6 Chapter 6

6 At first the glow bees just ignored Azmina, flying around her as if she were nothing more than a weirdly-shaped golden flying tree. She coughed

起初，发光的蜜蜂根本不理会阿兹米娜，在她周围飞来飞去，仿佛她只不过是一棵形状怪异的金色飞行树。 她咳嗽

some glittery sparks to try to get their attention, and one of the bees stopped mid-flight. "Do you mind not doing that? It's very distracting!" it buzzed irritably. "Sorry," said Azmina politely. "We were just wondering if you could do something for us. We'd bee so grateful." Another bee stopped. "Glow bees don't do favors!" "And we hate bee jokes!" said the first bee. "But if you don't help us, the whole forest could lose its sparkle!" called Naomi from where she was hovering. "Shhh!" whispered Willa. Naomi made a sorry face and shrugged. "I'm sorry about the bee joke. It's just, this is really important," said Azmina hastily. "Could we possibly talk to your queen?" Now a whole group of bees flew up, buzzing angrily. "Glow bees do NOT have a queen! We

一些闪闪发光的火花试图引起它们的注意，其中一只蜜蜂在飞行途中停了下来。 “你能不能别那么做?” 太让人分心了!”它烦躁地嗡嗡叫着。 “对不起，”阿兹米娜礼貌地说。 “我们只是想知道你是否能为我们做点什么。 我们会感激不尽的。”另一只蜜蜂停了下来。 “发光蜜蜂不会帮忙的!”“我们讨厌蜜蜂的笑话!”第一只蜜蜂说。 “但是如果你不帮助我们，整个森林都会失去它的光彩!”娜奥米从她盘旋的地方喊道。 “嘘!”威拉小声说。娜奥米愁眉苦脸地耸了耸肩。 “关于蜜蜂的笑话，我很抱歉。 只是，这真的很重要，”阿兹米娜急忙说。 “我们能和你的女王谈谈吗?”这时，一大群蜜蜂飞了起来，愤怒地嗡嗡叫着。 “发光蜜蜂没有蜂后!”我们

have a democratically elected president. You clearly know nothing about us!" Oh boy! This is NOT going well, thought Azmina. But she needed to make this work somehow. "You make the best honey in the Magic

有一个民主选举的总统。 你显然对我们一无所知!”哦,男孩!事情不太顺利，阿兹米娜想。 但她需要想办法解决这个问题。 “你做的蜂蜜是魔法界最好的

Forest," Azmina said, using her Can I have another scoop of ice-cream? voice. It sometimes worked on her mom. The bees buzzed again, but in a proud kind of way. "And only your special honey can help the Magic Forest right now," Azmina added quickly. "Help? What kind of help does it need?" asked a new bee. The other bees parted to let her through. "I'm President Bee. What exactly is the problem?" "Well, have you noticed that the sun isn't shining brightly today?" asked Azmina. There was a buzz of agreement. "All the flowers have already started to close, but it isn't even late afternoon!" called one bee. "It's because of the Shadow Sprites," Naomi cried. The buzzing grew loud and angry again. "Don't worry!" Azmina said. "We are working on a special potion to stop them. We already have

阿兹米娜用她的手指说:“我能再来一勺冰淇淋吗?” 的声音。有时这对她妈妈有用。 蜜蜂们又嗡嗡地叫了起来，但是以一种骄傲的方式。 “现在只有你的特殊蜂蜜才能帮助魔法森林。”阿兹米娜赶紧补充道。 “帮助?它需要什么样的帮助呢?”一只新来的蜜蜂问道。 其他的蜜蜂分开让她通过。 “我是蜜蜂总统。到底是什么问题?”“嗯，你注意到今天太阳不太亮了吗?”阿兹米娜问。 一阵同意的嗡嗡声。 “所有的花都开始凋谢了，可还没到傍晚呢!”一只蜜蜂叫道。 “那是因为暗影精灵，”娜奥米哭着说。 嗡嗡声又变得响亮而愤怒了。 “别担心!”Azmina说。 “我们正在研制一种特殊的魔药来阻止它们。 我们已经有了

one ingredient. But now we need some of your special glow honey." She smiled at the bees. Surely they would agree. If there were no sunshine, there would be no flowers. And if there were no flowers, there would be no honey! The bees' buzzing grew so loud that little sparks of light shot into the air. "Absolutely not," cried one bee. "Glow bees do NOT give away their honey," buzzed another. "We work very hard to make it. Why should we let you have it for nothing?" "But we're trying to help the forest!" erupted Naomi. "You bees are—" "Making a good point!" interrupted Azmina before Naomi could finish. The glow bees had long, gleaming stingers. She did not want to find out exactly how sharp they were! "We don't expect you to simply give us your honey," said Azmina, thinking fast. "We could exchange it for something! Like, some glitter?"

一个成分。但现在我们需要一些你特制的发光蜂蜜。” 她对着蜜蜂微笑。他们当然会同意。 如果没有阳光，就不会有鲜花。 如果没有花，就不会有蜂蜜!蜜蜂的嗡嗡声越来越大，小火花射向空中。 “绝对不行，”一只蜜蜂喊道。 另一只蜜蜂嗡嗡地说:“发光蜜蜂不会把它们的蜜送人的。” “我们非常努力地工作。 我们为什么要白送你呢?”“但我们正在努力帮助森林!”娜奥米爆发了。 “说得很有道理!”娜奥米还没来得及说完，阿兹米娜就打断了他。 发光的蜜蜂有长长的、闪闪发光的毒刺。 她不想知道它们到底有多锋利!“我们不指望你简单地把你的蜂蜜给我们，”阿兹米娜说，思考得很快。 “我们可以用它换点什么!”比如，一些闪光剂?”

she said hopefully. "Glittery honey would be pretty amazing." The bees went into a huddle, buzzing softly together. The Dragon Girls exchanged nervous looks. Finally, the huddle broke up, and President Bee flew over to Azmina. "We all agree: Our glow honey is perfect just the way it is. We don't want your glitter." Azmina listened in dismay. What were they going to do now? But the president hadn't finished. "However, we have another idea. We challenge you to a flying competition: bees versus Dragon Girls. We will fly through the same course. If you three can do it as well as us, we will reward you with some of our honey. What do you say?" The Dragon Girls looked at one another. The bees had been flying all their lives. Today was Azmina's first day! It didn't seem like a fair competition. But what choice did they have?

她满怀希望地说。“闪闪发光的蜂蜜会很神奇。” 蜜蜂挤成一团，一起轻轻地嗡嗡作响。 龙女们紧张地交换了一下眼色。 最后，这群人散去了，比总统飞到阿兹米纳。 “我们都同意:我们的发光蜂蜜是完美的，就像它一样。 我们不要你的亮片。” 阿兹米娜沮丧地听着。 他们现在要做什么? 但是总统还没有说完。 “然而，我们有另一个想法。 我们向你挑战一场飞行比赛:蜜蜂对龙女郎。 我们将飞越同样的航线。 如果你们三个能做得和我们一样好，我们就奖励你们一些蜂蜜。 你说呢?”龙女们面面相觑。 这些蜜蜂一生都在飞翔。 今天是阿兹米娜第一天上班!这看起来不像是一场公平的竞争。 但他们还有什么选择呢?