12 DATA

Chapter twelve, data "That's more like it," I said when I finished writing in my science journal. Pip looked over my shoulder at the data chart. "So we need to retry the first two fixes?" "Exactly. This time I've got a chart and a stopwatch so we can actually measure whether the cures work or not—and how well." Sassafras purred. We retested having Wishy hold her breath and drink a cup of water through a straw, and I added the data to my chart:

“这才像话，”我写完科学期刊后说。 皮普越过我的肩膀看了看数据图表。 “所以我们需要重试前两个修复？”“没错。 这次我有一张图表和一个秒表，这样我们就可以实际测量治疗是否有效，以及效果如何。” 黄樟呼噜。我们重新测试了让威西屏住呼吸，用吸管喝一杯水的情况，并将数据添加到我的图表中：

Cure.1 Hold2 your3 breath4 as5 long6 as7 possible.8 Hiccups9 per10 minute11 before12 thirty13 eight14 hiccups15 per16 minute17 after18 forty19 five,20 drink21 a22 cup23 of24 water25 through26 a27 straw28 hiccups29 per30 minute31 before32 forty33 six34 hiccups35 per36 minute37 after38 thirty39 one I closed my science journal and went back into the barn. I knelt down and whispered to tiny Tiny, "How do unicorns cure hiccups?" Tiny shook his little head. "What is hiccup?" I explained with my lung model, but Tiny still shook his head. "Unicorns no hiccup." I sighed and walked around the barn until I found the monster siblings' hiding spot. "I think it's safe for you guys to come out now. As long as you don't get close to Wishy, you should be fine. She's outside so you could totally hang out in the barn if you want." They shook their heads no. "Umm, we'd

治疗方法：尽可能长时间地屏住呼吸每隔10分钟打嗝每隔40分钟打嗝每隔40分钟打嗝每隔40分钟打嗝每隔30分钟打嗝每隔40分钟打嗝每隔30分钟打嗝每隔40分钟打嗝每隔30分钟打嗝每隔40分钟打嗝每隔30分钟打嗝每隔40分钟打嗝每隔30分钟打嗝我合上科学杂志，回到谷仓里。 我跪下来小声问小拇指：“独角兽怎么治打嗝？”Tiny摇了摇他的小脑袋。 “打嗝是什么？”我用我的肺模型解释了一下，但蒂尼还是摇了摇头。 “独角兽不会打嗝。”我叹了口气，绕着谷仓走了一圈，直到找到了这对怪物兄弟的藏身之处。 “我认为你们现在出来是安全的。 只要你不接近维西，你就会没事的。 她在外面，所以如果你想的话，你完全可以在谷仓里闲逛。” 他们摇了摇头。 “嗯,我们

rather stay over here if that's OK," said the girl. The boy monster shivered. "I do not want to end up laying chicken eggs." I shrugged. Then I asked, "How do you guys cure hiccups?" "We hold our breath!" they said at the same time. "OK, thanks," I said, trying not to sound disappointed. I walked back outside. "Unicorns don't get hiccups, and monsters seem to use the same cure my family does. Which means we have one hiccup fix that kind of works, and one that definitely doesn't," I said. "Should we ask around in the forest and see if other magical creatures have new things for us to try?" Pip and Wishy nodded, and Sassafras meowed. As we walked through the forest, Wishy was careful to stay several feet away from Pip, who marched by my side with his enormous feet. Suddenly Pip stopped. "Do you hear that?" "Is that… someone laughing?" I asked. Pip smiled. "Yep. I bet those are chortles!

如果可以的话，我宁愿呆在这儿。”女孩说。 男孩怪物颤抖着。“我可不想落得下鸡蛋的下场。” 我耸了耸肩。然后我问：“你们怎么治打嗝？”“我们屏住呼吸！”他们异口同声地说。 “好的，谢谢。”我说，尽量让自己听起来不那么失望。 我走到外面。“独角兽不会打嗝，怪物似乎用的是和我们家一样的治疗方法。 这意味着我们有一个小问题可以解决，而另一个肯定不行。”我说。 “我们要不要到森林里去打听一下，看看其他的魔法生物有没有什么新东西让我们试试？”匹普和威西点了点头，萨萨弗拉斯叫了起来。 当我们穿过森林时，威西小心地和皮普保持着几英尺远的距离，皮普用他那双巨大的脚在我身边走来走去。 突然，匹普停了下来。“你听到了吗？”“是……有人在笑吗？”我问。 皮普笑了。“是的。我打赌那是笑声！

Let's go find out." We all followed Pip, and the sound of laughter got louder and louder. I soon spotted a group of six creatures that looked a bit like a goat and a fox mixed together. But smaller, and with eight legs each! Even though I was worried about poor Wishy, I couldn't help but feel a little burst of excitement at being introduced to a new kind of magical creature. "Hello there!" Pip called, while I quietly timed and counted Wishy's hiccups and added that information to my chart. "Our friend Wishy has a bad case of hiccups, and it's making her magic do silly things." Pip paused and held up one of his giant feet and wiggled it, and the chortles giggled. "We were wondering how you get rid of hiccups?"

我们去看看吧。”我们都跟着匹普，笑声越来越大。 我很快就发现了一群六只动物，看起来有点像山羊和狐狸的混合体。 但是更小，而且每条腿都有八条腿！尽管我很担心可怜的维西，但当我被介绍给一种新的神奇生物时，我还是忍不住感到一阵兴奋。 “你好!”皮普在叫，而我静静地计时和计算维西打嗝的次数，并将这些信息添加到我的图表中。 “我们的朋友威西有严重的打嗝，这让她的魔法做了一些愚蠢的事情。” 匹普停了下来，举起他的一只巨脚，扭动着它，人们咯咯地笑起来。 “我们想知道你是如何消除打嗝的？”

The chortles looked at each other and laughed. The one on the far left said, "Well, first you put one finger on your nose." Wishy, who was still a good distance away, put one finger on her nose. Another chortle said, "Then you put your other hand on your hip." Wishy did that as well. The next chortle said, "Then you flap your elbows." Another added, "Don't forget to hop on one foot!"

欢笑的人们面面相觑，哈哈大笑。 最左边的那个说：“嗯，首先你把一根手指放在鼻子上。” 维西还在很远的地方，把一个手指放在她的鼻子上。 另一个咯咯笑着说：“然后你把另一只手放在屁股上。” 威希也这样做了。下一个咯咯笑着说：“那你就扇动你的胳膊肘。” 另一个人补充道：“别忘了单脚跳！”

A fifth chortle said, "And you have to do all that while you spin around." The last chortle looked at our group. "It works best if you all do it at the same time." Pip, Wishy, and I did our best to follow all of those directions while Sassafras just galloped in circles. Then Pip tripped over Sassafras and they landed in a pile, which made me start laughing, and I tripped over a small branch and fell, too. The whole group of us, even Wishy, couldn't stop laughing for a full minute. Pip wiped laughing tears away from his eyes. "Is that really what you do every time you get the hiccups?" he asked the chortles. "Well… not really," said one. "We do cure them by laughing, though," said another. "Because laughter is the best medicine!"

第五个咯咯地笑着说：“而且你还得一边旋转一边做这些事。” 最后的笑声看着我们这群人。 “如果大家同时做，效果最好。” 皮普、威西和我尽了最大的努力跟着这些方向走，而萨萨法斯只是在原地打转。 然后皮普被檫树绊倒了，它们落在一堆上，这让我笑了起来，我也被一根小树枝绊倒了，摔倒了。 我们所有人，包括威西，都笑了整整一分钟。 匹普擦去眼里笑出的泪水。 “你们每次打嗝都是这么做的吗？”他问笑声。 “嗯……不太好，”一个人说。 “不过，我们的确是通过笑来治愈的。”另一个人说。 “因为笑是最好的药！”