Chapter 8

Chapter 8 "You can stay here as long as you want, Millie," Trixie told her. "And it's okay to feel upset," Pod said. "Really?" Millie sniffed. "Of course," Pod said. "I find noise and crowds sometimes upset me too. I get a horrible feeling in my tummy, and my chest feels tight." "That's exactly how I feel," Millie exclaimed. "I have a good trick that helps me during those times," Pod said. "I can teach it to you if you want?"

第八章 “米莉，你想在这儿待多久都可以哦。”特里克茜对她说。 “觉得难过也没关系的。”波德说。 “真的吗？” 米莉吸了吸鼻子。 “当然啦。”波德说。 “我发现有时候吵闹声和人群也会让我不舒服。 我肚子会难受得要命，胸口也觉得闷闷的。” “我就是这种感觉！”米莉大声说。 “这种时候我有个好用的小妙招哦。”波德说。 “你要是想学的话，我可以教你呀？”

Millie nodded eagerly and sat down crosslegged with the bunnies. "First, you need to shut your eyes," Pod said as he closed his. Millie and Trixie shut their eyes too. "Now, you need to take some deep breaths in and out," Pod said. "Imagine you are smelling a beautiful flower as you breathe in. Then imagine you are blowing away dandelion seeds as you breathe out." Millie took a deep breath in. And then let the breath out.

米莉忙不迭地点头，和小兔子们一起盘腿坐好。 “首先，你要把眼睛闭上。”波德一边说一边闭上了自己的眼睛。 米莉和特里克茜也跟着闭上了眼睛。 “现在，你要做几次深呼吸，吸进去再呼出来。”波德说。 “吸气的时候，想象你正在闻一朵香香的小花。 呼气的时候，想象你正在吹走蒲公英的小绒毛。” 米莉深吸了一口气。 然后把气慢慢呼了出来。

She did it a few times until she could almost smell the honeysuckle that grew around her house. As she breathed out, she imagined she was in a meadow, blowing dandelion seeds, with the warm sun on her face and the birds tweeting in the trees above. With every breath in and out, the sound of the party grew softer. Millie could feel the tightness in

她反复做了好几次，仿佛都能闻到自家房子周围种的金银花的香气了。 呼气的时候，她想象自己身在草地上，正吹着蒲公英的小绒毛，暖融融的太阳晒在脸上，头顶的树上还有小鸟在叽叽喳喳地唱歌。 随着每一次吸气和呼气，派对的声音变得越来越轻。 米莉能感觉到那股闷闷的感觉在

her chest and the whirling in her tummy melt away. After five breaths, she opened her eyes and saw Pod and Trixie do the same. "This final part is the most important," Pod said. "Find someone you love and give them a cuddle." Millie gathered up Trixie and Pod and held them close. "Thank you, Pod," Millie said. "I feel a lot better." She kissed the little bunnies on their heads and stroked their long ears before placing them back on the ground. "Now that you're here," Trixie started, "you can join in our party games." Millie laughed and crawled after Trixie, who led her to the far end of the table. There, strung up on the table leg, was a picture of a bunny. Trixie handed Millie a cotton ball with a small tack on the end.

她的胸口散开，肚子里搅得慌的感觉也慢慢消失了。 五次呼吸之后，她睁开眼睛，看见波德和特里克茜也刚好睁开眼。 “最后这一步是最重要的哦。”波德说。 “找一个你喜欢的人，给他一个大大的拥抱。” 米莉把特里克茜和波德搂到怀里，紧紧抱着他们。 “谢谢你，波德。”米莉说。 “我感觉好多啦。” 她亲了亲小兔子们的小脑袋，摸了摸他们长长的耳朵，才把他们放回地上。 “既然你现在舒服多啦，”特里克茜开口说，“你可以来和我们一起玩派对游戏呀。” 米莉笑了起来，跟在特里克茜后面爬过去，特里克茜把她带到了桌子的另一头。 那儿的桌腿上挂着一张画，画的是一只小兔子。 特里克茜递给米莉一个棉花球，棉花球末端还别着个小图钉。

"We're playing Pin the Tail on the Bunny," Trixie said, jumping with glee. "It's your turn now, Millie." Millie shut her eyes and reached out, before accidentally tacking the tail on the nose of the

“我们在玩‘给兔子贴尾巴’的游戏哦。”特里克茜开心得蹦蹦跳跳的。 “现在轮到你啦，米莉。” 米莉闭上眼睛伸出手，结果不小心把尾巴贴到了

bunny. Pod and Trixie rolled about on the grass, giggling at the fluffy-nosed-bunny picture. "We played a game just like this," Millie laughed. "But we had to place the tutu on the ballerina, and Mom pinned it to Auntie May's cardigan." The bunnies giggled again. "That sounds like so much fun," Trixie said. "It was," Millie agreed. "What else did you play?" Pod asked. "We played Freeze Dance, and we had to pose as ballerinas when the music stopped," Millie said. "I stopped in relevé," she added proudly. "I bet you won that game," Pod said. Millie's smile faded to a frown. "That's when I saw Samira's little brother with Sylvie." Trixie placed her paw on Millie's hand. "It sounded like a wonderful party up until then." "It was," Millie admitted. "I was having lots of fun." She poked her head out from under the tablecloth and saw her friends playing a dancing

兔子的鼻子上。 波德和特里克茜在草地上滚来滚去，看着那张长了毛茸茸鼻子的兔子画，咯咯笑个不停。 我们之前也玩过类似的游戏哦。”米莉笑着说。 “不过我们玩的是给芭蕾舞演员贴短裙，妈妈还不小心把裙子贴到梅阿姨的开衫上啦。” 小兔子们又咯咯笑了起来。 “听起来好好玩呀。”特里克茜说。 “确实很好玩。”米莉点头同意。 “你们还玩了什么呀？” 波德问。 “我们玩了 freeze dance（木头人舞蹈），音乐停的时候我们得摆出芭蕾舞演员的姿势。”米莉说。 “我当时摆的是立脚尖的姿势哦。”她骄傲地补充道。 “我猜你肯定赢了这个游戏。”波德说。 米莉的笑容慢慢消失，皱起了眉头。 “就是那时候我看见萨米拉的小弟弟拿着西尔维。” 特里克茜把小爪子放在米莉的手上。 “在那之前，派对听起来都特别棒。” “是啊。”米莉承认道。 “我之前玩得特别开心。” 她从桌布底下探出头，看见朋友们正在草坪上玩一个跳舞