Chapter 1

Chapter ONE 'Wheeee!' It was late-afternoon and I was busy practising my loop the loops in the garden before dinner. Flying on my broomstick is one of my favourite things to do! I love swooping and swirling and feeling the wind whirl through my hair. 'Mirabelle!' called Mum from inside.

第一章“呼！”那是下午晚些时候，晚饭前我正忙着在花园里练习回旋。 骑着我的扫帚飞行是我最喜欢做的事情之一！我喜欢俯冲和旋转，感觉风吹过我的头发。 “李子!妈妈在里面喊道。

'It's dinner time! Dad's made fairy meringue pie for pudding!' 'Ooh!' I said excitedly and immediately flew back towards the ground, landing on the grass with a skid.

“该吃晚饭了！”爸爸做了仙女蛋白派做布丁！“哦!”我兴奋地说，立刻飞回地面，滑倒在草地上。

I threw my broomstick down and ran into the house with my little dragon Violet flapping along behind me. 'Did you bring your broomstick in?' asked Mum as I sat down at the table. 'Oops no,' I said. 'But I promise I'll fetch it after dinner!' 'As long as you do!' said Mum. 'Broomsticks don't like being left out in the cold and it's going to rain tonight. But by the time dinner was finished I had forgotten all about my broomstick. Mum had bought me a new book and I wanted to read it straightaway. As soon as the fairy meringue pie was finished

我扔下扫帚，跑进屋里，我的小龙维奥莱特在我身后扑扇着翅膀。 “你把飞天扫帚带进来了吗？”我在桌旁坐下时，妈妈问。 “噢，不，”我说。“但我保证晚饭后去取！”“只要你愿意！”妈妈说。 “飞天扫帚不喜欢被晾在外面受冻，今晚又要下雨。 但晚饭吃完的时候，我把我的飞天扫帚忘得一干二净。 妈妈给我买了一本新书，我想马上读。 等仙女蛋白派吃完

I ran up to my bedroom and snuggled down with Violet to read. The book was very good—about a witch who invented a potion that could make your hair turn into sparkling strands of tinsel! I LOVED the idea of tinselly hair! And there was a list of ingredients at the back of the book so you could make the potion yourself! I jumped off my bed before I had even finished the story and collected up all the things I would need, including my travel-size cauldron and laid them on my pillow.

我跑回卧室，和维奥莱特依偎在一起看书。 这本书非常好——讲的是一个女巫发明了一种药剂，可以让你的头发变成闪闪发光的金属丝！我喜欢这个想法的薄纱头发！书的后面有一份配料表，所以你可以自己配制药水！故事还没讲完，我就从床上跳了起来，收拾好所有我需要的东西，包括我的旅行用坩埚，把它们放在枕头上。

'Mirabelle,' said Mum, poking her head around the door. 'It's past your bedtime!' 'What?!' I had been reading for so long that I hadn't noticed it had got dark outside. 'I just want to make one quick potion Mum before bed. Look, I've already got the ingredients ready!' Mum glanced at my pillow and frowned. 'Your pillow is not the correct place for potion ingredients, she said. Make sure you clear them up before getting into bed. And there's no time to make the potion now. It's already twenty minutes

“米拉贝尔，”妈妈说着，从门缝里探出头来。 “你该睡觉了！”“什么? !”我一直在看书，没有注意到外面已经天黑了。 “妈妈，我只是想在睡觉前快速熬一剂药水。 瞧，我已经把配料准备好了！”妈妈看了我的枕头一眼，皱起了眉头。 “你的枕头不适合放药水。”她说。 睡觉前一定要把它们清理干净。 现在没时间做药水了。 已经二十分钟了