Chapter 3

Chapter THREE I lay under the bed for what felt like an age. I felt terrible. 'Isadoooora!' I heard Mum yelling from downstairs. 'Isadooora! Where are you?' I closed my eyes tight, hoping that everything would just go away but

我在床下躺了整整一个世纪。 我感觉糟透了。“Isadoooora !”我听到妈妈在楼下大喊大叫。 “Isadooora !你在哪儿？”我紧紧闭上眼睛，希望一切都会过去，但是

eventually I heard the sound of Mum's footsteps coming up the stairs and her feet appeared standing right by my bed. 'Isadora Moon,' she said in the sort of voice that didn't sound like she was happy at all. 'Come out from under the bed.'

最后，我听到了妈妈上楼的脚步声，她的脚就站在我的床边。 “伊莎多拉·穆恩。”她说，声音听起来一点也不像是在开心。 “从床底下出来。”

I slid out with my eyes still tightly closed. 'What in the name of sugarplums is going on?' said Mum. I opened my eyes and noticed that my bedroom was now covered in spots and three of the fluffballs were bouncing on

我溜了出去，眼睛仍然紧闭着。 “这到底是怎么回事？”妈妈说。 我睁开眼睛，发现我的卧室布满了斑点，三个毛绒球在上面跳来跳去

the bed. Mum put Honeyblossom down on the floor and my baby sister immediately toddled towards the bed, reaching out her chubby hands to grab one of the fluffballs. 'Don't touch it Honeyblossom!' I warned, but it was too late. Suddenly Honeyblossom sprung out in pink spots. Mum stared at her and narrowed her eyes. 'I know what this is!' she said. 'Isadora Moon you are not ill at all! You've been using magic!' I stared back at Mum feeling both dismayed and relieved

床上。妈妈把蜂蜜花放在地板上，我的小妹妹立刻蹒跚地走向床，伸出她胖乎乎的手去抓其中一个绒毛球。 “别碰它，蜂蜜花！”我警告过，但已经太晚了。 突然间，一朵朵粉红的蜜花冒了出来。 妈妈盯着她，眯起眼睛。 “我知道这是什么！”她说。 “伊莎多拉·月亮，你根本没病！”你一直在使用魔法！”我回望着妈妈，既沮丧又如释重负

all at once. 'It's the magic pox,' I admitted. I'm really sorry. Mum stared around at all the fluff balls now bouncing into my bedroom and sighed. She looked really disappointed. I felt awful. Honeyblossom had grabbed onto another fluffball now and was clutching it to her chest,

一下子。“这是魔痘，”我承认。 我真的很抱歉。妈妈盯着周围的绒毛球，看着它们蹦进我的卧室，叹了口气。 她看起来很失望。 我感觉糟透了。Honeyblossom抓住了另一个绒毛球，把它紧紧地抱在胸前，

burying her face into its soft fur and cooing. 'I don't know how to get rid of them,' I said in a small voice. 'I didn't mean to make them appear! I just wanted to give myself the magic pox, that's all!' Mum pursed her lips, glancing up at the curtains where two of the fluffballs were having a grand time swinging back and forth. 'They're pretty harmless creatures,' said Mum. 'They're just a side effect of the spell. They will disappear when the spots disappear I should think. At least Honeyblossom is enjoying them. It's not the fluffballs I'm worried about though

把脸埋在它柔软的皮毛里，咕咕叫着。 “我不知道怎样才能摆脱它们。”我低声说。 “我不是故意让他们出现的！”我只是想给自己染上魔法痘，仅此而已！”妈妈噘着嘴，抬头看了一眼窗帘，窗帘上有两个绒毛球在来回荡来荡去，玩得很开心。 “它们是无害的生物。”妈妈说。 “它们只是魔咒的副作用。 我想当斑点消失的时候它们也会消失的。 至少Honeyblossom还在享受它们。 不过我担心的不是绒毛球