Chapter 1

Ballet Bunnies Ballerina Birthday

芭蕾小兔的芭蕾生日会

Chapter 1 "Wheeeeee!" Dolly whirled around the empty ballet studio. She pushed forgotten ballet slippers across the floor to Fifi, who dropped them in the lost and found box.

第一章 “哇——！” 多莉在空荡荡的芭蕾练功房里转着圈。 她把被人落下的芭蕾鞋推到菲菲脚边，菲菲把鞋子放进了失物招领箱。

Millie smiled. It was the last day of class at Miss Luisa's School of Dance before the holidays, and she had volunteered to tidy up the ballet studio until Mom came to pick her up. Miss Luisa had praised Millie for being such a good team player, but Millie had her own reasons to want to stay behind in the empty studio alone. Four ballet-dancing, bunny-shaped reasons.

米莉笑了。 今天是假期前路易莎小姐舞蹈学校的最后一节课，她主动留下来打扫芭蕾练功房，等妈妈来接她。 路易莎小姐表扬了米莉，说她是个很有团队精神的好孩子，但米莉想独自留在空荡荡的练功房，其实有自己的小心思。 四个会跳芭蕾、长得像小兔子的小秘密。

While Dolly did pirouettes, Pod helped Millie gather up the tutus the children had used during class. Trixie, the fourth and tiniest of Millie's ballet-bunny friends, slept soundly in the warm pocket of Millie's hoodie. The Ballet Bunnies lived secretly in the school, and with no one but Millie in the studio they were free to dance (and sleep) there in the open. "I'm going to miss you all during the holidays," Millie said, as she held Trixie safely in her pocket. "We're going to miss you too," Fifi replied. She and Dolly pushed away the lost and found box and hopped over to join Millie and Pod. "What are you going to do over the holidays?" Dolly asked. Millie blushed. "Well, it's my birthday next week."

多莉在做单脚脚尖旋转，波德则帮米莉把小朋友们上课穿的 tutu 裙收拾到一起。 米莉的芭蕾小兔朋友里排行第四、个子最小的特里克茜，正安安稳稳地睡在米莉连帽衫暖暖的口袋里。 芭蕾小兔们偷偷住在舞蹈学校里，现在练功房里只有米莉，它们可以放心地在这儿光明正大地跳舞（还有睡觉）。 “放假的时候我会想你们所有人的。”米莉一边说，一边把口袋里的特里克茜护得好好的。 “我们也会想你的。”菲菲回答道。 她和多莉把失物招领箱推到一边，蹦蹦跳跳地过来找米莉和波德。 “放假你打算做什么呀？” 多莉问。 米莉脸红了。 “嗯，下周就是我的生日啦。”