9. We Actually Grew Something!

9 We Actually Grew Something! Everybody thought it was hilarious that Mr. Tony bought veggies in the supermarket and put them in our garden to make us feel better. Even Miss Nichol laughed about it. And then, after we picked up all the store-bought veggies, she noticed something.

我们真的种了东西！大家都觉得托尼先生在超市买了蔬菜，把它们放在我们的花园里，让我们感觉好一点，这很滑稽。 连尼科尔小姐也为此发笑。 然后，当我们把商店里买的蔬菜都拿起来后，她注意到了一些事情。

"Well, lookee here!" Miss Nichol said. We all leaned closer. And there it was! It was small, but it was there. A little sprout! "I reckon it's a zucchini sprout," said Miss Nichol. "Yee-haw!" we all shouted. "Ya-hoo!" It was a miracle! We were all yelling and screaming and ya-hooing and yee-hawing. "We did it!" shouted Alexia.

“好吧，听我说！”尼科尔小姐说。 我们都靠得更近了。它就在那儿！它很小，但就在那里。 一个小嫩芽！“我猜是西葫芦芽，”尼科尔小姐说。 “嗯——嗬！”我们都叫了起来。 “Ya-hoo !”这是一个奇迹！我们都在大喊大叫，咿咿呀呀，咿咿呀。 “我们成功了！”

"We actually grew something!" shouted Michael. It was just a tiny sprout, but everybody was dancing around like we had just won the Super Bowl. I had to admit that it was pretty cool. And I hate veggies. Miss Nichol told us to simmer down, whatever that means. She said we would need to keep

“我们真的种了点东西！”迈克尔喊道。 它只是一个很小的芽，但每个人都在跳舞，就像我们刚刚赢得了超级碗一样。 我不得不承认这很酷。 我讨厌蔬菜。尼科尔小姐让我们冷静下来，不管那是什么意思。 她说我们需要保留

watering and tending to the garden to make sure the sprout would survive and the other veggies would grow. Over the next few days, lots of sprouts started sprouting. Tomato sprouts. Cucumber sprouts. Zucchini sprouts. Cantaloupe sprouts. Even banana sprouts. Andrea said bananas have to grow on trees, but what does she know? All kinds of fruits and veggies were busting out all over! Every morning, we would rush out to the garden to see what had popped out of the ground. You should have been there! We watched the veggies grow with our own eyes. Well, it would be pretty hard to watch them with somebody else's eyes. The veggies were getting bigger every day. Soon they would be ready to harvest and eat.* That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. One morning, we rushed out to the garden. Miss Nichol and Mr. Tony were already there. I could tell something was wrong because they had on frowny faces. "Uh-oh," Miss Nichol said as she examined a zucchini. "We have a problem."

浇水和照料花园，确保嫩芽能存活下来，其他蔬菜也能生长。 在接下来的几天里，许多嫩芽开始发芽。 番茄芽。黄瓜芽。 西葫芦芽。哈密瓜芽。 甚至香蕉芽。Andrea说香蕉必须长在树上，但是她知道什么？ 各种各样的水果和蔬菜到处都是！每天早上，我们都会冲到花园里去，看看地里长出了什么东西。 你应该去的！我们亲眼看着蔬菜生长。 用别人的眼睛看着他们会很难受。 蔬菜一天比一天大。 很快他们就可以收割和吃饭了。*这就是世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生的时候。 一天早上，我们冲到花园里。 尼科尔小姐和托尼先生已经在那儿了。 我能看出有什么不对劲，因为他们脸上都是愁眉苦脸的。 “哦哦，”尼科尔小姐一边检查西葫芦一边说。 “我们有麻烦了。”

"What's the matter, Miss Nichol?" asked Emily. "Are you young 'uns sittin' down?" asked Miss Nichol. Oh no. Any time a grown-up has bad news to give you, they always ask if you're sitting down first. Nobody knows why. We all sat on the ground next to the garden. "Some rascal," said Miss Nichol, "took a bite outta this zucchini."

“怎么了，尼科尔小姐？”爱米丽问。 “你们这些年轻人都坐下了吗？”尼科尔小姐问。 哦,不。每当大人有坏消息要告诉你时，他们总会问你是否先坐下了。 没人知道为什么。我们都坐在花园旁边的地上。 “有个坏蛋，”尼科尔小姐说，“咬了一口西葫芦。”