Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR I kept walking until I got to a dark and gloomy part of the forest. Then I stopped. I was all alone. It was perfect. I knelt down on the ground and took the necklaces off, admiring again the swirling and glittering potion ingredients inside the tiny bottles. I didn't have a cauldron of course so I took off my shoe and put

我继续往前走，一直走到森林里一片阴暗的地方。 然后我停了下来。我孤身一人。 这是完美的。我跪在地上，摘下项链，再次欣赏着小瓶子里旋转着闪闪发光的魔药成分。 我没有坩埚，所以我脱了鞋，把

it in front of me. Then, before I could change my mind, I poured the little bottle of purple seeds into it, followed by the swirling mist of dragon breath, and stirred them together with a twig. The mixture immediately began to crackle and little stars and moons flashed into the air.

它就在我面前。然后，在我改变主意之前，我把那一小瓶紫色的种子倒进去，接着是龙息的漩涡雾，用一根小树枝把它们搅在一起。 混合物立刻开始噼啪作响，星星和月亮在空中闪烁。

'Ooh,' I whispered and leant closer so that a few petals from my wonky flower crown fell off and drifted downwards. I had no idea what would happen. The mixture began to fizz and hiss. Pink and purple smoke puffed out into the air in glittering clouds, spluttering and crackling as the petals fell into it. I wondered if I should say some magic words but I didn't know what as I didn't have my spell book with me. So instead I just stared down at the mixture, wondering what it would do. Suddenly the twig in my hand started to twitch and I let go of it in surprise. It landed fully in the potion and began to

“哦，”我低声说着，靠得更近了，我那摇摇晃晃的花冠上的几片花瓣掉了下来，飘到了下面。 我不知道会发生什么。 混合物开始嘶嘶作响。 粉红色和紫色的烟雾像闪闪发光的云一样喷向空中，花瓣落进去时噼啪作响。 我想知道我是否应该说一些咒语，但我不知道，因为我没有带我的咒语书。 所以我只是盯着混合物，想知道它会做什么。 突然，我手里的树枝开始抽搐，我吃惊地松开了它。 它完全落在魔药里，开始

wriggle. I gazed at it in wonder and then noticed that something else was starting to happen. The flower petals that had fallen into the potion were wiggling about too, rising up and joining together in a rosy clump. The clump began to float around my head, forming itself into a loose dragon-like shape. Excitedly I pulled the flower crown off my head and began to pick off more petals, throwing them into my shoe. As soon as they touched the potion they began to squiggle and writhe, floating up to join the others so that the flower-petal dragon got bigger and bigger. It began to skip and dance around the clearing, flapping its wings.

蠕动。我惊奇地盯着它，然后注意到别的事情开始发生了。 掉在魔药里的花瓣也在扭动着，上升起来，聚成一团玫瑰色的花瓣。 那一团东西开始在我的头上漂浮，形成了一个松散的龙的形状。 我兴奋地从头上摘下花冠，开始摘更多的花瓣，把它们扔进鞋子里。 他们一接触到魔药，就开始扭动扭动，漂浮起来加入其他人的行列，于是花瓣龙变得越来越大。 它开始在空地上跳来跳去，拍打着翅膀。

I looked around me to see what else I could put into the potion. Leaves! There were leaves all around! I jumped up and began to pick them off the trees, throwing big handfuls of them at my shoe. Any that touched the potion seemed to come to life, joining up with other leaves and flowers. Soon there were five large dragons made from leaves, flowers and twigs, rustling and rippling round the private little clearing. I gazed at them proudly and then began to skip with them. We

我环顾四周，想看看还能在药水里放些什么。 叶子!到处都是树叶！我跳起来，开始把它们从树上摘下来，一把一把地扔到我的鞋子上。 凡是接触到药水的东西似乎都活了过来，和其他的叶子和花朵结合在一起。 很快就出现了五条由树叶、花朵和树枝做成的巨龙，在这片私人的小空地上沙沙作响，潺潺作响。 我骄傲地看着他们，然后开始和他们一起跳。 我们

danced round and round, a whirl of perfumed petals and summer-smelling twigs. I danced until I was out of breath and then threw myself back down on the ground, delighted. I felt as though all the witchy naughtiness had been danced out of me. I was ready to go back to the fairy party now and be good for the rest of the night. I was sure that the dragons would now go off into the forest and no one would ever know about them. They would probably disappear eventually once the spell wore off.

一圈又一圈地跳着舞，芳香的花瓣和散发着夏日气息的树枝在旋转。 我跳得上气不接下气，然后又倒在地上，高兴极了。 我觉得我身上所有的妖魔鬼怪的顽皮都被舞走了。 我已经准备好回到仙女的聚会上，好好过完今晚。 我确信龙现在会跑到森林里去，没有人会知道它们。 一旦咒语解除，它们可能最终会消失。