Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Listen up, squad!" said Sugar. "The bad news is we still have no idea what's in the box. The other bad news is Dirt used all her surveillance time to write poetry." "I didn't do it on purpose!" protested Dirt. Sugar rolled her eyes. "So unless Sweetie observed something we didn't, I'm pretty sure we will never get close enough to the box to find out what's in it, and we should proceed as if it is a dangerous, wild animal —possibly a shark—and we are all in imminent danger." "We ruled out shark!" yelled Dirt. "No, kid, YOU ruled out shark, and I'm not completely comfortable with that...." "Sweetie," sighed Dirt. "Can you read us what you have in your observation log?"

第四章听好了，队员们！”休格说。 “坏消息是，我们仍然不知道盒子里是什么。 另一个坏消息是，Dirt把所有监视时间都用来写诗了。” “我不是故意的！” 甜甜翻了个白眼。“所以，除非甜心注意到了我们没有注意到的东西，否则我很确定我们永远无法接近盒子，弄清楚里面是什么，我们应该把它当作一只危险的野生动物——可能是鲨鱼——来处理，我们都处在迫在眉睫的危险之中。” “我们排除了鲨鱼的可能！” “不，孩子，你排除了鲨鱼的可能性，我对此并不完全满意....” “亲爱的，”泥土叹道。“你能给我们读一下你的观察日志吗？”

"No," replied Sweetie. "Why not?" asked Dirt. "Spying is wrong," said Sweetie. "I climbed up to the gutter, just like you said, but I felt funny watching someone without his or her permission. So I slid down the pipe, rolled across the lawn, and came back here." "How did we miss that?" asked Dirt. "Apparently, I wasn't the only one napping," replied Sugar.

“不，”小甜心回答。“为什么不呢？”泥土问。 “监视是不对的，”甜心说。 “就像你说的那样，我爬上了阴沟，但我觉得在没有他或她允许的情况下看着别人很滑稽。 所以我从管道里滑下来，滚过草坪，回到这里。” “我们怎么没发现呢？”泥土问。 “显然，我不是唯一一个打盹的人，”休格回答。

"But, based on your observations," continued Sweetie, "it sounds to me like there is a rabbit in the box." "Why in the world would you say that?" demanded Sugar. "Dirt's poem about chewing and hopping," answered Sweetie. "That's what rabbits do." "I told you it was poem," grumbled Sugar. Dirt paced back and forth excitedly. "So your hypothesis based on our observations is that the creature in the box is a rabbit!" "So what I hear you saying," remarked Sugar, "is that three minutes of skillful observation was plenty of time to gather information, form a hypothesis, AND take a nap! That's what I hear you saying!"

“但是，根据你的观察，”小甜心继续说，“听起来盒子里好像有只兔子。” “你到底为什么要这么说？”休格质问道。 “泥土是关于咀嚼和跳跃的诗，”甜心回答。 “兔子就是这么做的。”“我告诉过你这是一首诗，”休格嘟囔着。 泥土兴奋地来回踱步。 “所以根据我们的观察，你的假设是盒子里的生物是一只兔子！”“那么，我听到你说的是，”休格说，“三分钟的熟练观察足以让你收集信息，形成假设，然后打个盹儿！我听到你就是这么说的！”

"I think what I'm saying is that if it eats like a rabbit and hops like a rabbit, it's probably a rabbit," said Sweetie. "You've come a long way, kid," said Sugar. "Thanks, sis!" said Sweetie. "All right, kid," said Sugar, "enough blubbering." "Rabbits aren't dangerous, are they?" asked Poppy. "Not at all," replied Sugar. "Unless you're a carrot." "Then why is it in a box?" asked Poppy. "Rabbits are helpless," explained Sugar. "They can only eat salad; they can't handle the stairs; and I'm pretty sure the ears are just for show."

“我想我要说的是，如果它吃得像兔子一样，跳得像兔子一样，那它可能就是一只兔子，”甜心说。 “你已经走了很长一段路了，孩子，”糖说。 “谢谢你，姐姐！” “好了，孩子，”休格说，“别哭了。” “兔子不危险，是吗？”波比问。 “一点也不，”休格回答。 “除非你是胡萝卜。”“那它为什么在盒子里？”波比问。 “兔子是无助的，”糖糖解释说。 “他们只能吃沙拉；他们爬不了楼梯；我很确定耳朵只是为了炫耀。”

"Uh-oh!" cried Dirt from the door. "We have a really big problem!" "We sure do, kid," said Sugar. "I think I just ruined Easter for Poppy." "No! Look!" said Dirt. "Look at the rabbit box! The door is wide open, and the rabbit is gone!" "Oh no! Poor bunny!" cried Sweetie. "It will never survive on its own!" "We're going after it!" declared Sugar. "Grab the emergency-survival kits!" "We don't have emergency-survival kits," announced Dirt. "We have our spy kits!" suggested Poppy. "Will they help us in an emergency?" "Fake mustaches, marshmallows, and observation logs?" said Sugar, deep in thought. "Perfect!!" The chickens zipped up their plastic baggies and lined up at the door. "C'mon, squad!!" yelled Sugar. "Into the wild!" She waited until they were a few feet away from the

“哦哦！”门上的泥土叫道。 “我们真的有大麻烦了！”“我们当然知道，孩子。”糖说。 “我想我毁了波比的复活节” “不!看！”泥土说。“看那个兔子盒子！”门大开着，兔子跑了！”“哦,不!可怜的小兔子！” “它永远不会靠自己生存下去！”“我们要去追它！"休格宣布。 “拿上应急救生包！”“我们没有应急救生包，”Dirt宣布。 “我们有间谍工具！”波比建议道。 “他们会在紧急情况下帮助我们吗？”“假胡子、棉花糖和观察日志？”糖糖说，陷入了沉思。 “完美!”鸡们拉上塑料袋的拉链，在门口排好队。 “加油，小分队！！”休格喊道。 “到野外去！”她一直等到他们离房子几英尺远的时候