Chapter 4

Chapter 4 "What kind of b-b-b-bone?" asked Poppy, taking a giant backward step away from their discovery. "Dinosaur," announced Sugar. "Female. T. rex. leg bone." "I think we need more infor—" said Dirt. "Let's vote on it," interrupted Sugar. "Here and now with no passwords. Who says it's the leg bone of female T. rex?" "I do," said Sweetie. "I do," said Poppy. "I do," said Sugar. "And there you have it." "That's not the kind of thing you vote on, Sugar," said Dirt. "Who thinks Dirt is unconstitutional?" asked Sugar, raising her wing.

“什么——什么——骨头？”波比问，向后退了一大步，远离了他们的发现。 “恐龙。”糖宣布。 “女性。霸王龙。腿骨头。” “我想我们需要更多的信息——”泥土说。 “我们来投票表决吧，”休格插嘴说。 “这里和现在没有密码。 谁说这是女T的腿骨。 雷克斯?”“我喜欢，”甜心说。 “是的，”波比说。“我知道，”糖说。 “你就知道了。”“这可不是你该投票决定的事，甜心。” “谁认为Dirt是违宪的？”休格举起翅膀问道。

"I do," said Sweetie. "I do," said Poppy. "I do," said Sugar. Dirt sat on her bottom, crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and took a long, deep breath. "If it is a bone, then we need to treat it very, very carefully." "Dirt's right," said Sugar. "That T. rex bone has probably been here since the meteor struck a hundred years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs and all the cavemen." "Cave people, Sugar," Sweetie corrected her. "Cave people." "Um, Sugar, a moment?" Dirt pulled her sister to the side. "Before you get Poppy and Sweetie too excited, I think a timeline might be helpful here." Dirt opened her notebook and drew a timeline showing the millions of years between the dinosaur extinction and the existence of cave people.

“我喜欢，”甜心说。“是的，”波比说。 “我知道，”糖说。泥土坐在她的屁股上，她交叉着双腿，闭上眼睛，深深地吸了一口气。 “如果它是骨头，那么我们需要非常非常小心地对待它。” “土是对的，”糖说。 “那块霸王龙的骨头可能从100年前流星撞击地球、灭绝恐龙和所有穴居人以来就一直在这里。” “是穴居人，甜心，”甜心纠正她。 “洞穴人”。“嗯，休格，请稍等一下。”尘土把她妹妹拉到了一边。 “在你让波比和小甜心太兴奋之前，我想一个时间表可能会有所帮助。” Dirt打开她的笔记本，画了一条时间线，显示了恐龙灭绝和穴居人存在之间的数百万年。

"I think you're forgetting something, Dirt," said Sugar. "What's that?" "Unicorns," said Sugar. "Unicorns aren't extinct," Dirt explained. "They never existed." "Then how do we know what they looked like?" asked Sugar. "Well... because...," Dirt began. "Um, that's not really a fair question...."

“我想你忘了一件事，土。”糖说。 “那是什么?”“独角兽。”糖说。 “独角兽并没有灭绝。” “它们从未存在过。”“那我们怎么知道他们长什么样呢？”休格问。 “嗯……因为…Dirt开始说。 “嗯，这不是一个公平的问题....”

"Sounds like something we should vote on," said Sugar. "You can't vote unicorns into existence!" declared Dirt. "As I was saying," Sugar announced, ignoring Dirt's protest and turning back to Poppy and Sweetie. "The shelter is now also an important scientific-discovery site, and the spoons are no longer the proper tools for excavation." "That much I agree with," said Dirt. "So," continued Sugar, "we're going to need the power tools and the blowtorch from the Connolly's garage—" "Sugar," said Dirt, "for starters, we do not have permission to go into the Connolly's garage." "If I remember, avoiding the Connolly's garage is what cost you the vote last time," said Sugar. "You might want to reconsider." "Sugar, we need to treat the bone carefully," said Dirt.

“听起来我们应该投票决定，”休格说。 “你不能投票让独角兽出现！” “就像我说的。”糖宣布道，无视泥土的抗议，转身面对波比和小甜心。 “这个避难所现在也是一个重要的科学发现地点，勺子不再是合适的挖掘工具。” “这点我同意。”泥土说。 “那么，”休格继续说，“我们需要康诺利家车库里的电动工具和喷灯——”“休格，”泥土说，“首先，我们没有获准进入康诺利家的车库里。” “如果我没记错的话，上次你就是因为避开康诺利家的车库而丢了选票的，"休格说。 “你可能需要重新考虑一下。” “糖，我们得小心治疗骨头。”泥土说。

"Dirt has a point," agreed Sugar. "Grab all the brushes you can find in the house— paintbrushes, toothbrushes, hairbrushes," said Sugar. "But NOT the round yellow brush in the bathroom!"

“泥土有它的道理，”休格同意道。 “把家里能找到的所有刷子都拿来——油漆刷、牙刷、发刷，”休格说。 “但不要浴室里那把黄色的圆刷子！”