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"Knock knock." Mom opened the barn door. "How's it coming along out here? I thought I'd come check on you guys while Dad makes dinner." I rubbed my face. "It's going OK." I pointed to the container with just the bips on the rose leaf and flipped to that chart in my science journal. "This one started the day with 223 bips, and the last count I did had it up to 231." I sat down and flipped to the next page in my journal. "For the water experiment, most of the bips were huddled on the four-spray napkin—the total number of bips in that experiment went

“敲门敲门。”妈妈打开了谷仓的门。 “这儿过得怎么样？” 我想趁爸爸做饭的时候过来看看你们怎么样了。” 我揉了揉脸。“一切都很顺利。” 我指了指那个只有玫瑰叶上的突起的容器，翻到我科学杂志上的那张图表。 “这一天开始的时候是223次，我最后一次计数的时候是231次。” 我坐下来，翻到日记的下一页。 在水的实验中，大多数小蝌蚪都挤在四喷餐巾上——实验中小蝌蚪的总数就是这样

from 213 this morning to 284." "That's a good sign," Mom said. "I figured something else out with that one." I waved her over to the water experiment and handed her the magnifying glass. "You kinda have to wait for a minute and make sure you're really quiet." "What am I looking for?" Mom asked. "Just wait a few minutes—you'll know it when you see it." I held a finger up to my lips to remind Sass to be extra quiet. Mom peered into the container, and then she gave a little jump and started laughing. "Did… did that bip just burp?" I couldn't help laughing again. "I'm pretty

从早上的213到284。” “这是个好兆头，”妈妈说。 “我还发现了一些其他的东西。” 我挥手让她去做水实验，把放大镜递给她。 “你得等上一分钟，确保自己真的很安静。” “我在找什么？”母亲问。 “等几分钟——你看到它就知道了。” 我把一根手指举到唇边，提醒萨斯要格外安静。 妈妈往容器里看了看，然后微微一跳，笑了起来。 “你的屁股打了个嗝吗？”我忍不住又笑了起来。 “我很

sure it did. Do you think it's burping some kind of light? It's SO bright, right?" "It really is—it surprised me! And yes, that does seem like a really strong light to me." "It must be a way they help the roses, don't you think? And I'm pretty sure they're called bips because they make that little 'bip' noise as they burp. Did you hear it?" Mom started cracking up again. "Bips burp light!" I laughed. Then I sighed. It was an interesting finding, but it really didn't get us any closer to figuring out how to grow a ton of bips all at once. I flipped to another experiment. "Speaking of light, with the sunlight experiment, the bips all moved to be right under the grow light that stayed on all day. In that container, the number of bips went from 189 bips in the morning to 301 when I just counted." "OK, so the sunlight seems to help." "But the temperature experiment didn't really seem to do anything. I set it up with an unheated side and a heated side, but they were spread out all over the container. And the total number of bips just went from 221 to 228—not a big change."

当然了。你觉得它是在打嗝吗？ 太亮了，对吧？”“真的——让我吃惊！”是的，对我来说，这确实是一盏很强的灯。” “这一定是他们帮助玫瑰的一种方式，你不这样认为吗？” 我很确定它们被称为“哔哔”是因为它们打嗝时会发出“哔哔”的声音。 你听到了吗？”妈妈又开始大笑起来。 “屁股打嗝很轻！”我笑了。 然后我叹了口气。这是一个有趣的发现，但它并没有让我们更接近于弄清楚如何一下子长出大量的髋骨。 我转到另一个实验。 “说到光，在阳光实验中，树突都移动到了整天都亮着的生长光下。 在那个容器里，心率从早上的189次上升到我刚数完的301次。” “好吧，看来阳光有帮助。” “但温度实验似乎并没有真正起作用。 我设置了一个未加热的一面和一个加热的一面，但它们分布在整个容器上。 髋部的总数从221个增加到228个，变化不大。”

I smooshed my hands down my cheeks. "The water and the sunlight made some difference, but not like a crazy amount. I just don't think I can grow enough bips in time to save the baby hippogriffs. Plus, I need to return the ones I have to the forest, right? I've had them for the full day." Mom looked through my journal. "Well, it seems like you are making them happy enough with the water and sunlight. I think it would be safe to keep them overnight. Do you want to combine the things that have been successful into one environment for them to stay in until

我用手揉了揉脸颊。 “水和阳光带来了一些影响，但影响并不大。 我只是觉得我不能及时长出足够的臀部来救那些小鹰头马身有翼兽。 另外，我得把剩下的还给森林，对吧？ 我已经吃了一整天了。” 妈妈翻了我的日记。 “嗯，看起来你用水和阳光让它们很开心。 我想把它们放一晚上是安全的。 你想把成功的东西整合到一个环境中，让它们一直待下去吗

tomorrow morning?" "If you think they'll be all right, that would be great. I'm kind of tired from counting bips all day." I yawned and stretched. "So maybe I'll put all the rose leaves in a container, spray each section in there four times with water, and switch the grow lights so that they stay on all night?" "That sounds like a great plan. But try to hurry because Dad's almost done with dinner!" Once I got them all set up in their new home under the grow light, I gave the container a little hug and whispered, "Grow, bips, grow!"

明天早上?”“如果你认为他们会没事，那就太好了。 我整天都在数臀数，有点累了。” 我打了个哈欠，伸了个懒腰。“所以也许我应该把所有的玫瑰叶子都放在一个容器里，每一部分都喷四次水，然后把生长灯打开，让它们整夜亮着？”“这听起来是个很棒的计划。 不过要抓紧时间，因为爸爸快做完晚饭了！”当我把它们都安置在新家的种植灯下后，我轻轻地拥抱了一下容器，低声说：“长起来，小屁股，长起来！”