Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR 'My hair!' screeched someone from across the room. 'I've only just had it cut!' What's happening to my hair?' shrieked someone else. Miss Spindlewick's hands flew to her head. She looked down and gasped in shock as she saw that her own hair had

第四章我的头发！房间另一头有人尖叫道。 “我刚剪过头发！”我的头发怎么了？另一个人尖叫道。 斯平德威克小姐双手抱头。 她低头一看，震惊地倒吸了一口气，因为她发现自己的头发已经

now reached the floor and was starting to trail along behind her. 'WHAT did you put in that potion?' she demanded as the room erupted with squeals of horror. My head started to tingle and I looked down to see my own hair starting to grow too. It was growing fast! Snaking away across the floor. Hurriedly, I scrabbled to find the empty potion bottle and held it out towards Miss Spindlewick.

现在到了地板上，开始跟在她后面慢慢走。 “你在药水里放了什么？”她问，房间里爆发出一阵恐怖的尖叫。 我的头开始发麻，我低头看到我自己的头发也开始长了。 它长得很快！在地板上蜿蜒而行。 我赶紧摸索着找到空药瓶，把它递给斯平德威克小姐。

'It was my fault,' I gabbled. 'I put this in by mistake! I meant to put in the unicorn horn!' Miss Spindlewick turned the little bottle over in her hands, frowning. 'I don't believe we have this particular joke shop potion in the store cupboard,' she said. Where, may I ask, did you get it from?' I hung my head, not wanting to get Carlotta into any more trouble but before I could make something up she squeaked, 'I gave it to Mirabelle! I bought it on my holiday!' 'I see,' said Miss Spindlewick

“是我的错，”我含糊地说。 “我把这个放错了！”我是想把独角兽的角放进去！”斯平德威克小姐把手里的小瓶子翻过来，皱着眉头。 她说：“我不相信我们的橱柜里有这种特别的玩笑药水。” 请问，你从哪儿弄来的？”我低下头，不想让卡洛塔陷入更多的麻烦，但我还没来得及编造什么，她就尖声说：“我把它给米拉贝尔了！”我度假时买的！“我明白了，”斯平德威克小姐说

sounding as though she didn't see at all. 'I swear I didn't do it on purpose!' I said. It was a mistake! I got mixed up because I couldn't see what I was doing properly in the candlelight!' Miss Spindlewick raised an eyebrow. Magic from home is not permitted at school, she said. You should have handed this in to me at the beginning of the day and collected it at home time.' 'I know,' I said. 'I'm really sorry. I thought it would be OK in my pocket.' 'Miss Spindlewick!' came a panicked voice from the other side of the room. 'My hair! It won't stop growing.'

听起来好像她什么也没看见。 “我发誓我不是故意的！”我说。 这是个错误！我搞混了，因为在烛光下我看不清自己在做什么！”斯平德威克小姐扬起了眉毛。 她说，学校不允许在家里使用魔法。 你应该在一天开始的时候把这个交给我，然后在回家的时候把它收起来。“我知道，”我说。 “我真的很抱歉。我想放在我口袋里就可以了。“斯平德威克小姐！”一个惊慌的声音从房间的另一边传来。 “我的头发!它不会停止增长。”

'Nor will anyone's, Lavinia!' snapped Miss Spindlewick as she turned and shuffled back to her desk, through the mass of hair that was now covering the whole floor. Miss Spindlewick had miles and miles of hair coming from her head.

“谁也不会，拉维尼娅！”斯平德威克小姐厉声说，她转过身，穿过满地的头发，拖着脚步走回书桌。 斯平德威克小姐的头发长得好长好长。