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小說:flipped(英文版) 作者:幽雨

 so much; Juli;” she said。 “We do this every year; and it's always one of the best

projects at the fair。”

I said; “But…;” but she was gone。 Off to put an end to some other student's battle with

indecision。

That night I was more worried than ever。 I'd read the chapter on incubation at least four times

and was still confused about where to start。 I didn't

happen to have an old aquarium lying around! We didn't happen to have an incubation

thermometer! Would a deep…fry model work?

I was supposed to control humidity; too; or horrible things would happen to the chick。 Too dry

and the chick couldn't peck out; too wet and it would

die of mushy chick disease。 Mushy chick disease?!

My mother; being the sensible person that she is; told me to tell Mrs。 Brubeck that I simply

wouldn't be hatching a chick。 “Have you considered

growing beans?” she asked me。

My father; however; understood that you can't refuse to do your teacher's assignment; and

he promised to help。 “An incubator's not difficult to

build。 We'll make one after dinner。”

How my father knows exactly where things are in our garage is one of the wonders of the

universe。 How he knew about incubators; however; was

revealed to me while he was drilling a one…inch hole in an old scrap of Plexiglas。 “I raised a

duck from an egg when I was in high school。” He

grinned at me。 “Science fair project。”

“A duck?”

“Yes; but the principle is the same for all poultry。 Keep the temperature constant and the

humidity right; turn the egg several times a day; and in a

few weeks you'll have yourself a little peeper。”

He handed me a lightbulb and an extension cord wit

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