7 JUST IN TIME

JUST IN TIME CHARTER 7 I burst through the door, set my Sassafras backpack down gently, and put my hands on my knees, panting. My dad rounded the corner three seconds later. "Ah, good! You're home. Thank you for being

我冲进门，轻轻地放下我的黄樟背包，双手放在膝盖上，喘着气。 三秒钟后，我爸爸转过拐角。 “啊,好!你回家。谢谢你的到来

responsible. I was starting to worry I shouldn't have sent you out so late in the afternoon." "Thanks... Dad..." I huffed out. "I'm... glad... I... got to go." Sassafras' ears perked up, and his head spun toward the front door a moment before I heard it open. Mom! "Brrrr, it's getting cold out there," Mom said as she carried two grocery bags and a small plastic bag into the kitchen. She paused when she saw me. "What have you been up to?" "Uhhhh, I needed to do something," I winked a few times for good measure, "out in the forest." "Something in the forest? OHH!" my mom said as she finally realized what I was hinting at.

负责。我开始担心我不该在下午这么晚的时候让你出去。” “谢谢…爸爸……”我喘着气走了。 “我……很高兴……我…我得走了。” 萨萨弗拉斯的耳朵竖起来了，在我听到前门打开的声音之前，他的头转向了前门。 妈妈!“呃，外面越来越冷了。”妈妈一边说一边拎着两个购物袋和一个小塑料袋进了厨房。 她看见我时停了下来。 “你最近在忙什么？”“嗯，我需要做点什么，”我眨了几下眼睛，“到森林里去。” “森林里有什么东西？”妈妈说，她终于明白了我的意思。

"I can help Mom put these away, Dad," I chirped. "OK, I'll leave you to it then," Dad said as he left the kitchen. "Oh, Mom!" I whispered. "Have you ever seen caterflies? They are SO cute! Their eggs were trapped behind ice but I rescued them... at least, I'm pretty sure I did. I had to rush home. But can we go check and make sure they're OK tomorrow? First thing? Right after I wake up?" Mom laughed. "They sound adorable. I can't wait to meet them! Great work helping them and yes, let's go first thing in the morning. I also got you this," and she slid a bag over to me. I opened it and squealed. "Fabric for Sassafras' snowshoes! Yessss! Thank you!" "Go grab your sketches, and we can get these ready for Sassafras before tomorrow morning's adventure," Mom said as she put away the last of the groceries. I hurried off to grab my plans for the coolest cat shoes ever. If we worked quickly, Sassafras could wear them to visit the caterflies tomorrow!

“爸爸，我可以帮妈妈把这些收起来。”我叽叽喳喳地说。 “好吧，那我就不打扰你了。”爸爸说着离开了厨房。 “哦,妈妈!”我低声说。“你见过毛毛虫吗？” 他们太可爱了！它们的蛋被冰困住了，但我救了它们。 至少，我很确定是我干的。 我不得不赶回家。但我们明天能去看看他们是否没事吗？ 第一件事?就在我醒来之后？”妈妈笑了。 “它们听起来很可爱。我等不及要见到他们了！很好地帮助了他们，是的，我们早上第一件事就是去。 我还给你买了这个。”她把一个袋子塞给我。 我打开它，尖叫起来。“萨萨弗拉斯的雪鞋布料！”太!谢谢你!”“去拿你的草图，我们可以在明天早上的冒险之前把这些准备好，”妈妈说，她把最后的杂货收起来。 我赶紧去拿我的计划，做有史以来最酷的猫鞋。 如果我们动作快一点，明天黄樟就可以穿着它们去拜访毛毛虫了！