1 A Party

1 A Party "What pixie should we look for today?" Violet Briggs asked. "Yeah, I'm ready for some pixie-tricking action!" her cousin Leon added as they walked home from school. A tiny fairy with yellow hair and pale green skin popped out of Violet's backpack. He fluttered his shimmery rainbow wings. "I'm not sure," Sprite replied. "There hasn't been a sign of a new pixie in days."

“今天我们要找哪个小精灵呢？”维奥莱特布里格斯问。 “是啊，我已经准备好玩一些小精灵的把戏了！”他们放学回家的路上，她的表弟里昂补充道。 一个黄头发、淡绿色皮肤的小仙女从维奥莱特的背包里蹦了出来。 他扇动着闪闪发光的彩虹翅膀。 “我不确定，”雪碧回答。 “好几天没有出现新小精灵的迹象了。”

Violet's life had changed so much since the day she met Sprite. He had come through a magical door in the oak tree in her backyard. Sprite had explained that fourteen pixies had escaped from his world. It was Sprite's job to trick them and send them back. And the fairy queen said he needed an eight-year-old girl to help him. Violet had agreed to help, and Leon had joined them. Since then, they had tricked five pixies together. "Maybe we could look in the park today, and then over by the library tomorrow," Leon suggested.

自从遇见雪碧后，维奥莱特的生活发生了很大的变化。 他是从她家后院橡树上的一扇魔法门进来的。 雪碧解释说，有14个小妖精从他的世界逃了出来。 雪碧的工作就是欺骗他们，把他们送回去。 仙后说他需要一个八岁的小女孩帮助他。 维奥莱特同意帮忙，里昂也加入了他们。 从那以后，他们一起骗了五个小仙子。 “也许我们今天可以去公园看看，明天再去图书馆。”利昂建议道。

Violet shook her head. "We can't look for pixies tomorrow. It's Brittany's birthday party, remember?" Leon scratched his head. "Is it tomorrow? I thought it was next week." Violet took the party invitation out of her backpack. "No. This says Wednesday." Sprite fluttered up to Violet's face. "A party? Can I go?"

维奥莱特摇了摇头。“明天我们不能去找小精灵了。 这是布列塔尼的生日派对，记得吗？”利昂挠了挠头。 “明天吗？”我还以为是下周呢。” 维奥莱特从背包里拿出派对请柬。 “没有。这上面写着星期三。” 雪碧飘到维奥莱特的脸上。 “一个聚会吗?我能去吗？”

Violet frowned. "I'm not sure that's a good idea, Sprite. Brittany is my best friend, but I can't tell her about you. She'd put you on the front page of the school newspaper!" "I'll stay hidden!" Sprite promised. "Please!" "I'll think about it," Violet said. They had reached the yellow house where she and Leon lived. "Let me go inside and get my pixie- tricking tools." Violet left Leon and Sprite outside. She ran up to the second floor. Her dad was strumming on his guitar. Today was his day off from the restaurant where he worked with Violet's mom. He smiled at Violet.

紫皱起了眉头。“我不确定这是个好主意，雪碧。 布列塔尼是我最好的朋友，但我不能告诉她你的事。 她会把你放在校报头版的！”“我要躲起来！”雪碧承诺。 “请!”“我会考虑的，”维奥莱特说。 他们来到了她和利昂住的黄色房子。 “让我进去拿我的变小精灵的工具。” 维奥莉特把李昂和雪碧留在外面。 她跑到二楼。 她爸爸在弹吉他。 今天是他和维奥莱特妈妈一起工作的餐厅的休息日。 他对维奥莱特微微一笑。

"Hey there. How was your day?" he asked. Before Violet could answer, her dad's phone rang. "Hi! She's right here," he said. Then he handed the phone to Violet. "It's Brittany's mom. Brittany wants to talk to you." Violet heard her friend's voice on the other end. "Violet, did you and Leon forget? You're supposed to be at my party!"

“嘿。你今天过得怎么样？”他问。 维奥莱特还没来得及回答，她爸爸的电话响了。 “嗨!她就在这里，”他说。 然后他把电话递给维奥莱特。 “是布列塔尼的妈妈。布列塔尼想和你谈谈。” 维奥莱特在电话那头听到了她朋友的声音。 “维奥莉特，你和里昂忘了吗？” 你应该在我的派对上！”