12 OH NO!

CHAPTER 12 OH NO! Sassafras and I were in the kitchen figuring out what we wanted for breakfast when the magic doorbell rang. The doorbell this early? I really, really, really hoped it wasn't Gorp coming back with mold again. Mom looked over at me with a raised eyebrow

第十二章哦，不！萨萨法斯和我正在厨房里想早餐想吃什么，这时神奇的门铃响了。 门铃这么早就响了？我真的，真的，真的希望不是Gorp又带着霉菌回来了。 妈妈扬起眉毛看着我

and handed me a piece of toast. "Thanks, Mom," I said. I grabbed the toast and gave her a quick hug on my way out the door. Sassafras grabbed one big mouthful of cat food, and trotted out the door behind me with stuffed cheeks. We flew through the barn and threw open the back door. And there was Gorp. "Gorp! What happened? Why are you all wet?" Gorp flung his hands in the air.

递给我一片吐司。 “谢谢，妈妈，”我说。我抓起吐司，在出门的时候给了她一个快速的拥抱。 萨萨弗拉斯抓了一大口猫粮，在我身后跑出了门，脸颊充塞着。 我们飞快地穿过谷仓，猛地打开后门。 还有Gorp。“高能量小吃食品!发生了什么事? 你怎么全身都湿了？”戈尔普把双手挥舞在空中。

"Everything went wrong. Everything!" he spluttered. "First, on the walk back to my cave, everything stuck to me. Dirt, leaves, twigs, even little flying bugs! I looked ridiculous." Ohhh no. Of course sugar water would be sticky! Why hadn't I thought of that? I guess because I'd used the spoon instead of my hands, I didn't feel the stickiness at all. He continued, "I thought that was the worst of it, but I was wrong. It got much worse. I woke up to ants crawling all over me this morning. Even in my ears." Ohhh no. I'd forgotten how much ants like sweet things. And sugar water is very sweet. Gorp must have seemed like a giant monster-shaped candy to the ants!

“一切都出了问题。一切！”他气急败坏地说。 “首先，在走回洞穴的路上，所有的东西都粘在我身上。 泥土，树叶，树枝，甚至小飞虫！我看起来很可笑。” 噢不。当然糖水会很粘！我怎么没想到呢？ 我猜是因为我用的是勺子而不是我的手，所以我根本感觉不到粘性。 他接着说：“我以为那是最糟糕的，但我错了。 情况变得更糟了。今天早上我醒来时发现蚂蚁爬了我一身。 甚至在我的耳朵里。”噢不。 我都忘了蚂蚁有多喜欢甜食了。 糖水很甜。 对蚂蚁来说，Gorp一定像一个巨大的怪物形状的糖果！

"I ran and jumped into the stream and then came straight here," he said. "My fur didn't get any mold, but this was So! Much! Worse!" "Oh, Gorp! I'm so so sorry. I can't believe I didn't think of the stickiness or the ants." Oh man, I had totally messed up. I put my head in my hands. I was too embarrassed to look Gorp in the eye.

“我跑着跳进小溪，然后径直来到这里，”他说。 “我的皮毛没有长霉菌，但这是真的！”!更糟!”“哦,高能量小吃食品!我真的很抱歉。 我真不敢相信我竟然没有想到粘稠和蚂蚁。” 天啊，我完全搞砸了。 我把头埋在手里。 我不好意思看Gorp的眼睛。

Sassafras bumped my leg. "Mrrrw?" I looked down to see why he was making that weird noise, and he had a ziplock bag in his mouth. Of course! "Sassafras! You're a genius!" I picked him up and kissed him on the head. Gorp made a sour face. "It's not over yet. We still have two more things we can try. And this time, I promise I'll choose more carefully." I opened the bag marked salt that Sassafras had brought over. I reached in to feel. My shoulders slumped. "No! The salt water fur is sticky, too." Gorp's eyes filled with tears and his lip trembled. "I give up! Nothing will work. I'll never

黄樟撞到了我的腿。“Mrrrw ?”我低头想看看他为什么会发出那种奇怪的声音，他嘴里叼着一个自封袋。 当然!“黄樟!你真是个天才！”我把他抱起来，吻了他的头。 戈普愁眉苦脸。“事情还没有结束。 我们还有两件事可以尝试。 这一次，我保证我会更仔细地选择。” 我打开萨萨弗拉斯带来的标有盐的袋子。 我伸手去感受。我的肩膀耷拉下来。 “不!海水的皮毛也很粘。” 戈普眼里噙满了泪水，嘴唇颤抖着。 “我放弃！”什么都没用。 我永远不会

get to go to the Monster Ball." "Don't cry, Gorp! We still have the vinegar to try," I said. But I was worried. I took a deep breath. This had to work. Vinegar wasn't sticky, right? My hands were never sticky after playing with baking soda and vinegar. A little gritty from the baking soda, maybe. But no, definitely not sticky. I slowly reached one finger inside the bag. I gave the vinegar-covered Gorp fur a quick poke. I looked up at Gorp and smiled. "Feel it!" I took his hand and put it inside the bag.

去参加怪物舞会。” “别哭，哥普！”我们还有醋可以试试，”我说。 但我很担心。我深吸了一口气。 这必须奏效。醋不粘，对吧？ 玩了小苏打和醋之后，我的手从不粘。 可能是小苏打里的沙砾。 但不，绝对不粘。 我慢慢地把一根手指伸进包里。 我迅速地戳了戳那涂了醋的草皮。 我抬头看着戈普，笑了。 “感觉!”我握住他的手，把它放进袋子里。