Chapter 6

Chapter SIX At the end of the afternoon, we were all allowed to spend some time in the gift shop. I raced over to the cuddly-toy bittens and looked at the price tag. Yes! I was just able to afford two of them. One for me and one for my cousin Isadora! I spent ages looking at their faces, deciding which ones looked the friendliest.

在下午结束的时候，我们都被允许在礼品店花一些时间。 我跑到那些可爱的玩具跟前，看了看价格标签。 是的!我只买得起两个。 一个给我，一个给我表妹伊莎多拉！我花了很长时间看着他们的脸，决定哪一个看起来最友好。

Finally, I chose two and brought them over to the counter to pay for them. I felt so excited about sending my cousin such a lovely present. I knew she would love the toy bitten just as much as I loved the hair clips, though I did feel a bit disappointed that I had lost the butterfly one in the bittens' cage. 'What are you buying, Lavinia?' I asked her, as she came to stand next to me at the counter. 'Oh, just this!' she grinned, waving a horrid rubbery spider in my face.

最后，我选了两个，把它们带到柜台付钱。 能送表妹这么可爱的礼物，我感到很兴奋。 我知道她会喜欢被咬的玩具，就像我喜欢发夹一样，尽管我确实感到有点失望，因为我把蝴蝶丢在了被咬的笼子里。 “你要买什么，拉维尼娅？”我问她，她走过来站在我旁边的柜台。 “哦，就是这个！”她咧嘴一笑，在我面前挥舞着一只可怕的橡胶蜘蛛。

The broomstick ride back to Miss Spindlewick's Witch School for Girls seemed much longer, now that we were all tired from a full day at the magical- creature sanctuary. Lavinia and I flew side by side, chatting and laughing about our day. I wondered if we would stay friends once we got back to school, or whether

骑着飞天扫帚回到斯平德威克小姐的女子女巫学校的路程似乎更长了，因为我们在魔法生物保护区呆了一整天，都累了。 拉维尼娅和我并肩飞行，说说笑笑我们的一天。 我想知道我们回到学校后还能做朋友吗，或者

things would go back to how they had always been. When we eventually landed on the playground tarmac, Miss Spindlewick ticked off all our names on her clipboard. 'Despite one small incident today,' she said, looking pointedly at me, 'I think we've all had a rather good trip, haven't we?' 'Yes, Miss Spindlewick,' we chorused. 'Good!' smiled Miss Spindlewick. 'Well, it's the end of the day so you're all free to fly home!' I waved at Carlotta and gathered up my broomstick, about to hop onto it when I felt someone pulling at my elbow. It was Lavinia.

一切都会回到原来的样子。 当我们最终降落在操场的停机坪上时，斯平德威克小姐在她的写字板上勾出了我们所有人的名字。 “尽管今天发生了一件小事，”她盯着我说，“但我认为我们都度过了一个相当愉快的旅程，不是吗？”“是的，斯平德威克小姐，”我们异口同声地说。 “好!斯平德威克小姐微笑着说。 “好了，今天快结束了，你们都可以飞回家了！”我向卡洛塔挥了挥手，拿起我的飞天扫帚，正要跳上去，这时我感到有人在拉我的胳膊肘。 是拉维尼娅。

'Mirabelle,' she said. 'I bought you something in the gift shop.' 'Me?' I said, shocked. I really hoped she wasn't going to give me that nasty, rubbery spider. 'Yes,' said Lavinia. 'To say thank you for being my partner today. It was much more fun than I had imagined!' She reached into her pocket and pulled out a hair clip. 'To replace the one you lost,' she said. I took the hair clip and gazed at it, and a warm feeling spread all the way through my body. It wasn't a butterfly hair clip, but a small bitten-shaped one, with glittery bat wings.

“米拉贝尔，”她说。“我在礼品店给你买了些东西。“我吗?”我震惊地说。 我真希望她不会给我那个讨厌的橡胶蜘蛛。 “是的，”拉维尼娅说。谢谢你今天做我的搭档。 这比我想象的有趣多了！”她把手伸进口袋，掏出一个发夹。 她说：“为了替换你丢失的那个。” 我拿起发夹，凝视着它，一种温暖的感觉传遍了我的全身。 那不是蝴蝶发夹，而是一个咬痕状的小发夹，上面有闪闪发光的蝙蝠翅膀。

'Oh, I LOVE it!' I said, jumping on top of Lavinia and giving her a huge hug. 'Thank you so much!' 'You're welcome,' said Lavinia, sounding a bit embarrassed. 'I just thought it was nice of you to... Well, you know, get the camera back for us so that

“哦，我爱死它了！”我说着跳到拉维尼娅身上，给了她一个大大的拥抱。 “太谢谢你了！”“不客气。”拉维尼娅说，听起来有点尴尬。 “我只是觉得你真好…… 你知道的，帮我们把相机拿回来，这样