Chapter 2

Chapter TWO Annoyance zinged through me, and I stood up and brushed the crumbs from my skirt. I knew what Wilbur was up to! He wanted to be the first to find a dragongrass flower! Leaving Mum and Dad snoozing, I ran away from the rug and over to my brother.

我感到一阵烦恼，我站起来，拂去裙子上的面包屑。 我知道威尔伯想干什么！他想成为第一个找到龙草花的人！妈妈和爸爸在呼呼大睡，我从地毯上跑到弟弟身边。

'Wilbur!!' I exclaimed. 'Oh hi, Mirabelle,' said Wilbur, a little sheepishly. 'I just thought I'd get started on the dragongrass hunt.' 'You should have waited for me!' I said. 'Sorry,' shrugged Wilbur. But he didn't look sorry at all. He looked sneaky!

“威尔伯! !”我叫道。“哦，嗨，米拉贝尔，”威伯有点不好意思地说。 “我只是想开始搜寻龙草。“你应该等我的！”我说。 “对不起，”威伯耸耸肩。但他看起来一点也不难过。 他看起来鬼鬼祟祟的！

It made me feel cross. 'Come here, Violet!' I said, beckoning to her. 'Come with me! Let's go and hunt for dragongrass on our own! We'll find some before Wilbur!' 'Stay with me, Violet!' said Wilbur. 'I've got a biscuit for you!'

这让我很生气。“过来，维奥莱特！”我向她招手说。 “跟我来！”我们自己去找龙草吧！我们会在威尔伯之前找到的！“留在我身边，维奥莱特！”威伯说。 “我有块饼干给你！”

He reached into his pocket and brought out a foil-wrapped chocolate biscuit. I gasped. Violet loves chocolate biscuits! She looked at me and then she looked at Wilbur. And then she flapped her little purple leathery wings and flew up to land on Wilbur's shoulder. 'WILBUR!' I shouted, stamping my foot. 'You planned this all along!' 'I can't help where Violet wants to go,' said Wilbur smugly I stomped away from them both, towards a cluster of trees nearby Angry

他把手伸进口袋，拿出一块用锡纸包着的巧克力饼干。 我喘息着说道。维奥莱特喜欢巧克力饼干！她看了看我，又看了看威伯。 然后她拍打着她紫色的小翅膀，飞到威伯的肩膀上。 “威尔伯!”我喊着，跺着脚。 “这一切都是你计划好的！”“我不能控制维奥莱特想去的地方，”威伯得意地说。我跺着脚离开他们俩，朝附近的一丛树走去

fireworks exploded within me. Fine! Let Wilbur and Violet look for a dragongrass flower on their own, I thought. I didn't need them! I would find one myself! Feeling a fresh burst of energy, I moved into the trees and began to look along the mossy ground for some dragongrass flowers. I saw lots of colourful toadstools and lots of crunchy leaves on the ground. But no dragongrass flower. I moved further into the cluster of trees. Everything seemed a lot darker now than it had a few minutes ago. I looked up at the sky through the leaves and was surprised to see that it had suddenly turned quite grey and cloudy. Little spots of rain

烟花在我体内爆炸了。 好啊!让威尔伯和维奥莱特自己去找龙草花吧，我想。 我不需要他们！我自己也会找一个！我感到浑身充满了活力，便走到树丛中，沿着长满青苔的地面寻找一些龙草花。 我看到地上有许多五颜六色的毒菌和许多脆脆的叶子。 但没有龙草花。 我向树林深处走去。 现在一切似乎都比几分钟前阴暗多了。 我透过树叶仰望天空，惊讶地发现天空突然变得灰暗多云。 小雨点

began to fall and the wind picked up, whistling through the trees. I shivered. Maybe the stormy weather that Mum had mentioned that morning was arriving earlier than expected! Still, I was determined not to let it stop me from finding a dragongrass flower. I really, really wanted to find one before Wilbur! Especially now that he had been so mean! I walked even further into the trees. Then I stopped and stared. My heart soared.

开始下降，风起了，呼啸着穿过树林。 我不禁打了个哆嗦。也许那天早上妈妈提到的暴风雨天气比预期来得早！然而，我决心不让它阻止我去寻找龙草花。 我真的，真的想在威尔伯之前找到一个！尤其是现在，他曾经那么卑鄙！我更深入树林。 然后我停下来凝视着。 我的心怦怦直跳。