1 SPRING SNOW

PROLOGUE These days my cat Sassafras and I are always desperately hoping we'll hear our barn doorbell. I know most people are excited to hear their doorbell ring. It might mean a present or package delivery, or a friend showing up to play. But our

这些天，我和我的猫Sassafras总是绝望地希望我们能听到我们谷仓的门铃。 我知道大多数人听到门铃响都很兴奋。 它可能意味着一个礼物或包裹的递送，或者一个朋友出现在一起玩。 但是我们的

doorbell is even more exciting than that. Because it's a magic doorbell. When it rings, it means there's a magical animal waiting outside our barn. A magical animal who needs our help. My mom's been helping them basically her whole life. And now I get to help too...

门铃比这更刺激。 因为这是一个魔法门铃。 当它响的时候，就意味着有一只神奇的动物在我们的谷仓外面等着。 一只需要我们帮助的神奇动物。 我妈妈基本上一辈子都在帮助他们。 现在我也要帮忙了……

SPRING SNOW CHAPTER 1 A shower of powdery crystals glittered in the air and fell on my face. Brrrr. I grinned. Snow. Is. Awesome. And this snow was especially awesome because it was a surprise spring snow. I thought it would be almost a year before I

第一章一阵粉状晶体的雨点在空中闪烁，落在我的脸上。 brrrrr。我咧嘴笑了笑。雪。是多少。 太棒了。这场雪特别棒，因为这是一场出人意料的春雪。 我以为要过一年才能

saw snow again. As I bent down to grab another armful of the powdery white fluff blanketing the lawn, I heard a thump behind me. I turned to see a little orange face smooshed against the window. Mrrrfff. Poor Sassafras. He hates water. And because snow melts into water when his warm kitty paw touches it? Yeah. He pretty much hates snow as much as I love it. Mrrrfff. Thump.

又看到雪了。当我弯下腰去抓另一把铺在草坪上的粉状白色绒毛时，我听到身后砰的一声。 我转过身来，看到一张橙色的小脸贴在窗户上。 Mrrrfff。可怜的黄樟。他讨厌水。 因为当他温暖的小猫爪子碰到雪时，雪就会融化成水？ 是的。他讨厌雪，就像我喜欢雪一样。 Mrrrfff。砰地撞到。

I trudged over and put my hand against the windowpane. Inside, Sassafras raised his paw to the same spot. Hmmmm... "Wait a minute, Sassafras. Let me find my Thinking Goggles. There's gotta be a way for you to play outside and not get wet!" I ran off to our barn and peeked inside. There they were—next to some of my mom's old science journals. I grabbed my Thinking Goggles, pausing for a moment to run my hand over a photo in one of the journals. My mom's notes said the creature in the photo was a fweep (which is very fun to say), and I could feel its soft-as-silk fur through the photo. I smiled. The photos of magical animals always amazed me. Mom gave me my own camera, and I'm allowed to take one photo of each magical creature I help. I like to add them to my science journal with my notes. Because every photo saves a bit of magic with it, it's a great way to remember the sweet magical friends I've made. I popped the Thinking Goggles on my head, made sure they were close to my brain (to give me

我吃力地走过去，把手放在窗玻璃上。 在里面，萨萨弗拉斯把爪子举到了同一个地方。 嗯……“等一下，黄樟。 让我找到我的思考镜。 一定有办法让你在外面玩而不被淋湿！”我跑到谷仓里偷看了一眼。 就在那儿，就在我妈妈的旧科学期刊旁边。 我抓起我的“思考护目镜”，停了一会儿，用手摸了摸其中一本杂志上的一张照片。 我妈妈的笔记上说照片里的生物是一只飞蛾（说起来很有趣），我可以通过照片感受到它柔软如丝的皮毛。 我笑了笑。神奇动物的照片总是让我惊讶。 妈妈给了我自己的相机，我可以为我帮助的每一个神奇生物拍一张照片。 我喜欢把它们和我的笔记一起加到我的科学日记里。 因为每张照片都保留了一点魔力，这是记住我结交的可爱的魔法朋友的好方法。 我把思考镜戴在头上，确保它离我的大脑很近