18 The dinosaur day

Winnie AND Wilbur THE DINOSAUR DAY

女巫温妮与威尔bur 恐龙奇遇记

Winnie the Witch and her big black cat Wilbur loved to visit the museum. It was full of fascinating things.

女巫温妮和她的大黑猫威尔伯，最爱去博物馆玩了。 博物馆里满是新奇有趣的好东西。

There were bugs and beetles and creepy crawlies and slinky snakes. There were buttons to push, levers to pull, and games to play. But best of all was the dinosaur room. Winnie and Wilbur liked to look at the bones and footprints and models. "I'd love to see a real dinosaur one day, Winnie always said. And Wilbur always thought, I'm glad I'll never see a real dinosaur.

那里有小虫子、金龟子、吓人的小爬虫，还有滑溜溜的小蛇。 有能按的按钮，能拉的把手，还有好玩的小游戏。 不过最棒的还要数恐龙展厅。 温妮和威尔bur最爱看恐龙骨头、脚印和模型。 “真希望有一天能亲眼见到活恐龙呀。”温妮总这么说。 而威尔bur心里总在想：还好我永远都见不到活恐龙。

One day, when Winnie and Wilbur were flying home from the library, Winnie looked down and saw a big crowd of people in the museum courtyard. "Whatever's happening there?" asked Winnie, and she flew down to have a look. There, in the courtyard, was an enormous skeleton. It was dinosaur week at the museum, and there was a special competition...

一天，温妮和威尔bur从图书馆飞回家，温妮低头一看，发现博物馆院子里挤了好多人。 “那边到底出什么事啦？”温妮一边问，一边飞下去看个究竟。 就在院子中央，立着一副巨大的骨架。 原来博物馆正在举办恐龙周，还有一场特别的比赛……

SPECIAL COMPETITION. Draw a picture or make a model to show what the SKELETON looked like when it was a DINOSAUR AND WIN A PRIZE! Winnie loved winning prizes. She looked carefully at the skeleton. It was very, very big, with lots of spiky bits. Winnie couldn't decide whether to do a picture or a model, and she couldn't decide what the dinosaur might have looked like. "It's too hard, Wilbur," Winnie said. But she really wanted to win the prize. Then Winnie had an idea.

特别比赛。 画出或做出骨架原先是活恐龙时的样子，就能赢奖品！ 温妮可喜欢赢奖品了。 她仔仔细细地观察这副骨架。 骨架特别特别大，还长了好多尖尖的刺。 温妮既没想好要画画还是做模型，也猜不出这头恐龙原来长什么样。 “这太难啦，威尔bur。”温妮说。 可她真的特别想赢奖品。 这时候，温妮想到了一个好主意。

"Jump on my shoulder, Wilbur," said Winnie, and they zoomed up into the sky and back to Winnie's house. Winnie got out her Big Book of Spells. "Yes!" she said. She shut her eyes, stamped her foot and shouted, "Abracadabra!" There was a flash of fire, a great WHOOOSH...

“跳到我肩膀上来，威尔bur。”温妮说完，就带着威尔bur一下子冲上天空，飞回了自己家。 温妮掏出了她的魔法大书。 “有啦！” 她说。 她闭上眼睛，跺了跺脚，大喊道：“阿布拉卡达布拉！” 紧接着一道火光闪过，一声巨大的呼轰声……