Chapter 3

Chapter THREE Vampires stood in their black capes all around me and with all the candles burning everywhere the room felt very hot. I made my way back into the entrance hall where the air felt cooler and noticed a group of vampire children about my age standing near the bottom of the staircase. They were chatting

穿着黑色斗篷的吸血鬼站在我周围，到处都点着蜡烛，房间里很热。 我回到门厅，那里的空气凉爽了一些，我注意到一群和我年龄相仿的吸血鬼孩子站在楼梯底部。 他们在聊天

excitedly and showing off to each other, zooming up into the air and chasing each other around the room. 'No flying indoors!' the vampire doorman shouted at them but no one listened. They were having too much fun. I stood back and watched for a while. They all looked very smart and neat with polished shoes and hair that glinted in the candlelight. But then I noticed one of them who didn't look quite the same. She was sitting a little way away on the bottom step of the staircase and watching the other children wistfully. She didn't look happy or excited at all.

兴奋地向对方炫耀，飞到空中，在房间里互相追逐。 “不许在屋里飞！”吸血鬼看门人朝他们喊道，但没有人听。 他们玩得太开心了。 我站在后面看了一会儿。 他们看上去都很整洁，鞋子擦得锃亮，头发在烛光下闪闪发光。 但后来我注意到其中一个看起来不太一样。 她坐在离这儿不远的楼梯最下面的台阶上，若有所思地看着其他孩子。 她看起来一点也不高兴，也不兴奋。

'I wonder what the matter with that one is,' I said to Pink Rabbit, pointing. He shrugged. 'Why don't you hop over to her,' I said, 'and then I can follow you!' Pink Rabbit blinked his button eyes and folded his arms across his chest. 'Oh please!' I said. 'I feel too shy to go over to her myself!' Pink Rabbit sighed and began to hop over to where the little vampire girl was sitting, his little cape flapping out behind him. I hurried after him. 'Pink Rabbit!' I said out loud. 'Where are you going? That's the wrong

“我不知道那只是怎么回事，”我指着粉兔说。 他耸了耸肩。“你为什么不跳过去，”我说，“这样我就可以跟着你了！”粉红兔子眨了眨他那双钮扣般的眼睛，双臂交叉在胸前。 “噢!”我说。“我太害羞了，不敢自己去找她！”粉红兔叹了口气，开始跳到小吸血鬼女孩坐的地方，他的小斗篷在他身后拍打着。 我急忙跟在他后面。“粉色兔子!”我大声说。 “你上哪儿去？”这是错误的

way to the ballroom!' Pink Rabbit turned around and stared at me, putting his hands on his hips and shaking his head. I felt my cheeks turn pink but we were at the bottom of the stairs now and very close to the vampire girl.

快去舞厅！”粉兔转过身来盯着我，双手叉腰，摇着头。 我觉得我的脸颊变红了，但我们现在在楼梯的底部，离吸血鬼女孩很近了。

'The ballroom's that way,' she said, pointing. 'Erm, thank you,' I said and made as if to walk away but Pink Rabbit pulled at the bottom of my cape and stamped his foot.

“舞厅在那边，”她指着说。 “嗯，谢谢你。”我说着，想要走开，但粉红兔子拉着我的斗篷底部，跺了跺脚。