Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR I started to back away, out of the kitchen. 'DON'T MOVE!' Mum shouted. 'There's broken crockery everywhere.' I stood rooted to the spot. I had a feeling I was in serious trouble this time. 'WHAT in the name of leaping frogs has been going on?' she asked. 'First, you put frogspawn in Wilbur's drink and

第四章我开始往后退，离开厨房。 “不要动!”妈妈喊道。 “到处都是破碎的陶器。”我一动不动地站在那里。 我有一种感觉，这次我有大麻烦了。 “到底发生了什么事？”她问。 “首先，你把蛙卵放进威伯的饮料里，然后

now you've flooded the kitchen. You were supposed to be on your best behaviour today! Is this another one of your Pranks?' She tried to get up but slipped right back down again.

现在你把厨房淹了。 你今天应该好好表现的！这又是你的恶作剧吗？”她想站起来，但又滑了下去。

'I'm sorry!' I gabbled. 'The kitchen wasn't a prank I was just trying to tidy up.' 'And what about the frogspawn?' asked Mum, getting to her feet and grabbing a broomstick to sweep up the mess. 'Well... he deserved it!' I said. 'Maybe you should go to your room for a bit until our guests have left,' said Mum, tipping the broken crockery into the bin. I stared at Mum and folded my arms. There was no point arguing with her when she was in this mood. It was so unfair. 'Can I at least have pudding?' I asked.

“对不起!”我急促。“厨房不是恶作剧，我只是想整理一下。“那青蛙卵呢？”妈妈问，站了起来，抓起一把扫帚扫了起来。 ‘嗯……他活该！”我说。 “也许你应该回你的房间待一会儿，直到我们的客人走了。”妈妈说着，把破碎的陶器倒进了垃圾桶。 我盯着妈妈，抱起双臂。 她这种心情，跟她争论是没有意义的。 这太不公平了。“至少我能吃点布丁吗？”我问。

'NO!' said Mum. Then she disappeared out of the door into the garden. I stared after her, feeling wounded. Then I beckoned Violet to me, and I walked slowly up the stairs to my bedroom.

“不!妈妈说。然后她就消失在门外的花园里了。 我盯着她的背影，感觉受到了伤害。 然后我示意维奥莱特过来，慢慢地上楼回到我的卧室。

'I guess we're in prison until the afternoon is over,' I said as we stared out of the window and down into the garden, where I could see my family and our guests sitting together. They were all digging into the yummy puddings and my mouth watered. 'Oh Violet,' I sighed. 'Why am I always getting into trouble?' Violet nuzzled me and I gave her little head a pat. 'At least you love me,' I said.

“我想我们要在监狱里待到下午结束，”我说，我们凝视着窗外和花园，在那里我可以看到我的家人和客人们坐在一起。 他们都津津有味地吃着美味的布丁，我都流口水了。 “哦，维奥莱特，”我叹了口气。“为什么我总是惹麻烦？”维奥莱特用鼻子蹭我，我轻轻地拍了拍她的小脑袋。 “至少你爱我，”我说。