Chapter 10

10 "Bees," Pablo said suddenly. "What?" said Violet. "Bees! I think that's who's missing," Pablo repeated. "The last time I came here, I got stung!" Pablo exclaimed. "By a bee!" "So?" said Violet. "What do bees have to do with trees?" "Bees spread pollen from flower to flower," said Pablo, pointing to a pear tree. "I think that's what those people are doing with the paintbrushes. Spreading the pollen since there are no bees to do it for them."

“蜜蜂。”巴勃罗突然说。 “什么？”维奥莱特说。“蜜蜂!我想这就是失踪的人，”巴勃罗重复道。 “我上次来这里的时候被蜇了！”巴勃罗喊道。 “被蜜蜂蛰的！”“那又怎样？”维奥莱特说。 “蜜蜂和树有什么关系？”“蜜蜂把花粉从一朵花传到另一朵花，”巴勃罗指着一棵梨树说。 “我认为这就是那些人用画笔做的事情。 因为没有蜜蜂为它们传播花粉。”

Violet crossed her arms. "I don't get it. What does spreading pollen have to do with whether the orchard has trees?" Pablo looked at the ground. He wasn't sure. Deepak tugged on his ear. "When pollen mixes between flowers, it makes seeds. It's called pollination," he said. "So maybe without the bees, the trees couldn't make more seeds!" "And since fruit have seeds inside them, the trees must have stopped making fruit!" said Pablo. The two boys gave each other a double high five. "That must be why there aren't so many trees anymore," added Deepak. "They stopped growing fruit, so the farmer stopped planting them!" RING, DING, DONG!! "Yes!" they all shouted. Pablo pointed to their watches. "Oh no!" he said. They only had ten Maker Minutes left. They

维奥莱特交叉着双臂。“我不明白。 传播花粉和果园里有没有树有什么关系？”巴勃罗看着地面。 他不确定。迪帕克拽了拽他的耳朵。 “当花粉在花朵之间混合时，就会产生种子。 这叫做授粉。”他说。 “所以也许没有蜜蜂，树木就不能结出更多的种子！”巴勃罗说：“因为水果里面有种子，所以树一定停止结果了！” 这两个男孩互相击掌。 迪帕克补充说：“这一定是没有那么多树的原因。” “它们不种水果了，所以农民也不种了！”叮，叮，叮！！“是的！” 巴勃罗指着他们的手表。 “哦，不！”他们只剩下十分钟了。 他们

hurried back to the entrance of the orchard. Dr. Crisp was waiting for them. "We figured it out!" exclaimed Violet. "Well, Pablo and Deepak figured it out. It was the bees! They were missing from the orchard." "Bee-utiful job, Makers!" she said. Pablo turned to Dr. Crisp. "You were right, Dr. Crisp. Being in a group of friends is like being part of an ecosystem. Each person is important." He looked at Deepak. "We made a really great team on this level! We couldn't have finished without you." Deepak smiled. "Why is the orchard covered with wheat?" asked Violet.

匆匆回到果园的入口处。 克里斯普医生在等他们。 “我们弄明白了！”维奥莱特叫道。 “嗯，巴勃罗和迪帕克发现了。 是蜜蜂！它们从果园里不见了。” “干得真漂亮，创客！”她说。 巴勃罗转向克里斯普医生。 “你说得对，克里斯普博士。 在一群朋友中就像成为生态系统的一部分。 每个人都很重要。” 他看着迪帕克。“在这个层面上，我们组成了一支非常棒的团队！没有你，我们完成不了。” 迪帕克笑了。“为什么果园里长满了小麦？”维奥莱特问。

"Bees are important for pollinating trees that have fruit," explained Dr. Crisp. "But some plants use the wind instead of bees to spread pollen. Like wheat! Since there were no bees, the farmer planted wheat instead." Dr. Crisp's watch started flashing with purple light. "Only three Maker Minutes left!" She tapped her watch three times and swiped left. The large white room slid into view. In front of them was door number five. They darted through the door and ran down the hallway. Finally, they were back in the main room. Creepy bugs still hissed in jars, and the crystals were still floating. Pablo, Violet, and Deepak looked up at

蜜蜂对果树授粉很重要。 脆。“但有些植物利用风而不是蜜蜂来传播花粉。 像小麦!因为没有蜜蜂，农夫就种了小麦。” 克里斯普医生的手表开始闪烁紫光。 “只剩下三分钟了！”她敲了三下手表，然后向左滑动。 那间白色的大房间悄悄出现了。 在他们面前的是五号门。 他们冲进门，沿着走廊跑去。 最后，他们回到了主厅。 令人毛骨悚然的虫子还在罐子里嘶嘶作响，水晶还在漂浮。 巴勃罗、维奥莱特和迪帕克抬头看着

the screen. Their classmates were still frozen. Phew! "Thirty seconds!" yelled Dr. Crisp. "Jump!" "Huh?" the trio said. "JUMP! HURRY!" Dr. Crisp shouted, pointing to the circle of purple light glowing on the ceiling.

屏幕上。他们的同学们还僵在那里。 唷!“三十秒！” 脆。“跳!”“嗯？”三个人说。 “跳!”快点!”克里斯普博士指着天花板上发光的紫色光圈喊道。