1 No Money

ALiTTLE BiT LOLA Too Big to Be a Fairy KiAH THOMAS BEC KiTSON

《小不点萝拉：想当仙女还太矮》 作者：凯亚·托马斯·贝克·基特森

CHAPTER 1 NO MONEY Everybody in Lola's family had wheels except Lola. Her mum and dad had a car. Her older sister, Emma, had a bike. And her older brother, Max, had a skateboard. Lola had no wheels, but she knew exactly the ones she wanted.

第一章 没有钱 萝拉家里的每个人都有带轮子的东西，只有萝拉没有。 爸爸妈妈有一辆小汽车。 她的姐姐艾玛有一辆自行车。 她的哥哥麦克斯有一块滑板。 萝拉没有带轮子的东西，但她心里清清楚楚知道自己想要哪一款。

Roller skates. Just that morning, Lola had seen the perfect pair in the window of the op shop. They were pink and sparkly and wonderful. The shop was closed for the day, but when it opened Lola was going to buy them. Lola didn't have any money yet. But she did have a plan.

旱冰鞋。 就在这天早上，萝拉在二手商店的橱窗里看见了一双完美的旱冰鞋。 它们是粉色的，闪着亮片，好看极了。 商店今天关门了，不过等一开门，萝拉就要去把它们买下来。 可萝拉现在一分钱都没有。 不过她已经想好办法啦。

She dragged three chairs into the lounge room, and pushed the couch to the middle of the rug. She found an old toy truck and one of Dad's weights. Then she looped a long piece of string around everything, and tied one end to her tooth. Now there was just one more thing Lola needed. "Max, Lola called. "Can I please borrow your ball?"

她把三把椅子拖到客厅，又把沙发推到地毯的正中间。 她找出一辆旧玩具卡车，还有爸爸的一个健身哑铃。 接着她拿了一根长绳子，把所有东西都绑在一起，还把绳子的一头系在了自己的牙齿上。 现在萝拉只差一样东西就准备好了。 “麦克斯！”萝拉喊。 “我能不能借你的球用一下呀？”

Max and Emma came inside. "Um, Lola," said Max. "What are you doing?" "Isn't it obvious?" said Lola. "I'm building a machine to pull out my wobbly tooth? "But... why?" said Emma.

麦克斯和艾玛走进了屋里。 “呃，萝拉，”麦克斯说。 “你在干嘛呀？” “这不是明摆着的吗？”萝拉说。 “我在做一个机器，要把我那颗晃悠悠的牙齿拔下来呀。” “可是……为什么呀？”艾玛问。

"I need money, Lola explained "If I just pull out a few teeth, the tooth fairy will give me lots of dollars. And then I can buy the perfect pair of roller skates!" She wrapped the other end of the string around the door knob.

“我需要钱呀，”萝拉解释道，“要是我拔掉几颗牙齿，牙仙子就会给我好多钱的。 这样我就能买到那双完美的旱冰鞋啦！” 她把绳子的另一头系在了门把手上。