁叹了口气。 “她为什么会在犹他州啊，

dude?" "To make us go back!" Ivan said. At moments like this, he felt like his cousins didn't listen to him. Malia smirked. "There's no way a portal to 13th Street is waiting for us in the mountains of Utah!" Maybe I can show them what I mean, Ivan thought. He took his backpack off and pulled out a notebook. "What if Chabela made one? I've been doing some research."

哥们？” “为了把我们逼回去啊！” 伊万说。 这种时候，他总觉得表亲们根本没在听他说话。 玛利亚嗤笑了一声。 “通往十三街的传送门怎么可能在犹他州的山里等着我们啊！” 或许我能证明给他们看，伊万心想。 他脱下背包，掏出一个笔记本。 “万一查贝拉做了一个传送门呢？ 我这段时间一直在做调查。”

"And here we go," muttered Dante, rubbing his face. "Nerd stuff from the Brain." Ivan's cheeks turned red with embarrassment. He

“又来了，”但丁嘟囔着，揉了揉脸。 “咱们小天才又要讲他的 nerd 小知识了。” 伊万窘得脸颊通红。 他

knew Dante was only joking, but it hurt his feelings. Didn't Dante and Malia understand him at all? Ivan pressed on anyway. He pointed at pages where he had made drawings and jotted down information. "Look. The symbol we found on open doors? It's the number thirteen, written in ancient Mayan. The two spells we learned from Yoliya, the ghost girl who helped us battle the bats? Also Mayan!" "So what, you think Chabela is a Mayan witch or something?" asked Dante.

知道但丁只是在开玩笑，但这话还是伤到了他。 难道但丁和玛利亚一点都不理解他吗？ 但伊万还是继续说了下去。 他指着自己画了图、记了笔记的那几页。 “你们看。 我们在开着的门上找到的那个符号？ 那是数字13，是古玛雅的写法。 我们从尤利娅，就是帮我们打蝙蝠的那个幽灵女孩那里学的两个咒语？ 也是玛雅的！” “所以呢，你是觉得查贝拉是什么玛雅女巫之类的？”但丁问道。

"No way that street's Mayan," Malia muttered. Ivan shoved his notebook back into his bag. "Fine. Whatever." I kind of wish I were alone on this mountain, he thought.

“那条街不可能和玛雅有关，”玛利亚嘟囔道。 伊万把笔记本猛地塞回包里。 “行吧。 随便你们怎么想。” 我真希望现在山上只有我一个人，他心想。

Malia frowned. "What's the matter with you?" "Yeah, you're being weird, Ivan," Dante said. "I am NOT weird," Ivan said sharply.

玛利亚皱起了眉。 “你怎么回事啊？” “是啊，伊万，你今天怪怪的，”但丁说。 “我才没有怪，”伊万凶巴巴地说。