Chapter 1

Chapter ONE It was a very early Saturday morning in autumn. My brother Wilbur and I were having breakfast at the kitchen table when Mum ran into the room with her hair sticking up all over the place and soot smudges all over her face. Dad hurried in after her, his nose buried in a spellbook. My mum and dad own their own beauty

第一章这是秋天里一个星期六的清晨。 我弟弟威尔伯和我正在厨房的桌子上吃早饭，这时妈妈跑进了房间，她的头发乱竖着，满脸都是煤烟。 爸爸急忙跟在她后面，埋头看魔法书。 我的妈妈和爸爸拥有他们自己的美

business, concocting organic face creams, perfumes, and lipsticks. They spend a lot of time up in Mum's witch turret working on new lotions and potions. 'I'm sure I have some dried dragongrass flower petals somewhere!' said Mum, flinging open the cupboard under the sink and rummaging inside.

商业，调制有机面霜，香水和口红。 他们花了很多时间在妈妈的女巫炮塔上研究新的乳液和药剂。 “我肯定我在什么地方有一些干龙草花瓣！”妈妈说着，猛地打开水槽下面的碗柜，在里面翻找。

'It says you can substitute dragongrass flower petals for lizardgrass flower petals in potions,' said Dad. 'The end result just won't be as glittery.' 'Oh, but our new eyeshadow must be glittery!' said Mum. 'We absolutely need dragongrass flower petals!' She began to throw things out of the cupboard until the whole kitchen floor was a mess of plastic bottles and cardboard cartons.

“上面说你可以在药水中用龙草花瓣代替蜥蜴草花瓣。”爸爸说。 “最终的结果不会那么闪亮。“哦，但是我们的新眼影必须闪闪发光！”妈妈说。 “我们绝对需要龙草花瓣！”她开始把东西从橱柜里扔出去，直到整个厨房地板上堆满了塑料瓶和纸箱。

'There's none!' she cried, throwing her hands up in the air and looking defeated. Then she noticed me and Wilbur sitting at the table watching her. 'Oh, good morning, my little witchlings!' she smiled. 'I didn't think you'd both be up so early!' 'The bangs woke me up,' said Wilbur. 'It sounded like fireworks!' I agreed. Mum looked guilty. 'Oh dear,' she said. 'Sorry!' Dad came over and sat down at the table. He looked exhausted.

“这是一个没有!她喊道，双手举在空中，显得很沮丧。 然后她注意到我和威伯坐在桌边看着她。 “哦，早上好，我的小女巫们！”她微笑着说。 “我没想到你们俩起得这么早！”“刘海把我吵醒了，”威伯说。 “听起来像烟花！”我同意了。 妈妈看起来很内疚。“哦，天哪，”她说。 “对不起!”爸爸走过来，在桌旁坐下。 他看上去很疲惫。

'Mum and I got a bit carried away experimenting with new potions early this morning,' he said. 'There might have been a few little explosions.' 'We're trying to make the perfect berry-purple eyeshadow,' explained Mum.

“今天一大早，我和妈妈在试验新的魔药时有点忘乎所以了。” “可能有一些小爆炸。“我们想做一款完美的草莓紫色眼影，”妈妈解释说。