Chapter 3

Chapter THREE By the time I arrived at Miss Spindlewick's Witch School for Girls, I was feeling very soggy and sorry for myself. I landed on the black tarmac of the playground with a skid and looked around for my best friend Carlotta, but she was nowhere to be seen. I guessed she must already have gone inside. I was a bit late

第三章当我到达斯平德威克小姐的女子女巫学校时，我感到浑身湿透，为自己感到难过。 我滑着雪橇降落在操场的黑色柏油地上，四处寻找我最好的朋友卡洛塔，但她却不见了。 我猜她一定已经进去了。 我来晚了一点

after all. I walked through the big, heavy arched doors and down the echoey, shiny corridor to my classroom.

毕竟。我穿过又大又重的拱形门，走下闪闪发光的走廊，来到教室。

'Oh, there you are, Mirabelle,' said Miss Spindlewick when I entered the room. 'You're late!' 'I know,' I said. 'I'm sorry, Miss Spindlewick. I...' But then I stopped. What could I say? I didn't want to admit that the reason I had got up late was because I hadn't put my potion kit away before bed, or that my broomstick wasn't flying properly because I had left it out in the rain. Instead, I shut my mouth and tried to look innocent.

“哦，你来了，米拉贝尔，”我走进房间时，斯平德威克小姐说。 “你迟到了!“我知道，”我说。 “对不起，斯平德威克小姐。 我…”但后来我停了下来。我还能说什么呢？ 我不想承认我起床晚的原因是因为我睡觉前没有把药剂包放好，或者是因为我把扫帚落在外面淋雨了，所以它飞得不太稳。 相反，我闭上嘴，装出一副无辜的样子。

Miss Spindlewick crossed her arms over her chest and looked at me disapprovingly. 'I've marked you down as late,' she said, which means you can stay in at morning break and sort the new spell books into alphabetical order in the library.' 'But...' I began. 'AND,' continued Miss Spindlewick, 'you can run along to Mrs Newt in the lost property office and change into something clean and dry. What in the name of leaping frogs has happened to your clothes?'

斯平德威克小姐把双臂交叉在胸前，不以为然地看着我。 “我已经把你记为迟到了。”她说，这意味着你可以在上午课间休息时留在家里，把新的咒语书按字母顺序放在图书馆里。“但是……”我开始。 “还有，”斯平德威克小姐接着说，“你可以跑到失物招领处去找纽特太太，换上干净、干燥的衣服。 你的衣服到底怎么了？”

I opened my mouth to explain but then shut it again quickly. Miss Spindlewick can be quite fierce when she's cross. I shuffled backwards out of the door and along the corridor to the lost property office. I kicked the wall crossly as I went, doing it a little bit too hard by mistake. 'Oww!' I said, clutching my toe and hopping the rest of the way. This was turning out to be the worst day ever. EVERYTHING was going wrong! 'Morning, Mirabelle,' smiled Mrs Newt when I reached her office. 'Oh, you look a little bit worse for wear today. Fall in a puddle did you? I thought you were quite a good broomstick flyer!'

我张开嘴想解释，但很快又闭上了。 斯平德威克小姐生气的时候很凶。 我拖着脚走出房门，沿着走廊来到失物招领处。 我一边跑一边踢墙，由于失误，踢得有点用力过猛。 “嗷!”我说着，抓着脚趾，跳着走完剩下的路。 这是有史以来最糟糕的一天。 一切都出了问题！“早上好，米拉贝尔，”我到达纽特太太办公室时，她微笑着说。 “哦，你今天看起来有点不舒服。 你掉进水坑了吗？我还以为你在飞天扫帚上飞得很好呢！”

'I am!' I said, feeling crosser than ever. 'It wasn't my fault. It was my broomstick. It was too wet to fly properly.' 'Oh?' said Mrs Newt, looking confused. Why on earth was it wet?'

“我!”我说，感觉比以前更生气了。 “这不是我的错。那是我的扫帚。 天气太湿，不能正常飞行。“哦?纽特太太说，显得很困惑。 它究竟为什么是湿的？”