6 NOTHING!

CHAPTER 6 NOTHING?! Sassafras and I rushed through breakfast and out to the barn first thing the next morning. "Which pots do you think will have sprouted seeds, Sassafras?" I asked as I peeked in the ones filled with rocks, dirt, and air. Sassafras gave a few sniffs at the pots in front of him before plopping down with a worried look on his face. "None of those sprouted either, Sass?" I peeked in to double-check, but the seeds all looked pretty much the same. The doorbell rang, and Sassafras perked up. "It's probably Pip." We jogged over to the back barn door and sure enough, there was our froggy friend. "Did any grow?" Pip asked hopefully. "Nope. Nothing's changed." I shrugged.

第六章什么都没有？！我和萨萨弗拉匆匆吃完早餐，第二天早上第一件事就是去谷仓。 “你认为哪个花盆会发芽，萨萨拉斯？”我一边问，一边窥视着那些充满岩石、泥土和空气的洞穴。 萨萨弗拉斯在面前的罐子上嗅了几下，扑通一声坐了下来，脸上带着担忧的表情。 “那些也没有发芽吗，萨斯？”我偷看了一下，仔细检查了一下，但种子看起来都差不多。 门铃响了，萨萨拉斯兴奋起来。 “可能是匹普。”我们跑到谷仓后门，果然，我们的青蛙朋友就在那里。 “有生长的吗？”皮普满怀希望地问。 “不。什么都没有改变。” 我耸了耸肩。

"Sometimes we have to wait a few days before our pea and bean seeds sprout." Pip tapped his chin. "Hmmm. That could be, but usually magical plants grow quickly. Because of the magic and all." "Really? That's not good. I must be missing something or doing something wrong! But what?" I paced back and forth. Sassafras bonked into my leg. "Mrrph." I looked down, and Sassafras had my Thinking Goggles in his mouth. "Oh, great idea!" I plunked the goggles on my head. I paced some more while I waited for the Thinking Goggles to work. I started tapping my legs a little as I walked. "Of course!" I exclaimed. "The pod didn't open until I sang. Maybe the seeds need music to grow? Ummm, let's see here." I hummed to get myself started. Seeds, seeds, why won't you grow? This whole thing is going too slow. I started to dance a bit and bonked my arm into

“有时我们得等上几天，豌豆和豆类的种子才会发芽。” 匹普轻敲他的下巴。“嗯。 有可能，但通常魔法植物生长得很快。 因为魔法什么的。” “真的吗?这可不太好。我一定是错过了什么或者做错了什么！但是什么?”我来回踱步。 黄樟撞到了我的腿上。 “Mrrph。”我低头一看，萨萨弗拉斯嘴里叼着我的思考镜。 “哦，好主意！”我猛地把护目镜戴在头上。 我又走了几步，等待“思维护目镜”起作用。 我开始走路的时候轻拍我的腿。 “当然!”我叫道。“直到我唱歌，豆荚才打开。 也许种子需要音乐才能生长？ 嗯，让我看看。”我哼着歌开始工作。 种子，种子，为什么你不生长？ 整件事进展得太慢了。 我跳了一会儿舞，把胳膊撞了一下

the bookcase. Ouch! I just bopped my right elbow. Pip squealed. "Zoey! The seeds are doing something—keep singing!" Ummm, gee, I wish I had a banjo. Why don't you come out and say hello? 'Cause if you did we'd all say "Whoa!" At that, we saw some of the seeds shake a little, and the shiny black outsides began to crack. As my

书柜。哎哟!我的右肘刚碰了一下。 皮普叫苦不迭。“佐伊!种子在做什么——继续唱吧！”我真希望我有一把班卓琴。 你为什么不出来打个招呼？ 因为如果你说了，我们都会说“哇！”说着，我们看到一些种子微微摇晃，闪亮的黑色外壳开始开裂。 作为我的

song promised, we all said, "Whoa!" Well, except for Sass, who said "Meow!" "Sing more, Zoey! It's working!" exclaimed Pip. I tried thinking of more words to sing, but I couldn't. So I put my head next to Pip's and we both sang my original song again. As we sang, the seeds moved and shook a bit more. Maybe the roots were starting to grow? Whatever was going on, it was happening very gradually. "I can't sing all day, Pip. There must be a better way to… OH! Of course! A radio!" I grabbed it from the cabinet, set it up by the plants, and turned on my favorite radio station. By dinnertime each of the seeds had grown a few

我们都说：“哇！”除了萨斯，他会叫“喵”“再唱点儿，佐伊！”它起作用了！”匹普叫道。 我试着想出更多的词来唱，但我做不到。 于是我把头靠在皮普的旁边，我们一起又唱了一遍我的原创歌曲。 我们唱歌的时候，种子又动了一下，摇晃了一下。 也许是树根开始生长了？ 不管发生了什么，都是逐渐发生的。 “我不能整天唱歌，匹普。 一定有更好的办法……哦！当然!收音机!”我把它从橱柜里拿出来，放在植物旁边，打开我最喜欢的广播电台。 到了晚餐时间，每颗种子都长出了一些

inches. The seeds in the rocks, dirt, and potting soil pots had grown the smallest amount, and the seeds in the sand, sand mixed with moss, and water had grown the most. I had just finished writing down the measurements in my journal when Mom called me in for dinner. "I'm just going to leave the radio on low all night. Can you meet us again first thing tomorrow, Pip?"

英寸。在岩石、泥土和盆栽里的种子生长得最少，而在沙子、混合了苔藓的沙子和水中的种子生长得最多。 我刚把测量结果写在日记里，妈妈就叫我去吃晚饭。 “我打算整晚把收音机开小一点。 明天一大早你能再来见我们吗，匹普？”

He nodded, and we said our goodbyes. I grinned. The plants would be huge tomorrow! And the best part was, it looked like they could maybe grow anywhere. Maybe we could plant them by our house. That would be so neat. I sang quietly as I shut the barn door for the night: Oh, plants, plants, good night! I'll see you in the morning light. I hope you will be quite the sight!

他点了点头，我们道别了。 我咧嘴笑了笑。明天这些植物就会长得很大！最棒的是，它们似乎可以在任何地方生长。 也许我们可以把它们种在我们的房子旁边。 那就太好了。我轻轻地唱着歌，关上谷仓的门，准备过夜：哦，植物，植物，晚安！我们明早见。 我希望你能成为一道靓丽的风景线！