Chapter 4

Chapter 4 The next week was filled with fun and dancing. One day, Millie took the bunnies for a bicycle ride, tucking them into the basket on the front of her bike. Another day, they all pirouetted around the garden and formed a conga line across her bedroom. And at bedtime every night, Millie read Fifi, Dolly, Pod, and Trixie stories about ballerina ponies and tap-dancing kangaroos.

第四章 接下来的一周充满了乐趣和舞蹈。 有一天，米莉带着小兔子们去骑自行车，把它们都塞进了自行车前面的车筐里。 还有一天，它们全都在花园里踮着脚尖转圈，还排成康加舞队穿过了米莉的卧室。 每天晚上睡觉的时候，米莉都会给菲菲、多莉、波德和特里克茜读故事，讲的是芭蕾小马和跳踢踏舞的袋鼠的故事。

The bunnies had been great at keeping out of sight. Whenever Millie's mom appeared, they would either dart behind Millie's stash of comics or burrow under her comforter in the nick of time. Trixie even managed to hide on top of one of Mom's fluffy slippers without her noticing! With all the holiday fun she was having, Millie hadn't had a chance to think about how nervous she was about her party. Now she gazed around the garden. There was a long table covered with a blue polka-dot tablecloth and filled with star-shaped sandwiches, pink wafer cookies, purple fairy cakes with sprinkles, and a strawberry-flavored cake topped with ballet shoes made of pink icing. The whirling feeling in her tummy returned.

小兔子们一直都很擅长躲起来不被人发现。 每当米莉的妈妈出现时，它们要么会飞快窜到米莉藏的漫画堆后面，要么就刚好及时钻到她的被子底下。 特里克茜甚至还能躲在妈妈的一只毛绒拖鞋上面，完全没被妈妈发现！ 假期里玩得这么开心，米莉都没机会去想自己对派对有多紧张了。 现在她环顾着花园。 长桌上铺着蓝色波点的桌布，上面摆着星星形状的三明治、粉色威化饼干、撒了糖屑的紫色仙女小蛋糕，还有一个草莓味的蛋糕，上面装饰着用粉色糖霜做的芭蕾舞鞋。 她的肚子里又泛起了那种晕乎乎的感觉。

"Millie," Dolly said as she bounded across the garden. "Follow me." Millie caught a glimpse of Dolly's golden fur sneaking under the long tablecloth that reached the grass. Millie dropped down and crawled under the table to join her friend. "Oh, Dolly!" Millie gasped. Fifi, Pod, Trixie, and Dolly had created a bunny den under the table of food. In one corner, there were fairy lights and tiny cushions from Millie's doll's house. In another, there was an egg carton that had been painted in blue polka dots and

“米莉，”多莉一边蹦蹦跳跳地穿过花园一边说。 “跟我来。” 米莉瞥见多莉金色的绒毛钻到了那块一直垂到草地上的长桌布底下。 米莉蹲下来，爬到桌子底下和她的朋友会合。 “哦，多莉！” 米莉倒抽了一口气。 菲菲、波德、特里克茜和多莉在放食物的桌子底下搭了一个兔子小窝。 角落里有米莉娃娃屋拿出来的装饰小灯和迷你靠垫。 另一个角落里放着一个涂了蓝色波点的鸡蛋盒，

filled with snacks for the bunnies. Everything looked just like the table they were sitting under. "What's this?" Millie asked as she looked inside a shoebox full of old wrapping paper. "That's where we hide in case someone looks under the table," Fifi explained. "Millie!" a voice called from the house. "I've got to go," Millie said, hugging each bunny in turn.

里面装满了给小兔子们的零食。 这里的一切看起来都和她们头顶的那张桌子一模一样。 “这是什么呀？” 米莉看着一个装满旧包装纸的鞋盒里面，开口问道。 “要是有人往桌子底下看，我们就躲在这里面呀。”菲菲解释道。 “米莉！” 一个声音从房子里传了出来。 “我得走啦。”米莉说着，挨个抱了抱每只小兔子。

"Have fun!" Dolly squealed, as party music started to play in the garden. Millie clambered out from under the table and dusted off her dress. Mom had bought it especially for the party, and it was covered in tiny sparkly prints of ballet shoes.

“玩得开心呀！” 多莉尖声叫着，这时候花园里开始响起派对的音乐了。 米莉从桌子底下爬出来，拍了拍裙子上的灰。 这条裙子是妈妈特意为派对买的，上面印满了小小的、闪着光的芭蕾舞鞋图案。