16 NOW WHAT

Chapter sixteen. Now what? Three hours later I dramatically dropped down to the forest floor with my arms and legs spread out. I stared up at the sky and blew out a giant breath. "Now what?" I asked Pip. Pip opened his mouth to answer. Then closed it again. Sassafras booped my cheek to make me feel better. I sighed. "I really thought we were getting closer after talking to Gorp and trying the peanut butter, but the last four groups of creatures we asked had the same ideas we've already tried." "I know," said Pip. "I'm really not sure what

十六章。现在怎么办呢? 三个小时后，我戏剧性地躺在森林的地面上，四肢摊开。 我抬头望着天空，深深地吸了一口气。 “现在什么?”我问皮普。匹普张开嘴要回答。 然后又关上了。黄樟在我的脸颊上打滚，让我感觉好些。 我叹了口气。“在和Gorp交谈并尝试花生酱后，我真的以为我们离成功越来越近了，但我们问的最后四组生物的想法和我们已经尝试过的一样。” “我知道，”匹普说。“我真的不确定是什么

to try next." "And it's getting late." I sighed again. "I really need to head home." "Oh," Wishy whispered. She started crying quietly. I sat up. "I'm so sorry, Wishy. When we get home, I'll ask my mom for any other ideas she might have." We slowly made our way back home. I had Pip go check on Tiny and the monster siblings. I went into the house to talk with Mom while Wishy waited outside the barn. I flumped down at the kitchen table and laid my head on my arms. Mom came over and rubbed my back. "It's going that well, huh?" I turned my head to the side. "I feel like we asked everyone in the forest today. Two things almost worked, but not all the way. Everything else either did nothing or made the hiccups worse." I pulled out my science journal to show my mom all the things we'd tried. "Well, it does look like you've tried everything I've heard of. And even some things I

再试一次。”“而且已经很晚了。” 我又叹了口气。“我真的要回家了。” “哦，”威希低声说。她轻轻地哭了起来。 我坐了起来。“我很抱歉，维西。 我们回家后，我会问我妈妈她还有什么其他的主意。” 我们慢慢地走回家。 我让皮普去看看蒂尼和怪物兄弟姐妹。 我进屋和妈妈说话，威西在谷仓外面等着。 我扑通一声坐在厨房的桌子旁，把头枕在胳膊上。 妈妈过来给我揉背。 “进展得很顺利，是吧？”我把头转向一边。 “我觉得我们今天问了森林里的每个人。 有两件事几乎成功了，但并没有完全成功。 其他的东西要么没有作用，要么让打嗝更严重。” 我拿出我的科学日记，给我妈妈看我们尝试过的所有东西。 “嗯，看来你已经试过了我听说过的所有方法。 甚至有些东西我

hadn't." Mom sat down next to me at the table. "Isn't it funny how the magical creatures cures are similar to human cures?" I nodded. "I noticed that, too." Mom thought for a minute. "Well, with humans, sometimes it just takes time for hiccups to go away. Maybe that will work for Wishy, too! Why don't you make everyone comfortable for the night, and perhaps she will be better in the morning?" "OK," I grumbled. "I guess we haven't tried leaving the hiccups alone yet." I walked back out to the barn and laid a little folded-up tissue in the tray with Tiny so he'd have somewhere cozy to sleep. Pip decided to go home for the night.

没有。”妈妈在我旁边坐下。 “神奇生物的治疗方法和人类的治疗方法很相似，这不是很有趣吗？”我点了点头。 “我也注意到了。”妈妈想了一会儿。 “嗯，对于人类来说，有时打嗝需要时间才能消失。 也许这对威希也有用！你为什么不让大家都舒舒服服地睡上一晚呢？也许明天早上她就会好起来的。”“好吧，”我抱怨道。 “我想我们还没有试着不去管打嗝。” 我走回谷仓，在托盘里放了一小张折叠好的纸巾，这样他就有个舒适的地方睡觉了。 皮普决定回家过夜。

I took Wishy over to our greenhouse. "It should be warmer in here tonight. I hope those pesky hiccups go away while you sleep!" She hugged me. "Thank you for—hic—trying so hard—hic—Zoey." As I went inside for the night, I tried to be hopeful that the hiccups would finally be gone by the morning.

我带威西去了我们的温室。 “今晚这里应该暖和些。 我希望你睡觉时那些讨厌的打嗝消失！”她拥抱了我。 “谢谢你——这么努力地——吻——佐伊。” 当我晚上进去睡觉的时候，我试着抱着希望，希望打嗝能在第二天早上消失。