Chapter 3

Chapter THREE Mum was still up when we got back. She was in the kitchen, baking a cake. I thought I'd stay up until you got back,' she said brightly. 'How was your appointment Isadora? You don't look very happy.' 'Isadora just needs a bit more time to get used to the idea of going to the

第三章我们回来时妈妈还没睡。 她在厨房里烤蛋糕。 “我想我要熬夜等到你回来，”她欢快地说。 “伊莎多拉，你的约会怎么样？” 你看起来不太高兴。“伊莎多拉只是需要一点时间来适应去参加婚礼的想法。

dentist,' said Dad as he hung up his cape, and I nodded in agreement. What cake are you making Mum?' I asked, trying to change the subject. 'Red velvet with red icing!' said Mum. 'Dad's favourite! It won't be ready until tomorrow morning though so if you want something to eat before bed you can have an apple. I took an apple and bit into it as I walked up the stairs to my bedroom.

爸爸一边挂起斗篷一边说，我点点头表示同意。 妈妈，你在做什么蛋糕？”我问道，试图改变话题。 “红丝绒配红糖衣！”妈妈说。 “爸爸最喜欢的!但要到明天早上才能做好，所以如果你想在睡觉前吃点东西，你可以吃一个苹果。 我拿了一个苹果，在上楼回卧室的时候咬了一口。

Crunch. I gasped as I stared down at the bite marks I had made. There was a fang sticking out of the apple. MY fang! Carefully I pulled it out and held it up to show Pink Rabbit. 'Look!' I whispered. 'It's fallen out!' Pink Rabbit bounced up and down on the step with excitement. 'Maybe it's best not to tell Mum and Dad about it just yet,' I said, as we continued walking up the stairs. 'I need to decide what to do with it first.'

危机。当我低头看着自己留下的咬痕时，我倒吸了一口气。 苹果上伸出了一只尖牙。 我的方!我小心翼翼地把它拿出来，举着给粉红兔看。 “看!”我低声说。“它掉出来了！”粉红兔兴奋地在台阶上跳上跳下。 “也许现在最好不要把这件事告诉妈妈和爸爸，”我们继续上楼时我说。 “我得先决定怎么处理它。”

When Mum and Dad came to tuck me in before sleep I kept my mouth shut very tight so that they wouldn't see the new gap in my teeth. When they had gone I lit my wand and stared at the fang in the palm of my hand.

当爸爸妈妈在睡觉前给我盖被子时，我把嘴闭得紧紧的，这样他们就不会看到我牙齿上的新缝。 他们走后，我点燃魔杖，盯着我手掌里的毒牙。

'What shall we do Pink Rabbit?' I asked. 'Shall we put it under my pillow for the tooth fairy? Or shall we keep it so that Dad can frame it on the wall?' Pink Rabbit flapped his arms up and down. 'I know you want to give it to the tooth fairy,' I said. 'And I do too... sort of. But think how disappointed Dad will be! First fangs are very important to vampires. And besides, there's a tiny vampire part of me that wants to keep it too. I stared at the fang for a while longer but I still couldn't make up my mind.

“我们该怎么办，粉红兔子？”我问。 “我们把它放在我的枕头下面给牙仙子好吗？” 还是我们留着它，好让爸爸把它裱在墙上？”粉红兔子上下拍打着他的手臂。 “我知道你想把它送给牙仙，”我说。 “我也是……排序的。但是想想爸爸会多么失望啊！首先，尖牙对吸血鬼来说非常重要。 再说了，我身上有一小部分吸血鬼也想留着它。 我又盯着那尖牙看了一会儿，但我还是拿不定主意。

Pink Rabbit started yawning, which made me yawn too. We were very tired after our trip to the dentist. 'I know!' I said. 'Let's hide the tooth somewhere in my room-somewhere the tooth fairy won't be able to find it! Then we can have more time to decide what to do with it.' Pink Rabbit nodded sleepily as I gazed around my room in the darkness. Where would be a good place to hide a fang? 'How about the doll's house!' I whispered. I slipped out of bed and padded across the floor to my doll's house.

小粉兔开始打哈欠，我也跟着打了个哈欠。 看完牙医后，我们都很累。 “我知道!”我说。“让我们把牙齿藏在我房间的某个地方——一个牙仙子找不到的地方！”这样我们就有更多的时间来决定如何处理这笔钱。”当我在黑暗中环顾房间时，粉红兔睡意朦胧地点了点头。 哪里是藏獠牙的好地方？ “玩偶之家怎么样！”我低声说。 我从床上爬起来，蹑手蹑脚地走到我的娃娃家。