Chapter 1

Chapter ONE It was the first day of a new term and when I arrived at school I was surprised to see a new girl standing at the front of the classroom. 'This is Ava,' said Miss Cherry. 'She's new in town and she'll be joining our class from today. Let's all welcome her!' 'Welcome, Ava!' chanted the class.

第一章这是新学期的第一天，当我到达学校时，我惊讶地看到一个新来的女孩站在教室的前面。 “这是艾娃，”切里小姐说。 “她是新来的，从今天起就加入我们班。” 让我们都欢迎她！“欢迎你，艾娃！”全班齐声喊道。

I watched as Miss Cherry led Ava to an empty desk at the back of the room and remembered how it had felt to be new in the class myself. It had been a bit scary!

我看着切里小姐领着艾娃走到教室后面的一张空桌子前，想起了自己刚到班里时的感受。 这有点吓人！

I wondered if Ava felt scared too. She wasn't smiling and she kept reaching her hand up to her dress pocket. At break time everyone in the class swarmed over to Ava in the playground. We were all interested in getting to know her. 'I really like your shoes, Ava!' I said, pointing at them. 'Me too!' said my best friend Zoe. Ava was wearing a pair of super sparkly lace-up boots with silver stars. I wasn't sure if she was really supposed to be wearing them at school, but I wondered if Miss Cherry hadn't said anything because she was new.

我想知道艾娃是否也感到害怕。 她没有笑，她的手一直伸向她的衣服口袋。 课间休息时，全班同学都涌向操场上的艾娃。 我们都很想了解她。 “我真的很喜欢你的鞋子，艾娃！”我指着他们说。 “我也是!”我最好的朋友佐伊说。 艾娃穿着一双闪闪发光的银星系带靴。 我不确定她是否真的应该在学校里戴着它们，但我想知道，樱桃小姐什么也没说，是不是因为她是新来的。

Ava looked at me and Zoe, but she didn't smile or say thank you. 'They're nice, aren't they,' she said, sticking out her foot so that the glitter dazzled in the sunlight. Much better than any of your boring old school shoes!'

艾娃看着我和佐伊，但她没有笑，也没有说谢谢。 “它们很漂亮，不是吗？”她说着，把脚伸出来，让闪闪发光的珠宝在阳光下闪闪发光。 比你那些无聊的旧鞋好多了！”

I heard Zoe gasp next to me and I stared in shock at Ava, but Bruno laughed. He didn't care that Ava thought his shoes were boring. 'Where have you moved from?' he asked. 'Was it from far away?' Far enough away to have to move schools,' said Ava and she sounded a bit cross. 'I was at a much better school before this. It had a swimming pool! And my friends there were fabulous!' She glared round at us all and I suddenly felt completely small and very un-fabulous. 'Oh, right,' said Bruno. He shrugged and then went off to play football with Jasper and Sashi.

我听到佐伊在我旁边喘着气，我震惊地盯着艾娃，但布鲁诺笑了。 他不在乎艾娃认为他的鞋子很无聊。 “你从哪里搬来的？”他问。 “是从很远的地方传来的吗？”“远到不得不换学校。”艾娃说，她听起来有点生气。 “在这之前，我在一所好得多的学校。 它有一个游泳池！我在那里的朋友们都很棒！”她怒视着我们所有人，我突然觉得自己很渺小，很不光彩。 “哦，对了，”布鲁诺说。他耸耸肩，然后去和贾斯帕和萨西踢足球了。