Chapter 1

ISADORA MOON Gets the Magic Pox

伊莎多拉·月亮得了魔痘

Chapter ONE It was Friday afternoon and I was happily sitting at my desk with Pink Rabbit snoozing on my lap when Miss Cherry announced some worrying news. 'On Monday morning,' she said, 'we are going to have a maths test!' I felt my insides squiggle with nerves. A test! I hated tests.

第一章那是一个星期五的下午，我正愉快地坐在书桌前，粉红色的兔子在我腿上打盹，这时樱桃小姐宣布了一些令人担忧的消息。 “星期一早上，”她说，“我们要进行数学测试！”我感到我的五脏六腑因紧张而起伏不定。 一个测试!我讨厌考试。

I want you to spend the weekend brushing up on your times tables, said Miss Cherry. I glanced at my best friend Zoe who was sitting at the desk next to me, but she didn't look worried at all. But then

“我想让你们周末复习一下乘法表，”切里小姐说。 我瞥了一眼我最好的朋友佐伊，她坐在我旁边的桌子上，但她看起来一点也不担心。 但后来

Zoe is good at everything. Maths is my least favourite subject and times tables are really hard to remember. I felt completely disheartened as I packed my books into my satchel to go home. 'What's the matter?' asked Zoe as we walked out into the playground. I'm just a bit worried about the test, I admitted. 'Vampire fairies aren't very good at maths.' 'You'll be fine Isadora!' said Zoe, sneezing into a tissue. 'Times tables are easy anyway?' 'They are for you!' I said.

佐伊什么都擅长。 数学是我最不喜欢的科目，乘法表真的很难记住。 当我把书装进书包准备回家时，我感到非常沮丧。 “怎么啦？”我们走进操场时，佐伊问。 “我只是有点担心考试，”我承认。 “吸血鬼精灵不太擅长数学。“你会没事的，伊莎多拉！”佐伊说着，对着一张纸巾打喷嚏。 “乘法表很简单吧？”“是给你的！”我说。

'You're really good at them!' 'That's just because I practice them a lot,' said Zoe. 'My mum bought me a special CD with times tables songs on it. We listen to it every morning in the car. Maths can be really fun if you give it a chance. Putting numbers together is kind

“你真的很擅长！”“那是因为我经常练习，”佐伊说。 “我妈妈给我买了一张特别的CD，上面有乘法表歌曲。 我们每天早上在车里听。 如果你给它一个机会，数学真的会很有趣。 把数字放在一起是一种善意

of like doing a puzzle!' I frowned. 'I'll lend you my CD if you like,' said Zoe kindly. 'I already know it off by heart.' 'Oh no, that's OK,' I said quickly. The idea of listening to songs about times tables would just make me feel more anxious. I didn't fancy that at all! Zoe shrugged. 'You can phone me over the weekend if you change your mind,' she said. 'Oh look, there's my mum! Bye Isadora!' and then she ran off across the playground. I walked slowly over to where my mum was standing with my baby sister Honeyblossom in her pushchair. My mum

就像做拼图一样！”我皱起了眉头。 “如果你愿意，我可以把我的CD借给你，”佐伊和蔼地说。 “我已经把它背下来了。“哦，不，没关系，”我赶紧说。 听关于乘法表的歌只会让我更焦虑。 我一点也不喜欢那样！佐伊耸耸肩。 她说，如果你改变主意了，周末可以给我打电话。 “哦，看，那是我妈妈！”再见伊莎多拉!然后她穿过操场跑开了。 我慢慢地走到妈妈站着的地方，我的小妹妹Honeyblossom坐在她的婴儿车里。 我的妈妈