Chapter 2

Chapter TWO Mum came back outside with a tray of witch drinks. She had jazzed them up with shiny little umbrellas and dipped the rims of the glasses in edible green witch crystals so that they glimmered and twinkled. She never usually made such fancy drinks at home! 'A hubble bubble fizz for you,

第二章妈妈端着一盘女巫饮料出来了。 她用闪亮的小雨伞把它们装点得亮晶晶的，还在镜框上蘸上可食用的绿色女巫水晶，使它们闪闪发光。 她平时从不在家调制这么高级的饮料！哈勃望远镜为你吹泡泡，

Frederick,' said Mum, handing him a glass that tinkled with ice. 'And one for me! Some toad juice for you, Oswald, and er... a lovely glass of water for you, Felice.' 'Thank you,' said Felice, and sipped it daintily.

“弗雷德里克，”妈妈说，递给他一个玻璃杯，里面放着冰块，叮当作响。 “还有一个给我！”给你点蟾蜍汁，奥斯瓦尔德，还有…… 给你一杯水，菲利斯。“谢谢你，”费利斯说着，优雅地抿了一口。

'Ooh!' I said excitedly. 'Are there going to be fairy drinks too? With umbrellas in them? And sugar round the rim?' 'Of course!' said Mum, looking slightly flustered. 'I'm about to go and make them for you, Dad, and Wilbur.'

“哦!”我兴奋地说。“也会有精灵饮料吗？” 里面有伞吗？边缘还有糖吗？“当然！”妈妈说，显得有些慌张。 “我要去给你做，爸爸，还有威伯。”

She turned as if to make her way back towards the kitchen and I remembered my promise about being as helpful as possible today. 'Why don't I make the drinks?' I offered. 'Then you can relax here and chat with the neighbours! I'll make them really carefully!' 'Well... all right then,' said Mum. 'That's very kind of you, Mirabelle, thank you!' She sat down on a chair, smiling, but as I walked past, she grabbed my arm and whispered into my ear. 'No mess, no magic, no mischief, remember?'

她转过身来，好像要回厨房去，我记起了我的承诺，今天要尽可能地帮上忙。 “为什么不让我来做饮料呢？”我提供。 “然后你就可以在这里休息，和邻居们聊天了！”我会非常小心地做的！“嗯… “那好吧，”妈妈说。 “你太好了，米拉贝尔，谢谢你！”她在椅子上坐了下来，面带微笑，但当我走过时，她抓住我的胳膊，在我耳边低语。 “不许捣乱，不许施魔法，不许恶作剧，记得吗？”

I nodded my head and then scurried away to the kitchen. The first thing I did was open the fridge to see what fairy drinks were in there. Mmm! Pink cloudy lemonade!

我点了点头，然后匆匆向厨房走去。 我做的第一件事就是打开冰箱，看看里面有什么神仙饮料。 嗯!粉红色浑浊的柠檬水！

I lifted the jug out of the fridge and carefully poured the lemonade into three tall glasses, humming happily. 'Now we need some ice,' I said to my pet dragon, Violet.

我把水壶从冰箱里拿出来，小心翼翼地把柠檬水倒进三个高脚杯里，高兴地哼着歌。 “现在我们需要一些冰，”我对我的宠物龙维奥莱特说。