Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Shortly after sunset, Sugar, Dirt, Poppy, and Sweetie peeked out the rear window of the station wagon. All eyes were on the decoy sitting in the birdcage just a few feet away, the secret second bag of jelly beans lying beside it. "How is this going to work again?" asked Poppy. Dirt rolled out her diagram. "We have the fishing line hooked up to the door of the birdcage. When Bepizzle tries to—" "Befrizzle!" snapped Sugar. "Fine," continued Dirt. "When Befrizzle tries to grab the jelly beans out of the cage, we pull back on the fishing pole and BLAM—we've got him in the cage. We won't let him out until he tells us where the shoe is."

第六章太阳落山不久，小甜甜、小泥土、波比和小甜甜从旅行车的后窗往外偷看。 所有的目光都集中在几英尺外鸟笼里的诱饵上，旁边放着第二袋秘密的软糖。 波比问：“这要怎么做呢？” 泥土滚出了她的图表。 “我们把鱼线系在鸟笼的门上。 当bezzzzle试图——”“bezzzzle !”糖厉声说。 “很好。”“当Befrizzle试图从笼子里抓果冻豆时，我们拉回鱼竿，砰的一声——我们把它困在笼子里了。” 除非他告诉我们鞋在哪里，否则我们不会让他出来的。”

"This is taking too long," said Sugar. "I'm going outside." "What are you going to do? You'll blow our cover!" asked Dirt. "I'm going to secure the perimeter," answered Sugar. "Secure the what?" asked Poppy. "The perimeter," answered Sugar. "What's a perimeter?" asked Sweetie. "Listen, kid." Sugar chuckled. "Perimeter is a very complicated term that would take about

“这花的时间太长了，”休格说。 “我要出去。”“你打算怎么办？” 你会暴露我们的身份的！”土问道。 “我去把守四周，”休格回答。 “保护什么？”波比问。 “就是外围，”休格回答。 “什么是周长？”甜心问。 “听着,孩子。”糖咯咯地笑了。 “周长是一个非常复杂的术语

six hours to properly explain. We simply don't have the time right—" "A perimeter is the distance around something," interrupted Dirt. "If you drew a rectangle around the car, that would be the perimeter." "I'd estimate the perimeter to be around one mile," said Sugar. "I'll be back in an hour." "I don't think that's right," said Dirt. "It's just an estimate, kid," explained Sugar. "It doesn't need to be exact!" "It should actually be kind of close," explained Dirt. "We just need to add." She took out some crayons and drew a rectangle. "The

六个小时来解释清楚。 我们就是没有把时间算对——”“周长就是某物周围的距离。” “如果你在汽车周围画一个矩形，那就是周长。” “我估计周长在一英里左右，”休格说。 “我一小时后回来。” “我认为那不对。”泥土说。 “这只是一个估计，孩子，”休格解释说。 “它不需要精确！”“实际上应该很接近，”Dirt解释道。 “我们只需要添加。”她拿出一些蜡笔，画了一个矩形。 “

car is about ten feet long and five feet wide. So..." "There is a time and a place for everything!" cautioned Sugar. "And the dark of night is no time for math!" "To find the perimeter, we just add up all the sides. So 10+5+10+5," continued Dirt. Poppy and Sweetie watched as Dirt set up her equation. "This is scary!" said Poppy. "What if we get it wrong?" "It's okay to get things wrong," said Dirt. "I get things wrong all the time."

这辆车大约十英尺长，五英尺宽。 所以……”“做任何事都有时间和地点！”休格告诫道。 “漆黑的夜晚没有时间做数学！”“为了求周长，我们只需要把所有的边加起来。 所以10+5+10+5，”Dirt继续说道。 波比和小甜甜看着小泥土建立她的方程式。 “太可怕了！”波比说。 “如果我们弄错了怎么办？”“犯错也没关系。”泥土说。 “我总是犯错。”

"You got that right," mumbled Sugar. "Let's start with your packing—" "Okay, so 10+10=20," continued Dirt, ignoring Sugar's remark. "And 5+5=10." "Don't come crying to me when your night math doesn't turn out the way you expect it to!" warned Sugar. "And 20+10=30," finished Dirt. "It's approximately thirty feet around the car. So I'm

“你说得对。”休格咕哝道。 “好吧，那么10+10=20，”小土继续说，没有理会休格的话。 “5 + 5 = 10。”“当你晚上的数学结果不像你期望的那样时，不要哭着来找我！”糖警告说。 “20+10=30，”Dirt接着说。 “车周围大约有30英尺。 所以我

going to estimate that it will take you just about a minute to secure the perimeter." "Nice work, kid," said Sugar. "I'm proud of you. It takes nerves of steel to do math in the dark. I didn't think it could be done." "Thanks, Sug—" "Shhhh," said Sugar, her wing to her beak. She pressed her face against the window. "Something's out there...." Dirt took her position at the fishing pole and gripped it as tightly as she could. Sugar motioned for Poppy and Sweetie to take cover under the front seat.

我估计你只需要一分钟就能确保周边的安全。” “干得好，孩子。”糖说。 “我为你感到骄傲。在黑暗中做数学需要钢铁般的神经。 我认为这是不可能的。” “谢谢，苏格——”“嘘。”苏格用翅膀抵着嘴说。 她把脸贴在窗户上。 “外面有东西....” 污垢站在鱼竿旁，尽她所能紧紧地抓住它。 糖糖示意波比和小甜甜躲到前座下面。