9. Sam's Experiment

SAM'S EXPERIMENT 9 Sam began to perform his project. The first step was pouring dish soap into the volcano. Sam reached for the dish soap bottle. But somehow, the top popped off and soap burst out. Ms. Grinker frowned. I didn't even touch it, Sam thought. ZIPPPP! Sam looked down at his backpack. It was opening again.

萨姆的实验萨姆开始做他的项目。 第一步是往火山里倒洗洁精。 萨姆伸手去拿洗碗皂的瓶子。 但不知怎么的，盖子开了，肥皂喷了出来。 格林克女士皱起了眉头。我甚至都没碰它，山姆想。 ZIPPPP !萨姆低头看了看他的背包。 门又开了。

Oh no, Sam realized. Orson is messing up my project to distract me. That way, he can take back the book without me being able to stop him! Sam stomped on his backpack. His sneaker pressed the zipper against the gym floor. Antonio rushed to wipe up the dish soap. "There you go, buddy," he said. Sam smiled weakly and again reached for the soap. It nearly erupted a second time, but Sam quickly placed his hand over the top of the bottle. Then he poured some soap into the volcano.

哦，不，山姆意识到。奥森破坏我的项目来分散我的注意力。 这样，他就可以把书拿回去，而我无法阻止他！萨姆重重地踩在他的背包上。 他的运动鞋把拉链压在了体育馆的地板上。 安东尼奥冲过去擦去洗洁精。 “给你，伙计，”他说。 萨姆虚弱地笑了笑，又伸手去拿肥皂。 第二次它差点喷发出来，但萨姆很快把手放在瓶子的顶部。 然后他往火山里倒了一些肥皂。

Phew. Next was the baking soda and the orange food coloring. As Sam reached for the baking soda, it toppled over— on its own! Sam hadn't even touched it! This time, Lucy stepped over to help clean up the mess. "Lucy," Ms. Grinker said, "please let Sam finish his project himself." Lucy slunk back to her own table. Sam pressed his foot harder against the backpack zipper. It continued to try to worm its way out from beneath his sneaker.

唷。接下来是小苏打和橙色食用色素。 当山姆伸手去拿小苏打时，它自己倒了！萨姆连碰都没碰！这一次，露西过来帮忙收拾残局。 “露西，”格林克女士说，“请让萨姆自己完成他的作业吧。” 露西蹑手蹑脚地回到自己的桌子旁。 萨姆把脚更用力地压在背包的拉链上。 它继续试图从他的运动鞋下面钻出来。

He could feel Ms. Grinker watching him. He poured the baking soda and some food coloring into the top of the volcano. "Now," Sam announced, "in one moment, I will pour in the vinegar. This last ingredient will cause the volcano to erupt." As Sam said those words, he felt the zipper squirm out from beneath his foot. His eyes shot to the floor. The backpack was open! And it was empty!

他能感觉到格林克女士在看着他。 他把小苏打和一些食用色素倒进了火山顶部。 “现在，”萨姆宣布，“我马上就把醋倒进去。 最后一个因素会导致火山爆发。” 当山姆说这些话时，他感到拉链从脚下蠕动了出来。 他的眼睛盯着地板。 背包是打开的！它是空的！