The Leprechaun Trap

The Leprechaun Trap, written by Karen Mokler, illustrated by Thessar Samaniego. Focus question. What does Olivia learn as she experiments with her Leprechaun Trap?

《小矮妖陷阱》，作者卡伦·莫克勒，绘者泰萨·萨马尼戈。 核心问题。 奥利维亚用她的小矮妖陷阱做实验时，学到了什么？

At Olivia's school, every second grader had to build a leprechaun trap. Everyone's trap was graded. Olivia got a C plus on hers. I guess I'm not a scientist, she thought.

奥利维亚的学校里，每个二年级学生都得做一个小矮妖陷阱。 每个人的陷阱都会被打分。 奥利维亚的陷阱得了C+。 我肯定不是当科学家的料，她心里想。

After St. Patrick's Day, they took their traps home. Some kids put theirs in the attic. Some put theirs in the garage. Some put theirs in the trash.

圣帕特里克节过后，大家都把陷阱带回了家。 有些孩子把陷阱放到了阁楼上。 有些把陷阱放到了车库里。 还有些直接把陷阱扔进了垃圾桶。

Olivia put hers in the backyard. She wanted to conduct more experiments.

奥利维亚把她的陷阱放到了后院。 她想要多做几次实验。

Each night for three nights, she set her trap with different bait. She tried green marshmallows and shamrock cookies. She tried chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil. She even tried corned beef and cabbage. Each morning, she went out to check her trap.

连续三个晚上，她每天都在陷阱里放不一样的诱饵。 她试过放绿色棉花糖和三叶草饼干。 试过放金箔包着的巧克力金币。 她甚至还试过放咸牛肉和卷心菜。 每天早上，她都会出门查看她的陷阱。

The first night she caught a jackalope. That's no leprechaun, she thought, and let it go.

第一天晚上，她抓到了一只鹿角兔。 这可不是小矮妖，她想着，就把它放走了。