Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR Zoe stared worriedly at me when Mum and I got back to my seat in the theatre. You didn't find him!' she said. 'Where's Pink Rabbit?' 'It's all right,' I told her, sitting back down in my chair. 'I did find him but... he's busy.' 'Busy?' said Zoe. 'What do you mean?'

当妈妈和我回到剧院的座位上时，佐伊焦急地盯着我。 你没有找到他！她说。 “粉红兔子在哪儿？”“没关系，”我对她说，又坐回我的椅子上。 “我找到他了，但是……他很忙。“忙吗?佐伊说。 “你是什么意思？”

'It's a surprise!' I said. 'You'll find out really soon!' Zoe looked confused but she didn't ask any more questions. 'OK...' she said suspiciously. We chattered quietly for a while longer but then the lights in the theatre went down and a great hush fell over the audience. The orchestra started to play and the great velvet curtain began to rise. Zoe and I breathed out in wonderment. The stage didn't look like a stage but a beautiful garden. In the middle was a tree with frothy pink cherry blossom all over it. The ballet dancer playing the part of Alice was sitting on one of the branches.

“真是个惊喜！”我说。 “你很快就会知道的！”佐伊看起来很困惑，但她没有再问任何问题。 ‘好吧…她怀疑地说。 我们又安静地聊了一会儿，然后剧院里的灯灭了，观众们安静下来。 管弦乐队开始演奏，巨大的天鹅绒幕布开始拉开。 佐伊和我惊奇地叹了口气。 舞台看起来不像一个舞台，而是一个美丽的花园。 中间有一棵树，上面开满了粉红色的樱花。 扮演爱丽丝的芭蕾舞演员正坐在一根树枝上。

She was wearing a white tutu with a black headband in her pale blonde hair. Everything shone and sparkled, and the cherry blossom petals rained down from the tree. The music suddenly got faster, and the White Rabbit leapt on from stage left. Except it wasn't a white rabbit...

她穿着白色的芭蕾舞裙，淡金色的头发上扎着黑色的发带。 一切都闪闪发光，樱花花瓣像雨点一样从树上落下来。 音乐突然快了起来，白兔从舞台左边跳了上来。 只不过它不是一只白兔……

It was a little pink rabbit! My Pink Rabbit! He looked very small up there on the stage and I suddenly felt very nervous for him. But I also felt extremely proud.

那是一只粉红色的小兔子！我的粉红兔子！他站在舞台上看起来很渺小，我突然为他感到非常紧张。 但我也感到无比自豪。

Pink Rabbit tiptoed across the stage in his striped waistcoat. He was holding a pocket watch in his paw and looking at it as he leapt along. 'I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!' the music seemed to say. Pink Rabbit bounced and bounded past the cherry-blossom tree and the dancer playing Alice jumped down and followed him. Together they danced round the pretend garden, twirling and soaring amongst the cherry-blossom petals. 'Isadora,' whispered Zoe. 'Is that... is that—?' 'Pink Rabbit!' I whispered back. 'Yes!' 'Wow!' breathed Zoe. 'He's amazing!'

粉红兔穿着条纹马甲，踮着脚尖走过舞台。 它爪子里抓着一块怀表，一边跳一边看表。 “我迟到了，我迟到了，我迟到了！”音乐似乎在说。 粉红色的兔子蹦蹦跳跳地跳过樱花树，扮演爱丽丝的舞者跳下来跟着他。 他们一起绕着假想的花园跳舞，在樱花花瓣间旋转和翱翔。 “伊莎多拉，”佐伊低声说。“是…… 那是——吗?“粉红兔子！”我小声回答。 “是的!“哇!佐伊轻声问。 “他太神奇了!”

We watched as Pink Rabbit did a pirouette and then disappeared down a pretend hole in the stage. Alice followed him and everything on the stage began to change. The tree vanished, the walls and floor became black-and-white checks, and suddenly Pink Rabbit and Alice were falling down from the ceiling on strings.

我们看着粉红兔做了一个脚尖旋转，然后消失在舞台上的一个假装的洞里。 爱丽丝跟着他，舞台上的一切都开始改变了。 树消失了，墙壁和地板变成了黑白格子，突然粉红兔和爱丽丝被绳子从天花板上拉了下来。