3 Broccoli

CHAPTER 3 BROCCOLI Lola ran into the kitchen, almost tripping over Spot the cat on her way in. "Sorry, Spot!" Lola called over her shoulder.

第三章 西蓝花 萝拉冲进厨房，进门的时候差点绊到猫咪点点。 “对不起，点点！” 萝拉回头喊道。

Lola rushed to the bin and opened it. Her sandwich looked back up at her. It seemed very small. Not at all the size for a giant. Lola closed the bin. She went to the counter, where she found a loaf of bread. She found two packets of crackers, the honey jar and the spare honey jar that Dad sometimes kept at the back of the cupboard.

萝拉冲到垃圾桶边，把盖子打开。 她的三明治正躺在里面看着她。 它看起来好小啊。 完全不够给巨人吃的量。 萝拉关上了垃圾桶。 她走到操作台边，在那儿找到了一条面包。 她还找到了两包饼干，蜂蜜罐，还有爸爸有时候收在橱柜最里面的备用蜂蜜罐。

She grabbed six apples and three bananas and tucked them into her pockets. Then Lola opened the fridge. She picked up a carton of milk and a block of cheese. She pulled out two yoghurts, ten strawberries and the leftover pie from dinner last night.

她抓了六个苹果和三根香蕉，塞进了自己的口袋里。 接着萝拉打开了冰箱。 她拿起一盒牛奶和一块奶酪。 她又掏出了两盒酸奶、十颗草莓，还有昨天晚餐剩下的派。

Lola was about to close the fridge when she saw the broccoli. Max had said that a tree was like broccoli to a giant, and Mum always said that broccoli made you big and strong. If Lola was going to eat trees one day, she should probably start with broccoli. The problem was, broccoli was not tasty to Lola.

萝拉刚要关上冰箱，就看到了西蓝花。 麦克斯之前说过，对巨人来说树就像西蓝花，而且妈妈总说西蓝花能让人长得又高又壮。 要是萝拉以后要吃“树”的话，说不定她该先从吃西蓝花开始。 可问题是，萝拉觉得西蓝花一点都不好吃。

A drop of water dripped from Lola's hair onto her shoulder. Then it rolled down her arm, as though it was on a slide. It looked like it was having a really, really fun time. Lola wanted to be like that drop of water, gliding down a slide. But she was still too small. If broccoli made you big, Lola had to try. Even if it made her nose wrinkle. She slowly pulled the broccoli out of the fridge and added it to her pile of food.

一滴水从萝拉的头发上滴到了她的肩膀上。 接着它顺着她的胳膊滚了下去，就好像在滑滑梯一样。 它看起来玩得超级超级开心。 萝拉也想变成那滴水，顺着滑梯往下滑。 可她现在还是太小了。 要是吃西蓝花能长高，萝拉就得试试看。 哪怕吃的时候会皱鼻子也没关系。 她慢慢把西蓝花从冰箱里拿出来，放到了自己的那堆食物里。

Then she spread out all her food on the kitchen floor. Spot sniffed the broccoli, then drank some milk instead. Lola drank some milk, too. She ate some bread with honey, a packet of crackers, two apples and a banana. At last she picked up the broccoli. Her nose wrinkled and her hand automatically dropped it. Spot jumped. "Broccoli is not good," Lola told Spot.

接着她把所有食物都铺在了厨房的地板上。 点点嗅了嗅西蓝花，然后转头去喝牛奶了。 萝拉也喝了点牛奶。 她吃了点抹了蜂蜜的面包、一包饼干、两个苹果还有一根香蕉。 最后她拿起了西蓝花。 她皱起了鼻子，手不自觉地就把西蓝花放了下去。 点点吓得跳了起来。 “西蓝花不好吃。”萝拉跟点点说。