Chapter 8

Chapter 8 BOINK! BOINK! SPLAT! CLUNK! Plastic furniture, wood scraps, toys, and even a Big Wheel clattered across the yard, slamming into the chicken coop. All the animals huddled together for safety. Then the chicken coop itself was wrapped in darkness. "Is it a tornado?" asked one of the chipmunks. "It can get very dark before and during a tornado," said Sweetie. "But I'm not seeing the telltale cylinder."

第八章砰！波英克!长条木板!呯!塑料家具、木屑、玩具，甚至还有一个大轮子，哗啦哗啦地穿过院子，撞进了鸡笼。 为了安全，所有的动物都挤在一起。 然后，鸡舍本身就笼罩在黑暗中。 “是龙卷风吗？”一只花栗鼠问。 “在龙卷风之前和期间，天会变得很黑，”甜心说。 “但我没有看到泄密的圆柱体。”

"I think it's a hurricane!" said one of the squirrels. "The wind is so strong!" "A hurricane can have winds up to two hundred miles per hour," said Sweetie, "but torrential rain is more typical." "It must be a meteor!" said Poppy, his face feathers still perfectly in place. "I saw something big and dark coming toward the door!" "Unlikely," said Sweetie. "We would have felt the impact. But... it could be a derecho." They all stared at her.

“我想是飓风！”一只松鼠说。 “风太大了！”“飓风的风速可以达到每小时200英里，”甜心说，“但暴雨更典型。” “一定是一颗流星！”波比说，他脸上的羽毛仍然完好无损。 “我看到一个又大又黑的东西朝门口走来！”“不可能，”甜心说。 “我们会感受到影响。 但是…它可能是一个回声。” 他们都盯着她。

"It's a wind shear accompanying a strong line or wall of thunderstorms. Some say it comes from the Spanish word for straight," Sweetie explained. They all stared at her. "A girl can study Sugarology, astronomy, and meteorology at the same time, you know!" answered Sweetie. Suddenly, just as quickly as it had begun, the roaring and the wind stopped. Dirt and Sugar told everyone to stay put and slowly opened the door to the chicken coop, pulling aside a familiar dark-blue tarp that had blown onto the chicken coop door. "It wasn't a tornado, a hurricane, a hailstorm, a meteor, or a derecho!" announced Sugar. "What was it???" asked Sweetie. "It was the Connolly kids with a leaf blower and a crate full of Ping-Pong balls," Dirt explained. "I'm not gonna lie," said Sugar. "That wasn't

“这是伴随着强雷暴线或雷暴墙的风切变。 有人说它来自西班牙语，意思是直，”甜心解释说。 他们都盯着她。“一个女孩可以同时学习糖学、天文学和气象学，你知道的！” 突然，就像它开始时那样迅速，咆哮和风停止了。 土糖告诉大家待在原地不动，慢慢地打开了鸡笼的门，拉开了一块熟悉的被风吹到鸡笼门上的深蓝色篷布。 “不是龙卷风，不是飓风，不是冰雹，不是流星，也不是龙卷风！”休格宣布。 “那是什么？？”甜心问。 “那是康诺利家的孩子们，拿着一个吹叶机和一个装满乒乓球的箱子，”蒂特解释说。 “我不想说谎，”休格说。 “这不是

on my list." "I have a question," said Poppy. "Yes?" asked Sugar. "Who is that?" Sticking out of the entrance to the emergency tunnel was that same adorable fuzzy face that had led them through the tunnel. "I believe that is a bog lemming," said Dirt. "Wow. I didn't think they actually existed," said Poppy. "Bog lemmings are small rodents who dig underground burrows," said Dirt. "My guess is that all the digging in the yard might have been interfering with her home." "If I'm not mistaken," said Sugar, "she's the one who widened the tunnel so it would be big enough for all of us to make it to the coop." The bog lemming winked and disappeared back into the tunnel without another word.

在我的名单上。”“我有一个问题，”波比说。 “什么事？”糖问道。“那是谁？”从紧急隧道的入口伸出来的是那张带他们穿过隧道的可爱的毛茸茸的脸。 “我相信那是一只沼泽怪。”泥土说。 “哇。我不认为它们真的存在，”波比说。 “沼泽旅鼠是一种小型啮齿动物，它们在地下挖洞，”Dirt说。 “我的猜测是，院子里所有的挖掘都可能干扰了她的家。” “如果我没记错的话，”休格说，“就是她把隧道拓宽了，让它足够大，让我们所有人都能走到笼子里。” 沼泽怪眨了眨眼睛，没再说一句话就消失在隧道里了。