Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR When I got to school Miss Spindlewick was already in the playground and witches were already beginning to line up. I landed on the black tarmac with a skid and hurried to my class line, nudging in behind Carlotta. 'Did you make the bracelets?' she whispered.

第四章我到学校时，斯平德威克小姐已经在操场上了，女巫们已经开始排队了。 我滑了一下，降落在黑色的停机坪上，急忙跑到班级队列，挤在卡洛塔后面。 “手镯是你做的吗？”她低声说。

'Yes!' I said. 'I'll show them to you later. There isn't time to try and sell them now. We'll have to wait until morning break!' All through the first lesson, I tapped my foot impatiently on the floor beneath my desk. I couldn't concentrate on anything! Miss Spindlewick kept glaring at me. 'If I had wanted such an annoying soundtrack to our lesson this morning,' she said, 'I would have brought a woodpecker into class.' Everyone tittered. Finally, finally, it was break time. I was first out of the classroom, running

“是的!”我说。“我一会儿给你看。 现在没时间试着卖掉它们。 我们得等到早上休息的时候了！”在第一节课上，我一直不耐烦地用脚敲打着桌子下面的地板。 我无法集中注意力！斯平德威克小姐一直瞪着我。 她说：“如果我今天早上想听这么烦人的音乐，我就带一只啄木鸟来上课了。”每个人而。 终于，终于到了休息时间。 我第一个跑出教室

down the echoey hallways and out onto the playground. 'Carlotta!' I said breathlessly. 'We need to set up a stall! Quick! Go and get a table from inside!' 'I can't just go and get a table!' said Carlotta. Why don't you just lay all the bracelets out on the bench? It will be like a stall.' 'OK,' I said and opened my backpack, taking out handfuls of bracelets and starting to lay them out on the bench. 'What do you think?' I asked. 'They look... good, said Carlotta. But she sounded slightly unsure. 'I mean, some of them are a tiny bit messy. But I'm

穿过有回声的走廊，来到操场上。 “卡洛塔!”我气喘吁吁地说。 “我们得摆摊！”快!去里面拿张桌子来！“我不能就这么去找张桌子！”卡洛塔说。 你为什么不把所有的手镯都放在长凳上呢？ 它会像一个摊位。“好吧，”我说着打开背包，拿出一把手链，开始把它们放在长凳上。 “你觉得怎么样？”我问。 “他们看起来…很好，卡洛塔说。 但她听起来有点不确定。 “我的意思是，其中一些有点乱。 但我

sure no one will notice.' 'I think we need a sign,' I said. 'Carlotta, make a sign!' 'Um, OK,' replied Carlotta, scrabbling in her bag for pen and paper. Witches were beginning to crowd around us now, interested in what was going on.

当然没人会注意到。“我想我们需要一个标志，”我说。 “卡洛塔，做个记号！”“嗯，好吧，”卡洛塔回答，一边在包里摸索着找笔和纸。 女巫们现在开始围在我们周围，对发生的事情很感兴趣。

'It's a shop!' I told everyone proudly. 'You can buy my bracelets. They have enchanted charms on them!' 'Ooh!' said Tabitha, picking up a particularly sparkly bracelet. One of the charms immediately dropped off.

“这是一家商店！”我自豪地告诉大家。 “你可以买我的手镯。 他们身上有施了魔法的符咒！“噢!塔比莎说着，拿起一只闪闪发光的手镯。 一个魔咒立刻掉了下来。

'That one's faulty,' I said quickly, snatching the bracelet from her and thrusting a different one into her hands instead. Tabitha looked at the new bracelet I had given her. 'What are the charms meant to be?' she asked. 'Can't you tell?' I replied, starting to feel frustrated. 'That one is a black cat! That one is a cauldron, and that one is a tiny purple dragon. Do you want to buy it?' Tabitha put the bracelet back down on the bench. 'I'll think about it,' she said and then walked away. I turned to Carlotta, and

“那只有毛病，”我赶紧说，从她手里夺过那只手镯，塞给她另一只。 塔比瑟看着我送给她的新手镯。 “是什么魔咒？”她问。 “你看不出来吗？”我回答，开始感到沮丧。 “那是一只黑猫！”那个是大锅，那个是一条紫色的小龙。 你想买吗？”塔比瑟把手镯放回长凳上。 “我会考虑的，”她说着就走开了。 我转向卡洛塔，然后