Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE I almost choked on my sandwich. Lavinia stared at me. 'Mirabelle?' she said accusingly. 'What?' I replied, starting to panic. 'It wasn't me!' Lavinia didn't look like she believed me. I swear!' I said. 'I didn't let them out. Not on purpose anyway!'

第五章我差点被三明治噎住了。 拉维尼娅盯着我。“李子吗?她责备地说。 “什么?”我回答，开始恐慌起来。 “不是我！”拉维尼娅看起来不太相信我。 我发誓!”我说。“我没有把它们放出去。 反正不是故意的！”

I put my sandwich down, suddenly feeling quite sick. 'Did you lock the door?' whispered Lavinia. 'When you came back out of the cage?' 'I thought I did!' I said, screwing my eyes tightly shut to try and remember. I came out of the bittens' cage and Miss Spindlewick had suddenly appeared, and it startled me! Maybe I got distracted and forgot to snap the padlock back shut. 'Oh, no!' I said, with my head in my hands. 'THE BITTENS ARE ON THE LOOSE!' came the voice from the loudspeaker again. 'IF YOU SEE AN ESCAPED BITTEN, PLEASE REPORT

我放下三明治，突然觉得很不舒服。 “你锁门了吗？”拉维尼娅低声说。 “你从笼子里出来的时候？”“我想我有！”我说着，紧紧地闭上眼睛，努力回忆。 我从狗笼子里出来，斯平德威克小姐突然出现了，这把我吓了一跳！也许我走神了，忘了把挂锁锁上。 “哦,不!”我双手抱头说。 “咬人的都跑出来了！”扩音器里又传来了那个声音。 如果你看到逃脱的咬伤，请报告

TO THE OFFICE, RIGHT AWAY.' Miss Spindlewick stood up and gazed around at us all with her eyes narrowed. 'Who here knows anything about the escaped bittens?' she asked, in a stern voice. I found myself shrinking back in my seat, then I started to put up my hand, but Lavinia pulled it back down.

马上去办公室。”斯平德威克小姐站起来，眯着眼睛环顾着我们大家。 “这里有谁知道逃跑的咬人犬的事？”她严厉地问。 我发现自己畏缩在座位上，然后我开始把手举起来，但拉维尼娅把它拉了回来。

'Don't tell her!' she hissed. 'We'll get into so much trouble. Please, Mirabelle! Let's find the bittens ourselves! It can't be too hard!' I bit my lip. Lavinia looked SO frightened. 'OK...' I whispered. 'Hmmm,' said Miss Spindlewick, as she stared around at us all with suspicious, beady eyes. 'Well, we can all at least help to try and find the lost bittens. Pack up your lunches, witches, and go and search in your pairs! If you find a bitten, report to the office right away!' 'Yes, Miss Spindlewick,' we chorused, as we all packed away the rest of our

“别告诉她！”她嘶嘶地说。 “我们会惹上大麻烦的。 请,李子!让我们自己去找被咬的人吧！不会太难的！”我咬着嘴唇。 拉维尼娅显得很害怕。 “好吧…”我低声说。“嗯。”斯平德威克小姐说，她用怀疑的、炯炯有神的眼睛打量着我们大家。 “好吧，至少我们大家都可以帮忙寻找丢失的小狗。 收拾好你们的午餐，女巫们，两人一组去找！如果你发现被咬了，马上向办公室报告！“是的，斯平德威克小姐，”我们齐声说，同时把剩下的东西收拾好

lunches and jumped up from our seats. 'Come on!' said Lavinia, tugging on my arm. Together, Lavinia and I headed back into the magical-creature sanctuary, grabbing our broomsticks from the office on the way. From my research, I knew bittens liked hiding and climbing, so maybe they were high up?

然后从座位上跳了起来。 “来吧!拉维尼娅拉着我的胳膊说。 拉维尼娅和我一起回到了魔法生物保护区，在路上从办公室里拿了两把扫帚。 根据我的研究，我知道咬人犬喜欢躲藏和攀爬，所以也许它们在高处？

'We should have a look in the treetops!' I suggested. So Lavinia and I flew upwards and peered in through the dark, leafy tops of the trees. But we couldn't see any bittens. 'I feel so guilty!' I said as we hovered in the air. 'What if the lost bittens are

“我们应该到树梢上去看看！”我建议。 于是，拉维尼娅和我飞到高处，透过漆黑的树梢往里看。 但是我们没有看到任何咬痕。 “我感到很内疚！”我们在空中盘旋时，我说。 “如果丢失的咬痕是……