Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE I stared at Dad in horror and Dad stared back at me with a shocked expression, before there was a PUFF of twinkling smoke. In place of Dad appeared a small green fairy-frog fluttering in the air and looking very bewildered. Wilbur stopped and turned around. When he saw what had happened he looked VERY smug

第五章我惊恐地盯着爸爸，爸爸也带着震惊的表情盯着我，然后一阵闪烁的烟雾冒了出来。 代替爸爸的是一只绿色的小仙女蛙，在空中扑腾着翅膀，看起来很困惑。 威伯停了下来，转过身来。 当他看到所发生的事情时，他显得非常得意

and I saw the corners of his mouth twitch. He didn't dare laugh though because now Mum was storming over towards me and she looked FURIOUS. 'MIRABELLE STARSPELL!' she yelled, and I shrank back against the wall. My mum can be really frightening when she gets cross. Suddenly I regretted not caring about my day getting any worse. This was bad. This was really bad. I tried to escape by scuttling along the wall.

我看到他的嘴角在抽搐。 但他不敢笑，因为现在妈妈怒气冲冲地朝我冲过来。 “李子STARSPELL !她喊道，我缩到墙边。 我妈妈生气的时候真的很吓人。 突然间，我后悔没有去关心我的一天变得更糟。 这很糟糕。这真的很糟糕。 我试图沿墙潜逃。

'STAY WHERE YOU ARE!' Mum warned, and I stopped scuttling, frozen to the spot. 'HOW DARE YOU TURN DAD INTO A FROG!' she shouted, looming over me. Wilbur sniggered and Mum whipped round to glare at him. 'WATCH IT, WILBUR!' she said, and Wilbur immediately stopped sniggering and sidled away back into the sitting room. I took my chance and slid away from beneath Mum, running out of the room and towards the stairs. Violet followed me, her little wings flapping next to my ear. As I ran I felt tears spring

“站在那儿别动！”妈妈警告了我，我停住脚步，僵在原地不动。 “你怎么敢把爸爸变成青蛙！”她朝我喊道。 威伯窃笑起来，妈妈转过身来瞪着他。 “小心点，威伯！”她说，威伯立刻停止了窃笑，溜回客厅去了。 我抓住机会，从妈妈身下溜走，跑出房间，朝楼梯跑去。 维奥莱特跟着我，她的小翅膀在我耳边拍打着。 我一边跑一边感到眼泪涌了出来

to my eyes and by the time I got to my bedroom I could barely see because of them. I threw myself down on top of my bed and sobbed into the covers. Violet nuzzled into my hair. In that moment it felt as though I couldn't do anything right.

当我回到卧室的时候，因为他们，我几乎看不见了。 我扑倒在床上，盖上被子抽泣起来。 紫罗兰用鼻子蹭我的头发。 在那一刻，我觉得自己好像什么都做不好。

I cried for what seemed like a hundred years and then I sat up on my bed, sniffing, and looked around my room. It had got dark outside. I guess this is our prison now, Violet, I said. 'Mum's never going to let us out

我哭了好像有一百年，然后我坐在床上，嗅着，环顾我的房间。 外面天黑了。“我想现在这里是我们的监狱了，维奥莱特，”我说。 “妈妈不会让我们出去的

of here. I wiped my eyes and stood up, picking my way over all the things on my floor. It was a very messy prison. I started to pick things up and put them away. If I was never going to be allowed out, I may as well make it look nice in here.

这里。我擦了擦眼睛，站了起来，在地板上的所有东西中摸索着前进。 这是一个非常凌乱的监狱。 我开始把东西捡起来放好。 如果我永远不被允许出去，我还不如把这里弄得漂亮点。