4 Apple

CHAPTER 4 APPLE Lola's tummy rumbled. Waiting to get small was hungry work. She peeked one eye open. "I should probably get something to eat now," she told Spot. "Before I am too small for Mum to see me."

第四章 苹果 萝拉的肚子咕咕叫了起来。 等着自己变小可是个费肚子的活儿。 她悄悄睁开一只眼睛。 “我现在可能得找点东西吃啦，”她对小斑点说。 “得赶在我小到妈妈都看不见我之前。”

Lola ran to the kitchen. She could feel herself shrinking as she got closer. Mum was at the stove, blending a pot of soup. "Mum!" Lola yelled, in case she was too small to see. "Can I have something to eat?" Mum didn't answer. She stopped blending and dipped her spoon into the soup.

萝拉跑向厨房。 她越往厨房走，越能感觉到自己在变小。 妈妈正站在炉灶边，搅着锅里的汤。 “妈妈！” 萝拉大喊，生怕自己太小了妈妈看不见。 “我能吃点东西吗？” 妈妈没有回答。 她停下搅拌的动作，把勺子伸进了汤里。

Lola held her breath. Was she already so small that Mum couldn't see her? "Mum!" Lola yelled again. Mum jumped and the spoon went flying out of her hand.

萝拉屏住了呼吸。 难道她已经小到妈妈看不见她了吗？ “妈妈！” 萝拉又喊了一声。 妈妈吓了一跳，勺子直接从手里飞了出去。

"Lola!" she said. "What are you doing?" "I'm hungry," Lola said loudly. "Can I please have something to eat?" "Maybe just an apple," Mum said. "Can you cut it up for me?" asked Lola. "In very small pieces." "Sorry, Lola," said Mum, grabbing a new spoon from the drawer. "I can't right now. But you're more than big enough to eat an apple whole." Lola felt like she might explode. "I am not!" she shouted. "I am so small that you shouldn't even be able to see me!" "I love being able to see you," said Mum.

“萝拉！”她说道。 “你在这儿做什么呀？” “我饿啦，”萝拉大着声音说。 “能不能给我点吃的呀？” “就吃个苹果吧，”妈妈说。 “你能帮我切成小块吗？”萝拉问。 “要切得特别小的那种。” “抱歉呀萝拉，”妈妈一边说，一边从抽屉里拿出一把新勺子。 “我现在没空哦。 不过你已经足够大啦，完全可以整个吃苹果的。” 萝拉感觉自己气得都要炸了。 “我才没有！” 她大喊道。 “我都小到你本该看不见我的程度了！” “我能看见你可太开心啦，”妈妈说。

"But no-one sees fairies!" roared Lola. "They just see their magic!" She felt tears prickling her eyes. Why wasn't the potion working? At this rate, Lola would never be a fairy, and she would never get her roller skates. Lola grabbed an apple and stomped into the hallway.

“可是没人能看见仙女呀！”萝拉吼道。 “大家只能看见她们的魔法！” 她感觉眼睛里泛起了泪花。 为什么魔药没有起效呢？ 照这样下去，萝拉永远都当不成仙女，也永远得不到她的旱冰鞋了。 萝拉抓过一个苹果，蹬蹬蹬地走进了走廊。

Then she tripped over the sparkly shoes and landed on her bottom. Her apple rolled away. "Gah!" she said, glaring at the very small shoes. If there was a fairy to take away teeth, why wasn't there a fairy to take away mess?

然后她被那双亮闪闪的鞋子绊了一下，一屁股坐在了地上。 她的苹果滚走了。 “哎呀！” 她一边说，一边气呼呼地盯着那双特别小的鞋子。 既然有收牙齿的仙女，为什么就没有收拾乱糟糟东西的仙女呢？