Chapter 2

Chapter TWO The following morning I woke up bright and early. It was the day of the school trip! I bounced out of bed and hurried to get dressed in my most practical clothes like Miss Spindlewick had told us to, but I couldn't resist putting just one of the hair clips that Isadora had sent me into my hair the butterfly one. It wasn't

第二章第二天早晨，我很早就醒了。 今天是学校旅行的日子！我从床上跳起来，赶紧穿上最实用的衣服，就像斯平德威克小姐告诉我们的那样，但我还是忍不住把伊莎多拉寄给我的一个发夹插进了头发里——蝴蝶发夹。 这不是

very practical but it was so pretty! I raced downstairs and gobbled up my breakfast at super-quick speed. My excitement about going to the magical-creature sanctuary was back at full force! 'Slow down!' laughed Mum as she sipped coffee from her black cauldron- shaped mug. 'You'll give yourself a tummy ache! And you've got to wait for Wilbur before you can leave the house anyway.'

非常实用，但是非常漂亮！我跑下楼，以极快的速度狼吞虎咽地吃完早餐。 我对去神奇生物保护区的兴奋又恢复了原样！“慢下来!妈妈一边笑着，一边从坩埚形的黑杯子里啜着咖啡。 “你会肚子疼的！”再说，你也得等威伯回来，才能出门。”

Mum and Dad let Wilbur and me fly to school on our own every morning as long as we stick together until we get to the edge of the forest. 'He had better not be late!' I said. 'Wilbur's never late for school,' said Dad, and I felt a small prickle of annoyance. My brother Wilbur is so perfect. Eventually, he came sauntering down the stairs, and I waited impatiently while he ate his breakfast and Dad made our packed lunches. Finally, we were ready to go. 'Have a lovely day, my witchlings!' said Mum, as she kissed us both goodbye. 'Stay out of mischief, Mirabelle!' said Dad.

爸爸妈妈让威尔伯和我每天早上自己飞到学校，只要我们在一起，直到我们到达森林的边缘。 “他最好不要迟到！”我说。 “威伯上学从不迟到，”爸爸说，我感到一阵小小的烦恼。 我哥哥威尔伯太完美了。 最后，他慢悠悠地走下楼梯，我不耐烦地等着他吃早饭，爸爸给我们做盒饭。 最后，我们准备出发了。 “祝你过得愉快，我的女巫们！”妈妈说，她吻别了我们俩。 “别胡闹，米拉贝尔！”爸爸说。

When I arrived at school I saw my classmates, standing in a huddle on the playground tarmac. Miss Spindlewick was there, ticking names off on a clipboard. I almost fell off my broomstick when I saw her! She didn't look like Miss Spindlewick at all! She was wearing a pair of khaki trousers with lots of pockets on them and she had a large rucksack on her back. 'We need to be prepared for every eventuality,' I heard her

当我到达学校时，我看到我的同学们，站在操场的停机坪上。 斯平德威克小姐在那儿，在写字板上勾着名字。 当我看到她的时候，我差点从我的飞天扫帚上摔下来！她一点也不像斯平德威克小姐！她穿着一条卡其布裤子，裤子上有很多口袋，背上背着一个大帆布背包。 我听到她说：“我们需要为所有可能发生的事情做好准备。

saying, as I landed on the ground and immediately gravitated towards Carlotta. 'Oh, no, Mirabelle!' said Miss Spindlewick when she saw me. 'You need to find your Partner.' I glanced ruefully at my best friend and then looked around for Lavinia instead. She was standing at the edge of the group with her arms crossed. Her hair was up in a very neat ponytail, and her clothes didn't have a single crease in them. 'Oh, er... hi, Lavinia,' I said, sidling up to her. Lavinia looked at me, haughtily. 'Mirabelle,' she said.

说着，我降落在地面上，立刻被吸引到卡洛塔。 “哦，不，米拉贝尔！”斯平德威克小姐看见我说。 “你需要找到你的伴侣。”我悲伤地看了我最好的朋友一眼，然后扭头寻找拉维尼娅。 她双臂交叉地站在人群的边缘。 她的头发梳成整齐的马尾辫，衣服上没有一条折痕。 “噢,呃…“嗨，拉维尼娅，”我说着，悄悄地走到她跟前。 拉维尼娅傲慢地看着我。 “米拉贝尔，”她说。

I felt my excitement levels drop slightly. Miss Spindlewick started to hand out a clipboard and a camera to each pair of witches. 'I'd better take care of those,' said Lavinia shooting her hand out to grab the clipboard and camera as soon as Miss Spindlewick handed them to us. She slid them into her backpack before I could get a proper look at them. 'You must all be very careful with the cameras,' ordered Miss Spindlewick. 'They are school property. You may use them to take photos of the animals. And the clipboards are for taking notes.

我感到自己的兴奋程度略有下降。 斯平德威克小姐开始给每一对女巫分发一个写字板和一台照相机。 “我最好处理一下。”斯平德威克小姐一递给我们，拉维尼娅就伸手去抓写字板和照相机。 我还没来得及仔细看，她就把它们塞进了背包。 “你们都得小心照相机，”斯平德威克小姐命令道。 “它们是学校的财产。 你可以用它们给动物拍照。 剪贴板是用来做笔记的。