6 PLAYDOUGH

CHAPTER 6 PLAYDOUGH

第六章面团

I sat and thought. And then I stood and thought. And then I walked around and thought. What could I add to stop the mold from growing on Gorp's fur? My investigations with the bread had been about getting more mold to grow, not about stopping it from growing at all. The bread in the freezer never grew any mold. But putting Gorp in a freezer was probably not the sort of solution he had in mind. I sat down at our dining room table. Sassafras jumped into my lap. I petted him and stared at the messy table, covered with my art projects and things I'd invented using stuff my mom saved for me from our recycling. Maybe my Thinking Goggles weren't positioned right. I moved them to the spot on my head I figured was closest to my brain and waited. I was looking at all the things on the table when a word started bouncing around in my head. Playdough. Playdough?

我坐着思考。然后我站起来思考。 然后我四处走走，想着。 我能加什么来阻止霉菌在Gorp的皮毛上生长？ 我对面包的研究一直是让更多的霉菌生长，而不是阻止它生长。 放在冰箱里的面包从未长过霉。 但是把Gorp放进冰箱里可能不是他想到的那种解决方案。 我在餐桌旁坐下。 黄樟跳到我的腿上。 我抚摸着他，盯着凌乱的桌子，桌子上摆满了我的艺术作品和我用妈妈从我们的回收中为我保存的东西发明的东西。 也许我的思维护目镜放错了位置。 我把它们移到我认为最靠近大脑的地方，然后等着。 我看着桌子上所有的东西，突然一个词在我脑海里蹦来蹦去。 橡皮泥。橡皮泥吗?

"OK, Thinking Goggles. If you say so," I muttered. I started playing with the playdough and waited for more inspiration from my goggles. I made a little Gorp out of playdough. Sassafras saw the playdough Gorp and purred. I laughed. Boy did my cat love Gorp! I was making a little Sassafras to put next to the little Gorp when it hit me. The moldy playdough! Of course! One time I'd wanted to make a batch of sparkly grape-scented playdough. I gathered up all of my supplies, but the salt container was almost empty. It only had a teaspoon of salt left in it. The playdough recipe said I needed two-thirds of a cup of salt. I decided to add the teaspoon of salt and hoped the

“好的，思考镜。既然你这么说，”我喃喃地说。 我开始玩橡皮泥，等待着从我的护目镜中得到更多的灵感。 我用橡皮泥做了一个小娃娃。 黄樟看到了橡皮泥团，咕噜了一声。 我笑了。天哪，我的猫真爱Gorp！我正在做一个小檫树，放在小灌木旁边，突然被它击中了。 发霉的橡皮泥！当然!有一次我想做一批闪闪发光的葡萄味橡皮泥。 我收拾了我所有的补给，但盐罐几乎是空的。 里面只剩下一茶匙盐了。 橡皮泥的配方上说我需要三分之二杯盐。 我决定加一茶匙盐，希望

playdough would still turn out fine. And it did. Well, at first. I went to grab it a few days later, and it was completely fuzzy with mold. I was shocked. I brought the container to my mom to show her. "Salt keeps the playdough fresh," she'd said. "If there's not enough salt, the playdough will mold." Mom called the salt a special word. What was it again? It started with a p... p... p... This was going

橡皮泥也会变好。 它确实做到了。嗯，一开始。 几天后我去拿它，它完全被霉菌弄得模糊不清。 我很震惊。我把盒子拿给妈妈看。 “盐能让橡皮泥保持新鲜，”她说。 “如果盐不够，橡皮泥就会发霉。” 妈妈把盐称为一个特殊的词。 什么来着？它以p开头…… p…p…这是在进行

to drive me nuts! I heard the front door close. Phew. Mom was here. She could remind me. And I bet she'd also know what to put on Gorp's fur.

把我逼疯！我听见前门关上了。 唷。妈妈在这里。她可以提醒我。 我敢打赌，她也知道戈普的皮毛该穿什么。