5 MEET THE CATERFLIES

CHAPTER 5 I opened the barn door and smiled at the loud rumbles of happy caterflies purring. When I got to the desk, Sassafras hopped out of my backpack. The loud thump he made as he landed startled the caterflies. Their eyes got huge and they fluttered over with their six furry legs stretched out to hug Sassafras. "Ohhhhhhhh, what is this?!" both caterflies

第五章我打开谷仓的门，听到毛毛虫欢快的呼噜声，我笑了。 当我走到书桌前，黄樟从我的背包里跳了出来。 他落地时发出的砰的一声把毛毛虫吓了一跳。 它们的眼睛变得很大，它们拍打着翅膀，伸出六条毛茸茸的腿去拥抱檫檫。 “哦，这是什么？！”两只毛毛虫都说

asked as they hovered around him. "This is my cat, Sassafras," I replied proudly. Sassafras looked from me to the caterflies and back again and took a small step backward. I ruffled Sassafras' fur. "It's OK. These are the caterflies I was telling you about. They won't hurt you." One of the caterflies landed by Sassafras' front paw and leaned its little cheek against his fur and sighed. "You have brought us a cat!" The second caterfly lovingly bopped its head against Sassafras' other front paw. "He is so warm. Oh, thank you!" Sassafras' ears went sideways, and he looked up at me questioningly.

他们在他周围盘旋时问道。 “这是我的猫，萨萨弗拉斯，”我自豪地回答。 黄樟看了看我，又看了看那些毛毛虫，然后又看了看我，向后退了一小步。 我弄皱了萨萨法斯的皮毛。“这是好的。 这些就是我跟你说过的毛毛虫。 他们不会伤害你的。”一只毛毛虫停在萨萨弗拉斯的前爪旁，把小脸蛋靠在他的毛上叹了口气。 “你给我们带来了一只猫！”第二只毛毛虫可爱地用头碰了碰檫檫的另一只前爪。 “他很温暖。哦，谢谢你！”萨萨法斯的耳朵歪了，他抬起头疑惑地看着我。

"Pleeeeease, Sass? We've got to hurry!" He let out another big sigh and bent down. The caterflies hopped on and nestled into his fur. They immediately started purring. I clapped my hands in victory. This was so cute! It would make a great photo, but we were in too big of a hurry. I'd have to wait until later. Gently, I placed the fluffy heap of cat plus two caterflies into my backpack. How much time did I have left? I glanced at my watch. Only fifteen minutes before Sassafras and I needed to be back home. I walked as fast as I could straight toward the caterflies' cave.

“Pleeeeease, Sass ?我们得快点了！”他又叹了口气，弯下腰来。 毛毛虫跳上去依偎在他的皮毛里。 它们立刻开始发出呼噜声。 我拍手表示胜利。 这太可爱了！那会是一张很棒的照片，但是我们太着急了。 我得等一会儿了。 我轻轻地把那堆毛茸茸的猫和两只毛毛虫放进背包里。 我还剩多少时间？ 我瞥了一眼手表。离我和萨萨弗拉斯回家只有十五分钟了。 我以最快的速度径直朝毛毛虫的洞穴走去。