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一个值得探索的新地方。几个重要的问题。还有一个等着一起玩的朋友。
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绿色的小门后面，邻居们种着准备卖的小苗。
空气里有泥土的气味、雨水打湿的木头的气味，还有春天的气味。
“我们需要新的育苗盘和种子。”苗圃的主人告诉他们。
巴迪把鼻子伸进一个空花盆。
花盆打了个喷嚏。
Behind a green gate, their neighbors grew young plants to sell.
It smelled of soil and rain-soaked wood and spring.
“We need new trays and seeds,” the owner told them.
Buddy poked his nose into an empty flowerpot.
The flowerpot sneezed.
亚历克斯拿出一枚硬币。
“那，我把它种下去？”
他伸手去拿小铲子。
巴迪摇了摇尾巴。
把宝贝埋进土里——这下可说到他心坎里了。
Alex took out a coin.
“So I plant it?”
He reached for a little shovel.
Buddy wagged his tail.
Burying precious things in the dirt—now, that made sense.
“不是哦。”奶奶笑着说，“硬币种在土里，可不会长大。”
“人们用钱买种子、育苗盘和工具，再用心干活，种出别人愿意买的小苗。”
“所以，长大的是生意？”
“就是这个意思。”
“No,” said Grandma, smiling. “A coin won't grow in the ground.”
“People use the money to buy seeds, trays, and tools. Then they work hard to grow plants that other people will want to buy.”
“So it's the business that grows?”
“That's the idea.”
苗圃的主人带着他们四处看了看。
“你可以买下我们这门生意的一小份。这样，你也是它的主人之一了。”
“那朵花就归我了吗？”
“是整个生意的一小份。”奶奶解释说，“不是单独的某一个花盆。”
The owner showed them around the plant nursery.
“You could buy a small share of our business. Then you'd be one of its owners.”
“Would that flower be mine?”
“A share of the whole business,” Grandma explained. “Not one particular flowerpot.”
“那我能拿到钱吗？”亚历克斯问。
“有可能呀。生意得先付清各项开销。如果还有剩下的钱，那就叫利润。这门生意的主人们可以决定，要不要把利润分一分。”
“就算我只占小小一份，也可以吗？”
“要是分利润，你分到的那份也会小一些。”
“Would I get any money?” asked Alex.
“Maybe. First the business has to pay its bills. If there's money left after that, it's called profit. The owners may decide to share it.”
“Even if my share of the business is little?”
“Then your part of the profit would be little too.”
“要是没人买花呢？”
“生意可能会亏钱。你投进去的钱，也可能损失一部分，甚至全部。”
亚历克斯安静了一会儿。
“那蓝色小袋子里的硬币就不投进来了。它们是留着买那只龙形风筝的。”
“What if nobody buys the flowers?”
“The business could lose money. And you could lose some of the money you put in. Or all of it.”
Alex was quiet for a moment.
“Then I'm keeping the coins in my blue pouch out of this. I need those for the dragon.”
在奶奶的帮助下，亚历克斯把三枚硬币投进了苗圃的生意。
他们在本子上记下了他拥有的那一小份。
这三枚硬币已经不在他口袋里了。它们投进了生意里。
两枚硬币躺在他的手心里。
还有三枚，依旧好好地收在蓝色小袋子里。
With Grandma's help, Alex put three coins into the nursery business.
They wrote down his little share in a notebook.
Those three coins weren't in his pocket anymore. They had gone into the business.
Two coins lay on his palm.
And three were still tucked away in the blue pouch.
隔壁是一家自行车修理店。
叮铃！车铃响了一声。
这里需要的是工具，不是种子。
亚历克斯和奶奶向修车师傅打听他的工作，还有店里都要花哪些钱。
亚历克斯决定，用手里最后的两枚硬币，也买下这门生意的一小份。
Next door was a bicycle repair shop.
Ding! went a bell.
This place needed tools instead of seeds.
Alex and Grandma asked the repairman about his work and what the shop had to pay for.
Alex decided to use his last two coins to buy a small share of this business too.
“这样，就不全靠花了。”亚历克斯说。
“对呀。一门生意可能做得不错，另一门却不一定。不过，修理店也可能亏钱。”奶奶说。
亚历克斯在一张卡片上画了朵花，在另一张上画了个车轮。
巴迪还不忘瞄着那个车轮。
“Now it doesn't all depend on the flowers,” said Alex.
“That's right. One business may do well while another doesn't. But the repair shop could lose money too,” said Grandma.
Alex drew a flower on one card and a wheel on another.
Buddy kept one eye on the wheel.
第二天早上，亚历克斯带着尺子跑到苗圃。
接着，又带来了洒水壶。
再接着，是一首唱得飞快的歌，唱的是长得飞快的花。
花儿们听了听。
然后，继续按自己的速度长大。
The next morning, Alex ran to the nursery with a ruler.
Then with a watering can.
Then with a very fast song about very fast flowers.
The flowers listened.
And carried on growing at their own speed.
“可这都已经是明天了！”又过了一天，亚历克斯说。
奶奶拿日历给他看。
这一页过去，下一页来了。可不会因为新的一天到了，新顾客就自己跟着来了。
亚历克斯又翻了一页。
万一呢。
“But it's tomorrow already!” Alex said the next day.
Grandma showed him the calendar.
One page had given way to the next. But a new morning didn't bring new customers all by itself.
Alex turned another page.
Just in case.
巴迪叼来了他的球。
亚历克斯看着小苗。
巴迪把球放在亚历克斯的鞋子上。
亚历克斯又去看本子。
于是，巴迪横着躺在了小路上。
这座园子里，有个家伙等的不是钱。
他等的是亚历克斯。
Buddy brought his ball.
Alex watched the seedlings.
Buddy put the ball on Alex's shoe.
Alex checked the notebook.
So Buddy lay right across the path.
Someone in this garden wasn't waiting for money.
He was waiting for Alex.
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