Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR It was almost one o'clock in the morning when I flew back into Zoe's room and closed the window gently behind me. I slipped back into the big, squashy cloud- bed, and snuggled down with Pink Rabbit. This time, I had no trouble getting to sleep. I closed my eyes, and the next time I opened them it was morning and sunlight

快到凌晨一点的时候，我飞回佐伊的房间，轻轻地关上身后的窗户。 我溜回那张又大又软的云床，和粉红兔依偎在一起。 这一次，我毫无困难地入睡了。 我闭上眼睛，等我再次睁开眼睛时，已经是早晨和阳光了

was streaming through the window. 'Wakey wakey!' said Zoe, who was already up and bouncing about her room with Coco the monkey. She was busy getting out all her dolls' clothes and laying them out on the floor. 'Which outfit do you want to wear, Coco?' she asked. 'The stripy dress or the Babygro?'

流进了窗户。 “醒来吧醒来吧!佐伊说，她已经起床了，和猴子可可在她的房间里蹦蹦跳跳。 她正忙着把洋娃娃的衣服都拿出来，摊在地板上。 “你想穿哪套衣服，可可？”她问。 “条纹裙还是婴儿潮？”

Coco leaped across the room and up onto the wardrobe. She did not want to wear any clothes! It seemed to be a long time before Zoe's mum called us down for breakfast, and by the time we walked into the kitchen, my tummy was rumbling. 'My parents like to have a lie in at the weekend,' explained Zoe. Breakfast at Zoe's was very different to how we have it in my house. We usually have toast and fairy-flower nectar yoghurt, and red juice for Dad, but in Zoe's house it was bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, and orange juice. 'Yum!' I said. As we ate, I stared at

可可跳过房间，跳到衣柜上。 她不想穿任何衣服！似乎过了很长时间，佐伊的妈妈才叫我们下楼吃早饭，当我们走进厨房时，我的肚子咕咕叫着。 “我父母喜欢在周末睡懒觉，”佐伊解释说。 佐伊家的早餐和我家的很不一样。 我们通常吃烤面包和仙女花蜜酸奶，给爸爸喝红果汁，但在佐伊家，吃的是培根、鸡蛋、蘑菇、西红柿、香肠和橙汁。 “好吃!”我说。我们吃的时候，我盯着

the cake sitting on the counter behind the table. When we had finished our breakfast and cleared away, I grabbed Zoe's arm. We really can't enter the cake,' I said. 'It wouldn't be fair.' 'But—' began Zoe, looking disappointed.

蛋糕放在桌子后面的柜台上。 当我们吃完早餐离开时，我抓住佐伊的胳膊。 “我们真的不能进入蛋糕，”我说。 “这不公平。“可是——”佐伊开口说，显得很失望。

'It would be cheating,' I said. 'It would be awful if we won. Think about it.' 'I suppose...' said Zoe. She looked down at her hands and twisted them about. 'We won't enter it,' she said. 'But can we make another one before you go home? Without magic.' 'Gosh!' said Zoe's mum, when we asked her to help us. 'Another cake? You must have really enjoyed making the first one.' 'We did,' I said, because it was completely true. For the next few hours, we stayed in the kitchen and used up the rest of the

“那是作弊，”我说。 “如果我们赢了，那就太糟糕了。 想想看。“我想……”佐伊说。 她低头看着自己的双手，扭动着。 “我们不进去，”她说。 “但在你回家之前，我们能再拍一部吗？” 没有魔法。“天啊!当我们请佐伊的妈妈帮忙时，她说。 ”另一个蛋糕吗?你一定很享受做第一个。“是的，”我说，因为这完全是真的。 接下来的几个小时，我们呆在厨房里，用完了剩下的

ingredients from the day before, making another cake. It was much smaller and not nearly as impressive as the first one, but I felt much happier about entering it into the competition.

前一天的食材，做另一个蛋糕。 它比第一个小得多，也没有第一个那么令人印象深刻，但我对参加比赛感到非常高兴。