Chapter 5

5 "What do we do?" Quinn whispered, looking worried. "We are stronger than the bunnies," said Aisha. "We could grab the book and fly away. But that's too mean! We'd be no better than the Shadow Sprites."

“我们该怎么办?”奎因小声说，看上去很担心。 “我们比兔子们强壮。”艾莎说。 “我们可以抓起书飞走。 但那太卑鄙了!我们比暗影精灵好不了多少。”

Mei had an idea. "Let's create a replacement roof! We're good at making things. We could create something the bunnies will really treasure." The others agreed that this was a great plan. Nearby, long golden-green reeds grew along a stream. Mei picked a handful and then wrapped another reed around the bunch to hold them together. Perfect! She picked more reeds and tied these to the first bunch. Aisha held up a long purple feather she'd found. "How about we weave this in?" she suggested. "Yes!" agreed Mei. "Let's make this roof as gorgeous as possible."

梅有了一个主意。“让我们造一个新的屋顶吧!”我们擅长制造东西。 我们可以创造出让兔子们真正珍惜的东西。” 其他人都认为这是一个伟大的计划。 不远处，一条小溪边长着长长的金绿色芦苇。 梅摘了一把，然后用另一根芦苇把它们缠在一起。 完美!她又摘了一些芦苇，把它们绑在第一束芦苇上。 艾莎举起一根她找到的紫色长羽毛。 “我们把这个编进去怎么样?”她建议道。 “是啊!”“让我们把这个屋顶弄得尽可能漂亮。”

Aisha and Quinn ran around, collecting reeds and feathers and flowers for Mei to weave into the roof. The bunnies paid them no attention. They were too busy working their way through the carrots. Finally, Mei took a step back. "It's done! What do you think?" Quinn tilted her head. "It's good," she said. "But I feel like it's missing something."

艾莎和奎因跑来跑去，收集芦苇、羽毛和花朵，让梅编织在屋顶上。 兔子们没有注意到他们。 他们太忙了，忙着从胡萝卜中挖出一条路来。 最后，梅向后退了一步。 “这是完成了!你觉得怎么样?”奎因歪着头。 “很好，”她说。“但我觉得它少了一些东西。”

Aisha nodded. "This roof has to be amazing if those bunnies are going to give up the book." What could they add? They had woven in the prettiest flowers and feathers they could find. "We could add some carrots," Aisha suggested. Quinn laughed. "Then the bunnies will eat their roof! We need to make it something they'll treasure, not snack on." Quinn's words made Mei think. They were Treasure Dragons, so they were good at finding treasure—and they were good at protecting it. But could it mean something else as well? She thought about when she'd first arrived in the forest. The red flame from her roar had made the unripe apple juicy and gorgeous. "I have an idea," she said. "Let's try roaring together over the roof." Aisha's eyes sparkled. "Let's do it." The three Treasure Dragons gathered around the thatched roof they'd made. "One, two, three, ROAR!" cried Mei.

艾莎点点头。“如果那些兔子要放弃这本书，这个屋顶必须很神奇。” 他们还能加上什么呢?他们把能找到的最漂亮的花和羽毛都织进去了。 “我们可以加一些胡萝卜，”艾莎建议。 奎因笑了。“然后兔子会吃掉他们的屋顶!”我们需要让它成为他们珍惜的东西，而不是零食。” 奎因的话引起了梅的思考。 它们是藏宝龙，所以它们善于寻找宝藏，也善于保护宝藏。 但它是否也意味着别的什么呢? 她想起了她第一次来到森林的时候。 她吼叫时发出的红色火焰使未成熟的苹果变得多汁而华丽。 “我有个主意，”她说。 “让我们一起在屋顶上咆哮吧。” 艾莎的眼睛闪闪发光。“我们开始吧。” 三只宝龙聚集在自己搭的茅草屋顶周围。 “一，二，三，吼!”

Mei's red flame mingled in the air with Quinn's jade-green flame and Aisha's sapphire one. The swirling colors floated down toward the roof. Mei held her breath as the flames touched the reeds. She really hoped all their hard work wasn't about to go up in smoke! Quinn gasped. "It's changing!" The reeds now glowed a gorgeous bright gold. The flowers glittered like jewels. The purple feathers looked the same, but when Mei touched one, she found it had turned hard, like metal. The whole roof had transformed into a bejeweled masterpiece.

梅的红色火焰与奎恩的玉绿色火焰和艾莎的蓝宝石火焰混合在一起。 旋转的色彩飘向屋顶。 当火焰碰到芦苇时，梅屏住了呼吸。 她真希望他们的辛勤工作不要付诸东流!奎因气喘吁吁地说。 “这是改变!”芦苇现在发出了耀眼的金色光芒。 花儿像珠宝一样闪闪发光。 那些紫色的羽毛看起来还是一样，但当梅摸到其中一根时，她发现它变硬了，像金属一样。 整个屋顶都变成了一件宝石镶嵌的杰作。

"What have you got there?" called a bunny, hopping over. His eyes lit up when he saw the roof. "That's beautiful. Is it for us?" "We were going to give it to you in exchange for the book. But you don't want another roof, do you?" Mei said sweetly. "Yes, we do! We do!" cried the bunnies, hopping closer and leaping up and down excitedly. "You can have that ugly brown roof. We never liked it anyway. This one is MUCH nicer."

“你拿的是什么?”一只兔子跳过来叫道。 他看到屋顶时眼睛一亮。 “那是美丽的。是给我们的吗?”“我们打算把它给你，以换取那本书。 但你不想要另一个屋顶，是吗?”梅甜甜地说。 “是的，我们有!”小兔子们叫着，跳得更近了，兴奋地跳上跳下。 “你可以拥有那个丑陋的棕色屋顶。 反正我们也不喜欢它。这张好多了。”