Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE The next morning at breakfast I told Mum and Dad all about Marina and her family. 'Fancy!' said Dad. I didn't know mermaids were still about!' 'Of course they are,' said Mum. 'I used to frolic with mermaids all the time as a young fairy, whenever we visited the beach!'

第五章第二天早上吃早饭的时候，我把玛丽娜和她家人的事都告诉了爸爸妈妈。 “幻想!爸爸说。我不知道还有美人鱼！“当然了，”妈妈说。 “当我还是个小仙女的时候，每次我们去海滩，我都和美人鱼一起嬉戏！”

'Did you?' I said in surprise. 'I didn't know that!' 'Oh yes,' said Mum. 'I had a mermaid penfriend back in the day. I used to write her letters on waterproof paper. But never mind that for a moment. Isadora it was very wrong of you to sneak out in the middle of the night without telling us!'

“是吗?”我惊讶地说。 “我不知道！”“哦，是的，”妈妈说。 “我以前有个美人鱼笔友。 我过去常在防水纸上给她写信。 但暂时不要介意这些。 伊莎多拉，你半夜不告诉我们就溜出去，真是太不对了！”

'Yes,' agreed Dad, looking stern. 'We already told you that yesterday!' 'I'm sorry,' I said. 'I really didn't mean to do it again. Marina needed my fairy magic!' 'It was very kind of you to help the turtle,' said Dad. 'But you should have asked us to come with you. It can be dangerous to go out on your own. How did you get back in to the hotel?' I flew through the window,' I said. 'Hmm,' said Mum. 'I was just so worried about the turtle,' I said, 'I didn't think properly.' 'Well,' said Mum. 'Just don't do it again! Or I will confiscate your wand for

“是的，”爸爸同意了，神情严肃。 “我们昨天已经告诉过你了！”“对不起，”我说。 “我真的没想再做一次。 玛丽娜需要我的魔法！“你帮助乌龟真是太好了，”爸爸说。 “可是你应该叫我们跟你一起去的。 一个人出去是很危险的。 你是怎么回到旅馆的？”“我从窗户飞出去了。”我说。 “嗯，”妈妈说。“我只是太担心那只乌龟了，”我说，“我没有好好考虑。“嗯，”妈妈说。 “别再这么做了！”否则我就没收你的魔杖

a week!' 'I won't,' I promised. 'I really won't! So will you come and help clear up the ocean tonight?' 'Of course!' said Mum. 'We'd love to!' That night, Mum, Dad, Honeyblossom, Pink Rabbit, and I stood on the beach and waited for Marina and her parents to appear. 'So much nicer to go to the beach at night, said Dad, 'without all that horrible sunshine!' 'I like the sunshine,' said Mum, 'but I do agree that it's much more peaceful

一个星期!“我不会的，”我保证。 “我真的不会！”所以你今晚会来帮忙清理海洋吗？“当然！”妈妈说。 “我们很乐意！”那天晚上，妈妈、爸爸、蜜花、粉红兔和我站在沙滩上，等着玛丽娜和她的父母出现。 “晚上去海滩好极了，”爸爸说，“没有那么可怕的阳光！“我喜欢阳光，”妈妈说，“但我同意它更平静。

right now without all the people.' We waited for a few more minutes and then a little splash appeared in the ocean and three heads bobbed up out of the water. We flew over to them, waving. 'Hello!' called Mum. 'It's lovely to meet you!' 'And you!' smiled Marina's parents. Marina handed Mum and Dad a special shell necklace.

现在没有那么多人。”我们又等了几分钟，然后海里出现了一点水花，三个头从水里浮了出来。 我们朝他们飞去，挥手。 “你好!妈妈叫道。“见到你真高兴！”“还有你！”玛丽娜的父母微笑着说。 玛丽娜递给爸爸妈妈一条特别的贝壳项链。