Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Sugar hopped up into the open car and rummaged around the back searching for the jelly beans. "Would be a lot easier with my glasses," she mumbled as she tossed things out of her way and out of the car. "AHA!" She pulled the bag of jelly beans out from under the fishing gear and had just popped a red jelly bean into her mouth and plopped herself down next to Poppy's shoe when she sensed someone behind her. She turned around, but no one was there. "Ha-hoo, ha-hoo, ha-hoo." Sugar stopped chewing when she heard the sound of someone breathing. She swallowed her half-chewed jelly bean in one gulp. As she peered around the edge of the car, a long, dark shadow appeared

糖跳上敞篷汽车，在后面翻找着软糖。 “我戴上眼镜就容易多了。”她咕哝着，一边把东西从挡道的地方扔到车外。 “啊哈!”她从渔具下面拿出那袋软糖，刚把一颗红色软糖塞进嘴里，就扑通一声坐在波比的鞋子旁边，这时她感觉到有人在她后面。 她转过身来，但没有人在那里。 “哈哈，哈哈，哈哈。”当听到有人呼吸的声音时，糖停止了咀嚼。 她一口吞下嚼了一半的软糖。 当她向车边缘张望时，一个长长的黑影出现了

at her feet. Her eyes went wide. Her heart raced. "Who's there?" she demanded, spinning around for a second time. The shadow was gone. "Step away from the vehicle," said a deep voice from behind her again. "Slowly, and with your hands up." Sugar turned around, slowly, with her wings up, to find a large speckled chicken with a wide face, enormous eyes, and a long gray string hanging out of its mouth, standing in the spot where, not one second ago, there had been nobody. "Take it easy, pal," Sugar replied. "Just grabbing my jelly beans."

在她的脚下。她睁大了眼睛。 她的心跳加速。“谁在那儿？”她问，又转过身来。 影子消失了。“离车远点，”一个低沉的声音又从她身后传来。 “慢慢来，举起手来。” 糖儿抬起翅膀，慢慢地转过身来，发现一只长着斑点的大鸡，脸很宽，眼睛很大，嘴里挂着一根长长的灰色绳子，站在一秒钟前还没有人的地方。 “别紧张，伙计，”休格回答。 “拿我的软糖。”

"Those jelly beans do not belong to you," answered the large chicken. "They belong to the visiting cousins. Now do as I say and step away from the vehicle." "Ah, just a misunderstanding." Sugar chuckled nervously, taking two giant steps backward. "I am one of the visiting cousins." "No, you're not," boomed the large chicken. "I met them already. One's got a pointy head; one's got a notebook and a pencil; one has a big, round face; and the last one barely looks like a pile of feathers, she's so tiny. Cute little thing with glasses."

“那些软糖不是你的，”大鸡回答说。 “它们是来访的表兄妹的。 现在照我说的做，离开车。” “啊，只是个误会。” 休格紧张地咯咯笑着，向后退了两大步。 “我是来访的堂兄弟之一。” “不，你不是。”大鸡大声说。 “我见过他们了。一个是尖头；一个拿着笔记本和铅笔；一个有一张又大又圆的脸；最后一只看起来几乎不像一堆羽毛，她太小了。 戴眼镜的小可爱。”

"That's me," insisted Sugar. "I'm the cute one! Really, I just ducked away for a—" "There's nothing cute about you," declared the large chicken. "And besides, the cute one wore glasses." He picked Sugar up with an incredibly sharp pinch of his toes and held her off the ground. "I just checked, and all four cousins are still up by the house. They'll be making polite introductions for a good long while. There's another eighty-five more chickens to go until they get to the end of the line." "That's exactly why you don't recognize me," said Sugar, quickly hatching a new plan. "I know family when I see it." The large speckled chicken with the wide face, enormous eyes, and a long gray string hanging out of his mouth pulled Sugar in closer to get a better look. "And I do not know you." "Well, like you said, it's an awfully big family," Sugar declared. "Although, I'll admit, it kind of hurts my feelings that you don't

“那就是我，”休格坚持说。 “我才是可爱的那个！”真的，我只是躲了——”“你一点也不可爱，”大鸡说。 “而且，那个可爱的戴着眼镜。” 他用难以置信的尖脚趾把休格夹了起来，把她从地上抱起来。 “我刚检查过，四个表兄妹都还在房子旁边。 他们会在很长一段时间里礼貌地介绍你。 在他们到达终点之前，还有85只鸡要去。” “这正是你不认识我的原因。”休格说着，迅速想出了一个新计划。 “我一看就知道是家人。” 那只脸上有斑点的大鸡，宽脸，大眼睛，嘴里挂着一根长长的灰色绳子，把糖拉近一点，想看得更清楚些。 “我也不认识你。”“嗯，就像你说的，这是一个非常大的家庭，”休格说。 “不过，我得承认，你不这么做让我有点伤心

remember me. We played together once... down by the... pond." "We did? What's your name?" asked the large chicken, looking confused. Sugar thought of all the cousins she had met earlier. "My name is... Bugar." She regretted saying it immediately. "Booger?" But the large speckled chicken with the wide face, enormous eyes, and the long gray string hanging out of his mouth didn't laugh. "Who's your mom, Booger?"

记得我。我们一起玩过一次…… 在…池塘。”“我们做了吗? 你叫什么名字？”大鸡问，看起来很困惑。 休格想起了她以前见过的所有表兄弟姐妹。 “我叫……Bugar。”她立刻后悔说了那句话。 “鼻屎吗?”但是那只脸上有斑点的大鸡没有笑，它的脸很宽，眼睛很大，嘴里挂着一根长长的灰色绳子。 “你妈妈是谁，布格？”