8 THE FOOD EXPERIMENT

CHAPTER 8 THE FOOD EXPERIMENT All this thinking about food made me hungry. My stomach gurgled loudly. Sassafras growled. "Silly Sassafras!" I ruffled his fur. "I'm just hungry for lunch. Let's go back to the house." As we walked, I realized I had a great question for an experiment. I grabbed my brand new science journal and sat down with my sandwich. On the first

想到这些食物，我就饿了。 我的肚子大声地咕咕叫着。 黄樟咆哮道。“愚蠢的黄樟!”我把他的毛弄皱了。 “我只是想吃午饭。 我们回到房子里去吧。” 我们走着走着，我意识到我有一个很好的实验问题。 我抓起我那本崭新的科学杂志，坐下来吃三明治。 一开始

page, I wrote: QUESTION: What do baby dragons like to eat? Hmmm. The baby dragon had scales like that little snake. I bet he was a reptile. If snakes ate worms, maybe dragons did too. Sure, this baby dragon was a lot bigger than the baby snake in the forest. So maybe he'd eat a lot of worms. I knew I should try several different kinds of foods, just in case. I worried it might be hard to get the baby dragon to eat, so I picked some of my favorites. I set my choices on the kitchen table and wrote them all down. MATERIALS:

问题：小龙喜欢吃什么？ 嗯。小龙长着和那条小蛇一样的鳞片。 我打赌他是只爬行动物。如果蛇吃虫子，也许龙也吃。 当然，这条小龙比森林里的小蛇要大得多。 所以他可能会吃很多蠕虫。 我知道我应该尝试几种不同的食物，以防万一。 我担心可能很难让小龙吃东西，所以我挑了一些我最喜欢的。 我把我的选择放在厨房的桌子上，并把它们都写了下来。 材料:

worms, apple slices, eggs, cheese, marshmallows, cereal, granola, bar. Now to make a guess. I would eat the marshmallows, but that baby snake ate the worm as if it tasted like a marshmallow. I shrugged. Maybe worms were like the reptile version of marshmallows? HYPOTHESIS: I think he will

蠕虫，苹果片，鸡蛋，奶酪，棉花糖，麦片，格兰诺拉麦片，巧克力棒。 现在来猜一猜。我本来想吃棉花糖的，但那条小蛇吃虫子的时候就像吃棉花糖一样。 我耸了耸肩。也许蠕虫就像爬行动物版的棉花糖？ 假设：我想他会的

eat worms. (Sorry, worms) Now I needed to set up my experiment. Every time I'm experimenting, my mom always tells me the exact same thing: "Remember to change only one thing, and keep everything else in your experiment the same." And by every time, I really mean she says it every time. I wanted to change the kind of food I was giving him, so I needed to keep everything else the same. I got seven of the same white plates out of our cabinet. I measured out the same amount of each kind of food — one kind of food per plate. I grinned. This experiment would make my mom happy. MATERIALS:

吃虫子。（对不起，蠕虫）现在我需要设置我的实验。 每次我做实验时，我妈妈总是告诉我一模一样的事情：“记住只改变一件事，在你的实验中保持其他一切不变。” 我说的“每次”是指她每次都这么说。 我想改变我给他的食物种类，所以我需要保持其他东西不变。 我从橱柜里拿了七个相同的白色盘子。 我量出了每种食物的等量——每盘一种食物。 我咧嘴笑了笑。这个实验会让我妈妈高兴的。 材料:

One handful of each worms, apple slices, eggs, cheese, marshmallows, cereal, granola bar,13 and14 seven15 white16 plates17 the18 same19 size. 20Next I decided what my steps would be. 1. Set one handful of each food on each plate at the same distance from the baby dragon. 2. Step out of the pen and watch him. 3. Write down what he eats.

虫子、苹果片、鸡蛋、奶酪、棉花糖、麦片、格兰诺拉燕麦卷各一把，7个大小相同的白色盘子。 接下来，我决定了我的步骤。 1. 每个盘子里各放一把食物，离小龙的距离相同。 2. 走出围栏，看着他。 3. 写下他吃什么。

All set! I gathered my supplies in my arms and tucked my science notebook under my chin. When Sassafras and I got to the barn, I was surprised to see that the dragon was looking around a bit. "Hey, little guy," I said softly. "I've got some foods here for you to try!" I set each plate of food the same distance away from the dragon. He watched me with big, curious eyes. Once everything was in place, I stepped out of the pen to take notes. The baby dragon got up and carefully licked the food on the first plate. The cereal stuck to his tongue! He scrunched up his face, jumped back, and pawed at his tongue. Whoops!

都准备好了!我把我的用品抱在怀里，把我的科学笔记本塞到下巴下面。 当sasafras和我到达谷仓时，我惊讶地发现龙正在四处张望。 “嘿，小家伙，”我轻声说。 “我这里有一些食物给你尝尝！”我把每一盘食物都放在离龙同样距离的地方。 他用好奇的大眼睛看着我。 一切就绪后，我走出笔去做笔记。 小龙站起来，小心翼翼地舔着第一个盘子里的食物。 麦片粘在他的舌头上了！他皱起脸，跳了回去，用爪子抓着舌头。 哎呀!