Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE 'Run!' screamed the people. 'Monsters!!' 'Oh Mirabelle!' wailed Dad, putting his head in his hands. 'What have you done?' 'Only the same as Isadora did to the carousel, said Mirabelle defensively, but I noticed that she didn't seem quite so sure of herself now.

第五章快跑！人们尖叫着。 “怪物! !“哦，米拉贝尔！”爸爸哭喊着，双手抱着头。 “你做了什么？”“就像伊莎多拉在旋转木马上做的一样，”米拉贝尔辩解道，但我注意到她现在似乎不那么自信了。

'Well you've gone too far!' said Dad. 'Look at all the people running away. All the good work we have done is ruined!' We all watched as the monsters rampaged round the fair. They didn't seem dangerous to me, just excitable and curious. They had lost interest in the people and had spotted the bright lights of the food stands. Hungrily they began to gobble down hot dogs, popcorn, doughnuts, and every-flavoured candyfloss.

“你太过分了！”爸爸说。 “看看那些逃跑的人。 我们所有的努力都白费了！”我们都看着怪物在集市上横冲直撞。 在我看来，他们似乎并不危险，只是容易兴奋和好奇。 他们对人群失去了兴趣，只看到了小吃摊上明亮的灯光。 他们开始狼吞虎咽地吃热狗、爆米花、甜甜圈和各种口味的棉花糖。

'Stop!' the owner of the food stall shouted. 'Help!' He looked dismayed. 'We have to stop them,' said Wilbur. 'We need to think of something!' 'I have an idea,' said Mum. She waved her wand and a leafy vine streamed out of it. She tied it into a lasso. Then she made six more. 'Take these,' she said, thrusting one out to each of us. 'Let's try and round the monsters up!' We each grabbed a

“停!大排档的老板喊道。 “救命!”他看起来很沮丧。 “我们必须阻止他们，”威伯说。 “我们得想想办法！”“我有一个主意，”妈妈说。 她一挥魔杖，一根枝繁叶茂的藤蔓从魔杖上飞了出来。 她把它系在套索里。然后她又做了六个。 “拿着这些，”她说着，向我们每人塞了一张。 “让我们试着把怪物围起来！”我们每人抓了一个

lasso and ran away into the fair. It was chaos. People were running all over the place and screaming, popcorn and hot dogs were flying through the air. I ran over to the food stall and threw my lasso, but the monsters saw me coming. They laughed, thinking it was a great game, and started to run away, scattering across the fair and starting to climb up the rides. 'Oh no!' cried Mum, 'I think we need a better plan. I flapped my little bat wings and rose up into the air. I tried to lasso another monster, who was crawling up the side of the rollercoaster, but it was

套索跑进了集市。 一片混乱。人们到处乱跑，尖叫着，爆米花和热狗在空中飞舞。 我跑到食品摊，扔了我的套索，但怪物们看到了我的到来。 他们笑了，认为这是一个伟大的游戏，并开始逃跑，分散在集市上，开始爬上游乐设施。 “哦,不!妈妈叫道，“我想我们需要一个更好的计划。 我拍打着我的小蝙蝠翅膀，飞到空中。 我试着套索另一个怪物，它正在爬上过山车的一边，但它

too strong for me. I ended up being whooshed through the air as the monster took hold of my vine and started pulling me towards it. I needed something to fly on, something strong. 'The carousel!' I shouted, tugging the lasso away from the monster and flying over to my favourite ride. I landed on the back of a Pegasus, and tugged gently on the reigns. The magical creature leapt off the carousel and started to rise up into the air, flapping its big, beautiful wings. Its body felt strong and solid beneath me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Wilbur jumping onto a dragon's back.

对我来说太强大了。当怪物抓住我的藤蔓，开始把我拉向它的时候，我在空中疾呼而过。 我需要一些能让我飞翔的东西，一些坚固的东西。 “旋转木马的!”我喊道，把套索从怪物身上拽开，飞向我最喜欢的游乐设施。 我落在一辆飞马的后座上，轻轻地拉了拉缰绳。 这个神奇的生物从旋转木马上跳下来，开始飞向空中，拍打着它美丽的大翅膀。 我觉得它的身体在我身下强壮而坚实。 我眼角的余光看到威尔伯跳上了一条龙的背。