Chapter 2-4

CHAPTER FOUR In which we meet an overworked fairy godmother Jellybean startled back in shock as the fairy tumbled head over heels into a bush. She pulled herself out of the branches and brushed off fairy dust, which sparkled as it fell to the ground. A couple of twigs clung to her hair. She straightened her wand, which had been bent in the fall. She was a very small fairy, less than half Florizella's height. She could have been any age– up

第四章 本章我们会认识一位过度操劳的教母仙女。只见仙女翻着跟头摔进灌木丛里，软糖吓得连连往后退。 她从树枝里钻出来，拍掉身上的仙尘，那些仙尘落到地上的时候还闪着微光。 她的头发上还挂着几根小树枝。 她把摔弯的魔杖掰回了原样。 她是个非常娇小的仙女，身高还不到弗洛里泽拉的一半。 你完全猜不出她的年纪——最多

to about 400 years. She wore a fairy gown in yellow, like a party dress, but it was so old that it was ragged at the hem held together with pins. Around her neck she had a number of scarves in silver and gold that floated around, getting wrapped up in the large wings folded down her back. Her hair was pink, her expression completely baffled. "Oh gracious, not again!" she exclaimed, catching a trailing scarf that had wrapped itself round her waist. "And which one are you?" she asked Florizella. "I suppose it was you who has to have a wish granted? All in a moment and never a please or a thank you?" Jellybean looked hopeful for a moment– he had been wishing to go home for some time. Indeed, he had wished that they had never come. He was perfectly prepared to say "please" or "thank you". But the fairy was not speaking to him. She glowered up at Florizella. "Which one are you?" she repeated irritably. "For heaven's sake!" She grabbed another scarf that had twisted round her feet.

也就四百岁左右吧。 她穿了一条黄色的仙女长裙，就像派对礼服似的，可裙子太旧了，裙摆都磨破了，全靠别针固定才没散开。 她脖子上围了好些银闪闪、金灿灿的围巾，飘来飘去的，还缠到了她收拢在背后的大翅膀上。 她的头发是粉色的，脸上满是茫然的神情。 “哎呀天哪，怎么又来！” 她一边嚷嚷，一边抓住了一条缠到腰上的、拖得长长的围巾。 “你又是谁呀？” 她问弗洛里泽拉。 “我猜就是你想要我实现愿望对吧？ 说来就来，连个请或者谢谢都不说的？” 软糖一下子燃起了希望——他想回家已经想了好一阵子了。 说真的，他都巴不得他们当初根本没来这儿。 他完全愿意说“请”或者“谢谢”。 可仙女根本不是在跟他说话。 她气鼓鼓地抬眼瞪着弗洛里泽拉。 “你到底是谁？” 她不耐烦地又问了一遍。 “我的天呐！” 她又抓住了一条缠到她脚上的围巾。

"Which one?" "Yes, which one! Which one! Which one! You just pulled me through a hedge backwards without the least notice, suddenly throwing a true wish a "wish with all your heart!" into the air, so I can't ignore it! I suppose that you're one of mine, though I have so many I can hardly be expected to tell one from

“是谁？” “对，是谁！ 是谁！ 是谁！ 你刚才一声招呼都不打，就把我从树篱后面拽过来，突然往天上甩了个真心愿望，什么“全心全意许愿”，我想假装没听见都不行！ 我猜你应该是我负责的孩子之一吧，可我管的孩子太多了，我可没法把谁和谁都分

t'other. And indeed I don't. I can't! Don't even want to!" "You came because I wished?" Florizella asked, trying to drag some sense out of the squeaks of outrage. "I had to! If you're one of my godchildren! I don't get any choice do I? So which one are you? You can't be Sophronia because she never wishes for anything seriously. She just makes a list of sweets and presents, but she never has a wish with all her heart. Treats me like some sort of delivery service. I told her– I'm a fairy godmother not a postie." "I'm not Sophronia," Florizella began. "I'm…" "And you can't be Jezackerly because I saw her last week when she wished for peace for all the world." The fairy tutted. "She only does it to look good in her wishing class. As though I could deliver world peace in Flatland just because she wished for it! Do you have any idea how many people there are in Flatland? And how quarrelsome they are? And how little attention they pay to fairies?" "I'm not Jezackerly," Florizella said humbly. "You can't be Petersweet because he's another fanciful wisher– raindrops on roses, whiskers on

清楚。 而且我也不想分。 我做不到！ 我根本不想费那个劲！” “你是因为我许愿才来的？” 弗洛里泽拉问道，努力想从这气呼呼的尖声叫嚷里理出点头绪。 “我不得不来啊！ 谁让你是我要照看的教子教女之一呢！ 我根本没得选，不是吗？ 所以你到底是谁？ 你不可能是索菲罗妮亚，因为她从来不会真心实意地许愿。 她只会列个清单写满想要的糖果和礼物，从来不会全心全意地许一个愿望。 她把我当什么送货的一样。 我都跟她说了——我是仙女教母，不是送快递的。” “我不是索菲罗妮亚，”弗洛里泽拉刚开口。 “我是……”“你也不可能是杰萨克利，我上周才见过她，她当时许愿要全世界都和平。” 仙女咂了咂嘴。 她那么做不过是想在许愿课上装乖罢了。 搞得好像只要她许愿，我就能让平地国实现世界和平似的！ 你知道平地国有多少人吗？ 你知道他们有多爱吵架吗？ 你知道他们根本就不把我们仙女当回事吗？” “我不是杰萨克利，”弗洛里泽拉恭恭敬敬地说。 “你也不可能是彼得甜，他也是个尽想些没用的愿望的家伙——什么玫瑰上的雨滴呀，小猫的胡须呀

kittens. Not even original. I mean, I can do things like that– anyone competent can– but what's the point of them? It's nothing but conjuring tricks– like rabbits out of a hat. And what's the use of having a rabbit in your top hat? They always poo in the hat, you know. So, days after you've forgotten your very clever conjuring trick, long after your audience has gone away, you put on your coat, you pop your top hat on your head, and there you are with a load of rabbit poo in your hair. Not so very clever then, are you?" "I suppose not," Florizella said, feeling more and more confused. "My name is Florizella. I'm the princess of the Seven Kingdoms." The fairy hunted through her pockets and put on a pair of glasses. She peered at her. "You're Florizella?" she confirmed. "Yes." "Quite sure?" "Yes," Florizella said. "Certain." "I've not seen you before," the fairy said severely as if this was Florizella's fault. "No, I don't think so," Florizella admitted. "I'm delighted to meet you, of course, and excuse me, but

这类的。 一点新意都没有。 我是说，这些事我都能做到——但凡有点本事的仙女都能——可做这些有什么意义呢？ 不过就是些小魔术罢了——就像从帽子里变出兔子一样。 可你大礼帽里装只兔子有什么用呢？ 你知道吗，它们总爱在帽子里拉屎。 所以等过几天，你早就忘了你那个厉害的小魔术，观众也早就走光了，你穿上外套，把大礼帽往头上一戴，结果头发上沾了一堆兔子屎。 到那时候你就不觉得自己聪明了，对吧？” “好像是这样，”弗洛里泽拉说，感觉越来越糊涂了。 “我叫弗洛里泽拉。 是七王国的公主。” 仙女在口袋里翻了半天，掏出一副眼镜戴上。 她眯起眼睛打量着她。 “你是弗洛里泽拉？” 她确认道。 “是的。” “你确定吗？” “是的，”弗洛里泽拉说。 “我确定。” “我以前没见过你啊，”仙女严厉地说，那语气好像这是弗洛里泽拉的错一样。 “对，我也觉得我们没见过，”弗洛里泽拉承认道。 “当然啦，我很高兴认识您，不好意思打扰您，可是

who are you?" "I am your fairy godmother!" the fairy announced grandly, twisting a gauzy scarf round her neck. "Fairy Fata your fairy godmother. And I have come to grant your wish." "Right," Florizella said, a bit surprised. "I didn't know I had a fairy godmother, you see. No one ever mentioned you to me." "Never mentioned your fairy godmother? Never mentioned me?" Florizella shook her head. "Heavens, how rude! What were your parents thinking of? They never even mentioned me?" "I am sorry. I'm sure there has been some misunderstanding," Florizella said on her best royal behaviour. "Have you come far?" "Of course I've come far, you silly girl!" Fairy Fata exclaimed irritably, pulling the rest of the twigs out of her pink hair. "All the way from Fairyland, tumbling through space and time and possibly other dimensions to arrive– pouf!– here! At the whim of a god-daughter who has never even heard of me, who has some nonsensical wish about a bear!"

你是谁呀？” “我是你的仙女教母呀！” 仙女一边把薄纱围巾绕到脖子上，一边神气地宣布。 “我是仙女法塔，你的仙女教母。 我是来帮你实现愿望的。” “哦，好呀。”弗洛里泽拉有点惊讶地说。 “你知道吗，我之前都不知道我有仙女教母。 从来没人跟我提起过你。” “从来没提过你的仙女教母？ 从来没提过我？” 弗洛里泽拉摇了摇头。 “天呐，这也太没礼貌了！ 你爸爸妈妈到底在想什么呀？ 他们居然连提都没提过我？” “对不起呀。 肯定是有什么误会啦。”弗洛里泽拉拿出最得体的王室仪态说。 “你是从很远的地方来的吗？” “当然是从很远的地方来的呀，你这傻孩子！” 仙女法塔一边气呼呼地说，一边把剩下的小树枝从她粉色的头发上揪下来。 “我从仙境一路过来，穿过了空间、时间，说不定还有别的维度，然后“嘭”的一声就到这儿了！ 都是为了满足我的教女的愿望，可她连听都没听说过我，愿望还是什么关于一只熊的傻事！”