The Breakfast Quest

早餐探索

I'm making a special breakfast today. Granny's famous cinnamon buns.

我今天要做一頓特別的早餐外婆最拿手的肉桂麵包

To make the best buns, you need the best ingredients, I tell my sister Sam.

要做最好的包子，你需要最好的原料，我告訴我的妹妹薩姆。

So we hop on my bike and ride across town to Farmer Ray's.

於是，我們騎上我的自行車，穿過小鎮，來到 Farmer Ray's 快餐店。

You've come to the right place, says the farmer, pulling on his bushy beard.

你來對地方了，農夫扯了扯濃密的鬍鬚說。

My chickens lay wonderful eggs.

我的雞下的蛋很棒。

At the chicken coop, I gather two smooth brown eggs and a nervous chicken.

在雞舍裡，我撿到兩個光滑的棕色雞蛋和一隻緊張的雞。

Cinnamon buns, you say? Farmer Ray smiles slyly.

你是說肉桂麵包？雷農場主狡猾地笑了。

If it's butter you're after, you'll need to pack your bags.

如果你想吃黃油，那就得打包行李了。

The best butter I know comes from Denmark.

我知道最好的黃油來自丹麥。

We all hop on his tractor, catch a plane, and watch as we zoom over the Atlantic Ocean.

我們都跳上他的拖拉機，搭上飛機，看著飛機在大西洋上空飛馳。

In Denmark, we head to Rolling Green Fields, where we find an enormous sleepy cow.

在丹麥，我們前往 "綠色田野"（Rolling Green Fields），在那裡我們發現了一頭昏昏欲睡的大奶牛。

I introduce myself, my sister Sam, Farmer Ray, and the chicken to the cow's owner, explaining that my grandmother's cinnamon buns are not to be missed.

我向奶牛的主人介紹我自己、妹妹薩姆、農場主雷和雞，並解釋說我祖母做的肉桂麵包不容錯過。

Well, you've come to the right place, says Farmer Lena, spilling some milk from a pail.

農夫莉娜說，你們來對地方了，她從桶裡灑出一些牛奶。

My butter is the creamiest in the world.

我的黃油是世界上最細膩的。

Cinnamon buns, you say? She pauses.

你是說肉桂麵包？她停頓了一下。

If it's flour you need, the heartiest wheat I know comes from France.

如果你需要麵粉，我所知道的最肥沃的小麥來自法國。

We all ride the cow to the train to France, where we find an amber field of warm, dry grain, and meet a French farmer who listens very closely to our plan.

在那裡，我們找到了一片琥珀色的田地，種著溫暖乾燥的穀物，還遇到了一位法國農民，他非常認真地聽取了我們的計劃。

Well, you've come to the right place, says Farmer François, twirling his mustache.

弗朗索瓦農民捻著鬍子說，你們來對地方了。

My wheat makes the very best flour in the entire world.

我的小麥能做出全世界最好的麵粉。

I grab two armfuls.

我抓了兩把。

Cinnamon buns, you say? If it's vanilla you need, the finest vanilla in all the world comes from Madagascar.

你是說肉桂麵包？如果你需要的是香草，全世界最好的香草都產自馬拉加西。

Come with me.

跟我來

We all hop in his hot air balloon and set off over Africa, looking down on a magnificent leopard roaming the plains.

我們都跳上他的熱氣球，在非洲上空起航，俯瞰一隻只雄壯的美洲豹在平原上漫遊。

In Madagascar, we march through the lush hills.

在馬拉加西，我們穿過鬱鬱蔥蔥的山丘。

There we meet Sabine, a vanilla grower, and I tell her the plan.

我們在那裡遇到了種植香草的薩賓，我把計劃告訴了她。

Well, if you're making famous cinnamon buns, you've come to the right place, says Farmer Sabine, her eyes sparkling.

農夫薩賓說，如果你要做著名的肉桂麵包，那你就來對地方了，她的眼睛閃閃發光。

My vines produce the most fragrant vanilla beans in all the world.

我的葡萄藤結出了全世界最芳香的香草豆。

I scoop up a handful of the heavy brown vanilla beans.

我舀了一把褐色的香草豆。

Madagascar grows sugarcane and cinnamon, too, says Farmer Sabine.

農民薩賓說，馬拉加西也種植甘蔗和肉桂。

Let me take you to my friend Patrick's plantation.

讓我帶你去我朋友帕特里克的種植園。

Patrick listens to the plan.

帕特里克聽取了計劃。

True.

沒錯。

I have the sweetest sugarcane and the very best cinnamon in the world, he says.

他說，我有世界上最甜的甘蔗和最好的肉桂。

Sugarcane I can give you, but-

甘蔗我可以給你，但是--

He looks sad.

他看起來很悲傷。

I'm afraid I can't help you with cinnamon.

恐怕肉桂方面我幫不了你。

I'm all out.

我沒錢了

We harvested it yesterday.

我們昨天就收穫了。

No cinnamon for the cinnamon buns, we cry.

肉桂麵包沒有肉桂，我們哭了。

Now what?

現在怎麼辦？

Something high atop a tree catches my eye.

高高的樹頂上有什麼東西吸引了我的目光。

A small area of bark.

一小塊樹皮

I climb the tree and peel some off.

我爬上樹，剝了一些下來。

This will do, I say, grinning at the relieved crowd.

這樣就可以了，我對著鬆了一口氣的人群咧嘴一笑。

We coax the cow and the chicken onto a steamship and head home before the ingredients spoil, mixing up a batch of Granny's famous cinnamon buns along the way.

我們把牛和雞哄上汽船，在食材變質前趕回家，順便做了一批外婆最拿手的肉桂麵包。

Well, I ask as everyone chews and smiles.

好吧，我在大家咀嚼和微笑時問道。

You were right, say the farmers.

農民們說，你們是對的。

These are truly the very best cinnamon buns in all the world.

這真是全世界最美味的肉桂麵包。

Now what should I make for lunch?

現在我該做什麼午餐呢？