Chapter 8

Chapter 8 ALAS, POOR BUZBY! WE HARDLY KNEW YE. (SNIFF.) Harper knelt in the grass beside the beehive. Some of the bees seemed fine. They flew to and from the hive on their errands, buzzing as they went. Other bees were obviously not well. They were having trouble flying. Harper saw one drop right out of the sky, and she went to pick up the little creature. "Careful," warned Morgan. "You don't want to get stung."

第八章唉，可怜的巴斯比！我们几乎不认识你。 (闻)。哈珀跪在蜂巢旁边的草地上。 有些蜜蜂看起来很好。 它们在蜂房之间飞来飞去，嗡嗡作响。 其他蜜蜂显然不太好。 他们在飞行上有困难。 哈珀看到了天上掉下来的一滴，她就去把这个小生物捡了起来。 “小心，”摩根警告道。“你可不想被蜇。”

"These gardening gloves are thick," said Theo. "Here, Harper, use this extra pair." With one glove each, Harper and Theo worked their way through the grass, lifting honeybees off the ground and placing them back atop the hive. "At least they won't be stepped on," said Harper. "But we still don't know what's causing the problem." "Oh no!" said Jodi. "It's too late for this one." She cradled a bee in her palm. It was completely still, curled up in a little ball.

“这些园艺手套很厚，”西奥说。 “给，哈珀，用这双备用的。” 哈珀和西奥每人戴着一只手套，穿过草丛，把蜜蜂从地上抬起来，放回蜂巢上。 “至少他们不会被踩到。”哈珀说。 “但我们仍然不知道是什么导致了这个问题。” “哦，不！”乔迪说。“这一次太晚了。” 她用手掌捧着一只蜜蜂。 它完全静止不动，蜷缩成一个小球。

"Poor guy," said Po. "We should give him a proper burial." "You all should set that up," said Harper. "I'm off to see a doctor." Harper needed answers. And she knew only one place to go in order to get them. "Doc!" she said, storming into the school lab. "Something's wrong with the bees." At last, a bit of luck: Doc was still there, even though school had ended nearly an hour ago. She looked up from an experiment in progress, flipping her safety goggles up to her forehead. "Harper? What is it?" Harper held out a gloved hand. She had a bee in her palm. The bee was alive but very still. It didn't try to fly

“可怜的家伙，”阿宝说。“我们应该给他一个体面的葬礼。” “你们都应该准备好。”哈珀说。 “我要去看医生。” 哈珀需要答案。她知道只有一个地方可以得到它们。 “博士！”她冲进了学校的实验室。 “蜜蜂有问题。” 幸运的是，医生还在那里，尽管学校已经放学将近一个小时了。 她从正在进行的实验中抬起头来，把护目镜翻到额头上。 “哈?这是什么？”哈珀伸出一只戴着手套的手。 她手里有一只蜜蜂。 那只蜜蜂还活着，但一动也不动。 它没有试图飞起来

away. It didn't try to do anything at all. "This one dropped right out of the sky," she said. "The same thing happened to several of them. One of them died." "Bring it here," said Doc. "Let's take a closer look." Doc rummaged through her drawers until she found a device Harper had never seen before. It looked almost like a microscope, but instead of sitting on a table, it fit over Doc's face. She watched as Doc fiddled with the settings. "Place the bee on my desk," she said, and Harper did as she was told. Doc leaned over the bee. The device whirred and clicked. "This is a magnification device of my own making," she said. "Handy when examining anything smaller than a salamander but too big for a microscope."

走了。它根本没有尝试做任何事情。 “这颗是从天上掉下来的，”她说。 同样的事情也发生在他们中的几个人身上。 其中一人死了。”“拿过来，”医生说。 “让我们仔细看看。” 医生翻遍了她的抽屉，直到发现了一个哈珀从未见过的装置。 它看起来几乎像一台显微镜，但它不是放在桌子上，而是放在医生的脸上。 她看着博士摆弄着设置。 “把蜜蜂放在我的桌子上，”她说，哈珀就照做了。 医生俯下身去看蜜蜂。那装置轰鸣作响。 “这是我自己做的放大装置，”她说。 “在检查比蝾螈小但对显微镜来说太大的东西时很方便。”

"What are you looking for?" asked Harper. "Parasites," answered Doc. "It's a common problem for bees. Little red mites will affix themselves to the bee's body and suck it dry." She shook her head. "I don't see any sign of them on this one, however." She looked at Harper. Her eye looked huge through the magnification lenses.

“你在找什么？”哈帕问。 “寄生虫，”医生回答。 “这是蜜蜂的常见问题。 小红螨会粘在蜜蜂身上，把它吸干。” 她摇了摇头。“不过，我在这张上面没有看到他们的任何迹象。” 她看着哈珀。通过放大镜，她的眼睛看起来很大。

"There must be some other problem," Doc said. "I'll take a look at the hive and see what I can find." "I'm coming with you," said Harper. While Doc examined the beehive, Jodi approached Harper with a matchbox. "Buzby is in here," said Jodi. "Theo is digging a little hole for him, and Morgan is going to give the eulogy." Morgan's eyes went wide. "I am? But I didn't even know him!" "Morgan!" Po said in a scolding tone. "Don't speak ill of the dead." Morgan tugged at his collar. "I guess I could come up with something nice to say." Theo was on his knees, using his garden trowel to dig up dirt at the base of a tree. "This is a nice spot, Theo," said Harper. "Good choice." Theo nodded, then wiped the sweat from his brow. "That should be deep enough," he said. Jodi carefully lowered the box into the hole. "Go ahead, Morgan," she said.

“一定有别的问题，”医生说。 “我去看看蜂巢，看看能找到什么。” “我和你一起去。”哈帕说。 医生检查蜂巢时，乔迪拿着火柴盒走近哈珀。 “巴兹比在这里，”乔迪说。 “Theo正在为他挖一个小洞，Morgan会致悼词。” 摩根睁大了眼睛。“我是谁? 但我根本不认识他！”“摩根!”阿宝用责备的口气说。 “不要说死人的坏话。” 摩根拽了拽他的衣领。 “我想我能想出一些好听的话来。” 西奥跪在地上，用他的花园铲在一棵树的底部挖土。 “这是个好地方，西奥。”哈珀说。 “不错的选择。”西奥点点头，然后擦去额头上的汗水。 “应该够深了，”他说。 乔迪小心地把盒子放进洞里。 “说吧，摩根，”她说。