7 PLEASE HELP!

CHAPTER 7 PLEASE HELP! The thing behind Pip was small, and the front half looked exactly like a miniature horse with light gray fur. Its white mane waved gently as two tiny hooves paddled through the water. Right around where its belly button would've been, it turned from a horse into a fish. The bottom part of its body was covered in dark green scales, and its powerful fishlike tail moved up and down as it swam. Its

第七章请帮忙！匹普后面的东西很小，它的前半部分看起来就像一匹长着浅灰色皮毛的迷你马。 它的白色鬃毛轻轻摆动，两只小蹄子划着水。 就在它的肚脐附近，它从马变成了鱼。 它的身体底部覆盖着深绿色的鳞片，它有力的鱼尾在游动时上下摆动。 它的

colors blended in with most things in the stream, so I doubted I would've spotted one on my own. I put both hands in the water and watched in awe as it swam gracefully toward me. Pip climbed out of the water and sat on my wrist, while the merhorse glided into the palms of my hands. I started to lift it out of the water to take a closer look. "Whoa! What are you doing?" Pip yelped in alarm. "The merhorse needs to be underwater to breathe!" "Oh!" I immediately lowered my hands. Now that they were back in the water, I could see flaps hidden by the horse fur on the merhorse's neck. They opened and closed over and over again. The

颜色与溪流中的大多数东西混在一起，所以我怀疑自己是否能发现一条。 我把双手放在水里，敬畏地看着它优雅地向我游来。 匹普从水里爬出来，坐在我的手腕上，而那匹马则滑进了我的手掌。 我开始把它从水里捞出来仔细观察。 “哇!你在干什么？”匹普惊恐地叫了起来。 “海马需要在水下呼吸！”“噢!”我立刻把手放下来。 现在他们又回到了水里，我可以看到马脖子上的马毛遮住了翅膀。 它们一次又一次地打开和关闭。 的

merhorse had gills. Of course! I leaned closer to it and said, "I'm so sorry! I didn't realize you had gills. I'll keep you in the water." The merhorse moved its mouth as though it were talking, but all I heard were some very strange, quiet sounds. I looked to Pip for help. "Ah, yes. You don't speak merhorse. I'll translate." Pip ran his hands down his purple skin and

马马有腮。当然!我凑近它说：“我很抱歉！我不知道你还有腮。 我会把你留在水里的。” 那马的嘴动了动，好像在说话，但我只听到一些非常奇怪的、安静的声音。 我向匹普寻求帮助。“啊,是的。 你不会说人鱼话。我会翻译。” 匹普把手伸进紫色的皮肤，然后

brushed off the rest of the water. He cleared his throat and began: "He said, 'Dear human girl, thank you for coming to help me and my fellow merhorses. We fear something is very wrong with our stream.'" The merhorse continued talking. I turned to Pip. Pip translated, "'Many days ago, we all felt our fur and scales burning and itching. Our eyes stung. It was hard to breathe. This horrible feeling continued the next day, and a few days later we had trouble finding mayflies to eat. After a while, the stinging in our eyes seemed to get better, but this morning it began once more.'" Hmmm. I couldn't be positive yet, but from what the merhorse was saying, it seemed like the pollution was worse on the weekends. That could be a clue! "I'm sorry to hear that," I said, leaning down toward the merhorse. "I also can't find any mayfly nymphs in the stream. My parents and I ran some tests on the stream water, and we think someone might be dumping soap into the stream." The merhorse spoke again. Pip held a hand to

把剩下的水刷掉。 他清了清嗓子，开始说：“他说，‘亲爱的人类女孩，谢谢你来帮助我和我的同伴们。 我们担心我们的心流出了问题。’”马继续说。 我转向匹普。皮普翻译说：“很多天前，我们都觉得自己的皮毛和鳞片在灼烧和瘙痒。 我们的眼睛刺痛了。呼吸都很困难。 这种可怕的感觉第二天还在继续，几天后，我们很难找到可以吃的蜉蝣。 过了一会儿，我们眼睛里的刺痛似乎好多了，但今天早上又开始了。”嗯。 我还不能肯定，但从那匹马说的话来看，周末的污染似乎更严重。 这可能是个线索！“听到这个消息我很难过，”我说着，向那匹马俯下身来。 “小溪里也找不到蜉蝣。 我的父母和我对溪水进行了一些测试，我们认为可能有人向溪水中倾倒了肥皂。” 马又说话了。匹普握着一只手

his mouth and gasped. My stomach tightened. "What is it, Pip?" Pip looked up at me with sad eyes. "He said, 'Can you find who it is? Can you get them to stop, please? I fear if things do not improve, we may starve. I do not know how many more days we can last here.'" My heart dropped. We couldn't lose the merhorses too! "We'll find a way to fix the stream water. We have to. I'll be back soon to let you know what we figure out." We had to save the merhorses. And quickly!

他的嘴，喘着气。我的胃收紧了。 “怎么了，匹普？”匹普抬起头，用悲伤的眼神看着我。 “他说，‘你能找到是谁吗？ 你能让他们停下来吗？ 我担心如果情况得不到改善，我们可能会挨饿。 我不知道我们还能在这里待多久。’”我的心一沉。 我们不能连人鱼都丢了！“我们会想办法修好溪水的。 我们必须这么做。我很快就会回来告诉你我们的结果。” 我们得去救那些人鱼。 并迅速!