Chapter 4

Chapter 4 All the art scientists crowded around to see what I would see when I looked at the blob. "Hmm," I said. I said "Hmm" so it would sound like I was thinking something really smart. Instead, I was thinking that I was looking at a yellow blob. A slightly greenish-yellow blob, actually. Wait a minute! Maybe the blob looked like a hand... a pointing hand! Well, not really. Maybe the letter R? No, not much.

所有的艺术科学家都围了过来，想看看我看到这个斑点会看到什么。 “嗯，”我说。我说“嗯”，这样听起来就像是我在想一些非常聪明的事情。 相反，我认为我看到的是一个黄色的斑点。 实际上是一个略带绿黄色的斑点。 等一下！也许那个斑点看起来像一只手…… 一只指指点点的手！嗯，不完全是。 也许是字母R？不，不多。

Or a duckie? Or Nina's mom? No, not any of those things. It just looked like a blob. "Have you had the blob scientifically tested?" I asked. "No, it's too important and valuable for us to even touch," said Lulu Emu. "Hey! What's your goat doing?" Nina was licking the yellow blob. "Stop!" shouted Lulu Emu and all the scientists. "That blob is priceless!" "Big deal," said Nina. "It's too salty anyway."

还是一只鸭子？还是妮娜的妈妈？ 不，这些都不是。 它看起来就像一团。 “你对这个斑点做过科学测试吗？”我问。 “不，它太重要、太有价值了，我们碰都碰不到。”鸸鹋露露说。 “嘿!你的山羊在干什么？”尼娜在舔那黄色的斑点。 “停下！”鸸鹋璐璐和所有的科学家喊道。 “那东西是无价之宝！”“有什么大不了的，”尼娜说。 “反正也太咸了。”

"Salty?" I said. "Hmm." This time I said "Hmm" because I really meant it. Finally it was starting to make sense. I just needed to know one more thing. "Do you know anything about Leonardo da Vinci?" I asked Lulu Emu. "Of course! He was born in Italy in—" I interrupted her. "Do you happen to know how tall he was?"

“咸吗?”我说。“嗯。”这次我说“嗯”是因为我是认真的。 终于，事情开始有了意义。 我只需要再知道一件事。 “你知道列奥纳多·达·芬奇吗？”我问鸸鹋露露。 “当然!他出生在意大利——”我打断了她的话。 “你知道他有多高吗？”

"About this tall," said Lulu Emu. She held out one foot just above the yellow blob. "AHA!" I shouted. "I have solved the BIG DEAL mystery."

“大概这么高。”鸸鹋露露说。 她把一只脚伸到那个黄色斑点的上方。 “啊哈!”我叫道。“我解开了‘大交易’之谜。”