Chapter 5

Chapter 5 A few minutes later, Sweetie arrived back at the hole with a canful of paintbrushes. "Where's Poppy?" asked Sugar. "I'm not sure," answered Sweetie, alarmed. "I thought he was right behind me!" A minute later, Poppy strolled out of the house with a handful of brushes. Sweetie gasped. Poppy's head was the size of a cantaloupe. "Poppy, your feathers are very, very... big," said Sweetie. "I think you mean voluminous," he answered. "That too," said Sugar. "You didn't happen to use the yellow hairbrush while you were in there?" "Nope," Poppy answered.

几分钟后，小甜甜拿着一罐画笔回到了洞口。 “波比在哪儿？”糖问道。 “我不确定，”小甜心惊恐地回答。 “我还以为他就在我后面呢！”一分钟后，波比拿着一把刷子走出了屋子。 亲爱的气喘吁吁地说。波比的头有哈密瓜那么大。 “波比，你的羽毛非常、非常…… 大的，”甜心说。“我想你的意思是说大量，”他回答说。 “那也是，”糖说。“你在里面的时候不会碰巧用了那把黄色的梳子吧？”“没有，”波比回答。

"I see," said Sugar, maintaining steady eye contact. "I used the green one," Poppy admitted. "Interesting choice," said Sugar. An acorn ricocheted off Poppy's face. He didn't flinch. "And the hair spray?" asked Sugar. "A little," Poppy admitted. "Just the roots, kid," whispered Sugar. "Just the roots." "Too much?" asked Poppy, embarrassed.

“我明白了。”休格说，眼睛一直盯着他。 “我用的是绿色的，”波比承认。 “有趣的选择，”糖说。 一颗橡子从波比脸上弹回来。 他没有退缩。“那发胶呢？”糖糖问。 “有一点，”波比承认。 “只有根，孩子。”休格小声说。 “只有根。”“太多了？”波比尴尬地问。

"Rookie mistake," said Sugar. "We'll try to scrape it off later. But in the meantime, you're highly flammable, so stay away from the blowtorch." "Ahem," Dirt interrupted. "Before we get back to the bone, I'd like to show you something I showed Sugar while you were in the house. I think it will help you understand what's in the hole and what it might—or might not—be." Dirt held up her timeline.

“新手犯的错误，”休格说。 “我们以后再把它刮掉。 但与此同时，你是高度易燃的，所以离喷灯远点。” “嗯哼。”“在我们回到骨头上之前，我想给你看一些东西，你在屋里的时候我给休格看了。 我想它会帮助你了解洞里有什么，它可能是什么，也可能不是什么。” 泥土耽误了她的时间。

Poppy and Sweetie studied it for a moment. "I think you're forgetting something, Dirt," said Sweetie. "What's that?" asked Dirt, tapping her pencil. "Unicorns," answered Poppy. "Dirt says unicorns never existed," said Sugar with an eye roll.

波比和小甜甜研究了一会儿。 “我想你忘记了一些东西，脏兮兮的，”甜心说。 “那是什么？”尘土敲着铅笔问。 “独角兽，”波比回答。 “泥土说独角兽从来没有存在过。”休格翻了个白眼说。

"Then how do we know what they looked like?" asked Poppy. Poppy and Sweetie waited for Dirt to reply. Dirt had no reply. "So it could be a unicorn bone?" asked Sweetie. "Absolutely not," said Dirt. "Who thinks it could be a unicorn bone?" asked Sugar. "I do," said Poppy, raising his wing. "I do," said Sweetie, raising her wing. "I do," said Sugar, raising her wing. "You can't vote unicorns into existence!!" declared Dirt for the second time. "Okay, kid," said Sugar. "But you can't complain about the outcome if you don't vote." Poppy and Sweetie waited for Dirt to reply. "Fine." Dirt let out a heavy sigh. "I vote that it is not a unicorn bone." "Sorry, kid," said Sugar, counting wings in the air. "You lost again. You're not very good at this voting thing, are you?"

“那我们怎么知道他们长什么样？”波比问。 波比和小甜甜等着泥土的回答。 泥土没有回答。“所以这可能是独角兽的骨头？”小甜心问。 “绝对不行。”泥土说。 “谁认为这可能是独角兽的骨头？”休格问。 “是的，”波比说着，扬起了翅膀。 “是的，”小甜甜说着举起了翅膀。 “是的，”糖说着，扬起了翅膀。 “你不能投票让独角兽存在！！”Dirt第二次宣称。 “好吧，孩子。”糖说。“但如果你不投票，你就不能抱怨选举结果。” 波比和小甜甜等着泥土的回答。 “很好。”Dirt重重地叹了口气。 “我认为这不是独角兽的骨头。” “对不起，孩子。”糖边说边数着空中的翅膀。 “你又输了。你不太擅长投票，是吗？”

"Or at Sugarology," added Sweetie. "That's enough Dirtology for today," said Sugar. "Everybody, back in the hole!" "Wait," said Dirt. "We have to organize this the right way so we can keep track of our discoveries." Dirt held out a box of wooden stakes. "We'll place these in the ground to create a rectangle at the bottom of the hole. Then we'll run string from one stake to another

“或者在糖学，”甜心补充道。 “今天污物学就讲这么多，”休格说。 “大家都回洞里去！”“等等。”泥土说。 “我们必须以正确的方式组织，这样我们才能跟踪我们的发现。” Dirt拿出一盒木桩。 “我们把这些放在地上，在洞的底部形成一个矩形。 然后我们把绳子从一个木桩穿到另一个木桩