Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR I felt my heart start to race. 'Wilbur?' I called. 'Wilbur! Where are you?' There was no reply. I looked down at my hands which still had traces of amethyst dust all over them and started to shake. Could my flame spell have somehow made my brother disappear?

我感到我的心开始狂跳。 “威尔伯?”我叫。“威尔伯!你在哪儿？”没有回答。 我低头看了看自己的手，手上还残留着紫水晶的痕迹，我开始颤抖起来。 我的火焰咒能让我弟弟消失吗？

I hadn't meant to throw it on the floor! I hadn't even really meant what I'd said about him disappearing. Well, I had sort of meant it in that one tiny moment. But not really. I had just been so angry! 'WILBUR!' I called out one last time. 'This is not the time to be playing silly tricks on me!' Nothing. Just silence and the wailing of the wind. The house felt so much spookier without Wilbur there. 'Oh no!' I whispered into the gloom. My heart was beating so hard that it felt

我没想把它扔到地板上！我说他会消失，其实我并不是真的这么想的。 好吧，在那一瞬间我是认真的。 但事实并非如此。我刚才太生气了！“威尔伯!”我最后一次喊。 “现在不是捉弄我的时候！”什么都没有。 只有寂静和风的哀号。 威尔伯不在了，房子显得更阴森了。 “哦,不!”我在黑暗中低声说。 我的心跳得如此之快，以至于感觉

like it might burst out of my chest. What had I done?! I had made my brother vanish into thin air! Was there a way to bring him back? I had no idea! I didn't even know how I had managed to cast the spell in the first place, so how was I supposed to know which spell to use to make it right again?! This was a disaster! What would Mum and Dad say? Maybe Wilbur was gone forever! And it was all my fault! I sat down on the floor in despair, hugging my knees tightly to my chest, rocking backwards and forwards with panic.

就像它会从我的胸膛里冲出来一样。 我做了什么？！我让我哥哥消失得无影无踪！有办法让他复活吗？ 我不知道！一开始我甚至不知道自己是怎么施的咒语，所以我怎么知道该用哪个咒语把它恢复过来呢？！这真是一场灾难！爸爸妈妈会怎么说呢？ 也许威伯永远消失了！都是我的错！我绝望地坐在地板上，把膝盖紧紧抱在胸前，惊恐地前后摇晃着。

'Oh help!' I squeaked. 'Oh help! Oh help!' 'Hello?' came a voice. I looked up, feeling hopeful for just a split-second. 'Wilbur?' I said. But it didn't sound like Wilbur's voice.

“哦,救命!”我发出“吱吱”的响声。“哦,救命!哦,救命!“喂?一个声音说。 我抬起头来，有那么一瞬间感到了希望。 “威尔伯?”我说。但听起来不像威伯的声音。

There must be someone else in the house! I stood up, my knees quivering, reaching out for my potion kit in case I should need it. 'Hello?' said the voice again, and

屋子里肯定还有别人！我站起来，膝盖颤抖着，伸手去拿我的药箱，以防万一。 “喂?那声音又说

suddenly a little white shape came puffing out of the wardrobe. I breathed a sigh of relief. It was just a ghost! A small sweet one with a big flouncy bow tied in her silvery hair.

突然，一个白色的小东西从衣橱里冒出来。 我松了一口气。 那只是个鬼！一个可爱的小女孩，她的银发上系着一个大大的蝴蝶结。