17 OH NO!

The next morning, Sassafras and I rushed through breakfast, grabbed a sweater, and bolted to the greenhouse to check on Wishy. As we ran, I whispered, "Please be gone, hiccups, please be gone!" I threw open the greenhouse door, and Wishy rubbed her eyes. "Good morning, Zoey—hic. How did you sleep—hic—?" And then she started to cry. "Istill— hic— havethe— hic— cups!" I felt like I'd swallowed a rock. We'd tried everything we could think of. And even waiting didn't work. What were we going to do now? I

第二天早上，萨萨弗拉斯和我匆匆吃完早餐，抓起一件毛衣，跑到温室去看威西。 我一边跑一边小声说：“快走吧，小嗝嗝，快走吧！”我猛地打开温室的门，维尼揉了揉眼睛。 “早上好，佐伊。 你睡得怎么样——？”然后她开始哭了起来。 “我还——呃——拿着——呃——杯子！”我觉得自己好像吞下了一块石头。 能想到的我们都试过了。 即使等待也无济于事。 我们现在该怎么办呢？ 我

could feel tears starting to come, but I didn't want Wishy to lose hope. "Well, we just have to think of more things to try, right?" Wishy nodded sadly. She floated past me over to the tree beside the barn. I tried to think while I watched Sassafras roll around in the grass. None of us were paying attention when Pip came bounding back to the barn through the forest. "Hey, Zoey, did—" Pip started to say right behind me. And Wishy was right in front of me. I spunaround— Pip was too close! I tried to push him away, but I wasn't fastenough— poof! Pip turned into a tadpole right before my eyes. He landed on the grass and wiggled. His little mouth gasped. "Oh no!" I said. Then more urgently, "OH NO!" If Pip was a tadpole, that meant he had gills now. He couldn't breathe unless he was underwater.

我能感觉到眼泪开始流了，但我不想让维希失去希望。 “嗯，我们只需要想出更多的东西来尝试，对吧？”威希伤心地点点头。 她从我身边飘到谷仓旁的那棵树上。 我一边看着黄樟在草地上打滚，一边努力思考。 当皮普穿过森林蹦蹦跳跳地跑回谷仓时，我们谁也没有注意到。 “嘿，佐伊，是不是——”皮普在我身后开始说。 威西就在我面前。 我转过身来——匹普离得太近了！我想把他推开，但我不够快——噗！皮普就在我眼前变成了一只蝌蚪。 他落在草地上扭动身子。 他的小嘴巴喘着气。“哦,不!”我说。 然后更急切地说：“哦，不！”如果匹普是一只蝌蚪，那就意味着他现在有腮了。 他只有在水下才能呼吸。

I looked left and then right and quickly spotted a puddle. That would work for now. I gently scooped the flopping Pip tadpole into it. "Sassafras!" I called, and he came bounding over. I pointed to the puddle. "Pip is a tadpole now," I choked out. "Please watch him." "Mrow," said Sassafras. I ran to the barn, filled a big jar with water, and rushed back to Sassafras. I fished around in the puddle, found Pip, and put him in the jar. He opened and closed his mouth like he was trying to talk, but I couldn't understand him anymore. Wishy watched with her mouth wide open and tears pouring down her face. "Zoey, I am

我左看右看，很快发现了一个水坑。 这暂时可行。我轻轻地把扑腾的蝌蚪皮普捞了进去。 “黄樟!”我喊了一声，他就跳了过来。 我指着水坑。“匹普现在是一只蝌蚪了，”我哽咽着说。 “请看好他。”“明天。”萨萨弗拉斯说。 我跑到谷仓，把一个大罐子装满水，然后冲回萨萨弗拉斯那里。 我在水坑里捞了一圈，找到了匹普，把他放进了罐子里。 他张开又闭上嘴巴，好像在说话，但我再也听不懂他的话了。 威希张着嘴看着，眼泪从脸上流下来。 “佐伊，我是

—hic—so sorry—hic—!" I managed to squeak out, "It's OK. It was an accident," and then I ran into the barn with the jar to cry.

-hic-so sorry-hic - !”我勉强尖声说：“没关系。 那是个意外，”然后我拿着罐子跑进谷仓哭了起来。