3 ALL ABOUT PLANTS

CHAPTER 3 ALL ABOUT PLANTS The next morning, Mom, Sassafras, and I crowded around the glowing seed pod. The pod continued the beautiful shimmering cycle we'd seen the night before: red slowly and gracefully blended into orange, then changed to yellow, and so on until it had gone through all the rainbow colors and started over again. "I could stare at this all day," Mom said finally. "Me too! But we should work on getting it back to the right place. I don't know if keeping it here could hurt it somehow. I don't want anything bad to happen to it." Mom patted my head. "So responsible! You're right." Mom grabbed one of her old science journals and flipped it open. "Let's see here… Pip was right

第二天早上，妈妈、黄樟和我挤在发光的种子荚周围。 圆荚体继续着我们前一天晚上看到的美丽的闪烁循环：红色缓慢而优雅地融入橙色，然后变成黄色，如此循环，直到它经历了所有的彩虹颜色，重新开始。 “我可以整天盯着看，”妈妈最后说。 “我也是!但我们应该努力让它回到正确的位置。 我不知道把它放在这里会不会有什么坏处。 我不希望它发生任何不好的事情。” 妈妈拍了拍我的头。“那么负责任!你是对的。” 妈妈抓起一本旧的科学杂志，把它打开。 “让我们看看……匹普是对的

about magical plants being rare. I've heard that from several magical creatures. The only magical plant I've ever seen was this one." Mom turned the journal around so I could see. "Are those furry purple… fruits?" I reached a finger out to touch the photo. "Ooh, they're so soft!" Every time we take a photo of something magical, the photo keeps a bit of magic. So even though it was just a photo of a giant purple plant, I could feel the fur on the fruits. "Yep, they are! But the seeds from that plant are inside those fruits, not seed pods. So this pod is definitely a different species."

说魔法植物很稀有。 我听好几个魔法生物这么说过。 我所见过的唯一一种有魔力的植物就是这个。” 妈妈把日记翻过来让我看。 “那些毛茸茸的紫色……水果吗？”我伸出一根手指去摸照片。 “哦，它们太软了！”每次我们拍一张神奇的照片，照片就会保留一点魔力。 所以，即使这只是一张巨大的紫色植物的照片，我也能感觉到果实上的皮毛。 “是的，他们是！”但是这种植物的种子在果实里，而不是种子荚里。 所以这个豆荚肯定是一个不同的物种。”

"How are we going to figure out where it came from?" I asked. Mom raised an eyebrow at me. "Umm, maybe we could read? About real plants? To see if there are any that are similar?" Mom motioned with her hand to keep going. "And, uhhh, we could… look at maps? To see the different sorts of places around here a plant might grow?" Mom grinned. "You have some great ideas to get you started. Unfortunately, I have a ton of work. Do you think you and Sassafras can figure it out? I'll be inside if you need me…" I popped my Thinking Goggles on my head and nodded confidently. "Go work. We've got this."

“我们怎么知道它是从哪里来的？”我问。 妈妈对我扬起眉毛。 “嗯，也许我们可以看书？” 关于真正的植物？看看有没有相似的？”妈妈用手示意继续往前走。 “嗯，我们可以……看地图？” 看看这附近有哪些不同的地方可以生长一株植物？”妈妈笑了。 “你有一些很棒的想法可以让你开始。 不幸的是，我有一大堆工作要做。 你觉得你和萨萨法斯能解决吗？ 如果你需要我，我就在里面……”我把思考镜戴在头上，自信地点了点头。 “去工作。我们做到了。”