1 A Bad Day

1 A Bad Day Violet Briggs was in a bad mood. Violet hardly ever was in a bad mood. She didn't see the point. She'd rather be happy than be stuck feeling grumpy. She knew that she should have felt happier today. She was searching for pixies with a real- live fairy named Sprite. But her cousin Leon's complaining was spoiling everything.

糟糕的一天维奥莱特·布里格斯心情不好。 维奥莱特几乎从不心情不好。 她不明白这有什么意义。她宁愿开心也不愿闷闷不乐。 她知道她今天应该感到更快乐。 她正在寻找一个叫雪碧的精灵。 但她表哥利昂的抱怨破坏了一切。

"What a waste of time," Leon said. They were in their backyard. "We spent the whole morning looking for pixies. And what did we find? Nothing." "It wasn't a waste of time," Violet said. Leon kicked at the grass. "I could have been playing video games," he said. "Who's stopping you?" Violet asked. "It was your idea to come with us." "I thought looking for pixies would be exciting," Leon said. "But it's boring. We've been looking for pixies for a week. And we haven't seen any new ones. I bet there aren't any more pixies to find."

“真是浪费时间，”利昂说。 他们在自家后院。 “我们整个上午都在找小妖精。 我们发现了什么？没什么。” “这不是浪费时间，”维奥莱特说。 李昂踢着草地。“我可能一直在玩电子游戏，”他说。 “谁在阻止你？”紫问道。 “和我们一起来是你的主意。” “我以为寻找小精灵会很刺激，”利昂说。 “但这很无聊。我们找小精灵找了一周了。 我们还没看到新的。 我敢打赌再也找不到小精灵了。”

Sprite flew in front of Leon's face. Sprite was a small fairy with pale green skin. His wings looked like they were made of rainbows. He had a long spear made from a plant stem tucked into his belt. A tiny bag hung from his waist. "There are twelve more out there!" Sprite said. "Fourteen fairies escaped from my world. Violet and I caught the first one. And you helped us catch the second one. That leaves twelve." Violet nodded. Queen Mab, the fairy queen, had given Sprite The Book of Tricks. It told how to trick each pixie in the fairy world. If a pixie escaped, their picture disappeared from the book. You had to trick them to send them back. Then their picture appeared again.

雪碧飞到李昂面前。 雪碧是一个有着淡绿色皮肤的小仙女。 他的翅膀看起来像彩虹做的。 他的腰带上插着一支用植物茎做成的长枪。 他腰上挂着一个小袋子。 “外面还有十二个呢！”精灵说。 “14个仙女从我的世界逃了出来。 我和维奥莱特抓住了第一条。 你帮我们抓住了第二个。 还剩下十二个。”紫点了点头。 麦布女王，仙女的女王，给了精灵一本魔术书。 它告诉我们如何欺骗精灵世界里的每一个精灵。 如果小精灵逃跑了，他们的照片就会从书里消失。 你得骗他们把他们送回去。 然后他们的照片又出现了。

First, Violet and Sprite had tricked a fairy named Pix. Then a gremlin named Jolt had trapped Leon in a video game. She and Sprite had saved Leon. But now Leon knew all about their secret. "I know there are more pixies out there," Violet said. "Hinky Pink made fog and rain. And Sprite and I saw Spoiler last week." "So where are they now?" Leon asked. Sprite's wings fluttered. They always did that when he was nervous.

首先，维奥莉特和雪碧欺骗了一个叫Pix的仙女。 然后一个叫Jolt的小妖精把里昂困在了一个电子游戏里。 她和雪碧救了李昂。 但现在李昂知道了他们的秘密。 “我知道还有更多的小精灵。”维奥莱特说。 “粉红娃娃制造了雾和雨。 雪碧和我上周看了《剧透》。” “那么他们现在在哪里？”利昂问道。 雪碧的翅膀拍打着。他紧张的时候他们总是这样。

"I don't know," Sprite said. "It's strange that we haven't seen one." Violet held out her finger. Sprite flew over and rested on it. "Let's eat lunch," Violet told Leon. "Sprite and I will look again in the afternoon. You can stay home if you want." "Whatever," Leon mumbled. "Violet! Leon! Get in here right now!" Aunt Anne called from inside their house. "We'd better go," Violet said. "She sounds mad." Violet gently put Sprite in her hoodie pocket. "Watch the wings!" Sprite said.

“我不知道，”雪碧说。 “真奇怪，我们居然没见过。” 维奥莱特伸出手指。 雪碧飞过去，停在上面。 “我们吃午饭吧，”维奥莱特对利昂说。 “我和雪碧下午再去看看。 如果你愿意，你可以呆在家里。” “随便吧。”利昂咕哝着。“紫!利昂!马上给我进来！”安妮阿姨在屋子里叫道。 “我们还是走吧，”维奥莱特说。 “听起来她疯了。”维奥莱特轻轻地把雪碧放进她的连帽衫口袋里。 “小心翅膀！”精灵说。