Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE We all followed Dad back into the house to the kitchen. A giant cake stood in the middle of the table decorated all over with stars and bats and stripes. Hundreds of candles were stuck into the icing. 'That's a lot of candles!' said Samantha.

第五章我们都跟着爸爸回到房子里的厨房。 桌子中央放着一个巨大的蛋糕，上面装饰着星星、蝙蝠和条纹。 数百支蜡烛插在糖霜里。 “这么多蜡烛啊！”萨曼莎说。

'It's the way they do it at vampire and fairy parties,' I explained proudly. Mum and Dad smiled down at me and then everyone started to sing. 'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, Isadoraaa...' I tried hard to blow all the candles out. It took a long time and in the end everyone had to join in. Dad started to cut the cake. 'This top layer is the red layer,' he said. 'Specially for vampires.' He handed a piece to Oliver. 'The second layer is for fairies,' said Mum. 'It's got flower petals in it and changes flavour whenever you take a bite.'

“吸血鬼和仙女聚会上都是这么做的。”我自豪地解释道。 爸爸妈妈朝我笑了笑，然后大家开始唱歌。 “祝你生日快乐，祝你生日快乐，生日快乐，伊莎多拉……”我努力吹灭了所有的蜡烛。 花了很长时间，最后每个人都不得不加入进来。 爸爸开始切蛋糕。 他说，最上面的一层是红色的。 “特别为吸血鬼准备的。”他递给奥利弗一块。 “第二层是给仙女们的，”妈妈说。 “里面有花瓣，咬一口味道就会变。”

She cut a slice from the fairy layer and handed it to Samantha. 'The rest is regular human cake,' said Dad. 'Who wants a slice?' Everyone put up their hands but no one wanted to eat the regular human sponge. They all wanted a slice of the fairy and vampire cakes. 'It's so yummy!' said Oliver. 'You'd better have some red juice to wash it down with,' said Dad, handing him a carton from the fridge. 'This has been the most exciting party ever!' said Zoe happily.

她从仙女层上切下一片递给萨曼莎。 “剩下的就是普通的人肉蛋糕，”爸爸说。 “谁想要一片？”每个人都举起了手，但没有人想吃普通的人体海绵。 他们都想要一块仙女和吸血鬼蛋糕。 “太好吃了！”奥利弗说。 “你最好喝点红果汁吞下去，”爸爸说着，从冰箱里拿出一盒递给他。 “这是有史以来最激动人心的聚会！”佐伊高兴地说。

'I'm sad it's almost over,' said Samantha. 'Well, you mustn't leave without your party bags,' said Dad, hurrying out to fetch them. He came back and handed my friends one each. 'Ooh,' said Sashi pulling something out of her bag. 'What's this?'

“我很难过，一切都快结束了，”萨曼莎说。 “好吧，你不能丢下你的聚会包就走，”爸爸说着，匆匆出去拿东西。 他回来后递给我的朋友们每人一个。 “哦，”Sashi说着从包里掏出了什么东西。 “这是什么?”

'It's a packet of seeds,' said Mum. To grow your own flowers with. Nature is very important. 'There's also some more cake in there,' said Dad, 'wrapped in a tissue like it's supposed to be.' 'I've got a pot of hair gel!' yelled Bruno.

“这是一包种子，”妈妈说。 种你自己的花。 自然是非常重要的。“里面还有一些蛋糕，”爸爸说，“用纸巾包着，就像它应该是那样的。“我有一罐发胶！”布鲁诺喊道。