4 PLEASE

PLEASE? CHAPTER 4 The door banged as I came back in the house. "Back already, Zoey? Did you get too cold?" Dad called out. I tossed my boots by the kitchen door. "No, not too cold. Ummm, can I go out into the forest?" Dad looked out the window and frowned. "I don't know... it's pretty cold out. And it's getting late in the afternoon. Maybe in a few days? I think

好吗?我回到屋里时，门砰地一声关上了。 “回来了吗，佐伊？”你是不是太冷了？”爸爸喊道。 我把靴子扔在厨房门边。 “不，不要太冷。嗯，我能到森林里去吗？”爸爸看着窗外，皱起了眉头。 “我不知道……外面很冷。 下午已经很晚了。 也许过几天？我认为

it's supposed to warm up later in the week." Oh no. The eggs weren't supposed to be cold, and they were already behind ice. I didn't know how many more hours they could stand the cold. There was no way they could make it a few days. "Pleeeease? I don't think it's supposed to snow anymore today, right? I'll bundle up. I'll even wear gloves! I just need to check on something in the forest. It's not that far. I could be super quick?" I gave him my sweetest and most desperate smile.

这周晚些时候应该会暖和起来。” 哦,不。鸡蛋不应该是冷的，它们已经在冰后面了。 我不知道他们还能忍受多少个小时的寒冷。 他们不可能坚持几天。 “Pleeeease ?我想今天应该不会再下雪了，对吧？ 我要穿得暖和些。我甚至会戴手套！我要去森林里看看什么东西。 没那么远。我可以超级快？”我给了他一个最甜蜜、最绝望的微笑。

Dad looked out the window again and checked his watch and sighed. "OK. But I want you back in twenty minutes."I nodded. "Twenty minutes and no more," he repeated, raising an eyebrow at me. "I promise! I just need to grab a few things. I'll be super-duper fast. Thank you, Dad!" I said as I hugged him. I went straight to the kitchen and dug through our cabinet until I found our only thermos. I filled it with hot water and grabbed the salt from the pantry. I got my backpack from the living room, dumped my school stuff on the floor, and packed the thermos and salt into the bag. I just needed one more thing... I knelt down to Sassafras. "Hey buddy, I have a job for you! There are some really sweet and really cold little caterflies in the barn that need our help. Can you be their heater for our trip into the forest? I can carry you in the backpack so you don't get wet." I scratched under his chin to sweeten the deal.

爸爸又看了看窗外，看了看表，叹了口气。 “好吧。但我要你20分钟后回来。”我点了点头。 “二十分钟，不能再多了，”他重复道，对我扬起眉毛。 “我保证!我只需要拿点东西。 我会超级超级快的。谢谢你，爸爸！”我拥抱着他说。 我径直去了厨房，翻遍了我们的橱柜，直到找到我们唯一的保温瓶。 我往里面倒满了热水，从食品柜里拿了盐。 我从客厅里拿出书包，把学习用具扔在地上，把保温瓶和盐装进书包。 我还需要一件东西…… 我跪在黄樟前。 “嘿，伙计，我有个工作给你！”谷仓里有一些又甜又冷的小毛毛虫需要我们的帮助。 你能在我们的森林之旅中充当他们的暖气吗？ 我可以把你放在背包里，这样你就不会被弄湿了。” 我挠了挠他的下巴，想让他高兴一点。

Sassafras looked from the door to the backpack and back again. Then he walked over to the backpack and let out a big sigh. Backpack ride it is! I shoved one of my sweaters into the backpack to make a cushion for Sassafras and then squeezed him in. I left the top part unzipped so he could see and then slowly put on my backpack full of cat, salt, and water. Oof. That was heavy. Good thing I was strong. "Now all we need are the caterflies!" I whispered over my shoulder and tromped through the snow to the barn.

黄樟从门口看了看背包，又看了看。 然后他走到背包前，深深地叹了口气。 背包骑吧！我把我的一件毛衣塞进背包，给萨萨法斯做一个垫子，然后把他塞了进去。 我把上面的拉链拉开了，这样他就能看到，然后慢慢地把装满猫、盐和水的背包装上。 现钞。那很重。好在我很强壮。 “现在我们只需要毛毛虫了！”我回过头低声说着，踏着雪地向谷仓走去。