14 BIGGER

CHAPTER 14 BIGGER Mom walked me out to the barn with her arm around me. I had hoped I could handle all of this on my own. I wanted to impress my mom with a healthy dragon. Instead she was going to see a sick dragon that I hadn't been able to help. We walked into the barn and I stopped. I rubbed my eyes. "Whoa." Marshmallow was walking around. He had bright eyes. And he was at least twice as big as he'd been this morning! How did that happen? Dragons

妈妈搂着我，把我送到谷仓。 我曾希望我能独自处理这一切。 我想用健康的龙给我妈留下好印象。 相反，她要去看一条生病的龙，我没能帮上忙。 我们走进谷仓，我停了下来。 我揉了揉眼睛。“哇。”棉花糖在四处走动。 他有一双明亮的眼睛。他至少比今天早上大了一倍！这是怎么发生的？ 龙

must grow really quickly. Sassafras was about to walk into the pen, but froze. I think he was also shocked to see how big our little guy had gotten! Marshmallow trotted over and nuzzled Sassafras, who purred loudly. The two of them jumped around and played while I stared in awe. Mom squeezed me in a big hug. "Zoey, I'm so proud. You kept trying even when things got hard. How about we leave these two to play and see if we can convince your dad to part with some more fish?" Just like that, the day went from awful to

一定长得很快。黄樟刚要走进围栏，却僵住了。 我想他看到我们的小家伙长得这么大也很震惊！棉花糖小跑过来，用鼻子蹭了蹭檫檫，檫檫发出了响亮的呼噜声。 他们俩跳来跳去，玩耍着，而我则敬畏地看着。 妈妈紧紧地抱住我。 “佐伊，我太骄傲了。即使遇到困难，你也一直在努力。 我们让这两条鱼自己玩，看看能不能说服你爸爸再给你一些鱼，怎么样？”就这样，这一天从糟糕变成了

wonderful. I did it! Even though I made some mistakes along the way, I helped Marshmallow.

精彩。我做到了！尽管我犯了一些错误，但我帮助了棉花糖。