4 The Roof

CHAPTER 4 THE ROOF Lola ran through the house. She had no clue how long broccoli took to work, but her insides were definitely stretching. She hoped she wouldn't accidentally break the roof by growing too quickly.

第四章 屋顶 萝拉在房子里跑来跑去。 她不知道西蓝花要多久才能发挥效果，但她的肚子确实胀鼓鼓的。 她希望自己不会长得太快，不小心把屋顶给撑破了。

But when she reached the front door, she still had to stand all the way on her tiptoes to open the lock. "Gah!" yelled Lola, feeling hot and mad. She wasn't any bigger at all. She was exactly the same size as before. She was still too small to be a giant, and too little to go to the water slides.

可她跑到前门的时候，还是得把脚尖垫得老高才能开开门锁。 “哎呀！”萝拉大喊，又气又急，脸都热了。 她一点都没长高。 她的个子和之前完全一模一样。 她还是太小了，当不了巨人，也不够格去玩水上滑梯。

Lola stomped outside and tripped on Max's ball. Then she looked up. The sky was dark with clouds. Lola normally loved clouds because they meant it was going to rain. But, right now, even the clouds didn't make her happy. "You are all too big!" she shouted at the house and the trees and the clouds. She was never going to be a giant if everything else kept being so big.

萝拉跺着脚走到屋外，被麦克斯的球绊了一下。 接着她抬起头。 天空乌云密布，黑沉沉的。 平时萝拉可喜欢云了，因为云来了就意味着要下雨啦。 可现在，就连云都没法让她开心起来。 “你们都太大了！” 她对着房子、大树还有云朵大喊大叫。 要是其他所有东西都这么大，她永远都当不成巨人啦。

Lola was so mad that she picked up Max's ball and threw it at the house. The ball landed on the roof. It didn't come back down. But Lola didn't care. She was angry, she was still small, and her stomach hurt. Probably because of the broccoli.

萝拉气坏了，捡起麦克斯的球，朝着房子扔了过去。 球落到了屋顶上。 它没有掉下来。 可萝拉一点都不在乎。 她气鼓鼓的，个子还是那么小，肚子还疼。 大概都是西蓝花害的。

Lola went back inside the house and into the lounge room. She lay on her stomach on the floor. Then Lola heard the front door open. "Lola?" said Emma. "Are you okay?" "No," said Lola into the rug. "This is the worst day ever." "You didn't miss much, said Emma. "It was raining and a lot of the slides were closed."

萝拉回到房子里，走进了客厅。 她肚子朝下趴在地板上。 这时萝拉听见前门被打开了。 “萝拉？”埃玛问道。 “你还好吗？” “不好，”萝拉把脸埋在地毯里闷声说。 “今天是有史以来最糟糕的一天。” “你没错过什么，”埃玛说， “刚才下雨了，好多滑梯都关了。”

"We had to come home early, said Max. "Dad is soaked." Lola growled into the rug. "You got to have water slides and rain?" she said. "That is so unfair." "It's raining outside now, said Emma. "Mum's packing up, but we could go out and play." "We could play soccer!" said Max. Lola sat up. "With your new ball?" Playing with Max's new ball did sound like fun. Then Lola remembered where Max's new ball was. "Actually, she said, "I don't want to play soccer."

“我们只能提前回家了，”麦克斯说。 “爸爸浑身都湿透了。” 萝拉把脸埋在地毯里哼哼。 “你们去玩了水上滑梯，还遇到了下雨？”她说。 “这也太不公平了。” “现在外面就在下雨呀，”埃玛说。 “妈妈在收拾东西，不过我们可以出去玩呀。” “我们可以踢足球！”麦克斯说。 萝拉坐了起来。 “用你的新球吗？” 和麦克斯的新球玩听起来确实挺好玩的。 这时萝拉想起麦克斯的新球在哪了。 “其实呀，”她说，“我不想踢足球。”