3 PIP

CHAPTER 3 PIP Mom was still frozen in place. She whispered, "I never thought . . . I was so sure I was the only one." She finally snapped out of it and sat down at her desk. "Sorry for acting strange. Come sit, and I'll try to explain." Mom shook her head once more and smiled at me. I sat down slowly. I was super confused. A glowing frog? That only my mom could see? My

第三章皮普妈妈仍然僵在原地。 她低声说：“我从没想过。 。。我很确定我是唯一一个。” 她终于清醒过来，在她的办公桌前坐了下来。 “很抱歉我表现得很奇怪。 请坐，我来给你解释。” 妈妈又摇了摇头，对我微笑。 我慢慢地坐下来。我超级困惑。 一只发光的青蛙？只有我妈妈能看到？ 我的

stomach flipped and flopped. I picked up Sassafras and gave him a squeeze. He settled into my lap and purred, which calmed me down a little. I seriously hoped that all of this would start making sense soon. "Remember how this used to be Grandma and Grandpa's house?" I nodded slowly and kept petting Sassafras as my heart thumped loudly. "When I was your age, I also spent hours wandering in the forest. One day, I was tossing rocks into the stream when I saw something shimmer in the sunlight." "The purple frog?" I guessed. Mom nodded. "His bright purple skin was covered head to toe with neon-orange spots. I'd never seen anything like it. I was sure I'd discovered a new species!" I nodded again. I love frogs, and I'd never seen a frog that looked like that. "The poor thing was crumpled on the ground, barely breathing. I knew it must be very sick or hurt. I had to help it. I carefully scooped it up and held it close. I found an old empty fish tank in our barn and

胃翻腾着。 我抱起萨萨法斯，捏了他一下。 它坐在我的腿上，发出呼噜声，这让我平静了一些。 我真的希望这一切能很快变得有意义。 “还记得这以前是爷爷奶奶的房子吗？”我慢慢地点点头，不停地抚摸着黄樟，心怦怦直跳。 “当我像你这么大的时候，我也花了好几个小时在森林里游荡。 有一天，我正在往河里扔石头，突然看到有什么东西在阳光下闪闪发光。” “那只紫色的青蛙？”我猜到了。 妈妈点了点头。他那亮紫色的皮肤从头到脚布满了橘黄色的斑点。 我从未见过这样的东西。 我确信我发现了一个新物种！”我又点了点头。 我喜欢青蛙，我从来没见过长这样的青蛙。 这个可怜的家伙瘫倒在地上，几乎没有呼吸。 我知道它一定病得很重或者很疼。 我不得不帮助它。我小心翼翼地把它捞起来，紧紧握住。 我在谷仓里发现了一个旧的空鱼缸

got to work figuring out what was wrong. Books helped a little, but I needed to run some simple experiments, too. "I used what I learned from the experiments to help the frog recover. Once he was better, I knew I had to return him to the forest. I reached into his tank and he hopped right into my hand! As I lifted him out, something incredible happened. It was the craziest thing I'd ever seen..." I could tell my mom was about to say something big. My mom is a scientist, so she sees crazy things all the time. If this was the craziest thing she'd ever seen, then it must be incredible. I leaned in, scooting so far forward that

得想办法找出问题所在。 书本帮了一点忙，但我也需要做一些简单的实验。 “我用我从实验中学到的东西来帮助青蛙康复。 一旦他好些了，我知道我必须把他送回森林。 我把手伸到他的水箱里，他就跳到我手里了！当我把他抱出来的时候，不可思议的事情发生了。 这是我见过的最疯狂的事情……” 我能感觉到我妈妈要说什么大事了。 我妈妈是一名科学家，所以她总是看到一些疯狂的事情。 如果这是她见过的最疯狂的事，那一定很不可思议。 我倾身向前，向前冲得那么远

Sassafras slid to the ground with a whump. I quickly scooped him back up. "What happened? What did you see?" "The frog looked me in the eye, smiled, and said, 'Thank you!'" I clapped my hand over my mouth. What was going on? Was my mom playing a joke on me? She seemed pretty serious. But a talking frog? Really? It just couldn't be true! "I was so shocked," my mom continued, "I almost tossed the poor frog into the air! 'Whoa!' he said. 'Steady there, little girl! Don't be afraid. My name is Pip. And I'm so grateful for all of your help.'" Here I had to interrupt. "But Mom — this is crazy! Frogs. Can't. Talk." Mom patted my knee. "That's what I thought at first too. But the frog kept on talking. I wasn't dreaming. I wasn't imagining things. There really was a frog named Pip talking to me.

黄樟啪的一声滑到地上。 我赶紧把他抱起来。 “发生了什么事?你看到了什么？”“青蛙看着我的眼睛，笑着说：‘谢谢你！’”我用手捂住嘴。 发生了什么事？我妈是在跟我开玩笑吗？ 她看起来很认真。 但是会说话的青蛙呢？真的吗? 这不可能是真的！“我太震惊了，”妈妈接着说，“我差点把那只可怜的青蛙抛向空中！“哇!他说。 “别动，小姑娘！”不要害怕。 我叫皮普。我非常感谢你的帮助。说到这里，我不得不打断他。 “但是妈妈——这太疯狂了！”青蛙。 不能。说话。”妈妈拍了拍我的膝盖。 “我一开始也是这么想的。 但是青蛙一直在说。 我不是在做梦。我没有想象。 真的有一只叫匹普的青蛙在跟我说话。

"My hands shook so much that I set Pip on a table for his own safety. He told me he'd been out past dark looking for something he'd dropped during the day. An owl attacked him. He was terrified and hurt, but managed to escape. He didn't remember anything after that until he woke up in our barn. "Once I recovered from the shock of it all, Pip told me that there are lots of magical animals in our forests. Humans can't usually see them. He asked if I'd help others like him who were hurt or sick. I agreed, of course. Pip spread the word about me and the barn after he left. And I've been helping the

我的手抖得厉害，为了匹普的安全，我把他放在桌子上。 他告诉我天黑以后他一直在外面寻找他白天掉在地上的东西。 一只猫头鹰袭击了他。他既害怕又受伤，但还是设法逃脱了。 之后他什么都不记得了直到他在我们的谷仓里醒来。 “当我从震惊中恢复过来后，匹普告诉我在我们的森林里有很多神奇的动物。 人类通常看不到它们。 他问我是否愿意帮助像他一样受伤或生病的人。 我当然同意了。他走后，皮普把我和谷仓的事传了出去。 我一直在帮助

magical animals of our forest ever since." A big smile spread across my face. This was incredible. The only thing I might love more than science is magic. And my mom was telling me there was magic right here in our own backyard!

我们森林里的神奇动物。” 我的脸上绽开了灿烂的笑容。 这太不可思议了。我唯一比科学更爱的就是魔法。 我妈告诉我，我们家后院就有魔法！