Chapter 1

Chapter ONE It was a grey and gloomy Thursday afternoon at Miss Spindlewick's Witch School for Girls. Rain coursed down the arched windows of the classroom and I shivered with delight. I love a stormy ride home on my broomstick! 'Don't forget!' Miss Spindlewick said as we packed our bags. 'You must arrive on

第一章这是斯平德威克小姐的女巫女子学校里一个阴沉阴沉的星期四下午。 雨顺着教室的拱形窗户流下来，我高兴得发抖。 我喜欢在暴风雨中骑着扫帚回家！“别忘了!”我们收拾行李时，斯平德威克小姐说。 “你必须上车

time tomorrow morning for the school trip. And make sure you wear sensible clothes!' I hadn't forgotten. I had been looking forward to this trip for ages! We were going to a magical-creature sanctuary, deep in the forest. There were going to be all kinds of rescued magical creatures there that I had never seen before. The sanctuary looked after them until they were ready to be released back into the wild. 'I can't wait to see the broomstick- tailed goblin monkeys,' said my best friend Carlotta, as she zipped up her pencil case. 'They're going to be so cute!' 'I'm hoping there will be some bittens!' I said.

明天早上是学校旅行的时间。 一定要穿得体的衣服！”我没有忘记。 我一直盼望着这次旅行！我们要去森林深处的一个魔法生物保护区。 那里会有各种各样我以前从未见过的获救的神奇生物。 保护区一直照顾着它们，直到它们准备好被放回野外。 我最好的朋友卡洛塔一边拉上铅笔盒的拉链，一边说：“我迫不及待地想看看长着扫帚尾巴的地精猴。” “他们会很可爱的！”“我希望会有一些咬痕！”我说。

'Ooh, yes!' squealed Carlotta. 'I've never seen a real bitten before.' 'Me neither!' I said.

“哦,是的!卡洛塔尖叫道。 “我从来没见过真的被咬过。“我也是！”我说。

Bittens are bat kittens. Baby bat cats! They have large fangs, and bat wings so that they can fly. Bittens are much bigger than normal kittens and they always have black or purple fur. Sometimes striped. They are my favourite creature of all the ones we learned about this term, and I chose to do my entire project on them! 'I'm hoping there will be some giant spiders!' said a witch called Lavinia, from the back of the classroom. 'I looove creepy crawly spiders!' I gave a small shiver. Most witches

被咬的是蝙蝠小猫。小蝙蝠猫！它们有很大的尖牙和蝙蝠的翅膀，这样它们就能飞了。 被咬的小猫比普通的小猫大得多，它们总是有黑色或紫色的皮毛。 有时条纹。它们是我们这学期学到的所有生物中我最喜欢的，我选择用它们来做我的整个项目！“我希望会有一些大蜘蛛！”一个叫拉维尼娅的女巫从教室后面说。 “我喜欢令人毛骨悚然的爬行蜘蛛！”我微微打了个寒颤。 大多数巫师

are not afraid of spiders. In fact, they eat them on their toast for breakfast! But I am half witch and half fairy. I don't mind spiders (as long as they're not giant ones!) but I definitely don't like eating them! Everyone in my class knows that I bring a special lunchbox full of fairy food into school every day Sometimes Lavinia goody-two-shoes teases me about it, but I don't care! Fairy honey sandwiches are much tastier than spiders on toast! I was just zipping up my bag to go home when Miss Spindlewick called me over to her desk.

我们不怕蜘蛛。 事实上，他们把它们放在吐司上当早餐吃！但我一半是女巫，一半是仙女。 我不介意蜘蛛（只要它们不是巨大的！），但我绝对不喜欢吃它们！我们班的每个人都知道我每天带一个特别的午餐盒，里面装满了童话般的食物。有时候拉维尼娅会拿这个取笑我，但我不在乎！仙女蜂蜜三明治比蜘蛛烤面包好吃多了！我正拉上包的拉链准备回家时，斯平德威克小姐把我叫到她的桌前。