14 HIPPOGRIFFS

Chapter fourteen, hippogriffs. "Erm, you should probably wait here," Pip said. I sat cross-legged at the base of the rocks where the hippogriffs nested, and Sassafras curled up in my lap. Wishy waited until Pip was far enough away and then floated over to me and Sass. Pip handled the tricky climb up easily with his large feet gripping the rocks. "Excuse me, sir and ma'am?" Pip called. We heard two loud eagle screeches as the hippogriffs answered Pip, who then explained our situation. "So, if you have any good hiccup cures…"

第十四章，鹰头马身有翼兽。 “嗯，你应该在这里等着，”皮普说。 我盘腿坐在鹰头马身有翼兽筑巢的岩石底部，檫树草蜷缩在我的腿上。 威西一直等到皮普走得够远了，才飘到我和萨斯身边。 匹普的大脚抓住岩石，轻松地爬了上去。 “对不起，先生和女士。”皮普。 当鹰头马身有翼兽回答匹普时，我们听到两声响亮的鹰叫声，匹普随后解释了我们的处境。 “所以，如果你有什么好的打嗝治疗方法……”

The hippogriffs screeched again. One of them stood and tucked its head down by its talons and then bobbed its head. It screeched one last time. "We will give that a try! Thank you so much!" Pip tromped back over to us. "Do you still have that cup and some water?" Pip asked me. I pulled out the small cup and water bottle from my backpack. "Excellent." Pip turned so he also faced Wishy far behind us. "They said to take a cup full of water, bend over, and drink it while you're upside down." I poured the Wishy-sized cup of water and gave it to her. After I timed her hiccups yet again, Wishy bent over and did her best to drink from the cup upside down. She straightened up and

鹰头马身有翼兽又尖叫起来。 其中一只站着，用爪子夹住头，然后摇了摇头。 它最后一次尖叫。 “我们会试试的！”非常感谢！”皮普又向我们走来。 “你还有那个杯子和一些水吗？”皮普问我。 我从背包里拿出小杯子和水瓶。 “很好。”匹普转过身来，也面对着我们身后很远的威斯。 “他们说拿一杯水，弯下腰，倒立着喝。” 我倒了一杯软糖大小的水递给她。 在我再次计算她打嗝的时间后，威西弯下腰，尽她最大的努力从杯子里倒着喝水。 她直起身子

brushed a drop of water from her forehead. "That was—hic—pretty tricky—hic—" I sat with my timer for a minute, then sighed. "Well… it didn't make the hiccups worse. But it didn't make them better, either." Pip put his hand on mine. "Don't worry, Zoey. I'm sure we'll figure it out… eventually." I thought of poor tiny Tiny back at the barn, and my stomach felt heavy. "I hope so, Pip." I looked around. "We're kind of by Gorp's house. Should we at least check with him?"

拂去她额头上的一滴水。 “那是——呃——相当棘手——呃——”我拿着计时器坐了一分钟，然后叹了口气。 “嗯……这并没有使打嗝更严重。 但这也没有让他们变得更好。” 匹普把手放在我的手上。“别担心，佐伊。 我相信我们最终会弄清楚的。” 我想起了谷仓里可怜的小拇指，我的胃感到很沉重。 “我希望如此，匹普。”我环顾四周。 “我们就在戈普家附近。 我们至少应该问问他吧？”