4 Lunchtime Surprise

4 Lunchtime Surprise Violet leaned down to talk to Sprite. The class was too busy hiccupping to notice. "Sprite!" Violet whispered. "What—hic— is going on? Is it Bogey Bill?" "Bogey Bill is making everyone feel afraid," Sprite replied. "But he doesn't cause hiccups." "Hic! So who does?" Violet asked. "I'm not sure," Sprite said. "But it looks like we might have to trick two pixies this time! Let me check The Book of Tricks." "All right-hic-class!" Ms. Rose said. "Let's get to work on those decorations!"

午餐惊喜维奥莱特俯下身来和雪碧说话。 全班同学都忙着打嗝，没注意到。 “雪碧!”紫小声说。 “发生什么事了？” 是妖怪比尔吗？”“妖怪比尔让每个人都感到害怕，”雪碧回答。 “但他不会引起打嗝。” “嗝!那么谁知道呢？”紫问道。 “我不确定，”雪碧说。 “但看来这次我们得骗两个小精灵了！”让我查一下《魔术书》。” “所有right-hic-class !”Ms。 罗斯说。“我们开始装饰吧！”

Violet's class hiccupped all morning long. Finally, it was time for lunch. Violet slipped Sprite into her lunch bag. She wanted to go somewhere and talk to him. She wanted to find out what he had learned from The Book of Tricks. But her friend Brittany Brightman ran up to her as they walked to the lunchroom. Brittany had friendly brown eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses. And she wore her black hair in a long braid. "Violet! You're coming over to help me play with Ruby today, right?" Brittany asked. "Oh, I forgot!" Violet said. Ruby was Brittany's three-year-old sister. "Um, I'm supposed to do something with Leon..."

维奥莱特的课整个上午都在上课。 终于到了吃午饭的时间了。 维奥莱特把雪碧塞进午餐袋里。 她想找个地方和他谈谈。 她想知道他从《魔法书》中学到了什么。 但当他们走向餐厅时，她的朋友布列塔尼·布莱曼（Brittany Brightman）向她跑了过来。 布列塔尼戴着一副金属框眼镜，有一双友好的棕色眼睛。 她把黑头发编成了一条长辫子。 “紫!你今天会过来帮我和鲁比玩，对吧？”布列塔尼问道。 “哦，我忘了！”紫说。 鲁比是布列塔尼三岁的妹妹。 “嗯，我应该和利昂做点什么……”

"But you have to-hic-help," Brittany said. "You always make Ruby laugh. Besides, my dad said he talked to your mom about it." Violet nodded. "Okay, I'll be there!" I hope Leon and Sprite understand! she thought. The girls sat down at their table. Violet looked around. The sound of hiccups filled the room. Kids were doing all kinds of things to get rid of their hiccups. They were holding their noses and drinking milk. One boy was standing on his head. Everyone was trying to eat the Friday lunch special-spaghetti. But they were hiccupping too much to get the food in their mouths.

“但你必须得帮个忙，”布列塔尼说。 “你总是能逗鲁比笑。 此外，我爸爸说他和你妈妈谈过这件事。” 紫点了点头。“好的，我会去的！”我希望李昂和雪碧明白！她想。 姑娘们在桌旁坐下。 维奥莱特环顾四周。打嗝的声音充满了房间。 孩子们做了各种各样的事情来摆脱打嗝。 他们捏着鼻子喝牛奶。 一个男孩倒立着。 每个人都想吃星期五的午餐——意大利面。 但他们打嗝太多，食物进不了嘴。

Suddenly, the hiccups stopped. "Eek!" a girl yelled. "My spaghetti is alive!" "So is mine!" cried a boy. Violet looked across the whole lunchroom. Spaghetti was crawling around on everyone's plates, like worms! The kids and lunch aides started to scream. Even Leon was screaming. Violet ran to him.

突然，打嗝停止了。 “呸！”一个女孩喊道。“我的意大利面是活的！”“我的也是！”一个男孩叫道。 维奥莱特看了看整个餐厅。 意大利面像虫子一样在每个人的盘子里爬来爬去！孩子们和午餐助手们开始尖叫。 连利昂都在尖叫。维奥莱特向他跑去。

"Bogey Bill must be doing this," she said. "We have to stop this spell!" "I have an idea," Leon said. He stood on a table. "Everybody repeat after me! Llib Yegob!" "Why should we do that?" someone shouted. "Just try it!" Leon cried. "Llib Yegob!" As everyone chanted, Violet ran into the hall with her lunch bag. "Sprite!" she said. "What have you found out about Bogey Bill? Hic!" Sprite flew out of the bag. He opened The Book of Tricks. Violet saw the page about Bogey Bill. There was a blank space where his picture should be. Violet knew that the picture would reappear when Bogey Bill was tricked.

“一定是妖怪比尔干的，”她说。 “我们必须解除这个魔咒！”“我有个主意，”利昂说。 他站在一张桌子上。“大家跟着我念！”Llib Yegob !”“我们为什么要这么做？”有人喊道。 “试试吧！”利昂哭了。 “Llib Yegob !”大家都在唱赞美诗，维奥莱特拿着午餐袋跑进了大厅。 “雪碧！”她说。“关于博吉·比尔，你发现了什么？” 嗝!”雪碧从袋子里飞了出来。 他打开了《魔术书》。 维奥莉特看到了妖怪比尔的那页。 他的照片应该是空白的。 维奥莱特知道，当博吉·比尔被骗时，这张照片会再次出现。

There was also a short rhyme. Sprite read it out loud. This goblin wants to scare you. He thinks spooky things are neat. If you want to trick him, Make him say something sweet. "How can we trick him when we can't even see him?" Violet asked.

还有一首短押韵诗。 雪碧大声念了出来。这个妖精想吓唬你。 他认为怪异的东西很整洁。 如果你想骗他，就让他说甜言蜜语。 “我们连他都看不见，怎么骗得了他呢？”紫问道。