Chapter 4

4 "Goodbye, Treasure Dragons!" called the Tree Queen as she started turning back into a tree. "The birds tell me that Shadow Sprites were just sighted at Hoppy Hill. I suggest you start there." Mei flapped her wings. "Great! Where's Hoppy H—"

“再见了，宝龙们!”树后开始变回树。 “鸟儿告诉我，刚刚在Hoppy Hill看到了影子精灵。 我建议你从这里开始。” 梅拍打着翅膀。“太好了!霍皮·H呢——”

But it was too late. The Tree Queen's wavy hair had turned back into leaves, her long arms into solid branches. Her wise face disappeared, and they were standing in front of a lovely but entirely normal-looking tree. The Dragon Girls glanced at one another. Did that really just happen? Together, they rose into the air and pushed through the glade's force field. Quinn and Aisha almost crashed into each other but, chuckling, they managed to avoid disaster. Watching her friends laugh at themselves made Mei feel better about her own troubles learning to fly. "The more we do it, the better we'll become," she said, as much to herself as to Aisha and Quinn. "So which way to Hoppy Hill, do you think?" asked Quinn as they hovered above the trees. It was the million-dollar question. Just then, Mei saw a flash of movement. Something small, furry, and very cute leapt from a branch and landed on her shoulder.

但为时已晚。树女王的卷发又变成了树叶，她的长臂又变成了结实的树枝。 她那聪明的脸消失了，他们站在一棵可爱但看起来完全正常的树前。 龙女们面面相觑。 刚才真的发生了吗? 他们一起升到空中，穿过空地的力场。 奎因和艾莎差点撞在一起，但他们笑着躲过了一场灾难。 看着她的朋友们自嘲，梅对自己学习飞行的困难感觉好多了。 “我们做得越多，我们就会变得越好，”她说，既是对艾莎和奎因说的，也是对自己说的。 “你觉得去欢乐山的路怎么走?”当他们在树林上空盘旋时，奎因问道。 这是个价值百万美元的问题。 就在这时，梅看到了一个闪光。 一个毛茸茸的、非常可爱的小东西从树枝上跳下来，落在她的肩膀上。

"Squeaklet!" Mei sighed. "You're here!" "I am never far away," the little creature replied. "I'll show you the way to Hoppy Hill." Soon the Treasure Dragons were soaring through the bright blue sky. Mei grinned. She knew that they had a huge task ahead of them, but it was so exciting to be here! The Magic Forest unrolled like a gorgeous carpet beneath them, rich with colors and patterns.

“Squeaklet !”梅叹了口气。“你在这里!”“我从不远离，”小动物回答。 “我带你去欢乐山。” 很快，宝龙在明亮的蓝天上翱翔。 梅笑了。她知道他们面临着艰巨的任务，但来到这里真是太令人兴奋了!魔法森林像一张华丽的地毯在他们脚下展开，色彩斑斓，图案繁多。

Quinn flew up beside her. "Have you seen the trees?" she asked. "Some of them have blue leaves!" Looking down, Mei saw that Quinn was right. "This is a magic forest," Aisha pointed out, flying up on the other side. "Maybe blue leaves are normal here?" "There are some blue trees in the forest," Squeaklet confirmed. "They are called Sky Trees. But they don't grow here. The trees below are normally green." "It must be because of the missing Forest Book!" Mei said. "I wonder if other things are going wrong, too?" As she spoke, a flock of birds flew past them. They were flying upside down! The Treasure Dragon Girls exchanged a worried look. The Tree Queen had said that without The Forest Book safely in the vault, the plants and creatures would start forgetting how to behave. Was that happening to these birds?

奎因飞到她身边。“你看到那些树了吗?”她问。 “有些叶子是蓝色的!”梅低头一看，发现奎因是对的。 “这是一个神奇的森林。”艾莎指出，飞到另一边。 “也许蓝叶子在这里很正常?”“森林里有一些蓝色的树，”吱吱确认道。 “它们被称为天空树。 但它们在这里不生长。下面的树通常是绿色的。” “一定是因为丢失了那本《禁林之书》!”梅说。 “我想知道是不是其他的事情也出了问题?”她说话的时候，一群鸟从他们身边飞过。 他们是倒着飞的!宝龙女们交换了一个担心的眼神。 树后说过，如果没有《森林之书》安全地放在地窖里，植物和生物就会开始忘记如何行事。 这种情况发生在这些鸟身上吗?

"There's Hoppy Hill," Squeaklet called. Up ahead was a hill blanketed in flowers and dotted with tiny alpine houses. Each hut had a sweet thatched roof made from bound-together straw. "Time to land, Dragon Girls," Squeaklet called from his position on Mei's shoulder. "This is so fun!" roared Aisha as they zoomed toward the hillside.

吱吱叫道:“那是欢乐山。” 前面是一座鲜花覆盖的小山，点缀着小小的高山房屋。 每个小屋都有一个用捆在一起的稻草做成的甜美的茅草屋顶。 “龙姑娘们，该着陆了。”吱吱叫着站在小美肩上。 “这太好玩了!”当他们向山坡飞驰而去时，艾莎吼道。

"The best!" Mei roared back. "Umm, does anyone know how to land on the side of a hill?" asked Quinn. Mei didn't have time to answer. The hill was coming up fast! She stuck out her paws, skidded, and did three messy somersaults before coming to a stop against a tree. Mei had learned from acting that if you do something wrong onstage, you make it look like you did it on purpose. So she leapt to her paws and stood proud. She looked around for Squeaklet. She was pleased to see him safely perched on the branch of a nearby tree. He waved a paw at her, then disappeared into the foliage. Mei didn't mind. She knew he'd be back if she needed him. Aisha and Quinn were lying in a tangled heap of shiny wings, claws, and tails. Mei burst out laughing. "It's all very well for you to laugh," said a cross voice. "But how would you like it if three huge dragons nearly wiped out your village?"

“最好的!”梅吼道。 “嗯，有人知道怎么在山坡上降落吗?”奎因问。 梅没有时间回答。 那座山上升得很快!她伸出爪子，打滑了一下，翻了三个乱七八糟的跟头，最后靠着一棵树停了下来。 梅从表演中学到，如果你在舞台上做错了什么，你会让人觉得你是故意的。 于是她跳起来，骄傲地站在那里。 她四处寻找吱吱。 她很高兴看到他安全地栖息在附近一棵树的树枝上。 他朝她挥了挥爪子，然后消失在树叶中。 梅不介意。她知道如果她需要他，他会回来的。 艾莎和奎恩躺在一堆闪闪发光的翅膀、爪子和尾巴里。 梅突然大笑起来。“你笑得很好，”一个生气的声音说。 “但是，如果三条巨龙几乎毁灭了你的村庄，你会怎么想?”