10 APHIDS

CHAPTER 10 APHIDS "Let's ask Mom, Sassafras!" I grabbed my science journal and peeked out the kitchen window and saw her in the garden. Mom stood up and waved when she spotted us running toward her. "Hey, Zoey! Just the girl I wanted to see—look!" She pointed at my kale. I bent down next to Sassafras who sniffed the leaf and purred. "Oh, wow! The aphids are almost gone. Thank goodness.

第十章蚜虫“让我们问问妈妈，黄樟！”我抓起我的科学杂志，从厨房的窗户往外偷看，看到她在花园里。 当妈妈看到我们朝她跑过来时，她站起来挥手。 “嗨,佐伊!这正是我要找的女孩——瞧！”她指着我的羽衣甘蓝。 我弯下腰，靠近萨萨弗拉斯，她闻着叶子，呜呜地叫着。 “哦,哇!蚜虫快没了。 谢天谢地。

They were such PESTS!" The Thinking Goggles suddenly felt tight on my head. "Oh my gosh! Mom! That's it! Maybe the grumplets are a forest pest! But instead of eating kale, they eat my magical friends' happiness! I saw them and—" "You saw some grumplets?" Mom's eyes got wide. "Yeah! They're really cute. Anyway, I saw them pulling these weird sparkly strands, which looked like cotton candy, off my friends. Do you think that

他们真讨厌！”思考镜突然在我头上绷得紧紧的。 “哦，我的天哪！妈妈!这是它!也许这些小矮人是森林害虫！但他们吃的不是羽衣甘蓝，而是我的魔法朋友的快乐！我看见了它们，而且——”“你看见了一些小矮人？”妈妈睁大了眼睛。 “是啊!它们真的很可爱。 总之，我看到他们从我朋友身上扯下这些奇怪的闪闪发光的线，看起来像棉花糖。 你认为

could've been their joy, Mom?" "Interesting! That does sound like a good explanation to me. So, if you're right and they're pests eating something you don't want them to, what do you think we should do?" Mom tapped my science journal and winked at me. I plopped down in the dirt and wrote in my journal while Sassafras chased a butterfly. to Grump.

会是他们的快乐吗，妈妈？”“有趣!在我看来，这确实是个不错的解释。 所以，如果你是对的，它们是吃你不想让它们吃的东西的害虫，你认为我们应该怎么做？”妈妈轻敲我的科学杂志，对我使眼色。 我扑通一声坐在泥土里，写日记，而黄樟则在追一只蝴蝶。 发火。

"Oh, that's a good idea!" I exclaimed. Mom smiled. "Tell me more!" "Well, at the market, Nina said I could try a trap plant like nasturtiums for the aphids. A trap plant is basically something yummier than the plant they are attacking." I looked over and the butterfly had flown away, so now Sassafras was chasing a grasshopper. "OK… so if the grumplets want to eat my friends' happiness, what would taste better than that?" I paced around the garden. "What tastes like happiness? Happiness… happiness…" I tasted the sweetness of the cotton candy from the fair on my tongue. "CANDY!"

“哦，这是个好主意！”我叫道。 妈妈笑了。“告诉我更多！”“嗯，在市场上，妮娜说我可以尝试一种诱捕蚜虫的植物，比如旱金莲。 诱捕植物基本上是比它们所攻击的植物更美味的东西。” 我看了看，蝴蝶已经飞走了，所以现在檫木正在追赶一只蚱蜢。 “好吧……如果小矮人想要吃掉我朋友的快乐，还有什么比这更美味的呢？”我在花园里踱来踱去。 “什么是幸福的味道？” 幸福……幸福……”我在舌头上尝到了集市上棉花糖的甜味。 “糖果!”