11 ONLY TWO

CHAPTER 11 ONLY TWO I grinned as I tickled the baby merhorse under the chin. I thought nothing could be cuter than merhorses… but baby merhorses? Yep, pretty much the most adorable thing ever. Sassafras was peeking at the little one in the water from his perch on a fallen log (as much as he loved merhorses, there was no way he wanted to get wet!) and his ears started twitching. Then his head snapped toward home. I strained to hear my mom calling my name. "Sorry, merhorses! It was so much fun playing with you, but I've got to go. We'll visit again soon!" Pip hopped on my head and I lifted Sassafras into my arms and hauled them both to the other side of the stream. "I can't wait to show Mom the flowers. Do you think they've bloomed? It's been longer than I

第十一章只有二我在小马的下巴下挠痒痒，咧嘴一笑。 我以为没有什么比小美人鱼更可爱的了……但是小美人鱼呢？ 是的，几乎是有史以来最可爱的东西。 萨萨弗拉斯站在一根倒下来的圆木上偷看着水里的小美人鱼（尽管他很喜欢美人鱼，但他绝对不想被弄湿！）他的耳朵开始抽搐。 然后，他的头猛地朝家的方向飞去。 我使劲听妈妈叫我的名字。 “对不起,merhorses !和你一起玩很开心，但我得走了。 我们很快会再来的！”匹普跳到我的头上，我把檫檫抱在怀里，把它们都拖到小溪的另一边。 “我等不及要给妈妈看花了。 你认为它们开花了吗？ 时间比我都长

thought if Mom is already home from work. Let's hurry!" We ran the whole way, and as soon as we made it into the yard I could tell that something was wrong. My mom was not smiling like usual. Instead she looked really sad. "Mom!" I puffed, slightly out of breath from running. "What's… wrong?" Mom opened her mouth, then closed it. She

我想如果妈妈已经下班回家了。 让我们快点!”我们一路跑着，一跑到院子里，我就觉得有点不对劲。 我妈妈不像往常那样笑了。 相反，她看起来真的很伤心。 “妈妈!”我喘着气，因为跑步而有点上气不接下气。 “什么……错了吗?”妈妈张开嘴，又闭上。 她

opened it once more, then sighed. "There's just not an easy way to tell you. I'm sorry, but there are only two plants left." Pip and I both gasped. "But … how?" I looked over to the tree where we'd left the plants, but they weren't there. "Wait! Where are they?" Mom put her arm around me and we started walking together to the barn. "When I got home, I went over to see if I could figure out why you had moved them outside, and I noticed that seven of the plants had turned to ashes. The only two that were left were shaded by the tree's shadow. I rushed them back into the barn. I think they can't handle full sun, honey." A tear rolled down my face. "We should never have left them. We shouldn't have gone to the stream! We only have two left?" Mom wiped my tear away. "They're fine for now. There are even some flower buds, which is exciting! We just have to keep trying our best." "But what if the bog you're thinking of isn't the

再次打开它，然后叹了口气。 “只是没有一个简单的方法来告诉你。 很抱歉，这里只剩下两株了。” 皮普和我都倒吸了一口气。“可是……怎么做到的？”我看了看我们放植物的那棵树，但它们不在那里。 “等等!他们在哪里？”妈妈搂着我，我们一起向谷仓走去。 “当我回到家，我走过去看看我是否能弄清楚你为什么把它们移到外面，我注意到七株植物已经变成了灰烬。 只剩下两棵树在树荫下。 我赶紧把它们赶回谷仓。 亲爱的，我觉得它们经不起阳光照射。” 一滴眼泪从我脸上滚落下来。 “我们不应该离开他们。 我们不应该去小溪的！我们只剩下两个了？”妈妈擦去我的眼泪。 “他们现在还好。甚至还有一些花蕾，令人兴奋！我们只需要继续努力。” “但如果你想的沼泽不是……

right place? What if I do something else wrong and the last two plants turn to ashes? I don't want the plants to die!" I didn't want to say my biggest worry out loud, but I couldn't hold it in anymore. With a big sob I blurted, "What if I'm the one who makes this plant go extinct?!" "Oh, sweetheart! Magical plants are rare, but I would be really surprised if this was the last of its kind ever. Let's focus on our plan and hope that bog is the right one. And even though we lost plants

正确的地方?如果我做错了什么，最后两株植物都化成灰烬了怎么办？ 我不想让这些植物死掉！”我不想大声说出我最大的担忧，但我再也忍不住了。 我呜咽了一声，脱口而出：“如果是我让这种植物灭绝的呢？！”“哦,亲爱的!神奇的植物很罕见，但如果这是最后一种，我会很惊讶。 让我们专注于我们的计划，并希望bog是正确的。 即使我们失去了植物

today, now we know something new, right?" I nodded sadly. "Yeah, we know not to plant them in the sun. We'll need to find a place that's shaded." "You still look like you need some cheering up. How about a picnic dinner with Dad? I picked up some of your favorite things to eat at the store— we can set up a feast!" I sniffed. "Thanks, Mom. Can Pip join us?" Pip huffed. "I highly doubt you'd have anything I'd find delicious on the menu. Human food is so gross! And besides, I'd better get my rest. We have a big hike tomorrow." I clapped my hands together. "You're coming on the hike with us?"

今天，我们知道了一些新的东西，对吧？”我伤心地点点头。 “是的，我们知道不要把它们种在阳光下。 我们得找个阴凉的地方。” “你看起来还是需要振作起来。 和爸爸一起野餐怎么样？ 我在店里买了一些你最喜欢吃的东西——我们可以办一场盛宴！”我闻了闻。 “谢谢,妈妈。匹普能加入我们吗？”皮普怒喝道。 “我非常怀疑你的菜单上有没有我觉得好吃的东西。 人类的食物太恶心了！而且，我最好休息一下。 我们明天要远足。” 我拍了拍手。 “你要和我们一起去远足吗？”

"Wouldn't miss it!" said Pip. He gave us all good-night hugs and headed off into the forest, calling out, "See you tomorrow!" as he hopped away.

“我不会错过的！”匹普说。 他给了我们所有人晚安拥抱，然后向森林走去，一边跳着走一边喊着：“明天见！”