Chapter 6

Chapter SIX Five minutes later Mum and I were flying high in the air on our broomsticks, both clutching a bottle of potion and dodging fairies who were desperately trying to fly away from the clearing. I wondered how we were going to get close enough to the dragons to throw the mixture onto them. They were so big and their wings were

第六章五分钟后，妈妈和我骑着飞天扫帚在空中高高飞翔，我们都抓着一瓶魔药，躲避着拼命想从空地上飞走的小精灵。 我想知道我们怎样才能接近龙，把混合物扔到它们身上。 它们那么大，它们的翅膀

beating so hard that a wind was blowing all around. I shot up into the sky as high as I could go. Maybe if I could get higher than the dragons then it would be easier to pour some of the potion onto them from above. I soared higher into the air. Down below the five huge dragons circled, puffing out clouds of glittering smoke.

打得很厉害，风吹得到处都是。 我飞向天空，尽我所能飞得高。 也许如果我能飞得比龙高，那么从上面往它们身上倒药水就容易多了。 我飞得更高了。 下面，五条巨龙在上空盘旋，喷出闪闪发光的烟雾。

'At least they're not blowing fire!' called Mum. I gripped onto my broomstick tightly with my legs and tried to balance while I opened the lid of the potion bottle. At last I got it open and gripped back onto my broom again with one hand, rocking from side to side in the breeze that the dragons were making with their wings. 'Watch out!' called Mum and I looked down to see one of the dragons starting to fly up towards us. The breeze was getting stronger and Mum was still trying to undo the lid of her potion bottle amongst the chaos of fairies flying all around. There was an almighty gust and I rocketed sideways.

“至少他们没有喷火！”妈妈叫道。 我用腿紧紧抓住飞天扫帚，努力保持平衡，同时打开魔药瓶的盖子。 最后我把它打开，又用一只手抓住扫帚，在龙扇动翅膀的微风中左右摇摆。 “小心!”妈妈叫道，我低头看到一条龙开始向我们飞来。 风越来越大了，妈妈还在四处乱飞的小仙女中努力打开她的魔药瓶盖。 一阵猛烈的狂风把我吹向一边。

'Help!' called Mum as she was buffeted upside down, dropping her potion bottle. It began to plummet downwards. I gripped harder onto my broomstick and pointed it towards the ground, shooting towards the bottle, feeling Violet fall out of my cape. But there was no time to catch her. She would be fine. She could fly! I reached out my hand and grabbed the potion bottle just before it fell through one of the dragon's leafy, ripply bodies. I yanked the lid off and sprinkled it onto the dragon's back, immediately flying sideways to avoid being whacked by one of its flapping wings. From a place of safety

“帮助!妈妈叫道，她被撞得头朝下，药瓶掉在地上。 它开始急剧下降。 我更用力地抓着飞天扫帚，指着地面，飞向瓶子，感觉维奥莱特从我的斗篷里掉了出来。 但是没有时间去抓住她。 她会没事的。她会飞！我伸手抓住了魔药瓶，就在它从一条龙枝繁叶繁茂、波浪形的身体里掉下去之前。 我扯下盖子，洒在龙的背上，立刻飞向一边，以免被它扇动的翅膀击中。 从一个安全的地方

I watched as the huge creature began to dismantle itself, the leaves, flowers and twigs dispersing and falling away from each other towards the ground. I had done it! The first dragon had gone! I looked up and saw Mum hovering in the air high above me. There was no time to fly up and give her the potion bottle back. I would have to use both of them. I whizzed through the air into the space above one of the other dragons and sprinkled some potion onto that one too. Again the huge creature began to fall away, the leaves and flowers raining down onto the ground and onto the heads of any brave fairies who had decided to stay.

我看着这个巨大的生物开始自我解体，树叶、花朵和树枝散落在地上。 我做到了！第一条龙不见了！我抬头一看，看到妈妈在我头顶的空中盘旋。 没有时间飞上去把药水瓶还给她。 我必须同时使用它们。 我嗖嗖地飞到另一条龙上方的空间里，也往那条龙身上洒了一些药水。 这个巨大的生物又开始坠落，树叶和花朵像雨点一样落在地上，落在那些决定留下来的勇敢的仙女的头上。