11 LET’S FIND A CURE

Chapter eleven let's find a cure. I breathed a sigh of relief at having figured something out. "Let's get down to business. Which magical creatures should we ask about hiccup cures first?" I asked Pip. Pip blinked at me. "What?" I raised an eyebrow. He crossed his arms. "Seriously, Zoey?" "What am I missing?" "Ummm, you're talking to a magical creature right now! Aren't you going to ask me?" Pip humphed. "Oh goodness—of course! I am so sorry. Pip,

第十一章，让我们找到解药。 我终于想通了，松了一口气。 “我们开始谈正事吧。 关于打嗝的治疗方法，我们应该先问哪一种神奇的生物？”我问皮普。 匹普朝我眨了眨眼睛。“什么?”我扬起眉毛。 他交叉双臂。“说真的,佐伊?”“我错过了什么？”“嗯，你现在是在和一个神奇的生物说话！”你不打算问我吗？”皮普哼。 “哦，天哪——当然啦！”我很抱歉。 皮普,

how does your family cure hiccups?" I asked. "We drink a big cup of water all through a straw," Pip answered proudly. "You guys have straws?" I asked. "Of course we have straws." Pip frowned. "Why wouldn't we have straws?" I shrugged. "We have metal straws, but they're people-sized. They'd be too big for Wishy." Pip nodded. "Come with me." He marched with his giant feet out into the backyard, but kept a careful eye on Wishy to make sure he didn't get too close. He picked a dandelion, plucked the flower off, and handed me the stem. "Ta-da!" I held it, and then grinned at a memory. "Oh, of course they make perfect straws! In the summer we use dandelion stems to blow bubbles in the backyard. Thank you, Pip!" I reached down and gave him a high-five. Next, I went in the barn and found a little cap that would work as a small cup and filled it with water from the sink. Along the way I peered behind a stack of books where Sassafras was tucked away.

你们家是怎么治打嗝的？”我问。 “我们用一根吸管喝一大杯水，”匹普骄傲地回答。 “你们有吸管吗？”我问。 “我们当然有吸管。” 皮普皱起了眉头。“我们为什么不用吸管呢？”我耸了耸肩。 “我们有金属吸管，但它们是人体大小的。 它们对威希来说太大了。” 皮普点点头。“跟我来。” 他那双巨大的脚大步走进后院，但一直小心地盯着威希，确保他不会走得太近。 他摘了一朵蒲公英，摘下花，把花茎递给我。 “哈哈!”我拿着它，回忆着往事，笑了。 “哦，它们当然是完美的稻草！”夏天，我们用蒲公英的茎在后院吹泡泡。 谢谢你，匹普！”我伸手和他击掌。 接下来，我去了谷仓，找到了一个小盖子，可以作为一个小杯子，并从水槽里装满了水。 一路上，我在藏着檫檫的一堆书后面偷看。

"Oh, buddy!" I reached down and ruffled his fur. "I think it's OK to come out now. We figured out how to make Pip stop changing. Plus you should see his new feet!" Sassafras popped his head up, sniffed a bit, and then hopped out and marched off like he'd never been scared in the first place. I giggled and followed him back over to Pip. We had Pip wait a good distance away, and then took the water and straw over and handed them to Wishy. "Pip's family hiccup cure is drinking a full glass of water through a straw, so let's try that first." We all watched as she carefully drank the full cup of water through the dandelion stem straw. Pip clasped his hands. "Did it work?"

“哦,伙计!”我伸手把它的毛弄皱了。 “我认为现在可以出柜了。 我们找到了让皮普停止改变的方法。 而且你应该看看他的新脚！”萨萨法斯抬起头来，嗅了嗅，然后跳下车，大步走了，就像他从来没有被吓过一样。 我咯咯地笑着，跟着他回到匹普身边。 我们让匹普在很远的地方等着，然后把水和稻草拿过来递给维西。 “皮普家族打嗝的治疗方法是用吸管喝满满一杯水，所以我们先试试这个。” 我们都看着她小心翼翼地从蒲公英茎的吸管里喝下满满一杯水。 匹普紧握双手。“管用吗？”

A tear rolled down Wishy's cheek. "I don't think it—hic—worked." My Thinking Goggles got a little tight. "What am I missing?" I asked myself. I walked in a little circle. "Oh! Can you say something else, Wishy?" "What do you want—hic—me to say?" I grinned. "Did you hear that?" "Mrow!" said Sassafras. "Oh yeahhh!" said Pip. "She's hiccupping a little less, right?" I nodded. "I'll have to track this. I need to get my science journal!"

一滴眼泪顺着威希的脸颊滚落下来。 “我不认为它起作用了。” 我的思维护目镜有点紧。 “我错过了什么？”我问自己。 我绕了一小圈。 “哦!你能再说点别的吗，威西？”“你想让我说什么？”我咧嘴笑了笑。 “你听到了吗？”“快！”萨萨弗拉斯说。 “哦，是的！”匹普说。“她打嗝少了一些，是吗？”我点了点头。 “我得追踪一下。我要去拿我的科学杂志！”