Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Millie spun around to see Mom in the doorway. "Well?" Mom demanded. "I…," Millie stammered. "I can explain." Millie could feel her heart pounding hard in her chest. She couldn't believe it. The bunnies had been discovered already. Perhaps Mom would understand if she got to know the Ballet Bunnies? she thought. In any case, Millie had no choice now but to introduce them. She turned to pick up her friends. But they had all disappeared!

第三章 米莉猛地转过身，看见妈妈站在门口。 “怎么回事？”妈妈质问道。 “我……”米莉结结巴巴地开口。 “我能解释的。” 米莉能感觉到自己的心在胸口怦怦直跳。 她简直不敢相信。 小兔子这么快就被发现了。 要是妈妈认识了这些芭蕾小兔，说不定会理解的吧？ 她心想。 不管怎样，米莉现在别无选择，只能介绍她们了。 她转过身想去抱她的朋友们。 可她们全都不见了！

Millie's eyes darted around her room. Where had they gone? "Well?" Mom said, tapping her foot. Millie was just going to have to tell her the truth. She opened her mouth to explain, but Mom interrupted her. "Are you going to explain why you were playing without me?" Mom said. But a smile broke across her face. Millie was confused. Had Mom really not seen Dolly, Fifi, Trixie, and Pod? Mom plopped down onto Millie's bed and picked up a teddy bear. "So, what are we playing?" "I was playing hide-and-seek with my toys," Millie said quickly, distracted as she searched the room for the bunnies. They weren't in the toy box. They weren't under her pillow. They weren't hidden between her books. And they weren't burrowed in her rolls of ribbons.

米莉的眼睛飞快地扫过房间的每个角落。 她们去哪儿了？ “嗯？” 妈妈一边说，一边跺着脚。 米莉只打算跟她说实话了。 她张嘴正要解释，妈妈却打断了她。 “你是不是要说说，为什么玩游戏都不叫我呀？” 妈妈说。 说着她脸上绽开了笑容。 米莉糊涂了。 妈妈难道真的没看见多莉、菲菲、特里克茜和波德吗？ 妈妈扑通一声坐到米莉的床上，拿起了一只泰迪熊。 “所以呀，我们在玩什么呢？” “我刚才在跟我的玩具玩捉迷藏，”米莉赶紧回答，一边心神不宁地在房间里找那些小兔子。 她们不在玩具箱里。 她们不在她的枕头底下。 她们没藏在她的书堆中间。 她们也没钻进她的那几卷丝带里。

Suddenly, the tiniest of twitches caught her eye. There, in her pile of teddy bears! One bunny was wearing a borrowed teddy hat. One wore a pair of teddy glasses. Another was wrapped in a teddy scarf. The fourth bunny was snoozing on top of a fluffy unicorn. Millie put her hand over her mouth to stop herself from laughing.

忽然，一点极其细微的动静吸引了她的注意。 就在那儿，她的那堆泰迪熊里！ 一只小兔戴着一顶借来的泰迪帽。 一只戴着一副泰迪眼镜。 还有一只裹着泰迪围巾。 第四只小兔正趴在一只毛茸茸的独角兽玩偶上打盹呢。 米莉抬手捂住嘴，免得自己笑出声来。

"It's almost time for dinner, so I'm not sure we can play a whole game of hide-and-seek," Mom said. "How about we play after dinner?" Millie nodded and threw herself into Mom's arms to shield the bunnies from view. "I can't believe you are going to be a whole year older next week," Mom said, kissing Millie on the forehead. "Are you still excited about your party?" Millie sat in Mom's lap as all her worries about the party came back. Then her foot brushed a teddy bear on the floor, and she remembered her four little bunny friends, who'd promised to help her through the next week.

“快到晚饭时间啦，我觉得我们没法玩一整场捉迷藏了，”妈妈说。 “我们吃完晚饭再玩怎么样？” 米莉点点头，扑进妈妈怀里，好把小兔子们挡在视线之外。 “真不敢相信，下星期你就要整整大一岁啦，”妈妈一边说，一边吻了吻米莉的额头。 “你的生日派对你还是很期待的对不对？” 米莉坐在妈妈腿上，所有关于派对的担忧又都涌了上来。 这时她的脚碰到了地板上的一只泰迪熊，她想起了她的四个小兔朋友，她们答应过会陪她撑过接下来的一周。

"Yes, Mom." She nodded. "I can't wait for the party." Mom smiled, and as soon as she'd headed back downstairs, Dolly, Fifi, Pod, and Trixie hopped out of their hiding spots. "Can we still come to your party?" Dolly asked hopefully. "Ooh, I hope so!" Fifi added. Millie scooped up Pod and grinned at the others.

“是的，妈妈。” 她点了点头。 我都等不及派对啦。” 妈妈笑了，她刚一下楼，多莉、菲菲、波德和特里克茜就从藏身的地方蹦了出来。 “我们还能去参加你的派对吗？” 多莉满怀期待地问。 “哇，我真希望可以！” 菲菲跟着说道。 米莉抱起波德，对着其他小兔咧嘴笑了。

"I couldn't have a party without all of you!" she said.

“少了你们所有人，我的派对还怎么开呀！” 她说。