Harold the Hungry Plant

Harold the Hungry Plant written by William Harriman Illustrated by John Kastner Focus question is this story real or fiction? How do you know?

《贪吃的植物哈罗德》 作者：威廉·哈里曼 绘者：约翰·卡斯特纳 思考问题：这个故事是真实的还是虚构的？ 你是怎么判断的？

One afternoon, April was doing her homework when her father brought her a present. He handed her a funny -looking plant called a pitcher plant. This is a special plant, he told her. It eats insects. Wow! April replied. That's cool!

一天下午，艾普丽尔正在写作业，爸爸给她带了一份礼物。 他递给她一株模样古怪的植物，名叫猪笼草。 “这是一种特别的植物哦。”他告诉她。 “它会吃虫子。” “哇！”艾普丽尔惊呼。 “太酷啦！”

April took the plant up to her room and set it on the windowsill. She wanted it to get some sun. I'll name you Harold, she said to the plant.

艾普丽尔把植物拿到自己的房间，放在窗台上。 她想让它晒晒太阳。 “我就叫你哈罗德吧。”她对这株植物说。

She began to look at the little book that came with the plant. It showed pictures of flies and spiders being eaten by the plant. April learned that she was only supposed to feed Harold once a week.

她翻开随植物附赠的小册子看了起来。 小册子上印着苍蝇、蜘蛛被这种植物吃掉的图片。 艾普丽尔得知，她每周只需要喂哈罗德吃一次东西就行。

April went downstairs and outside. She looked around the yard and found a small anthill. She caught some of the ants in a jar and took them to her room.

艾普丽尔下楼走到屋外。 她在院子里四处张望，找到了一个小蚁穴。 她用罐子抓了几只蚂蚁，带回了自己的房间。

April poured the ants into the plant tank and waited. One ant crawled into the plant's pitcher and got stuck. It was trapped by hairs inside of the pitcher.

艾普丽尔把蚂蚁倒进种植物的容器里，等着看。 一只蚂蚁爬进了哈罗德的捕虫笼里卡住了， 它被笼内侧的绒毛牢牢困住了。