Our Puppies Are Growing

OUR Puppies ARE GROWING

我们的狗宝宝在长大

When I put my arms around our dog, she feels fatter than she used to. Shehas puppies growing inside her—morethan one puppy, more than two, maybethree or four, maybe more.

当我用胳膊抱小狗时，感觉它比以前更胖了，它肚子里面有小宝宝，不止一个不止两个，三四个或者更多

I hold my ear against her belly, hoping to hear the puppies inside. Ifeel something bump and move, as ifa puppy is turning over.

我把耳朵贴近它的肚子，希望能听到小狗的声音，我听到有声音咕咚在动，就像小狗在翻身

In the beginning, I couldn't believe there were puppies inside our dog. My brother says they start out small, too small to see, smallerthan dust. He shows me a picture in his book of little things that look likegrains of rice. They are unborn puppies, only a few weeks old. Inthe next picture, a few weeks later, the things look like tiny fish. As days go by and weeks go past, those fishy thingsgrow and change until finally they look morelike puppies. After nine weeks growinginside, puppies are big enough tobe born. I think I can't wait. But I have to.

开始我不相信狗狗有宝宝了，哥哥说它们开始很小，小得看不见 就像灰尘，他让我看他书中的那些小东西，就像大米粒一样，它们是未出生的狗狗，才几周大，下一张图就是几周后，那个小东西变成了小鱼一样大小，几天过去了 几周过去了，那个小鱼一样的东西慢慢长大，最后变得像小狗了。 在体内成长九周后，小狗变得足够大 可以出生了，我等不及了，但是我必须等

When the first puppy is born at last, itlooks like he's in a plastic bag. Our dogtears open the bag with her teeth. She licksthe puppy over and over. She cleans thepuppy with her tongue and nudges himsoftly with her nose. The puppy moves. He starts to breathe.

第一只小狗出生了，它就像在一个塑料袋里，小狗妈妈咬破塑料袋，不停的舔着小宝宝，它用舌头帮宝宝清洗，用鼻子轻轻地推着宝宝，小狗开始动了开始呼吸了

And he's already hungry. Soonhe is drinking his mother's milk. By my bedtime, we haveseven puppies—three girlsand four boys.

小狗饿了开始到妈妈身旁喝奶，晚上的时候，我们已经有了七只小狗，三个女孩四个男孩