8 PIP

Chapter eight, Pip. Where my friend Pip had been just a moment before, there was now a furry blue… thing? "Aaaghh!" I yelped again. "Zoey, it's me!" said the furry thing. Sassafras was all poofed out, carefully sniffing the blue creature. I rubbed my eyes. Oh! It was Pip. His green hair was gone. And instead of Pip's purple and neon orange polka-dotted frog skin, he was now covered in fluffy blue fur. "Oh no—hic—oh no—hic—not again—hic—!" said the floating creature who had rung the magic doorbell. "Ack!" said Pip. My head bounced back and forth between the

第八章，匹普。刚才我的朋友皮普还在的地方，现在有一个毛茸茸的蓝色……东西？ “Aaaghh !”我又叫了一声。“佐伊，是我！”毛茸茸的东西说。 黄樟都吐了出来，小心地嗅着这个蓝色的生物。 我揉了揉眼睛。哦!是皮普。 他的绿头发不见了。皮普身上不再是紫色和霓虹橙色的圆点青蛙皮，而是毛茸茸的蓝色皮毛。 “哦，不，不，不，不，不，不，不，又来了——哦——！”那个按了魔法门铃的漂浮生物说。 “哎呀！”匹普说。我的头在

creature and Pip. Pip was now his normal color, with no fur or hair—but he had just laid a chicken egg. As the egg slowly rolled to a stop by his paw, Sassafras bolted and hid behind a stack of books. "Oh my!" I said to Pip, and I then I spun back to the floating creature. "Ummmm, sorry— one moment!" I shut the barn door and rushed Pip back over

生物和匹普。比普现在是正常的颜色，没有毛和头发——但他刚刚下了一个鸡蛋。 蛋在它的爪子下慢慢地滚动着停了下来，檫树急忙跑开，躲在一堆书后面。 “哦,我的!”我对匹普说，然后我转身回到那个漂浮的生物那里。 “嗯，对不起——等一下！”我关上谷仓的门，把皮普赶回来

to Tiny. Was he changing, too? What if he got even tinier? "Pheww," I said. Tiny was unchanged. "Well, I think we found out what has been causing all the changes in the forest." Pip shivered and looked at his arms and legs, which were back to normal… for now. "Ohhh!" he said. "That makes sense." I shook my head. What was he talking about? Nothing was making sense! Pip put his hand on mine. "That was a Wishypoof, Zoey." "A whaaa—?" I said. "Ah, you probably haven't seen one before. They are pretty rare. Wishypoofs are magical creatures that can grant wishes!" I shook my head again. "But—you didn't wish to lay an egg… did you?" Pip stuck out his tongue. "Oh, goodness no!" I thought for a moment. That sound… she had the hiccups! "Do you think maybe her magic is not working right because she's hiccupping?" Pip put a hand to his chin and thought for a moment. "Maybe! We should go ask her!" He

小。他也在改变吗？ 如果他变得更小呢？ “呸，”我说。蒂尼没有改变。 “嗯，我想我们找到了导致森林变化的原因。” 匹普打了个寒颤，看着自己的胳膊和腿，它们恢复了正常……暂时是这样。 “哦！”他说。“这说得通。” 我摇了摇头。他在说什么？ 一切都说不通！匹普把手放在我的手上。 “那是一个幻想，佐伊。” “whaaa——吗?”我说。“啊，你可能以前没见过。 它们非常罕见。许愿兔是一种能实现愿望的神奇生物！”我又摇了摇头。 “可是——你并不想下蛋……是不是？”匹普伸出舌头。 “哦，天哪，不！”我想了一会儿。 那个声音…她打嗝了！“你觉得她的魔法没有发挥作用是因为她打嗝了吗？”匹普把手放在下巴上，想了一会儿。 “也许!我们应该去问问她！”他

stood up and then froze. "Um, maybe you should go ask her. It seems safer for me to stay here." I nodded and hurried back to the barn door. Just as I was about to open it, I paused. The last time I opened the door, Pip turned into a fluffy blue frog. I went around the long way just to be safe. Once I reached the back of the barn I could hear the hic—hic—hic sound of hiccups. "Um, hello? Wishypoof?" She slowly floated over to me and dried her eyes. "Are you—hic—Zoey?" "That's me! Are you doing OK?" "Not really—hic—" Tears ran down her tiny face. "I don't—hic—know what—hic—is going on—hic—but I started—hic—making this weird —hic—noise and then—hic—my wishing powers —hic—started changing the—hic—forest creatures—hic—" She had to stop talking for a moment because she was crying too hard.

站起来，然后僵住了。“嗯，也许你应该去问问她。 对我来说，留在这里似乎更安全。” 我点点头，急忙跑回谷仓门口。 就在我要打开它的时候，我停了下来。 我最后一次开门的时候，匹普变成了一只毛茸茸的蓝色青蛙。 为了安全起见，我绕了很远的路。 我一走到谷仓后面，就能听到打嗝的声音。 “嗯,你好吗?Wishypoof ?”她慢慢地向我漂过来，擦干了眼泪。 “you-hic-Zoey吗?”“这是我!你还好吗？”“不是真的——”泪水顺着她的小脸上流下来。 “我不知道是怎么回事——我开始打嗝——发出奇怪的——打嗝的声音，然后——我的许愿能力——开始改变了——打嗝的森林生物——嗯——”她不得不停止了一会儿，因为她哭得太厉害了。

"Oh, don't worry… um, Miss Wishypoof. We'll find a way to fix it!" I gently patted her. "You can—hic—call me—hic—Wishy." She brushed away her tears. "I—hic—think I—hic—keep changing—hic —forest creatures—hic—and… and—hic—and I —hic—think I—hic—just made—hic—a baby unicorn—hic—DISAPPEAAAR!" she wailed. "Oh! No—Tiny isn't gone. He's just… tiny. I have him in the barn right now," I told her. "Really?" She sniffed. "He's—hic—safe?" I nodded.

“哦，别担心……嗯，维希普夫小姐。 我们会想办法解决的！”我轻轻地拍了拍她。 “你可以叫我希希希希。” 她擦去眼泪。 “我——呃——我——呃——一直在变——呃——森林里的生物——呃——呃——呃——我——呃——呃——我——呃——呃——我——呃——呃——我——呃——呃——我刚刚制造了——呃——呃——消失了！” “哦!No-Tiny并没有消失。 他只是…很小。他现在就在谷仓里，”我告诉她。 “真的吗?”她闻了闻。”他's-hic-safe ?”我点了点头。

"I don't—hic—want to—hic—keep doing —hic—this—hic—" She wiped her nose. "Can you—hic—make this—hic—go away?" "I think you just have the hiccups," I said. "The—hic—what?" she asked. "Hiccups. You know? When your stomach kind of squinches up and you make that sound?" She wrinkled up her face. "I have—hic— never heard of—hic—hiccups. They must—hic— be what—hic—is making—hic—my magic—hic —do these—hic—weird things—hic. How do —hic—you make them—hic—go away?" "Well… that's a good question. In my family we hold our breath for as long as we can." Wishy nodded and closed her mouth. Her little cheeks puffed out, and her face turned red. I could still hear little hiccups as she did it, but I crossed my fingers that this would work.

“我不——呃——我不想——呃——继续——呃——这个——呃——”她擦了擦鼻子。 “你能——让——这个——嗝——走开吗？”“我想你只是打嗝而已，”我说。 “——呃——什么？”她问。 “打嗝。你知道吗?当你的胃咯吱作响时，你会发出那种声音？”她皱起了脸。 “我从来没有听说过打嗝。 他们一定是“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”——“我的魔法”。 怎么——呃——你怎么让它们——呃——走开？”“嗯……这是个好问题。 在我们家，我们会尽可能长时间屏住呼吸。” 威西点点头，闭上了嘴。 她的小脸蛋鼓了起来，脸变红了。 当她这样做的时候，我仍然能听到她打嗝的声音，但我祈祷这能奏效。