6 UNICORN MAGIC

CHAPTER 6 UNICORN MAGIC Sassafras decided to be brave and come with Mom and me out back. After all, it was no longer raining, and Tiny was lying down so he seemed a little smaller. We carefully dodged puddles as we went, but Sassafras slammed to a stop before we got to Tiny. Even lying down, a baby unicorn is pretty enormous. Poor Tiny looked just awful. I tried not to think about how horrible I'd felt when my ear was infected with bad bacteria. I took a deep breath. This experiment would fix him up. "Hi, Tiny! We're going to figure out how to heal your infection, but first I need to grow some of the bacteria so I can run experiments. I need to touch your cut, but I'll be very gentle. Is that OK?"

第六章独角兽的魔法黄樟决定勇敢地跟着我和妈妈到后面去。 毕竟，雨已经停了，拇指姑娘躺在地上，显得小了一些。 我们小心翼翼地避开水坑，但在我们到达Tiny之前，Sassafras突然停了下来。 即使躺着，独角兽宝宝也相当巨大。 可怜的蒂尼看起来糟透了。 我试着不去想当我的耳朵被坏细菌感染时我的感觉有多可怕。 我深吸了一口气。这个实验将使他改邪归正。 “嗨,小!我们会想办法治愈你的感染，但首先我得培养一些细菌，这样我才能做实验。 我要摸摸你的伤口，但我会很温柔的。 这样可以吗？”

I realized my mistake too late. A yes or no question. Eeek! As Tiny nodded, I held on to my Thinking Goggles, and Mom clutched our supplies tightly, but it was too late for poor Sassafras. The huge gust of wind rolled him right into a giant puddle. Uh-oh. For a few seconds, Sassafras sat stunned in the middle of the puddle, soaking wet. Then he hissed, puffed, and jumped all at the same time. He hopped around like crazy trying to shake himself dry. "Oh, Sassafras!" I put my hands to my cheeks. "I'm so sorry, buddy!" Tiny watched Sassafras and asked, "CAT HAVE OW?" "No, he's not hurt. He just really hates being wet! Don't worry. He'll calm down once he's dry

我意识到我的错误太晚了。 一个是或否的问题。嘿!蒂妮点点头，我抓紧了我的思考镜，妈妈紧紧地抓着我们的用品，但对于可怜的萨萨弗拉斯来说已经太晚了。 一阵风把他卷进了一个大水坑。 哦。有几秒钟，萨萨法斯呆呆地坐在水坑中央，浑身湿透。 然后他发出嘶嘶声，喘着气，同时跳了起来。 他疯狂地跳来跳去，想把自己甩干。 “哦,黄樟!”我把手放在脸颊上。 “我很抱歉，伙计！”拇指姑娘看着黄樟问道：“猫怎么了？”“不，他没有受伤。 他真的很讨厌被弄湿！别担心。 他喝干了就会冷静下来的

again." Tiny stretched his neck out toward Sassafras. My poor freaked-out cat was so worried about getting the water off that he didn't see the unicorn horn coming at him. When Tiny's horn touched Sassafras, a quick burst of rainbow light appeared. When the rainbow light disappeared, it revealed a shocked Sassafras who was completely dry and clean. "Whoa."

了。”Tiny向sasafras伸出了他的脖子。 我那可怜的吓坏了的猫太担心把水弄掉，以至于没有看到独角兽的角朝它扑来。 当蒂尼的角碰到檫檫树时，一道彩虹般的光芒迅速出现。 当彩虹的光芒消失时，它露出了一个震惊的檫檫，她完全干燥干净。 “哇。”

Sassafras picked up and examined each paw. Then he walked around in a circle. "Mrrowww?" he asked. "TINY FIX OW," Tiny explained. Sassafras blinked for a moment and then slowly walked over to Tiny. I could tell he was still a little scared, but he gently bopped his head against Tiny's enormous leg and snuggled down next to him and purred. Then it hit me. "Tiny! You can use your unicorn magic to fix your cut!" Tiny shook his head, and thankfully it was gentle enough that it didn't blow us away. "HORN NO WORK FOR UNICORNS. HORN FOR OTHERS." Mom nodded. "I don't think you've seen my journal entries on unicorns yet, Zoey. I've met a few over the years because they are only able to help other creatures. Their magic doesn't work on other unicorns or themselves. But don't worry, we'll figure out how to help Tiny."

黄樟捡起每只爪子，仔细检查。 然后他绕了一圈。 “先生？”他问。“小修理，”蒂尼解释说。 黄樟眨了一下眼睛，然后慢慢走向拇指姑娘。 我能看出来他还是有点害怕，但他轻轻地把头靠在蒂尼的大腿上，依偎在他身边，发出呼噜声。 然后我恍然大悟。“小!你可以用你的独角兽魔法来修复你的伤口！”Tiny摇了摇头，谢天谢地，它很温和，没有把我们吹走。 “独角兽没有工作。 为别人吹响号角。”妈妈点了点头。 “我想你还没有看到我写的关于独角兽的日记吧，佐伊。 这些年来我遇到过一些，因为他们只会帮助其他生物。 他们的魔法对其他独角兽和他们自己都无效。 不过别担心，我们会想出办法帮助拇指姑娘的。”

I stood up straighter. "Yes, we will!" I grabbed a cotton swab from our supplies and carefully rubbed it near the bottom of the cut and tried hard not to think about how much worse it looked. Then I rubbed the same cotton swab gently on the surface of a petri dish. Mom put the lid on, taped the edges of the dish, and sealed the whole thing in a ziplock bag. I took four different samples from the cut, just to be safe.

我站得更直了。“是的，我们会的！”我从用品中拿出一根棉签，小心翼翼地擦拭伤口底部，努力不去想伤口看起来有多糟糕。 然后我用同样的棉签轻轻擦拭培养皿的表面。 妈妈盖上盖子，用胶带把盘子边缘粘好，然后把整个东西都密封在一个自封袋里。 为了安全起见，我从伤口上取了四个不同的样本。

I patted Tiny's good leg. "Now we have to wait for the bacteria to grow. Oh! And I need to get started on my research. I've got to make a list of things that I think will get rid of this bacteria!" Tiny nodded his head so weakly that it only made a gentle breeze. My heart sank a little. Mom and I hugged Tiny. I ruffled Sassafras's fur and left him behind because he wouldn't budge from Tiny's side.

我拍了拍拇指的好腿。“现在我们必须等待细菌生长。 哦!我得开始我的研究了。 我必须列一个清单，列出我认为可以除掉这种细菌的东西！”拇指姑娘微弱地点了点头，只发出一阵微风。 我的心稍稍沉了下去。妈妈和我拥抱了Tiny。 我揉了揉萨萨法斯的毛，把他留在了后面，因为他不肯离开泰妮身边。