7 HOW LONG

We hiked a long way to a large gathering of rocks. Pip stopped at the bottom and turned to me and Sassafras. "Magical creatures are usually really shy. Hippogriffs are some of the shyest forest creatures and they are very protective of their nests. You guys can come, but stay really far back and stay low to the ground. And be VERY quiet, OK?" I nodded and Sass purred in reply. We scrabbled up the rock. Luckily, Sassafras was able to hop from one little ledge to another

我们走了很长一段路，来到一大片岩石堆前。 匹普在底部停了下来，转向我和萨萨弗拉斯。 “魔法生物通常都很害羞。 鹰头马身有翼兽是最害羞的森林生物之一，它们非常保护自己的巢穴。 你们可以来，但要离地远一点。 一定要非常安静，好吗？”我点了点头，萨斯呜呜地回答。 我们爬上了岩石。幸运的是，Sassafras能够从一个小窗台跳到另一个小窗台

and follow us up. Once we got to the top, Pip held up a webbed hand to motion for us to stop. Sassafras and I stayed on our bellies as Pip hopped over to a HUGE nest of sticks and branches. Pip coughed quietly and then called out gently, "Um, hello there, hippogriffs? Just Pip here, a friendly forest frog." I gasped and Sass pressed himself further into the rock when a large eagle head popped out of the nest and watched Pip hop closer. "Oh, uh… hello, sir," Pip said. "There's been a slight problem with the bips and the forest roses. The hophops came through and ate most of the bips…" The eagle head shrieked in reply. All of Sassafras' fur immediately poofed out. I reached over and put a calming hand on him.

跟着我们。我们一到山顶，匹普就举起一只带蹼的手示意我们停下来。 当皮普跳到一个由树枝和树枝组成的巨大巢穴时，萨萨弗拉斯和我趴在地上。 匹普轻轻地咳嗽了一下，然后轻轻地叫道：“嗯，你好，鹰头马身有翼兽？ 这里只有匹普，一只友好的森林青蛙。” 我倒吸了一口气，萨斯把自己压得更紧了，这时一只大鹰的头从巢里跳出来，看着皮普跳得更近了。 “哦，呃……你好，先生，”皮普说。 “髋部和森林玫瑰有点小问题。 啤酒花飞了过来，吃掉了大部分的河马……”鹰头尖叫着回答。 所有的黄樟的毛立刻都流出来了。 我伸出手，把一只安抚他的手放在他身上。

"I know, I know." Pip shook his head. "My friends Zoey and Sassafras and I are all working on fixing it right now. We were just wondering— how long do you think before the eggs start hatching?" The eagle head disappeared into the nest, and we heard some rustling. It reappeared and the hippogriff shrieked again. Pip gulped. "In that case, we'd better hurry. Thank you, sir!" As Pip turned and hopped over to us, a giant shadow glided over the rock. All three of us looked over in time to watch the hippogriff mama land in the nest. The dad and mom spoke back and forth in eagle calls. For a full minute, none of us said anything because we could only stare at the enormous and beautiful hippogriffs. I felt a webbed hand on mine and looked over to see Pip looking worried. "He says three days, maybe four before the eggs start hatching. Is it

“我知道，我知道。”匹普摇了摇头。 “我的朋友Zoey和Sassafras和我现在都在努力解决这个问题。 我们只是想知道——你认为蛋要多久才会孵化？”鹰的头消失在巢里，我们听到一些沙沙声。 它又出现了，鹰头马身有翼兽又尖叫起来。 皮普一饮而尽。“既然这样，我们最好快点。 谢谢您，先生！”当皮普转身跳向我们时，一个巨大的影子掠过岩石。 我们三个人都及时地看了看鹰头马身有翼兽妈妈降落在巢里。 爸爸和妈妈像鹰一样来回地说话。 整整一分钟，我们谁也没说一句话，因为我们只能盯着那巨大而美丽的鹰头马身有翼兽。 我感到一只带蹼的手放在我的手上，我看了看皮普，他看起来很担心。 “他说三天，也许四天之后蛋开始孵化。 它是

enough time, Zoey?" Three or four days? My stomach did another flip. It would have to be enough.

时间够吗，佐伊？”三天还是四天？ 我的胃又翻腾了一下。 这就足够了。