14 THE FIFTH EXPERIMENT

I set down all of my supplies, and I'd started to set up the container when Sassafras meowed and pawed at my science journal. "Good thinking, Sassafras." I ruffled his fur. "It won't take too long to write this down, and then I'll remember what I did." I started with my question:

我把所有的东西都放好了，我刚开始收拾容器的时候，黄樟又喵又喵地抓着我的科学杂志。 “想得好，黄樟。” 我把他的毛弄皱了。“写下来不会花太长时间，然后我就会记得我做了什么。” 我以我的问题开始：

I listed my materials and then moved on to my procedure:

我列出了我的材料，然后开始我的程序：

I counted out 200 bips and put the lid on the container. "Please, please, please work," I whispered to the experiment. Then I opened the barn door to find Pip about to ring the doorbell. "Zoey! The first of the healthy forest roses is blooming. I checked with the hippogriff parents in the area, and they think the eggs will hatch later today or tomorrow. Have you figured it out?" It felt like I swallowed a rock. "Um, not yet Pip." His shoulders fell, and he looked at the ground. "But… it's time." "I know." I blinked quickly. I didn't want to start crying. I needed a distraction. "Here, I'll

我数出了200颗豆子，然后盖上了盖子。 “求你了，求你了，求你了，”我低声对实验对象说。 然后我打开谷仓的门，发现匹普正要按门铃。 “佐伊!第一朵健康的森林玫瑰正在盛开。 我询问了附近的鹰头马身有翼兽父母，他们认为蛋会在今天晚些时候或明天孵化。 你想明白了吗？”感觉就像吞下了一块石头。 “嗯，还没有，匹普。”他的肩膀垂了下来，他看着地面。 “但是……是时候了。”“我知道。” 我飞快地眨了眨眼。我不想哭。 我需要分散注意力。“在这里,我将

show you my newest experiment. Hopefully it will do the trick?" Pip followed me into the barn, and all three of us skidded to a stop. "Whooooaaaa!" Pip said. "Is it supposed to be doing that?" The container with the smells was erupting with lots of quiet little bips and bursts of light were popping out like firecrackers. Sassafras stayed far away with his tail puffed, but Pip and I ran over to get a closer look.

给你看看我最新的实验。 希望它能奏效？”匹普跟着我进了谷仓，我们三个人都滑了下来。 “Whooooaaaa !”皮普说。“它应该那样做吗？”那个有气味的容器发出了许多安静的小哔哔声，一阵阵的光像鞭炮一样迸射出来。 萨萨法拉斯远远地站着，尾巴鼓着，但我和匹普跑过去凑近看了看。

"Sheesh, I could really use some sunglasses!" I narrowed my eyes to see where all the bips were. There were a few bipping over on the vanilla extract cotton ball. But a big pile of them were bipping away on the rose oil cotton ball. Wait. A big PILE? "PIP!!! That's soooo many more bips than were there a few minutes ago. It's working! Something in the rose oil is helping make a ton more bips!" Pip squinted and got down by the rose- scented cotton ball. He sniffed. "This doesn't smell nearly as good as a forest rose. Do you think if we got one of the real rose blooms, it would work even better?"

“天哪，我真的需要太阳镜！”我眯起眼睛想看看屁股在哪里。 有几个人在香草精棉球上跳来跳去。 但是有一大群人正在玫瑰油棉球上蹦蹦跳跳。 等待。一大堆？“皮普! !这比几分钟前要多得多。 这是工作!玫瑰精油里的某种物质能让你长出更多的臀部！”匹普眯起眼睛，走到玫瑰香味的棉球旁边。 他闻了闻。“这闻起来远不如森林玫瑰好闻。 你觉得如果我们得到一朵真正的玫瑰花，效果会更好吗？”

I thought for just a moment. "Yeah, I really do. But can we take a rose? I mean, we're already so short on roses for the baby hippogriffs that will be here any minute." "I know," Pip said, "but if this fixes all the forest roses, there will be plenty, right?" "True. OK, let's do it. But first I need to let Mom know where we're going." "Hurry, Zoey!" Pip called as I dashed to the house.

我想了一会儿。 “是的，我真的喜欢。但是我们可以带一朵玫瑰吗？ 我的意思是，我们送给随时会来的小鹰头马身有翼兽的玫瑰已经不够了。” “我知道，”匹普说，“但如果把所有的森林玫瑰都修好了，就会有很多，对吧？”“真的。 好吧，我们开始吧。但首先我得让妈妈知道我们要去哪儿。” “快点,佐伊!”我冲进房子时，皮普喊道。