15 TINY!

CHAPTER 15 TINY! On Saturday, Mom and I worked hard with the team of volunteers planting the native plants, including all the berries. But I didn't mind the work. I love plants, and even better than that—the next day I was going to see TINY!!! I hadn't seen him since I helped heal his hoof. "Do you think he'll be even bigger?" I whispered to Mom as we patted down the soil around a thimbleberry we'd just planted. "I suspect so." Mom laughed. "Though that's hard to imagine, isn't it?" I grinned. I could hardly wait. After we got home and washed up, I did my best to keep busy. I read books, brushed Sassafras, checked on my garden, and finally went to sleep. I dreamed of unicorns, obviously.

第十五章小！星期六，我和妈妈和志愿者们一起努力种植本地植物，包括所有的浆果。 但我并不介意这份工作。 我喜欢植物，而且比这更喜欢——第二天我要去看《TINY》！我帮他治好蹄子后就没见过他了。 “你觉得他还会更大吗？”当我们拍拍刚种下的顶针莓周围的土时，我低声对妈妈说。 “我想是的。”妈妈笑了。 “虽然这很难想象，不是吗？”我咧嘴笑了笑。 我几乎等不及了。我们回家洗完碗后，我尽量保持忙碌。 我看书，刷檫树，检查我的花园，最后上床睡觉。 显然，我梦见了独角兽。

The next morning, Mom and Sass and I took the car to the new berry patch. As we turned the corner and it came into view, I pressed my whole face against the window. "WHOAAA!" I said. Six ginormous unicorns towered over everything. I squinted at their hooves. Oh! There was our tiny Pip! We parked, and Sassafras and I burst out of the car and ran over to Tiny, who was, in fact, taller. "ZOEY AND CAT!!!" Tiny boomed. "Tiny!" I hugged his enormous leg while Sassafras lovingly rubbed his face on another leg. Tiny tilted his head one way and said, "TINY'S MOM AND DAD!" and then tilted it the other way and said, "TINY'S SISTER AND BROTHERS." "It's so nice to meet you all!" I shouted up. Each

第二天早上，妈妈、萨斯和我把车开到新种的浆果地。 当我们拐过街角，它映入眼帘时，我把整个脸都贴在窗户上。 “WHOAAA !”我说。六只巨大的独角兽高高耸立在一切之上。 我眯着眼睛看它们的蹄子。 哦!那是我们的小匹普！我们停好车，萨萨弗拉斯和我从车里冲出来，跑向蒂尼，事实上，她比我高。 “佐伊和猫！！”微小的蓬勃发展。 “小!”我抱着他那粗大的腿，而萨萨法斯则亲切地把他的脸揉在另一条腿上。 蒂尼把头歪向一边说：“蒂尼的妈妈和爸爸！”然后又把头歪向另一边说：“蒂尼的姐姐和哥哥。” “很高兴见到你们！”我大声喊道。 每一个

member of Tiny's family took turns lowering their heads so I could pet them gently on the nose. "UNICORNS HAPPY TO HELP," Tiny said. "MUCH GRUMPY IN THE FOREST. ZOEY FIX IT?" "I sure hope so. Let's get these grumplets out of our forest!" The unicorns nodded. The gust of wind knocked me down, and Pip and Sassafras went rolling. "OOPS. SORRY!" said the unicorns. Pip brushed himself off, and Sassafras gave a good shake. "Let's stick to 'yes' or 'no' instead of nodding, yeah?" Pip said. "YES," said the unicorns. "OK," Pip continued, "Zoey and I are going to make a trail of berries from the edge of the forest over to this new patch of berries. Once we've set that down, we need you to shout about how good the berries are. Hopefully the grumplets will come running toward your voices, find the berry trail, and follow it to our new field of berries. Got it?" "YES," said the unicorns. Mom handed me and Pip each a container of

蒂尼的家人轮流低下头，这样我就可以轻轻地抚摸它们的鼻子。 “独角兽们很乐意帮忙，”蒂尼说。 “在森林里非常暴躁。 佐伊能修好吗？”“我当然希望如此。 让我们把这些小矮人赶出我们的森林！”独角兽点点头。 一阵风把我打倒在地，匹普和萨萨法斯滚了起来。 “哦。对不起！”独角兽们说。 匹普掸了掸身上的毛，萨萨弗拉斯使劲地摇了摇。 “让我们坚持说‘是’或‘不是’，而不是点头，好吗？”皮普说。 “是的，”独角兽说。“好吧，”匹普继续说，“佐伊和我要用浆果从森林边缘划出一条小路，一直到这块新的浆果地。 一旦我们把它放下，我们需要你大声说浆果有多好吃。 希望小矮人会朝着你的声音跑过来，找到浆果的踪迹，跟着它来到我们新的浆果地。 明白了吗?”“是的，”独角兽说。 妈妈递给我和匹普每人一盒

berries. We didn't want to use up the wild ones growing on the bushes for this. Then we laid out a trail of berries leading from the edge of the forest over to the new patch of berries. I crossed my fingers, whispered, "please let this work," and then nodded up to the unicorns as everyone on the ground covered their ears with their hands. "NEW GOOD BERRIES!" shouted one. "MANY KINDS OF YUMMY," shouted a second. "WE HAVE MUCH HAPPY OVER HERE!" added Tiny. We waited and waited. The unicorns used their loudest voices to let the whole forest know about the new berries. But where were the grumplets?

浆果。我们不想为了这个而消耗掉灌木丛中生长的野生植物。 然后我们铺了一条浆果小径，从森林边缘一直延伸到新的浆果地。 我交叉着手指，低声说，“请让它起作用吧。”然后，当地上的每个人都用手捂住耳朵时，我向独角兽点点头。 “新的好浆果！”其中一个喊道。 “好多好吃的。”另一个喊道。 “我们在这里有很多快乐！”拇指姑娘补充说。 我们等啊等啊。独角兽用它们最响亮的声音让整个森林都知道新浆果的消息。 但是小矮人在哪里呢？