Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE Carefully I carried the glass of water up the stairs. 'Mum?' I whispered as I pushed open the bedroom door. Mum pushed herself up on her pillows looking a little more refreshed than earlier. 'Oh, hello there, Nurse Isadora,' she

第五章我小心翼翼地端着那杯水上了楼。 “妈妈?”我推开卧室的门，低声说。 妈妈靠在枕头上，看上去比刚才精神多了。 “哦，你好，伊莎多拉护士，”她说

smiled, trying to flatten her hair. What have you been up to?' 'Uh,' I said, blushing, 'just tidying.' 'Lovely,' said Mum, taking the glass from me and having a sip. Then she frowned.

她微笑着，试着把头发弄平。 你最近在忙什么？“呃，”我红着脸说，“正在整理。”“好极了，”妈妈说，从我手里拿过杯子，喝了一口。 然后她皱起了眉头。

'Your clothes look ever so slightly sparkly,' she said. 'And a bit dirty? Especially your trousers...' Before I could step back, she had reached out and brushed some of the glittery soil off my nurse's outfit. I gulped, hoping that there wasn't enough of it to have any effect. I didn't think now was the right time to tell Mum that I had spilt some of her magic soil. Not when she was ill! Mum ran her fingers through her hair as she melted back down into her pillows. 'Don't want to get tangles,' she murmured sleepily. 'Oh, it's so lovely to

“你的衣服看起来特别亮，”她说。 “有点脏吗？”尤其是你的裤子……”我还没来得及退后一步，她就伸手拂去了我护士服上的一些闪闪发光的泥土。 我咽了口唾沫，希望不会有什么效果。 我觉得现在告诉妈妈我洒了她的魔法土还不太合适。 她生病的时候没有！妈妈用手指梳理着她的头发，她的头发又融化在枕头里了。 “我可不想打结。”她困倦地低声说。 “哦，真是太好了。

see you, my darling. Thank you for... the water. But I think I need... to sleep more now. I sat on the edge of the bed, keeping an eye on Mum for a few minutes while she slept, checking that the fairy-dust soil wasn't doing anything weird. Everything looked the same. There probably hadn't been enough of it.

再见，亲爱的。为某事感谢。 水。但我想我需要…… 现在多睡一会儿。我坐在床边，在妈妈睡觉的时候盯着她看了几分钟，看看土里有没有什么奇怪的东西。 一切看起来都一样。 可能还不够多。

I tiptoed out of the room and gingerly shut the door. Out on the landing, I took off all the sparkling clothes, throwing them in a heap near the bathroom. Bubbles were still foaming out under the door, so I didn't dare go in for the laundry basket yet. I ran up to my bedroom and searched the wardrobe for something that wasn't covered in magic soil. I pulled on a dress and a new pair of stripy tights (I have seven pairs- one for each day of the week!) and then looked around the chaos of my bedroom again, sighing despondently. It probably was time to get on with tidying...

我蹑手蹑脚地走出房间，小心翼翼地关上了门。 在楼梯平台上，我脱下所有闪闪发光的衣服，把它们堆在浴室附近。 门底下还在冒泡泡，所以我还不敢进去拿洗衣篮。 我跑回卧室，在衣柜里搜寻没有被魔土覆盖的东西。 我穿上一件连衣裙和一条新的条纹紧身衣（我有七双——一周中的一天一条！），然后再次环顾我混乱的卧室，沮丧地叹了口气。 可能是时候开始整理了……

I was just rearranging the furniture in my doll's house when I heard a worried shout from downstairs. My pointed ears pricked up. What was going on? Leaping up, I ran out of my room and down the stairs. What I saw made me stop in my tracks.

我正在重新整理玩具屋里的家具，突然听到楼下传来一声担心的喊叫。 我竖起了尖尖的耳朵。 发生了什么事？我跳起来，跑出房间，跑下楼梯。 我所看到的使我停住了脚步。