5 HE’S BACK

CHAPTER 5 HE'S BACK I was in the barn, trying to think of a new experiment to run with the last few pieces of bread,

第五章他回来了我在谷仓里，试图想出一个用最后几片面包做的新实验，

when the doorbell rang. I jumped to my feet so quickly, my Thinking Goggles tumbled off. I grabbed them and ran. Sassafras practically danced over to the back door. "What sort of animal do you think it will be this time, Sassafras?" "Meow?" "Yeah, I don't know either. Hopefully a baby something, though. Little Marshmallow was the cutest!" "Meow!" I opened the door slowly so I wouldn't startle the animal who had come for help. My shoulders slumped. It wasn't a new creature at all. It was Gorp. And he was still moldy. Oh no! Gorp sighed. I frowned. The only happy one was Sassafras. He pranced around purring and oozing happiness. He was so happy, in fact, he didn't even notice the fly buzzing around. This was huge because Sassafras is obsessed with chasing and eating bugs. I snatched him up before he had a chance to scare Gorp again.

门铃响了。我飞快地跳了起来，我的思维护目镜掉了下来。 我抓住他们就跑。黄樟几乎是跳着舞跑到后门了。 “你认为这次会是什么样的动物，萨萨弗拉斯？”“喵?”“是啊，我也不知道。 不过希望是个婴儿什么的。 小棉花糖是最可爱的！”“喵呜!”我慢慢地打开门，以免惊吓到前来求援的动物。 我的肩膀耷拉下来。这根本不是一种新生物。 是Gorp。他还发霉了。 噢,不!高能量小吃食品叹了口气。我皱起了眉头。 唯一高兴的是萨萨弗拉斯。 他到处蹦蹦跳跳，咕噜咕噜地叫着，流露出快乐的神情。 他太高兴了，事实上，他甚至没有注意到苍蝇在周围嗡嗡作响。 这是巨大的，因为萨萨法斯痴迷于追逐和吃虫子。 我在他有机会再次吓到高普之前抓住了他。

"It didn't work at all." Gorp kicked at the ground. "I tried everything you said. I bathed early in the day. I used your towel. I made extra sure that my fur was dry before I went to sleep. But I am still moldy!" He looked like he was about to cry. Then the fly circled around Gorp's head. He tried to swat it away, but it wouldn't leave. "I'm so gross that this fly won't even leave me alone!" he wailed. "Gorp, please don't cry! Don't give up yet. The first thing we tried didn't work, but that doesn't mean we can't solve your problem. We've just got to try something else."

“根本不起作用。”高普用脚踢着地面。 “你说的我都试过了。 我一大早就洗了澡。 我用了你的毛巾。睡觉前我特别确保我的毛是干的。 可是我身上还是发霉了！”他看起来好像要哭了。 然后苍蝇在戈普的头上盘旋。 他想把它赶走，但它不愿离开。 “我太恶心了，这只苍蝇都不肯离开我！”他哀号道。 “哎呀，请不要哭！”不要放弃。 我们第一次尝试的方法没有成功，但这并不意味着我们不能解决你的问题。 我们得试试别的办法。”

"But what?" cried Gorp. "Nothing will fix my moldy fur. I'll be covered in mold forever and ever. I'll never get to go to the dance! Never!" Sassafras wrestled out of my arms and ran up to Gorp. Sassafras' snuggles always make me feel better when I'm crying, but Gorp saw him coming and backed up. I managed to grab Sassafras. "Stay!" I instructed. He gave me a stinky look, but sat down by my feet. "I know you don't see a lot of cats, but they aren't mean, and they don't eat monsters. You really don't need to be scared of Sassafras. He wouldn't hurt a fly!" Just as I said it, that pesky fly flew by Sassafras. And he ate it. Gorp shrieked. Whoops. I tossed Sassafras in the barn and shut the door. I patted Gorp's arm until he started to breathe more normally. Then it was time to get to work. "What to try... what to try," I muttered as I

“可是什么？”“什么也治不好我发霉的皮毛。 我会永远被霉菌覆盖。 我再也不能参加舞会了！从来没有!”黄樟挣脱我的怀抱，跑向葛普。 当我哭的时候，黄樟的拥抱总是让我感觉好一些，但Gorp看到他走过来，就往后退。 我设法抓住了黄樟。 “呆!”我指示。他恶狠狠地看了我一眼，然后在我脚边坐了下来。 “我知道你没见过很多猫，但它们并不坏，它们也不吃怪物。 你真的没必要害怕黄樟。 他连一只苍蝇都不会伤害！”就在我说的时候，那只讨厌的苍蝇飞过了檫树。 他吃了。高能量小吃食品尖叫起来。 哎呦。我把黄樟扔进谷仓，关上了门。 我拍了拍戈普的胳膊，直到他开始正常呼吸。 然后是开始工作的时间了。 “该怎么办？”我喃喃地说

tapped my Thinking Goggles. "Oh! I should try lots of things. I should run an experiment!" I could try adding a bunch of different things to Gorp's fur to stop it from molding. "Bingo! Give me a minute, Gorp. I need to grab something from my house." I held on to my goggles and dashed into the house to grab some ziplock bags and scissors. I

敲了敲我的思考镜。 “哦!我应该尝试很多事情。 我应该做个实验！”我可以试着在Gorp的皮毛上添加一些不同的东西来阻止它成型。 “宾果!给我一分钟，Gorp。 我得从家里拿点东西。” 我抓着护目镜，冲进屋里拿了几个自封袋和剪刀。 我

wasn't sure what to try on Gorp's fur yet, but I knew I'd need several fur samples to get started. When I returned to the barn, I didn't see Gorp anywhere. Oh no. "Gorp? Gorp, are you here? Where did you go?"

我还不确定在Gorp的皮草上试什么，但我知道我需要几个皮草样品才能开始。 当我回到谷仓的时候，我哪儿也没看到Gorp。 哦,不。“高能量小吃食品?Gorp，你在吗？ 你上哪儿去了？”