Chapter 15

Chapter 15 REDUCE. REUSE. REJOICE! As she swam once more in the ocean, Harper allowed a sense of victory to wash over her. They had just faced their greatest Minecraft challenge yet. At first, it had seemed like too big a problem to solve. But they'd solved it. By working together. By making sure nobody had to face the challenge alone. It was a lesson she'd try hard to remember. The next time she felt the weight of the world on her shoulders, she would talk to her friends first.

第十五章减少。重用。喜乐!当她再次在海里游泳时，哈珀让一种胜利的感觉笼罩着她。 他们刚刚面对了迄今为止最大的《我的世界》挑战。 起初，这似乎是一个难以解决的大问题。 但是他们解决了这个问题。通过共同努力。 通过确保没有人必须独自面对挑战。 这是她要努力记住的一课。 下次她感到这个世界的重担压在她的肩膀上时，她会先和她的朋友们谈谈。

A sea turtle was swimming nearby. Harper remembered those baby sea turtles they'd saved on the beach so many days ago. Time moved quickly here. Was this one of those babies, all grown up? Protecting those hatchlings had been such a small action. But small actions had big consequences. And enough small actions might add up to something truly great. Maybe even saving-the-planet great. Harper breathed a little easier. And this time, it had nothing to do with potions or a magical undersea conduit. Ms. Minerva kicked open the door and entered the classroom. Doc was right behind her. Their arms were full of old lunch trays. "Lunch is served!" called Doc. "Well, lunch trays, anyway…" Harper hurried over to hold the door open for

一只海龟在附近游泳。 哈珀想起了许多天前他们在海滩上救下的那些小海龟。 这里的时间过得很快。这是那些婴儿中的一个吗，都长大了？ 保护那些刚孵出的小海龟是一件微不足道的事。 但是小的行动会产生大的后果。 足够多的小行动可能会累积成真正伟大的事情。 也许拯救地球也很棒。 哈珀松了一口气。 这一次，它与魔药或神奇的海底管道无关。 密涅瓦踢开了门，走进了教室。 医生就在她后面。他们的怀里抱满了旧午餐托盘。 “午饭准备好了！”医生喊道。 “好吧，反正是午餐托盘……”哈帕赶紧走过去扶着门等

them. "Those are perfect," she said. "Are you sure we can use them, Ms. Minerva?" "I'm absolutely thrilled about it," the teacher answered. She and Doc dropped the trays onto the table where Morgan, Ash, Jodi, and Po sat waiting. "I told you, I don't want these things to end up in a landfill." "And we can't recycle them," said Doc. "So giving them a new life is the next best thing."

他们。“这些太完美了，”她说。 “你确定我们可以用它们吗？” 密涅瓦?”“我非常激动，”老师回答说。 她和医生把盘子放在桌子上，摩根、阿什、乔迪和阿宝坐在那里等着。 “我告诉过你，我不想让这些东西最后被扔进垃圾填埋场。” “而且我们不能回收它们，”医生说。 “所以给他们一个新的生活是次好的事情。”

"A new life as jewelry," Harper said. She nodded. "We'd better get started." "Could you use an extra set of hands?" asked Ms. Minerva. "Always," said Jodi. "Pull up a seat!" The seven of them worked all through the afternoon. At first, they followed Jodi's lead. As the most experienced artist in the group, she had a lot of ideas for how to cut, reshape, and recolor the plastic trays into tiny, coral-inspired works of art. But as the afternoon went on, they all grew more confident. They began to experiment with new shapes and techniques. Soon they had a small treasure trove of creations. Those creations showed nearly as much variety and color as an actual coral reef. "I already got the whole basketball team to agree to wear these tomorrow," Po said. "We know how good they are at starting a trend."

“作为珠宝的新生活，”哈珀说。 她点了点头。“我们最好开始吧。” “你们还需要人手吗？” 密涅瓦。“总是，”乔迪说。 “拉个座位过来！”他们七个人整个下午都在工作。 起初，他们跟随乔迪的脚步。 作为团队中最有经验的艺术家，她有很多想法，如何将塑料托盘切割、重塑、重新上色，变成微小的、以珊瑚为灵感的艺术品。 但随着下午时间的推移，他们都变得更加自信了。 他们开始尝试新的形状和技术。 很快，他们就有了一个小小的创作宝库。 这些创造物显示出几乎和真正的珊瑚礁一样多的多样性和颜色。 阿宝说：“我已经让整个篮球队同意明天穿这双鞋。” “我们知道他们在引领潮流方面有多擅长。”

"Perfect," said Ash. "The more students who want to wear fake coral, the fewer who will buy the real thing." "And that's good news for the environment," Harper said. She was the happiest she had been in days. "Speaking of good news, I just got some," said Doc. She looked up from her smartphone. "I heard back from the coral research center. They've agreed to transport our lab-grown coral to a reef off the coast of Florida."

“太好了。”阿什说。“想戴假珊瑚的学生越多，买真珊瑚的人就越少。” 哈珀说：“这对环境来说是个好消息。” 这是她几天来最快乐的时候。 “说到好消息，我刚得到一些，”医生说。 她从智能手机上抬起头来。 “我收到了珊瑚研究中心的回复。 他们同意把我们实验室培育的珊瑚运到佛罗里达海岸的一个珊瑚礁上。”