Chapter 2

Chapter TWO On the morning of the fair I woke up bright and early and jumped out of bed. I was so excited. 'When will Mirabelle and Wilbur be here?' I asked as I ate my breakfast. Not until late afternoon,' said Mum, looking at the clock. 'In about nine hours.'

在集市的早晨，我很早就醒了，从床上跳了起来。 我太兴奋了。“米拉贝尔和威伯什么时候来？”我边吃早饭边问。 “直到下午晚些时候。”妈妈看着钟说。 “大约九个小时以后。”

'Nine hours?!' I said. 'That's ages!' I'm sure you'll find something to do,' said Mum. 'Why don't you tidy your bedroom, like you promised?' 'Okaaay,' I sighed. It took me ages to tidy my room, because it was so boring. The hours crept by very slowly. I watched the clock as it tick-tocked towards lunch and then tick-tocked into the afternoon. 'How long now?' I asked, staring out of the kitchen window. 'About one hour,' said Mum, who was busy whipping up a strawberry cake. You can help me decorate the cake if you like.'

“九个小时? !”我说。“这是年龄!”“我相信你会找到事情做的。”妈妈说。 “你为什么不像你答应过的那样整理你的卧室呢？”“好吧，”我叹了口气。 整理我的房间花了我很长时间，因为它太无聊了。 时间过得很慢。 我看着时钟滴滴答答地走到午饭时间，然后滴滴答答地走到下午。 “还有多久了？”我凝视着厨房窗外问道。 “大约一个小时，”妈妈说，她正忙着做一个草莓蛋糕。 如果你愿意，你可以帮我装饰蛋糕。”

I stood by the table and sprinkled sugar bats and pink stars onto the swirly strawberry icing, but I kept one eye on the window. Eventually I saw a movement in the clouds outside.

我站在桌子旁边，把糖棒和粉红色的星星撒在漩涡状的草莓糖霜上，但我一直盯着窗户。 最后我看到外面的云有动静。

'They're here!' I yelled, leaping towards the front door and opening it wide. Two figures were coming down through the clouds on broomsticks. My witch fairy cousin Mirabelle and her wizard fairy brother, Wilbur. 'Isadora!' shouted Mirabelle, landing on the ground and then running forward to hug me. She had obviously been spraying herself with her mum's witchy perfumes, because she

“他们来了!”我喊道，跳向前门，把它打开。 两个人影骑着扫帚从云层中下来。 我的女巫仙女表妹米拉贝尔和她的巫师仙女哥哥威尔伯。 “伊莎多拉!米拉贝尔喊道，她落在地上，然后跑上前拥抱我。 很明显她喷了她妈妈的女巫香水，因为她

smelled strongly of marzipan and purple berries. 'I'm so excited to go to the fair!' she said. 'Wilbur is too!' 'I suppose so,' said Wilbur, shrugging as though he was too important for the fair. 'We've never been to a human one before, said Mirabelle. 'Mum's taken us to a witch one though. It was really fun. There was an amazing broomstick whirligig and a fortune-telling tent and a black-cauldron waltzer.

有浓郁的杏仁糖和紫色浆果的味道。 “要去集市了，我太兴奋了！”她说。 “威伯也是！”“我想是的，”威伯说，耸了耸肩，好像他太重要了，不适合参加这个集市。 米拉贝尔说：“我们以前从来没有去过人类的葬礼。 “不过，妈妈带我们去了一个女巫俱乐部。 真的很有趣。有一支神奇的飞天扫帚在旋转，一个算命的帐篷，还有一支黑坩埚华尔兹。