Chapter 2

2 Grace looked back at the shore. A moment ago, the cove had been full of people, swimming and playing. Now there was no one here at all! Even stranger, the parking lot had disappeared. In its place grew a huge forest. Tall trees reached toward

格蕾丝回头看了看海岸。 刚才，小海湾里还挤满了人，在游泳和玩耍。 现在这里一个人也没有了!更奇怪的是，停车场不见了。 在它的地方生长着一片巨大的森林。 高大的树木伸向

the sky, their leaves rustling. The sounds of twittering birds filled the air. "Where am I?" Grace wondered out loud. Her voice sounded strange. Louder and more powerful somehow. A tiny fish popped its head out of the water. It had a purple tail, a pink face, and an orange body and fins. "Wow," Grace breathed. "You're the prettiest fish I have ever seen!" The fish wiggled its fins in a pleased kind of way. And then it spoke. "Thank you. And you're the nicest Sea Dragon I've ever met." Grace laughed with delight. The fish could talk! But it was clearly a little confused. "I'm no Sea Dragon," she explained. "I'm just an ordinary girl. Tell me, little fish—where am I? Everything looks different." "You're in the Magic Forest," the fish said, flapping its fins and sending shimmering water everywhere. "In the Magic Cove at the edge of the

天空中，树叶沙沙作响。 空中充满了鸟儿的啾啾声。 “我在哪儿?”格蕾丝大声问道。 她的声音听起来很奇怪。 声音更大，更有力量。 一条小鱼从水里探出头来。 它有紫色的尾巴，粉红色的脸，橙色的身体和鳍。 “哇，”格蕾丝喘着气说。“你是我见过的最漂亮的鱼!”那条鱼很高兴地摆动着鳍。 然后它说话了。“谢谢。 你是我见过的最好的海龙。” 格蕾丝高兴地笑了。 鱼会说话!但它显然有点混乱。 “我不是海龙，”她解释说。 “我只是一个普通的女孩。 告诉我，小鱼——我在哪儿? 一切看起来都不一样了。” “你在魔法森林里。”鱼说着，拍打着鳍，把闪闪发光的水喷得到处都是。 “在魔法湾，在

forest, to be precise. My name is FinFin. I am here to help you. Also, you're definitely a Sea Dragon. Just take a look at yourself if you don't believe me!" Grace looked down and gasped. She was still in the water, but even so, she could see her body was completely different! She was covered with gleaming aqua scales, for one thing. And her legs had disappeared! Instead, she had an elegant fish tail. It swished back and forth, keeping her afloat. Then she caught sight of her face, reflected in the water's surface. Tall ears twitched on the top of her head. She also had horns, shining like mother-of-pearl! "Can this be real?" Grace asked herself. It all felt like a dream.

确切地说，是森林。我的名字叫FinFin。 我是来帮你的。而且，你绝对是海龙。 如果你不相信我，就看看你自己吧!”格蕾丝低下头，倒吸了一口气。 她还在水里，但即便如此，她可以看到她的身体完全不同了!首先，她身上覆盖着闪闪发光的水色鳞片。 她的腿不见了!相反，她有一条优雅的鱼尾。 它来回摆动，使她浮在水面上。 然后她看见了自己的脸，倒影在水面上。 高高的耳朵在她的头顶上颤动着。 她还有角，像珍珠母一样闪闪发光!“这是真的吗?”格蕾丝问自己。 这一切就像一场梦。

"Try roaring, if you still don't believe it," FinFin suggested. Grace was about to explain that she didn't know how to roar when a funny burbling grew in her chest. She opened her mouth and a huge roar burst from her. It was so loud that a flock of birds in the forest rose into the air like a colorful cloud, twittering in fright. "Did I do that?" Grace gasped.

“如果你还是不相信，那就吼一吼吧。”芬芬建议道。 格蕾丝正要解释她不知道如何咆哮时，她的胸口发出了一种奇怪的咕咕声。 她张开嘴，发出一声巨大的吼声。 声音太大了，森林里的一群鸟像一片彩云一样飞到空中，惊恐地叽叽喳喳地叫着。 “是我干的吗?”格蕾丝气喘吁吁地说。

"You certainly did," FinFin said, clapping her fins together, even though they made no sound. "And that was nothing! When Sea Dragons roar underwater, it can be heard hundreds of miles away. But there's no time to try that now. We need to get to the glade. The Tree Queen is waiting for you." "The Tree Queen?" Grace repeated. This was getting stranger by the minute. "Who's that?" "The ruler of the Magic Forest, of course!" explained FinFin. "She is the one who called you and the other Sea Dragons to help. There is a big problem with the Magic Cove." Grace looked around. The sea was beautiful. Here and there rocks jutted out, glowing in the warm sunshine. Graceful palm trees lined the shore. The cove seemed perfect to her. "What sort of problem?" she asked. FinFin did a flip, sending sparkling droplets flying. "All I know is that it's something to do with the Fire Queen. She hates water! We must be

“你当然做到了。”芬芬说着，拍了拍她的鳍，尽管它们没有发出声音。 “这没什么!”当海龙在水下咆哮时，几百英里外都能听到。 但现在没时间尝试了。 我们得去林间空地。 树后在等你呢。” “树后?”优雅的重复。 时间一分一秒地过去了。 “那是谁?”“当然是魔法森林的统治者!”芬芬解释道。 “是她叫你和其他海龙来帮忙的。 魔法湾有个大问题。” 格蕾丝环顾四周。大海很美。 到处凸出岩石，在温暖的阳光下闪闪发光。 岸边排列着优美的棕榈树。 对她来说，这个爱人似乎是完美的。 “什么样的问题?”她问。 FinFin做了一个空翻，飞沫飞溅。 “我只知道这事跟烈火皇后有关。 她讨厌水!我们必须

careful on our way to the glade. The Fire Queen's helpers are the Fire Sparks. They are bad news, believe me." Grace nodded. Just because she couldn't see a problem didn't mean there wasn't one. "How do

去林间空地的路上小心点。 火女王的助手是火火花。 这些都是坏消息，相信我。” 优雅的点了点头。她没发现问题不代表就没有问题。 “怎么