12 WHAT’S THAT SMELL

CHAPTER 12 WHAT'S THAT SMELL? Mom, Dad, Sassafras, and I were all enjoying our picnic dinner. Mom had even picked up a can of tuna fish for Sassafras, and he was savoring each bite as he purred loudly. A warm breeze ruffled my hair. It was such a beautiful night and the food was so delicious that I actually started to feel a little better. Maybe those two plants weren't the last of their kind. And now I knew not to plant them in the sun at the bog. Maybe those flower buds would get pollinated and turn into a bunch of rainbow seed pods after all. Hopeful for tomorrow's hike, I made a silent wish that everything would work out. I took a deep breath to try to let go of some of my worries. Wait a minute. I sniffed. Something

第十二章那是什么味道？ 妈妈，爸爸，萨萨弗拉斯和我都在享受我们的野餐晚餐。 妈妈甚至还拿了一罐金枪鱼给萨萨法斯吃，他一边吃一边大声地咕噜着。 一阵暖风吹乱了我的头发。 那是一个美丽的夜晚，食物也很美味，我开始感觉好多了。 也许这两种植物不是最后一种。 现在我知道不能把它们种在沼泽的阳光下。 也许那些花蕾最终会被授粉，变成一堆彩虹种子荚。 我对明天的徒步旅行充满希望，默默地希望一切都会顺利。 我深吸了一口气，试图释放我的一些忧虑。 等一下。我闻了闻。某物

smelled amazing. Mom, Dad, and Sassafras must have noticed the smell, too, because they stopped eating and started sniffing the air. "What is that incredible smell?" asked Dad. "I'm not sure," answered Mom. She sniffed some more. "It smells like roses and lilacs and honeysuckle all blooming at once." I sighed, and then sniffed some more. "Can Sassafras and I go find out where

闻起来令人惊叹。妈妈、爸爸和黄樟肯定也注意到了这种气味，因为他们停止了进食，开始嗅着空气。 “那股不可思议的味道是什么？”爸爸问。 “我不确定，”妈妈回答。 她又闻了闻。“闻起来就像玫瑰、丁香和金银花同时盛开。” 我叹了口气，然后又闻了闻。 “我和萨萨弗拉斯能去看看吗？

it's coming from?" Mom and Dad nodded their approval. Sassafras looked at me, then his tuna, then me, then his tuna. Finally he gave a big sigh, gobbled a giant mouthful of tuna, and trotted over to me. We walked around our house and through the garden, but we couldn't figure out the source of the smell. "Where is it coming from, Sass?" Sassafras gulped the last of the tuna in his mouth and sat for a second. He sniffed first one way, then the other, spinning around in a complete circle. Then his eyes lit up, and he started chattering and took off for the barn. The barn? OH!! THE BARN! I ran after him. I threw open the barn door and turned on the light. "Woooooowwwwww," I breathed. Sassafras started purring. There in front of us were several of the most beautiful flowers I'd ever seen. "They're beautiful," I murmured. "We have to tell Mom!"

它是从哪里来的？”妈妈和爸爸点头表示同意。 萨萨弗拉斯看了看我，然后是他的金枪鱼，然后是我，然后是他的金枪鱼。 最后他长叹一声，吞下一大口金枪鱼，小跑着向我走来。 我们绕着房子走了一圈，穿过花园，但我们无法找出气味的来源。 “它是从哪儿来的，萨斯？”萨萨弗拉斯吞下嘴里最后一块金枪鱼，坐了一会儿。 他先是朝这个方向嗅，然后又朝那个方向嗅，绕了一个完整的圈。 然后他的眼睛亮了起来，他开始叽叽喳喳地向谷仓跑去。 谷仓?哦! !谷仓!我追着他跑。 我猛地打开谷仓的门，打开灯。 “呜——呜——呜，”我低声说。 檫树开始发出咕噜咕噜的叫声。 在我们面前有几朵我所见过的最美的花。 “它们真漂亮，”我喃喃地说。 “我们得告诉妈妈！”

We ran back to the picnic blanket and I blurted out, "You have to come see! In the barn!!!" before I remembered. My dad can't see magical creatures. Or plants. Whoops. Mom's eyes got really big, but she answered, "Oh, the smell is coming from the barn? How unusual! Sure, we can come check it out!" She gave me a wink as she and Dad got up and followed us to the barn. Inside, Mom couldn't seem to help exclaiming, "Oh my goodness!" The flowers really were so breathtaking! Dad looked around puzzled. "You're right, hon, this really is so strange! It smells so wonderful in here, but the only thing I see are these pots of sand and… moss? Are you trying to grow something,

我们跑回野餐毯边，我脱口而出：“你一定要来看！在谷仓里！！”我才想起来。 我爸爸看不见魔法生物。 或植物。哎呦。妈妈睁大了眼睛，但她回答说：“哦，是谷仓里的味道吗？” 多么不寻常的!当然，我们可以去看看！”当她和爸爸站起来跟着我们去谷仓时，她对我眨了眨眼。 在心里，妈妈似乎忍不住惊呼：“哦，我的天哪！”这些花真是太美了！爸爸疑惑地环顾四周。 “你说得对，亲爱的，这真是太奇怪了！这里闻起来好香，但我只看到一盆沙子和…苔藓？ 你是想种点什么吗

Zoey?" I did my best not to laugh. Poor Dad! All he could see were the soil cups. I really wished he could see the flowers too. At least he got to smell the amazing smell. It was a start! "I sure am, Dad." "Well, keep at it. I'm sure something will grow for you eventually." Mom coughed to cover her laugh. It was so funny to hear Dad saying this in front of these enormous plants covered with gorgeous flowers. Oh, Dad. Hey, wait a minute. It was kind of weird that the flowers didn't bloom until the night. "Um, Mom? Just out of curiosity, are there plants that only flower at night? Or do most plants start blooming at night and I just haven't noticed?" Mom smiled. "What a great question! Some plants only bloom during the day, and some only at night. Some bloom both day and night. The flowers are meant to attract their perfect pollinators, so you can get clues about who that pollinator might be by

佐伊吗?”我尽力忍住不笑。 可怜的爸爸!他所能看到的只有土杯。 我真希望他也能看到那些花。 至少他闻到了神奇的味道。 这是一个开始！“当然，爸爸。” “好吧，继续说下去。我相信最终会有东西为你生长。” 妈妈咳嗽以掩饰她的笑声。 听爸爸在这些巨大的、开满了美丽花朵的植物面前说这些话，真是太有趣了。 哦,爸爸。嘿，等一下。 奇怪的是，这些花直到晚上才开放。 “嗯,妈妈?我只是好奇，有没有只在晚上开花的植物？ 还是大多数植物在晚上开始开花，只是我没有注意到？”妈妈笑了。 “多好的问题啊！”有些植物只在白天开花，有些只在晚上开花。 有的白天和黑夜都开花。 这些花是为了吸引完美的传粉者，所以你可以得到传粉者可能是谁的线索

looking at the flower. For instance, a flower that smells like rotting meat and garbage is probably pollinated by a fly. And a flower that only opens at night is probably pollinated by a nocturnal creature— something only awake at night." "Wait, what? I thought only bees pollinated plants?" Dad jumped in. "Ooh! I know the answer to this one. There are actually lots of different creatures

看着花。例如，一朵闻起来像腐肉和垃圾的花可能是由苍蝇授粉的。 一朵只在晚上开放的花很可能是由夜间活动的生物——只在晚上醒来的东西授粉的。” “等等,什么?我以为只有蜜蜂才能给植物授粉呢？”爸爸跳了进来。 “哦!我知道这个问题的答案。 实际上有很多不同的生物