13 CATERFLIES

Chapter thirteen Caterflies. "Mrow!" called Sassafras as we turned the corner to the little meadow where the caterflies lived. I looked down to see a caterfly riding on Sassafras's head. I bent closer and heard the unmistakable tiny purr of a happy caterfly. "Hello, sweet little friend!" I said, and before I knew it, about a dozen caterflies were hovering around us. One landed on Pip's head, one landed on my shoulder, and two caterflies flew over to Wishy. "WAIT!" she shouted. "Don't come—hic— any closer!"

第十三章毛毛虫 “快！”当我们转过拐角来到毛毛虫栖息的小草地时，萨萨弗拉斯喊道。 我低头一看，看见一只毛毛虫骑在黄樟的头上。 我俯下身去，听到了一只快乐的毛毛虫发出的微小的咕噜声。 “你好，可爱的小朋友！”我说，还没等我反应过来，就有十几只毛毛虫在我们周围盘旋。 一只落在匹普的头上，一只落在我的肩膀上，还有两只毛毛虫飞向威西。 “等等！”她喊道。“别过来——别再靠近了！”

The two caterflies looked from Wishy to me and back again. I held out a hand, and they landed. "Our friend Wishy has a bad case of hiccups, and they make her magic do strange things. If you don't get too close to her, you should be safe." Pip called out, "We are asking everyone for their hiccup cures to try to help Wishy." One of the caterflies in my hand said, "Ahhh. In that case, wait here, please!" She meowed once, and five other caterflies flew off with her. I raised an eyebrow at Pip. He shrugged and reached up to pet the caterfly under the chin. They were only gone a minute. I pointed to six caterflies carrying a large yellow thing between them. "Pip? Is that a… lemon?" Pip squinted. "I think it is!" The group of caterflies flew to my hand. "Oof! Here you go, Zoey! If you peel that and have your friend suck on it, that should fix her hiccups," the caterfly said proudly. "Wait here with Pip and Sassafras," I told the caterflies.

两只毛毛虫看看维西，看看我，又看看维西。 我伸出一只手，他们就降落了。 “我们的朋友威西有严重的打嗝，打嗝使她的魔法做出奇怪的事情。 如果你不太靠近她，你应该是安全的。” 匹普喊道：“我们要求每个人都提供打嗝的治疗方法来帮助维西。” 我手里的一只毛毛虫说：“啊…… 那样的话，请在这里等着！”她叫了一声，其他五只毛毛虫就跟着她飞走了。 我对匹普扬起眉毛。 他耸了耸肩，伸手摸摸毛毛虫的下巴。 他们只走了一分钟。 我指着六只毛毛虫，它们中间夹着一个黄色的大家伙。 “皮普?那是……柠檬吗？”皮普眯起了双眼。 “我想是的！”那群毛毛虫飞到我手上。 “力量!给你，佐伊！如果你把它剥下来，让你的朋友吸一口，她的打嗝就会好了。”毛毛虫骄傲地说。 “和皮普和萨萨法拉在这里等着，”我对毛毛虫说。

"Oooooooh, Sassafras!" half a dozen tiny caterfly voices squealed as they burrowed into my cat's fur. I peeled the lemon and handed it to Wishy. Then I pulled out my stopwatch to time her hiccups and gave her the thumbs-up. Wishy took the lemon in both hands and took a big bite. She sucked in the lemon juice, and her face wrinkled up.

“呜——呜——呜，黄樟！”六只毛毛虫钻进我的猫的毛里，尖声叫道。 我剥了柠檬皮，递给维希。 然后我拿出秒表，为她的打嗝计时，并对她竖起大拇指。 威西双手拿着柠檬，咬了一大口。 她吸了一口柠檬汁，脸皱了起来。

"Oh, wow—hic—that is—hic—really so—hic —very sour—hic—!" I lowered my stopwatch and shook my head. "The lemon juice made it worse." "Oh no!" cried a caterfly. "We're so sorry," said another. "Something sour always seems to work when

“哦，哇——嗬——嗬——真的——嗬——很酸——嗬——！”我放下秒表，摇了摇头。 “柠檬汁让情况更糟了。” “哦，不！”一只毛毛虫喊道。 “我们很抱歉，”另一个说。 "酸的东西似乎总能起作用

we get the hiccups," said the caterfly that had been on my hand. "Don't worry about it!" I said. "There's really no single cure for the hiccups. That's why we're asking everyone. Even though it didn't work, you gave us some good information. Now we know lemons won't cure Wishy." Pip added, "Thank you so much for trying, caterflies!" We waved goodbye, and all the caterflies swarmed Sassafras once more for a big snuggle before we left. "Hippogriffs next?" suggested Pip, and I nodded.

我们会打嗝，”在我手上的那只毛毛虫说。 “别担心！”我说。 “打嗝真的没有单一的治疗方法。 这就是为什么我们要求每个人。 虽然没有成功，但你给了我们一些有用的信息。 现在我们知道柠檬不能治好维西了。” 皮普补充说：“非常感谢你们的努力，毛毛虫们！”我们挥手告别，在我们离开之前，所有的毛毛虫又一次聚集在黄樟树上，紧紧地依偎在一起。 “接下来是鹰头马身有翼兽吗？”匹普建议道，我点了点头。