Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR Mirabelle was in the kitchen when we got back. I saw she had been making moon- and star-shaped cookies with Mum. They must have had a lovely day together. 'Oh, yum,' I said, reaching out to take one. 'Not for you,' said Mum, swiping my hand away gently. 'Not if you have a

我们回来时，米拉贝尔正在厨房里。 我看到她一直在和妈妈一起做月亮和星星形状的饼干。 他们在一起一定度过了愉快的一天。 “哦，真好吃，”我说，伸手拿了一个。 “不适合你，”妈妈说，轻轻地把我的手拨开。 “如果你有

tummy ache!' She filled a glass with fizzy water for me instead. 'Where's the dragon?' whispered Mirabelle as soon as Mum's back was turned. 'It flew away,' I whispered. 'Shh!' I spent the rest of the afternoon sitting in the kitchen with Mum and Mirabelle, watching them ice the cookies

肚子疼!”她给我倒了一杯汽水。 “龙在哪儿？”妈妈一转身，米拉贝尔就小声说。 “它飞走了。”我低声说。 “嘘!”整个下午，我都和妈妈和米拉贝尔坐在厨房里，看着她们给饼干加冰

and sipping my fizzy water. I popped back up to my bedroom a couple of times to check on Pink Rabbit but he was still tiny. By breakfast time, Pink Rabbit had still not returned back to his normal size. I thought you said Zoe was dropping him off, said Mum as she put sandwiches and cakes on the table. 'She did,' said Mirabelle quickly. 'Earlier. You were upstairs with Honeyblossom. Pink Rabbit is having a nap—he's tired after his busy day.' 'Pink Rabbit seems to be having a lot of naps lately,' said Dad suspiciously. 'Yes,' agreed Mum, staring at me quizzically. 'He does...'

喝着我的汽水。 我有几次回到我的卧室去看看粉红兔，但它仍然很小。 到早餐时间，粉红兔还没有恢复到正常的大小。 “我以为你说佐伊要把他放下来，”妈妈一边说一边把三明治和蛋糕放在桌上。 “是的，”米拉贝尔赶紧说。 的早些时候。你和Honeyblossom在楼上。 小粉兔正在打盹——他忙了一天后很累了。“粉红兔最近好像经常打盹，”爸爸怀疑地说。 “是的，”妈妈同意了，疑惑地盯着我。 “他…”

'DELICIOUS sandwiches, Auntie Cordelia!' said Mirabelle in a louder voice than usual. 'Really yummy.' 'Oh, thank you, Mirabelle.' said Mum, delighted. 'They're special fairy ones. They change flavour every time you take a bite.' 'I thought so,' said Mirabelle. 'Mmm! Chocolate spread and raspberry jam!' I put a sandwich on my plate and nibbled at it. I was feeling worse and worse about all the lies we had been telling to Mum and Dad. If only Pink Rabbit would return to his normal size! But then I heard something that made my blood run cold. A clanging,

“好吃的三明治，科迪莉亚姨妈！”米拉贝尔用比平时更响亮的声音说。 看起来很美味。“哦，谢谢你，米拉贝尔。”妈妈高兴地说。 “它们是特殊的仙子。 每次咬一口味道都会变。“我也这么想，”米拉贝尔说。 “嗯!巧克力酱和覆盆子果酱！”我在盘子里放了一个三明治，一点点地吃着。 对于我们对爸爸妈妈撒的谎，我感觉越来越糟。 要是粉红兔能恢复到正常大小就好了！但后来我听到了让我毛骨悚然的声音。 发出叮当声的,

crunching, gushing sound coming from upstairs. The sort of sound a dragon might make if it had been let loose in the house... What on earth is that?' said Mum. 'I have absolutely no idea!' said Dad standing up and swishing his cape around him. 'Let's go and look. Maybe it's a burglar. He picked up his glass of red juice. I shall throw this on the burglar,' he announced. 'It will surprise him. Mum picked up her wand. 'I think this

楼上传来嘎吱嘎吱的声音。 如果把龙放在屋子里，它可能发出的那种声音…… 那到底是什么？妈妈说。 “我完全不知道！”爸爸说着站了起来，用斗篷把自己裹了起来。 “我们去看看吧。也许是窃贼。 他拿起一杯红果汁。 “我要把这个扔给那个飞贼。”他宣布。 “他会大吃一惊的。妈妈拿起她的魔杖。 我认为

might be more useful in this situation,' she said. Mirabelle picked up her fork and held it in front of her. 'How exciting,' she said. 'I will poke the burglar with my fork!' We all ran up the stairs to the bathroom.

在这种情况下可能更有用，”她说。 米拉贝尔拿起叉子，举在面前。 “真令人兴奋，”她说。“我要用叉子戳窃贼！”我们都跑上楼去洗手间。