12 CARNIVORE OMNIVORE

CHAPTER 12 CARNIVORE? OMNIVORE? I darted around the kitchen. I needed some kind of animal meat. I opened the fridge. Yes! I'd forgotten that Dad had gone fishing with his friends a few days before. He always saves a few of the

第十二章食肉动物？不偏食的人吗? 我在厨房里跑来跑去。 我需要一些动物肉。 我打开冰箱。是的!我忘了爸爸几天前和他的朋友去钓鱼了。 他总是留几个

smallest fish as treats for Sassafras. I grabbed two fish. "Hey, Sassafras. Can you share one of these with Marshmallow?" Sassafras stared at both fish and meowed loudly. He grabbed one, dropped it in his food bowl, and took a bite. That left me with one fish. I figured that counted as permission to share it with the baby dragon. I didn't wait to see if Sassafras would change his

最小的鱼作为对黄樟的款待。 我抓了两条鱼。“嘿,黄樟。 你能和棉花糖一起吃一个吗？”黄樟盯着两条鱼，大声喵喵叫着。 他抓了一个，扔进他的碗里，咬了一口。 我只剩下一条鱼。 我想这算是允许我和小龙分享。 我没等着看萨萨法斯会不会改变他

mind. I quickly gathered the other things I needed for the experiment and went straight to the barn with Sassafras at my heels. If Marshmallow ate either the fish or the worms but ignored the plants, he was probably a carnivore. If he ate just the plants, he was probably an herbivore. And if he ate both meat and plants, he was probably an omnivore. I knew I should be writing all of this in my journal, but it would have to wait until later. Little Marshmallow needed me to be quick. He was still lying there, slumped on the ground and barely awake. I didn't think he'd make it over to the plates, so I put them all right in front of him. Sassafras meowed and stared at the fish longingly. I picked him up and petted him. It gave my nervous hands something to do. I waited. Nothing happened. Little Marshmallow was too weak! I snuggled Sassafras and tried to think. What could I do? Maybe I should put the food right up to his mouth? I dangled some worms in front of him and wiggled them. "Want a little taste?"

头脑。我迅速收集了实验所需的其他东西，然后带着黄樟直奔谷仓。 如果棉花糖只吃鱼或虫子而不吃植物，那么它很可能是食肉动物。 如果他只吃植物，他可能是食草动物。 如果他既吃肉又吃植物，他可能是杂食动物。 我知道我应该把这些都写在日记里，但这得等到以后了。 小棉花糖需要我快点。 他仍然躺在那里，瘫倒在地上，几乎没有睡醒。 我没想到他会走到盘子旁边，所以我把盘子都放在他面前。 黄樟喵喵叫着，渴望地盯着鱼。 我把它抱起来，抚摸它。 这让我紧张的双手有事可做。 我等待着。什么也没有发生。 小棉花糖太弱了！我依偎着萨萨弗拉斯，试着思考。 我该怎么办呢？也许我应该把食物放到他嘴里？ 我在他面前晃来晃去，摇来摇去。 “想尝尝吗？”

Marshmallow took a lick, and then laid his head back down. I tried the same thing with each of the other foods. He gave them all one lick, but he didn't eat any of them. I sat on the ground and put my head in my hands. I couldn't even watch anymore. Then I heard a sound. I looked up to see Marshmallow crawling over to the fish. He swallowed the whole thing in one gulp. Then he tucked his tail under his head and closed his eyes and went to sleep. I crossed my fingers and toes that the fish and the nap would do the trick. It was breaking my heart to see little Marshmallow so sick. Sassafras bumped my chin with his head and purred. He could tell that I was super worried about

棉花糖舔了舔，然后把头放了回去。 我对其他食物都做了同样的尝试。 他把它们都舔了一下，但一个也没吃。 我坐在地上，双手抱头。 我都看不下去了。 然后我听到一个声音。我抬头一看，棉花糖正朝鱼爬过去。 他一口吞下了整个东西。 然后他把尾巴夹在头底下，闭上眼睛睡着了。 我祈祷吃了鱼再打个盹儿就好了。 看到小棉花糖病得这么厉害，我的心都碎了。 黄樟用他的头撞了撞我的下巴，发出呼噜声。 他看得出来我非常担心

Marshmallow. I decided to read through the rest of the reptile book, just in case there was something I'd missed. Sassafras curled up in my lap like a warm, rumbling blanket as I read.

棉花糖。我决定把爬行动物这本书的其余部分通读一遍，以防我遗漏了什么。 当我阅读的时候，黄樟在我的腿上像一条温暖的、隆隆作响的毯子。