8 EXPERIMENTS!

"I need to get home to Mom and my science journal, but let's think while we jog back." I puffed as Pip, Sassafras, and I all hurried. "Right now, the normal forest environment makes bips grow at a normal speed, but I need to find a way to make them super happy so they will grow super fast." I leapt over a fallen log. "I need to change only one thing in an experiment at a time," I continued, "but I also need to try different things. That means I need to run a few experiments. And we don't have much time… so I should try

“我得回家看妈妈和我的科学杂志，但我们一边慢跑一边想想吧。” 我喘着气，匹普、萨萨弗拉斯和我都急忙跑了起来。 “现在，正常的森林环境能让树突以正常的速度生长，但我需要找到一种方法让它们超级开心，这样它们才能长得超级快。” 我跳过一根倒下的圆木。 “在一次实验中，我只需要改变一件事，”我继续说，“但我也需要尝试不同的事情。 这意味着我需要做一些实验。 我们时间不多了，所以我应该试试

to set them up all at once!" "All I know is that bips need roses," said Pip. "I've never seen them anywhere else." "OK, good." I hopped across a series of rocks. "What else do we know? Oh—they're green like a plant! Plants need sunlight, so I should try one experiment with light." "Do you think they're a kind of tiny plant?" Pip asked. "Good question. I mean, they're green, but they also had eyes, and I was pretty sure I saw them moving a bit… maybe some kind of plant- like bacteria?" I guessed as we burst through the trees and into my backyard. "Let's ask Mom!" Pip hopped onto my head, and we all crashed through the back door into the kitchen. I tossed my backpack to the side and kicked off my muddy shoes, calling out, "Moooooom!" Pip leapt from my head and gave my mom's cheek a hug, and Mom kissed his head. "What did you guys find out?" I grabbed my science journal and a pencil and we all sat down at the kitchen table. I told Mom what we knew so far about the bips, how I'd need to run some experiments to see if I could get

一下子把他们都安顿好！”“我所知道的就是小圆圆需要玫瑰，”匹普说。 “我从来没在别的地方见过他们。” “好,好。”我跳过了一堆岩石。 “我们还知道什么？”哦，他们像植物一样绿！植物需要阳光，所以我应该做一个用光的实验。” “你认为它们是一种小植物吗？”皮普问道。 “好问题。我的意思是，它们是绿色的，但它们也有眼睛，我很确定我看到它们在移动……也许是某种类似植物的细菌？”我猜想着，我们冲过树林，进入我的后院。 “我们去问妈妈吧！”皮普跳到我的头上，我们都从后门冲进了厨房。 我把背包扔到一边，踢掉沾满泥的鞋子，大叫：“哞！”皮普从我的头上跳下来，拥抱了我妈妈的脸颊，妈妈吻了他的头。 “你们发现了什么？”我抓起我的科学杂志和一支铅笔，我们都坐在厨房的桌子旁。 我告诉妈妈我们目前对髋部的了解，我需要做一些实验来看看我是否能

more bips to grow, and how we only had a few days left to figure it out. "Oh my, in that case—let's get started!" Mom said. "So, if bips are a kind of photosynthetic bacteria, what do you think they might need, Zoey?" "Photo-syn-thetic," I said slowly and then smiled. "That's the word you use when you're talking about how plants make their own food from the sun, right?" Mom grinned and nodded.

我们只剩下几天的时间来解决这个问题。 “哦，天哪，那样的话，我们开始吧！”母亲说。 “那么，如果河马是一种光合细菌，你认为它们可能需要什么，佐伊？”“光合成的。”我慢慢地说，然后笑了。 “当你谈论植物如何从太阳中获取食物时，你会用这个词，对吧？”妈妈咧嘴一笑，点了点头。

"OK," I said, "we should definitely do an experiment with sunlight. And if they might be a kind of bacteria, sometimes warming bacteria can make them grow faster… so maybe an experiment with temperature?" I wrote both ideas down in my journal. "Those sound great," said Mom. "Can you think of one more you might want to try…?" "Hmmm…" I tapped my Thinking Goggles. "Maybe water or… um, moisture? Because all living things need water?" "It sounds like you've got the experiment ideas covered. How about some help with materials?" Mom grabbed some large plastic containers from a kitchen drawer and set them on the table. "Do these look like they'll work?"

“好吧，”我说，“我们一定要做一个关于阳光的实验。 如果它们可能是一种细菌，有时变暖的细菌可以使它们生长得更快……所以也许可以做一个温度实验？”我把这两个想法都写在了日记里。 “听起来不错，”妈妈说。 “你还能想到一个你想试试的吗……”“嗯……”我敲了敲我的思考镜。 “也许是水，或者……嗯，湿气？” 因为所有的生物都需要水吗？”“听起来你已经涵盖了实验的想法。 能不能帮我拿点材料？”妈妈从厨房抽屉里拿了几个大塑料容器放在桌子上。 “这些看起来有用吗？”

"Those are perfect!" I paused to think. "Mom? So far, we've only found one healthy rose. I don't want to take too many bips from it because it might get sick too. How many do you think I should use? If I take one leaf's worth for each experiment from different rose bushes, do you think that will be OK?" Mom looked at Pip. "What do you think?" "It sounds like we need to find some more healthy roses," Pip said. "I'll get my frog friends to scout the forest this evening, and then come back tomorrow morning and let you know if there are others." "Thank you, Pip!" I blew out a deep breath.

“太完美了！”我停下来想了想。 “妈妈?到目前为止，我们只找到了一朵健康的玫瑰。 我不想从它身上拿走太多的东西，因为它可能也会生病。 你觉得我该用多少？ 如果我每次从不同的玫瑰丛中取一片叶子做实验，你觉得可以吗？”妈妈看着皮普。 “你觉得怎么样？”“听起来我们需要找一些更健康的玫瑰，”皮普说。 “今天晚上我让我的青蛙朋友们去森林里侦察一下，明天早上再来告诉你有没有别的青蛙。” “谢谢你，匹普！”我深深地吸了一口气。

There just had to be more healthy roses somewhere. I gave Pip a gentle hug goodbye and went back to writing out the three experiments in my science journal.

肯定有更多健康的玫瑰。 我给了皮普一个温柔的拥抱，然后继续在我的科学日记上写下这三个实验。