8 HOW MUCH WATER

CHAPTER 8 HOW MUCH WATER? The plants were getting crowded with four per pot, so I very, very carefully separated them out and gave each plant its own pot filled halfway with sand and moss mixed together. Pip had helped gather more peat moss from the forest before going home for the day. I hummed along to the radio and sat down with my science journal. I started with the new question:

第八章多少水？每盆四棵植物越来越拥挤，所以我非常非常小心地把它们分开，给每棵植物一个罐子，里面装满了混合在一起的沙子和苔藓。 在回家之前，匹普帮助从森林里收集了更多的泥炭苔藓。 我跟着收音机哼着歌，坐下来拿着我的科学杂志。 我从一个新问题开始：

I thought for a minute. Oh right. Ugh. I scratched out "best." If Mom were here, she'd say: What does best mean? Tallest? Widest? Most leaves? Be specific, Zoey! I fixed my journal entry: And then I got to make a guess. Aw, man! I should've asked Pip for his guess before he left. Oh well. "All right, Sassafras. We've learned that, um…" I flipped back in my science journal. "… the best amount of water is probably between one teaspoon and half a pot of water." Sassafras blinked lazily at me, and then laid his head down and started to snore. Well then. I guess I'd need to write in my

我想了一会儿。哦,对。 啊。我把“最好”划掉了。 如果妈妈在这里，她会说：“最好是什么意思？” 最高的吗?宽的?大多数叶子吗? 具体点，佐伊！我修改了我的日志条目，然后我要猜一猜。 啊,男人!我应该在皮普走之前让他猜猜看。 哦。“好吧，黄樟。 我们已经知道，嗯……”我翻回我的科学杂志。 “……最好的水量可能在一茶匙到半壶水之间。” 萨萨弗拉斯懒洋洋地朝我眨了眨眼睛，然后低下头开始打呼噜。 那么。我想我得写在我的

journal quietly. I checked to make sure all my materials were on the table— water, teaspoons, twelve pots with plants. Check, check, check! OK, on to the procedure. How much water should I try in each? I did NOT want to wake up to more purple ashes tomorrow. I quietly labeled my pots and then drew out my plan while Sassafras snored.

静静地》杂志上。我检查了一下，确保所有的材料都在桌子上——水、茶匙、12盆植物。 检查，检查，检查！好了，接下来是程序。 我应该在每个杯子里放多少水？ 我不想明天醒来看到更多的紫色灰烬。 我静静地在罐子上贴上标签，然后画出我的计划，而萨萨法斯在打呼噜。

I started singing again (quietly) as I added the

我又开始（悄悄地）唱了起来

water. It couldn't hurt. One for you, And two now too. Three will do. And four— who knew? Doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooo Almost through, Now twelve— woohoo! Sassafras yawned and stretched. Then he looked at my closed journal and the labeled pots and gave a little jump.

水。这不会有什么坏处。一个给你，现在也有两个。 三个就够了。第四——谁知道呢？ Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ooooo快通过了，现在是12 ！黄樟打着哈欠，伸着懒腰。 然后他看了看我合上的日记和贴了标签的罐子，吓了一跳。

"I finished it all while you slept. Our little plants should be fine now. I hope. Let's go tell Mom and make sure my experiment sounds OK. " I crossed my fingers and my toes as I closed the barn door. "Pleeeeease be OK, Iittle plants!" " I whispered.

“我在你睡觉的时候完成了所有的工作。 我们的小植物现在应该没事了。 我希望。我们去告诉妈妈，确保我的实验听起来没问题。 我交叉着手指和脚趾，关上了谷仓的门。 “请别担心，小植物们！”我低声说。