Chapter 9

Chapter 9 The bathroom door rattled, and the bunnies jumped out of sight. Millie turned to see Samira come into the bathroom and then smile kindly at her. "I thought what Amber did today was really unfair," Samira said. Millie looked at the floor, unable to meet Samira's gaze. Samira squatted down to look up at Millie. "She can be mean sometimes," Samira said softly.

第九章 浴室的门咔嗒一响，小兔子们唰地就躲得没影了。 米莉转过头，看见萨米拉走进浴室，还对着她温柔地笑。 “我觉得今天安珀做的事实在太过分了。”萨米拉说。 米莉盯着地板，不敢和萨米拉对视。 萨米拉蹲下来，抬着头看米莉。 “她有时候就是会凶巴巴的。”萨米拉轻声说。

"It doesn't matter," Millie said, sticking out her chin. "I'm not sure I'm coming back here again anyway." "Really?" Samira asked. Millie shook her head. "You're all way ahead of me." "Yeah, because we've been here for aaaages," Samira said, pulling Millie to stand next to her. "This is your second lesson, and I saw your first position was looking really good."

“没关系的。”米莉昂着下巴说。 “反正我也不确定以后还会不会再来这儿了。” “真的吗？” 萨米拉问。 米莉摇了摇头。 “你们都比我厉害太多啦。” “那是因为我们都学了好久好久啦。”萨米拉一边说，一边拉着米莉站起来站到她身边。 “这才是你第二节课呀，我刚才看你站的一位姿势特别标准呢。”

Millie felt a warm feeling in her chest. "I've been working on that all week." "It really shows," Samira encouraged her. Samira stuck out her feet into first position. From the corner of her eye, Millie spotted Dolly hiding behind the trash can. Dolly stuck her feet into first position, too, and nodded to Millie to do the same. Then Samira switched to second position, and Millie followed. "Miss Luisa would love your posture," Samira said. "She's always telling me to straighten my neck like a giraffe." She relaxed her feet and

米莉的胸口一下子暖乎乎的。 “我整个星期都在练这个呢。” “效果特别明显呀。”萨米拉鼓励她。 萨米拉伸出脚，摆出了一位的姿势。 米莉用眼角余光瞥见多莉正躲在垃圾桶后面。 多莉也把脚摆成一位，还对着米莉点头，让她也跟着做。 接着萨米拉换成了二位姿势，米莉也跟着换。 “路易莎老师肯定会喜欢你的站姿的。”萨米拉说。 “她总说让我把脖子伸长，像长颈鹿那样。” 她放松了脚，然后

stretched her neck forward. "Do I look like a giraffe, Millie?" Millie chuckled. "You're the best giraffe I've ever met in the bathroom." The girls straightened out their necks and walked around, each doing her best impression of a giraffe. When Samira tried to pirouette as a giraffe, she knocked into Millie, and the two tumbled to the floor in a giggling heap. Dolly was right. Dancing with others was definitely more fun than dancing on your own. "I wish you weren't leaving," Samira said to Millie. "I was going to ask if we could be partners next time."

把脖子往前一伸。 “我现在像不像长颈鹿呀，米莉？” 米莉咯咯笑出了声。 “你是我在浴室里见过的最棒的长颈鹿啦。” 两个女孩都挺直脖子走来走去，各自都努力模仿长颈鹿的样子。 萨米拉试着学长颈鹿转圈圈的时候，不小心撞到了米莉，两个人笑作一团滚到了地上。 多莉说得没错。 和别人一起跳舞，肯定比自己一个人跳有意思多啦。 “我真不想你走。”萨米拉对米莉说。 “我本来还想问下次我们能不能当搭档呢。”

Millie sat up and stared at Samira. "You want me to be your partner?" she said, astounded. "If you don't mind," Samira said, squeezing in closer to Millie and giving her a friendly nudge. "I'd love that!" Millie grinned. She had made a friend. "I love your hair clip," Samira said, tilting her head to admire the tiny pin. "It looks like a ball of cotton candy! I love cotton candy."

米莉坐起身，瞪着眼睛看着萨米拉。 “你想让我当你的搭档？”她惊讶地问。 “如果你不介意的话呀。”萨米拉边说边往米莉身边凑了凑，友好地轻轻碰了碰她。 “我当然愿意啦！” 米莉咧开嘴笑了。 她交到朋友啦。 “我好喜欢你的发夹呀。”萨米拉歪着头，看着那枚小小的发夹赞叹道。 “它看起来就像一团棉花糖！ 我可喜欢棉花糖啦。”

"Me too," said Millie. "I especially like dressing up as cotton candy," Samira said. Millie giggled as Samira pretended to nibble at her fluffy tutu. "I hope you don't leave, Millie," Samira said. She stood up and hopscotched to the bathroom door and back toward the studio. Millie watched the door swing shut. The bunnies scrambled out of their hiding places.

“我也是。”米莉说。 “我还特别喜欢把自己打扮成棉花糖的样子呢。”萨米拉说。 萨米拉假装咬了咬自己蓬松的芭蕾舞裙，米莉看得又笑出了声。 “我真希望你不要走，米莉。”萨米拉说。 她站起身，蹦蹦跳跳地跑到浴室门口，又蹦回了往练功房去的方向。 米莉看着门晃悠悠地关上了。 小兔子们都从藏着的地方钻了出来。