5 MAGIC DOORBELL

CHAPTER 5 MAGIC DOORBELL Mom and I looked at each other and froze. "Is that some kind of reminder alarm on your phone?" Dad asked my mom. "Um, sort of," Mom replied. The doorbell meant that a magical creature needed our help. But my dad couldn't see the creatures. To him, it looked like nothing was there. This was going to be a bit tricky.

第五章魔法门铃我和妈妈面面相觑，愣住了。 “你手机上有提醒闹钟吗？”爸爸问妈妈。 “嗯，有点吧，”妈妈回答。 门铃意味着一个神奇的生物需要我们的帮助。 但我爸爸看不见那些生物。 对他来说，那里好像什么都没有。 这有点棘手。

I looked at my mom and raised my eyebrows. "Zoey, I think I left something out in the barn?" My mom raised an eyebrow back at me. "Oh, right, that thing," I said. "Sassafras and I can get it for you." Sassafras and I dashed outside and through the barn to the back door. I opened it and looked around. My shoulders dropped. No one was there. Then I looked way down. I jumped in surprise. There on the grass, standing on two legs like a person, was a shimmering purple frog covered head to toe in neon spots. Could it be? Was this the talking frog my mom had told me stories about? Sassafras pushed in front of me. He closed his eyes and gently bumped his head against the frog. The frog reached out a tiny webbed hand and petted Sassafras on the nose. "Hello, old friend!" Sassafras immediately began purring. "Pip? Is that really you?" I squeaked. The frog looked up at me. "You can see me... and you know my name? Who are you?" Ever since I'd seen a picture of Pip in my mom's

我看着妈妈，扬起了眉毛。 “佐伊，我好像把什么东西落在谷仓里了”我妈妈也对我扬起了眉毛。 “哦，对了，就是那件事，”我说。 “黄樟和我可以帮你拿来。” 萨萨弗拉斯和我冲了出去，穿过谷仓来到后门。 我打开它，环顾四周。 我的肩膀垂了下来。没有人在那里。 然后我往下看。我吃惊地跳了起来。 草地上有一只闪闪发光的紫色青蛙，像人一样用两条腿站着，从头到脚布满了霓虹灯。 是吗？这就是妈妈跟我说过的会说话的青蛙吗？ 黄樟推到我前面。 他闭上眼睛，轻轻地把头撞在青蛙身上。 青蛙伸出一只长着蹼的小手，抚摸着鼻子上的檫树。 “你好，老朋友！”黄樟立刻开始发出呼噜声。 “皮普?真的是你吗？”我发出“吱吱”的响声。 青蛙抬头看着我。“你可以看到我…… 你知道我的名字？你是谁？”自从我在妈妈家看到皮普的照片

office, I'd been dying to meet him. I burst out with everything all at once. "Hi, Pip! I'm Zoey. I think you were expecting my mom? But I can see you too. I've been helping my mom with the magical animals. Are you hurt? Is something wrong?" "Oh my. Let's see here. First, hi, Zoey. Nice to meet you. I was expecting your mom. But you will do." Pip took a deep breath and got a serious look on his face. "The merhorses from our stream are in trouble. We don't know what's wrong." Pip began talking faster and faster. "Their skin and eyes hurt, and they can't find any of their food. They usually eat mooflies, but they can't find any." "Mayflies?"

在办公室，我一直渴望见到他。 我一下子把一切都说了出来。 “嗨,破壳而出!我佐伊。我想你在等我妈妈吧？ 但我也能看见你。我一直在帮我妈妈玩魔法动物。 你受伤了吗？出什么事了吗？”“哦我。 让我们看看这里。首先，你好，佐伊。 见到你很高兴。我还在等你妈妈呢。 但你会做到的。”匹普深吸了一口气，脸上露出严肃的表情。 “我们小溪里的人鱼遇到麻烦了。 我们不知道哪里出了问题。” 匹普开始说得越来越快。 “他们的皮肤和眼睛受伤了，他们找不到任何食物。 它们通常吃飞蝇，但它们找不到。” “蜉蝣?”

"Right! They said they can't find the marchflies under the water anymore." He paused in thought for a moment and scratched his head. "Although I'm not sure what that means. I don't know of any flies that live underwater." "Well, mayflies start their lives underwater as babies," I said. "They have gills and stuff until they get way bigger. Then they actually fly." "Huh. Well, anyway, there's something going on, because all the merflies are missing!" "I noticed that the mayflies were missing when I was at the stream earlier," I said. "Mom and I just finished running some tests on the stream water. I've got some bad news. It's polluted." "Oh no," said Pip, placing two tiny webbed hands on his cheeks. "I need to see your mother right away!"

“正确!他们说他们在水下再也找不到行军蝇了。” 他停下来想了一会儿，挠了挠头。 虽然我不确定这是什么意思。 我不知道有什么苍蝇生活在水下。” “哦，蜉蝣在水下开始它们的幼年生活，”我说。 “它们有鳃和其他东西，直到它们变得更大。 然后它们真的飞起来了。”“嗯。 嗯，不管怎么说，发生了一些事情，因为所有的美人鱼都不见了！”“我早些时候在小溪边的时候注意到蜉蝣不见了，”我说。 “妈妈和我刚刚对溪水做了一些测试。 我有一些坏消息。这是污染。” “哦，不，”匹普说，把两只带蹼的小手放在他的脸颊上。 “我要马上见你妈妈！”

Then Pip jumped onto my head! "Ah, that's much better. Humans are so useful. I can always see better from up here. What are you waiting for? Take me to her!" I walked back to my house as quickly as I could manage with a frog on my head and a nervous cat winding through my legs. When I opened the front

然后皮普跳到我的头上！“啊，那好多了。 人类是如此有用。我在这里总能看得更清楚。 你还在等什么？带我去见她！”我以最快的速度走回了家，头上顶着一只青蛙，腿上围着一只紧张的猫。 当我打开前门的时候

door, I wondered what would happen with my dad there. He couldn't see anything magical. How would we talk to Pip? Maybe I should wait until later? "Zoey?" called Mom from her office. "Did you, um, find the thing?" Uh oh, too late to turn back now. They'd heard me come in. I cleared my throat. "Yeah. I definitely found something." I turned the corner and my mom's jaw dropped. "Pip? Is that you?" she said. "Did you teach Zoey your pretend frog game?" Dad asked. "In that case, I'll take my own pretend frog to make a snack for us and leave you two to play with yours." He held out his hand and looked at

我不知道爸爸在那里会发生什么。 他看不到任何神奇的东西。 我们怎么跟皮普说话？也许我应该等一会儿再说？ “佐伊？”妈妈从办公室叫道。 “你找到那个东西了吗？”哦哦，现在回头太晚了。 他们听到我进来了。我清了清嗓子。 “是的。我肯定找到了一些东西。” 我转过拐角，妈妈惊讶得下巴都掉了下来。 “皮普?是你吗？”她说。 “你教佐伊玩假装青蛙的游戏了吗？”爸爸问。 “那样的话，我就拿我自己的假青蛙给我们做点心，让你们两个玩你们的。” 他伸出手看了看