Brainstorm Bear

Brainstorm Bear. Written by Torrin Anderson. Illustrated by Danny Jones. Focus Question. Why does the family in the story brainstorm?

《头脑风暴小熊》。作者：托林·安德森，绘者：丹尼·琼斯。 核心问题：故事里的这家人为什么要进行头脑风暴呢？

Sam was setting up tables in the driveway for the yard sale. Suddenly he noticed a brown bear up a tree in the neighbor's yard. Mom, there's a bear in that tree over there, Sam called.

山姆正在车道上摆桌子，为庭院旧货出售做准备。 忽然他注意到邻居家院子的一棵树上趴着一只棕熊。 妈妈，那边那棵树上有只熊！山姆大声喊道。

Sam's little sister Sarah nervously chewed on her shirt sleeve. What if it comes down and attacks us? Sarah asked. Mrs. Miller took Sarah's hand. We're a safe distance away from the bear, she said. Plus, it looks very happy up there. I don't think it's coming down any time soon.

山姆的妹妹莎拉紧张地咬着自己的衬衫袖子。 要是它下来袭击我们怎么办呀？莎拉问道。 米勒太太牵住了莎拉的手。 我们现在和熊的距离很安全哦，她说，而且它待在上面看起来挺开心的。 我觉得它短时间内不会下来的。

We need to get it down before our yard sale starts," Sam said. We could always cancel the yard sale, Mrs. Miller said. I already hung up a hundred and fifty flyers, Sam groaned. I need to raise the money for my choir trip. I know we can get the bear to come down if we can brainstorm the right idea.

我们得在庭院旧货出售开始前把它弄下来，山姆说。 我们大可以取消这次旧货出售呀，米勒太太说。 我都已经贴了150张宣传单了呀，山姆嘟囔道。 我得凑钱去参加合唱团的旅行呀。 只要我们一起头脑风暴想出好点子，肯定能把熊引下来的。

What do you have in mind? I don't want another solution like the one you tried for the squirrels," his mom said. Two weeks before, Sam had tried to stop the squirrels from eating all the bird seed. On a whim, he dug a moat around the bird feeder and destroyed his mother's tulips.

你有什么想法呀？ 我可不想再看到你用上次对付松鼠的那种办法哦，他妈妈说。 两周前，山姆曾经想阻止松鼠吃光所有的鸟食。 他一时兴起，在喂鸟器周围挖了条壕沟，还把妈妈种的郁金香都毁了。

This is different," Sam said. I promised you I'd draw all my ideas first before I actually do anything. We could move our trampoline under the tree so the bear could jump onto it, Sarah suggested.

这次不一样，山姆说。 我保证这次实际行动之前，会先把所有想法都画出来给你看的。 我们可以把蹦床搬到树底下，这样熊就可以跳到上面啦，莎拉提议道。