3 Magic

CHAPTER 3 MAGIC Lola went back to her room, put on her fairy wings and fairy crown, and did a twirl. With her sparkly shoes, tiny clothes, wings and crown, she was about to become a fairy! In fact, she was probably already so small that no-one could even see her.

第三章 魔法 萝拉回到自己的房间，戴上仙女翅膀和仙女皇冠，转了个圈。 穿上闪闪发光的鞋子，套上小小的衣服，再配上翅膀和皇冠，她马上就要变成仙女啦！ 说不准她现在已经变得特别小，没人能看见她了呢。

Lola flew down the hallway and into the lounge room. Emma was on the couch. She looked up when Lola zoomed in. "Lola?! What are you doing?" "Oh." Lola stopped. Her bib slipped down her leg. "Are you sure you can see me?" "Yes," said Emma.

萝拉沿着走廊飞过去，冲进了客厅。 艾玛正坐在沙发上。 萝拉呼地飞进来的时候，她抬头看了过来。 “萝拉？！ 你在干什么呀？” “哦。” 萝拉停了下来。 她的围嘴顺着腿滑了下去。 “你真的能看见我吗？” “能呀。”艾玛说。

"Gah!" Lola flopped onto the couch. Two tiny skirts slid down her arm. A onesie drooped over her eyes. Lola drooped, too. If she didn't become a fairy soon, someone else would definitely buy the roller skates before she could. Lola bet the tooth fairy never had these problems with all the money she had. "How does the tooth fairy even carry the teeth if she's so small?" Lola asked Emma.

“啊！” 萝拉啪嗒一下瘫在沙发上。 两条小裙子顺着她的胳膊滑了下来。 一件连体衣耷拉下来挡住了她的眼睛。 萝拉也蔫头耷脑的。 要是她不能快点变成仙女，肯定会有人赶在她前面把那双旱冰鞋买走的。 萝拉打赌牙仙子从来不会有这些烦恼，毕竟她有那么多钱。 “牙仙子那么小，要怎么把牙齿带走呀？” 萝拉问艾玛。

Her sister shrugged. "Magic, probably." Magic. Lola's eyes went wide. Of course! Why hadn't she thought of that earlier? Lola jumped up. She ran down the hallway, throwing off her old clothes as she went. "Lola," called Mum from the kitchen. "Am I going to find a mess in the hallway?" "Not if you don't look!" yelled Lola as she ran out the back door.

姐姐耸了耸肩。 “应该是靠魔法吧。” 魔法。 萝拉的眼睛一下子亮了。 对呀！ 她怎么早点没想到呢？ 萝拉跳了起来。 她沿着走廊跑，边跑边把身上套的旧衣服往下扯。 “萝拉，”妈妈在厨房喊她， “走廊里不会被你弄得乱糟糟的吧？” “你不看就不乱啦！” 萝拉边喊边冲出了后门。

In the backyard, Lola skipped past her cat, Spot, who was asleep on the deck. She could buy him some roller skates when she was rich, too. A magic wand was the easiest way to do magic, but Lola had broken hers while trying to fight a tiger last week. Luckily, she was very good at making magic potions. Lola collected her favourite bucket from the sand pit and looked around the garden. For a potion to make her small, she would need small things.

后院里，萝拉蹦蹦跳跳地路过她的猫点点，点点正在露台上睡觉呢。 等她变有钱了，也能给点点买双旱冰鞋。 魔法棒是施展魔法最方便的东西，可萝拉上周打老虎的时候把自己的魔法棒弄坏了。 好在她特别擅长做魔法药水。 萝拉从沙坑拿出自己最爱的小桶，在花园里四处打量。 要做能让自己变小的药水，就得用小小的东西才行。

She plucked the smallest leaves from the smallest herb bush and added them to the bucket. She picked the smallest spikes from the spikiest shrub and added them to the bucket, too. She squashed in three small tomatoes, even though she didn't really like tomatoes. Then she added one pinch of dirt and two pinches of sand. Sand and dirt weren't on the list of things Lola was allowed to eat in the garden, but they weren't on the list of things she wasn't allowed to eat, either.

她从最小的香草丛里摘下最小的叶子，放进桶里。 她又从最扎人的灌木丛里摘了最小的刺，也放进了桶里。 她塞了三个小番茄进去，尽管她其实不太喜欢吃番茄。 接着她加了一小撮泥土，两撮沙子。 沙子和泥土不在花园里允许萝拉吃的东西清单上，可也不在不许她吃的东西清单上呀。