Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR As soon as I got home, I ran up to my bedroom with Pink Rabbit hopping along behind me and threw myself on my bed. 'What am I going to do?' I asked him. 'I've done something so horrible!' Pink Rabbit patted my shoulder with his paw. I knew he was trying to tell me that it wasn't completely my fault. That

我一回到家，就跑进卧室，扑到床上，粉兔跟在我后面跳来跳去。 “我该怎么办呢？”我问他。 “我做了一件可怕的事！”粉红兔用爪子拍了拍我的肩膀。 我知道他是想告诉我，这并不完全是我的错。 那

Ava had made it very difficult for me to give her the invitation. But still, I knew that I should have given it to her. It wasn't fair to leave her out when I had invited everyone else to the party. I felt terrible and I couldn't get the image of Ava's sad face out of my head. After a while, there came a tip-tap of feet on the stairs and Dad popped his head round my bedroom door. He must have just woken up from his daily sleep. My dad is a vampire so he sleeps through the day. 'Isadora?' he asked. 'Can I come in? Mum tells me that you're a bit out of sorts.' I sat up on my bed and nodded.

艾娃让我很难向她发出邀请。 但是，我知道我应该把它给她。 我已经邀请了所有人来参加聚会，把她排除在外是不公平的。 我感觉很糟糕，我无法把艾娃悲伤的脸从我的脑海中抹去。 过了一会儿，楼梯上传来了轻敲的脚步声，爸爸从我卧室的门里探出头来。 他一定是刚从每天的睡眠中醒来。 我爸爸是个吸血鬼，所以他整天都在睡觉。 “伊莎多拉?他问。“我能进来吗？” 妈妈告诉我你有点不舒服。”我从床上坐起来，点了点头。

Dad came in and sat down next to me. He smelt of hair gel and shoe polish. Grooming is very important to vampires. 'What's the matter?' he asked. 'Why don't you tell me or Mum? A problem

爸爸走进来，坐在我旁边。 他身上有发胶和鞋油的味道。 打扮对吸血鬼来说很重要。 “怎么啦？”他问。 “你为什么不告诉我或妈妈呢？” 一个问题

shared is a problem halved you know!' 'Is it?' I asked doubtfully. 'Well, let's try and see,' replied Dad. 'What's happened?' I pulled my knees up to my chest and suddenly the whole story came spilling out of me. About how mean Ava had been. About not finding the right moment to give her the invitation and then deciding to not give it to her at all. About her sad, shocked face when she found out about the party. 'And she said that I wasn't even a real vampire fairy!' I sniffed. 'She was really horrid to everyone. But I still feel so bad about not inviting her to the party!'

共享是一个减半的问题，你知道的！“是吗？”我疑惑地问。 “好吧，让我们试试看看。”爸爸回答。 “发生了什么事?”我把膝盖抬到胸口，突然间，整个故事从我的脑海里涌了出来。 艾娃有多刻薄 找不到合适的时机邀请她然后又决定根本不邀请她。 关于她得知派对的事时悲伤震惊的表情。 “她还说我根本不是一个真正的吸血鬼仙女！”我闻了闻。 “她对每个人都很可怕。 但是我仍然为没有邀请她来参加聚会而感到难过！”

Dad wrapped me up in his big black vampire cape. 'It sounds like a conundrum, he said. 'But you know there's only really one right thing to do...' 'I have to invite Ava,' I said.

爸爸把我裹在他的黑色吸血鬼大斗篷里。 他说，这听起来像是一个难题。 “但是你知道只有一件事是正确的……“我得邀请艾娃，”我说。

'Yes,' said Dad. 'But it's going to be even more awkward to invite her now!' I said. 'After she knows that I didn't invite her in the first place!' 'Well, better late than never,' said Dad. 'You can give her the invitation first thing tomorrow.' 'It's a bit crumpled,' I said. 'I'll give it a little iron,' said Dad. 'Well... OK,' I agreed. Even though the idea of giving the invitation to Ava the next day made me nervous, I felt a lot better after I told Dad everything, and once I had made a decision about what to do.

“是的，”爸爸说。“但现在邀请她会更尴尬！”我说。 “在她知道我一开始就没有邀请她之后！”“嗯，迟来总比不来好，”爸爸说。 “你可以明天第一件事就把请柬给她。“有点皱了，”我说。 “我给它烫一下，”爸爸说。 ‘嗯……好吧，”我同意了。尽管第二天要邀请艾娃的想法让我很紧张，但在我把一切都告诉爸爸之后，我感觉好多了，一旦我决定了要做什么。