Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR I squelched inside and found my class all sitting together in the echoey dining hall, sipping hot bog water. I wrinkled my nose. I didn't inherit Mum's love for disgusting witch food. I much prefer fairy food. 'Mmm,' said Carlotta, smacking her lips. 'Delicious!' 'We've got to keep our strength up,'

我缩进屋里，发现全班同学都坐在食堂里，喝着热水。 我皱起鼻子。我没有继承妈妈对恶心的女巫食物的爱。 我更喜欢精灵食物。“嗯，”卡洛塔咂咂嘴唇说。 “好吃!”“我们得保持体力。”

Miss Toadflax was saying. 'Ah, Mirabelle, there you are. Would you like some bog water? It's nice and thick and gritty.' 'No, thank you, Miss Toadflax,' I said quickly. Miss Toadflax blinked at me behind her diamante glasses. 'Why are you so wet?' she asked. 'You're leaving puddles all over the floor!'

蟾蜍小姐说。“啊，米拉贝尔，你来了。 你想喝点沼泽水吗？ 它很好，很厚，很坚韧。“不，谢谢你，蟾蜍小姐，”我赶紧说。 托德弗莱克斯小姐在她的镶钻眼镜后面对我眨了眨眼睛。 “你怎么这么湿？”她问。 “你把水坑弄得满地都是！”

'Um—' I began. 'You'd better run along to lost property and put on a new PE kit,' she said. 'Quick! You'll catch a chill!' 'Yes, Miss Toadflax,' I said, then scooted out of the lunch hall as fast as I could before she remembered my earlier magical mishap. Luckily, Miss Toadflax can often be quite absent-minded. I hurried along the corridors towards Mrs Newt's office where all the lost property is kept and riffled through the box. I managed to find some shorts and a T-shirt easily, but I had to dig right down to the bottom of the box to find a pair of

“嗯——”我开口了。她说：“你最好赶快去失物招领处，换上一套新的体育用品。” “快!你会着凉的！“是的，蟾蜍小姐，”我说，然后在她想起我之前的魔法灾难之前尽快地冲出了午餐大厅。 幸运的是，Toadflax小姐经常很健忘。 我沿着走廊匆匆奔向纽特太太的办公室，所有的失物都放在那里，我在箱子里翻来翻去。 我很容易就找到了几条短裤和一件t恤，但我必须翻到箱子的底部才能找到一条

trainers. Hurriedly I pulled them out and slipped them onto my feet, tying the laces into two messy bows. There! When I got back to the dining hall, I found my friends all eating lunch. I sat down near Carlotta and opened my lunchbox. Dad had packed me some

运动鞋。我赶紧把它们抽出来，套在脚上，把鞋带系成两个凌乱的蝴蝶结。 在那里!当我回到食堂时，我发现我的朋友们都在吃午饭。 我在卡洛塔旁边坐下，打开饭盒。 爸爸给我准备了一些

delicious fairy food-star-shaped peanut butter sandwiches and a raspberry crush drink—but I didn't feel like I had much of an appetite. I just kept thinking about how rubbish I was at football and about how embarrassing it was going to be having to play in front of Chrissy Gold.

美味的仙女食品——星形花生酱三明治和覆盆子碎饮料——但我觉得我没有多大的胃口。 我一直在想我在足球方面有多烂，在克里西·戈尔德面前踢球有多尴尬。

'Cheer up, Mirabelle!' said Carlotta, who was munching on some horrible worm spaghetti. 'You should stop worrying about winning the trophy and just enjoy playing. It's obvious that Hazel will get it anyway. She's done so much practice. She's really good! Let's just have fun!' Deep down, I knew that Carlotta was right. But it didn't stop me from thinking about how shiny and glittery the trophy would be. How important it would make me feel to carry it home to Mum and Dad. Maybe I should just use a tiny bit more magic? I was sure I could make a better potion than the last one.

“振作起来，米拉贝尔！”卡洛塔说，她正在大嚼着可怕的虫子意大利面。 “你应该停止担心赢得奖杯，享受比赛。 很明显海柔尔无论如何都会得到它。 她做了很多练习。 她真的很棒！让我们好好玩吧！”内心深处，我知道卡洛塔是对的。 但这并没有阻止我去想这个奖杯会有多闪亮。 把它带回家给爸爸妈妈会让我觉得很重要。 也许我应该再施点魔法？ 我确信我能做出比上一种更好的药剂。