Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE 'Oh, Wilby!' I shouted, running over to him and giving him and Violet a huge, relieved hug. 'Uh, hi Mirabelle,' said Wilbur, sounding surprised. 'I thought you were lost forever!' I said. 'I thought I had made you disappear when I threw the firelight

第五章“哦，威尔比！”我喊道，跑向他，给了他和维奥莱特一个大大的、如释重负的拥抱。 “哦，嗨，米拉贝尔。”威伯说，听起来很惊讶。 “我还以为你永远消失了呢！”我说。 “我以为我点燃炉火的时候让你消失了

down on the floor!' Then I started to feel cross. 'Why did you leave me alone inside the creepy house?' I asked. 'I didn't mean to,' said Wilbur. 'Yes you di—' I began and then stopped myself Maybe I should listen to Wilbur's point of view before starting an argument. 'When the firelight exploded,' Wilbur said, 'I ran out of the room. I was going to come back in once the smoke had cleared but then I bumped into a ghost in the hallway! Would you believe it, Mirabelle? A ghost!' 'Well—' I began.

趴在地上！”然后我开始感到生气。 “你为什么把我一个人留在那令人毛骨悚然的房子里？”我问。 “我不是故意的，”威伯说。 “不，你没有——”我想说，但又停住了。也许我应该先听听威伯的观点再开始争论。 “火光爆炸的时候，”威伯说，“我跑出了房间。 我本打算等烟散去后再回来，但我在走廊里碰到了一个鬼！你相信吗，米拉贝尔？ 一个鬼!“嗯——”我开口了。

'He's called Jupiter,' said Wilbur, 'and he's really friendly! We just got chatting and then he helped me find Violet! She was out here all along, hiding among the pumpkins!' Now I looked around I started to

“他叫朱庇特，”威伯说，“他真的很友好！我们只是聊天，然后他帮我找到了维奥莱特！她一直在外面，躲在南瓜堆里！”现在我环顾四周，我开始

notice the garden properly. There were vegetables, toadstools, and clumps of herbs everywhere! The pumpkins must have made a perfect hiding place for little Violet.

注意花园。 到处都是蔬菜、毒菌和一簇簇的草药！南瓜对小维奥莱特来说一定是个完美的藏身之处。

Wilbur looked a bit sheepish now. 'I'm sorry for stamping on your dragongrass flower, Mirabelle,' he said. 'I did mean to do it and I felt terrible afterwards. I just wanted to be the first to find one! But I shouldn't ever have stomped on the one you found.' I felt my heart start to glow. It's not often that Wilbur apologizes to me and I could tell he truly felt really bad for upsetting me. Suddenly, I didn't even care that much about the dragongrass flower. 'I didn't mean to do any of the other things though, by the way,' continued Wilbur. 'Like making your firelight go out or scaring you by the window. I was

威伯现在看起来有点不好意思了。 “我很抱歉踩到了你的龙草花，米拉贝尔，”他说。 “我确实是有意这么做的，事后我感觉很糟糕。 我只想成为第一个找到它的人！但我不应该踩到你找到的那只。”我感到我的心开始发光。 威尔伯不常向我道歉，我看得出来，它真的为惹恼我而感到难过。 突然间，我甚至不那么在乎龙草花了。 “顺便说一句，我并不是有意要做其他的事情，”威伯继续说。 “比如让你的炉火熄灭，或者在窗边吓你。 我是

trying to help by making ghost noises!' 'That's OK, Wilbur,' I replied graciously. 'I'm sorry too, for saying that I wished you would disappear. I don't really well, most of the time.' I added under my breath. 'Hey!' cried Wilbur, nudging me with his elbow. We both laughed.

想通过制造鬼的声音来帮忙！“没关系，威伯，”我彬彬有礼地回答。 “我也很抱歉，我说过我希望你消失。 大多数时候，我都不太明白。”我压低声音补充道。 “嘿!威伯叫道，用胳膊肘捅了捅我。 我们都笑了。