14 THE BIG PLAN

CHAPTER 14 THE BIG PLAN "MOOOM!" I shouted as I came through the back door with a frog on my head and a cat at my feet. Mom grinned as soon as she saw our happy, excited faces. "It worked!" "It totally did," I said. "Pip didn't even get grumpy. The grumplets got full on berries just as we ran out of them. It was a close call." Pip hopped over to my mom's shoulder and gave her a snuggle. "So now we need to find a big patch of strawberries in the forest, right?" Mom had him hop onto her hand so she could talk to him better. "Well, not exactly. We don't have any wild strawberries growing around here." "Oh," said Pip, thinking for a moment. "Then let's plant some blackberries!"

第十四章大计划“轰！”我喊着从后门进来，头上顶着一只青蛙，脚边站着一只猫。 妈妈一看到我们开心、兴奋的脸就笑了。 “成功了!”“确实如此，”我说。 皮普甚至没有生气。 就在我们把浆果吃光的时候，小矮人吃饱了。 真是千钧一发啊。”皮普跳上我妈妈的肩膀，给了她一个拥抱。 “所以现在我们需要在森林里找到一大片草莓，对吗？”妈妈让他跳上她的手，这样她就能更好地和他说话。 “嗯，不完全是。我们这附近没有野生草莓。” “哦，”匹普说，想了一会儿。 “那我们种些黑莓吧！”

"Well," said Mom, "blackberries are actually invasive plants around here." "Invas-a-what?" asked Pip. "Invasive means that it grows too much in a place it's not supposed to," I chimed in. "Then there's no room for the native plants—the plants that are supposed to be here." Pip flopped down on my mom's palm. "Well then, that's it. We're DOOMED." Mom and I laughed. "Don't give up yet, Pip!" Mom lifted his chin with her finger. "I found a local reforestation group that's doing some native plantings a few miles away in a nearby forest." "YESSS!" I pumped my fist. "Berries too?" "They are planting a bunch of different things," Mom said. "Some are trees, some are bushes, and some are definitely berries. They said they had several black-capped raspberries, huckleberries, and thimbleberries that need to be planted." My tummy rumbled, and Mom and I laughed. "I love forest berries," I told Pip. "A lot."

“嗯，”妈妈说，“黑莓实际上是这里的入侵植物。” “因瓦斯-什么？”匹普问。 “侵入性是指它在不应该生长的地方长得太多了，”我插嘴说。 “那么就没有地方种植本地植物了——这些植物本应该生长在这里。” 皮普扑通一声坐在我妈妈的手掌上。 “好吧，就是这样。我们注定是要失败的。” 妈妈和我都笑了。“别放弃，匹普！”妈妈用手指托起他的下巴。 “我发现一个当地的再造林组织正在几英里外附近的森林里种植一些本地植物。” “——啊!”我挥挥拳头。 “浆果吗?”“他们种了很多不同的东西，”妈妈说。 “有些是树，有些是灌木，还有一些肯定是浆果。 他们说他们有几种黑冠覆盆子、越橘和顶针莓需要种植。” 我的肚子咕咕叫，妈妈和我都笑了。 “我喜欢森林浆果，”我告诉匹普。 “很多”。

"I signed us up for the planting this Saturday," Mom said. "It's summer, so the berry plants we're planting should be producing berries right now. But…" "We have to find a way to get the grumplets over to the new patch of berries after we plant them," I finished. "Exactly," said Mom. My shoulders dropped. "There's no way Pip could yell about how tasty the berries are from miles

“我报名参加了这个星期六的种植活动，”妈妈说。 “现在是夏天，所以我们种植的浆果植物现在应该结出浆果。 但是……”“我们得想个办法，在种完浆果后，把小耗子送到新的浆果地里。”我说完。 “没错，”妈妈说。我的肩膀垂了下来。 “皮普不可能在几英里外大喊浆果有多好吃

away." "That's true." Pip grinned. "But you know someone who is loud enough." He held out his hand, waiting for me to figure it out. I knew someone who could yell from miles away? But to be that loud they'd have to be seriously HUGE. "OH!" I gasped. Mom raised her eyebrows at me. She still hadn't guessed. "Tiny!" I cheered.

扔掉。”“这是真的。”皮普咧嘴一笑。 “但你认识一个足够大声的人。” 他伸出手，等着我弄明白。 我认识一个能在几英里外大喊大叫的人？ 但要发出那么大的声音，它们必须非常巨大。 “噢!”我喘息着说道。妈妈对我扬起眉毛。 她还是没有猜到。“小!”我欢呼雀跃。