Chapter 7

7 Aisha turned to face the bears. She wasn't quite sure what she was going to say to them, but she knew it had to be good. She opened her mouth to speak, but her paws slipped in different directions. She fell—splat—on the ice. As she tried to stand up, she slipped again, landing on her tail. Aisha

艾莎转过身来面对熊。 她不太确定该对他们说些什么，但她知道必须说得好听点。 她张开嘴想说话，但她的爪子却滑向了不同的方向。 她扑通一声摔在冰上。 当她试图站起来时，又滑了一跤，尾巴着地。 艾莎

wasn't much good at skating as a human girl, but as a dragon she found it virtually impossible! A strange growly noise filled the air. Aisha looked at the bears. "Are you laughing at me?" she asked, laughing herself as she tried to stand up straight. "Sorry," said a bear with a glittery silver scarf and matching tutu. "But you are a really bad

作为一个人类女孩，她并不擅长滑冰，但作为一条龙，她发现这几乎是不可能的!空气中充满了一种奇怪的咆哮声。 阿伊莎看着熊。 “你在笑我吗?”她问，她自己也笑着，试图站直身子。 “对不起，”一头戴着闪闪发光的银色围巾、穿着与之相配的芭蕾舞裙的熊说。 “可你真是个坏蛋

skater!" "I know." Aisha sighed. "How about you show me how it's done? I really need some tips." The bears put their heads together and spoke in quiet, deep voices. Then the silver-scarfed bear looked back at Aisha. "We will do a short routine for you, but only if your dragon friends join in." "We'd LOVE to!" said Mei. "Let's go over there," suggested Quinn. "The ice is smoother." She winked at Aisha as she and Mei led the bears away from the mirror shard. As the bears began to skate, the wind jangled the icicles dangling from the trees. They made a tinkling, bell-like sound. Beams of soft light fell in shafts across the icy lake, gleaming like spotlights. Faster and faster the bears skated, twirling and leaping with strength and grace. Their tutus fluttered. Mei and Quinn tried to follow along, and soon the bears held on to their paws to include them in the routine. Aisha felt a little pang as they

溜冰者!”“我知道。”艾莎叹了口气。 “你给我示范一下怎么样?” 我真的需要一些建议。”熊把头凑在一起，用平静而低沉的声音说话。 然后，戴银疤的熊回头看了看艾莎。 “我们会为你表演一段简短的舞蹈，但前提是你的龙朋友们也要加入。” “我们很乐意!”梅说。“我们去那边吧。”奎因建议道。 “冰更光滑了。”当她和梅把熊从镜子碎片上引开时，她对艾莎眨了眨眼。 当熊开始滑冰时，风吹得树上悬挂的冰柱发出刺耳的声音。 它们发出铃铛般的丁当声。 一束束柔和的光线像聚光灯一样，照在冰冷的湖面上。 熊滑得越来越快，旋转和跳跃的力量和优雅。 他们的短裙飘动着。梅和奎因试着跟在他们后面，很快，熊抓住了他们的爪子，让他们也加入了他们的行列。 艾莎感到一阵痛苦

all whooshed over the smooth ice in complicated patterns. She wished she were part of the dance! But I have a job to do, she reminded herself. We can come back another time, and I'll learn how to skate then. Aisha slid carefully over to the mirror shard, which was jutting out of the ice. It was snowing again, and the mirror was half-covered in fresh snow. "I'll help you dig it out," said PlushyPup. He began digging at the snow furiously with his front paws. Snow sprayed in all directions. Aisha dug, too. But it seemed that no matter how hard they dug, they could not get through the pile of snow. It felt like they weren't getting anywhere! And then Aisha heard a noise. Looking up, she saw a bright blue puppy with big blue eyes, fluttering in the sky above her. "PlushyPup?" Aisha called, confused. But PlushyPup was still next to her! And now that she looked closely, Aisha saw the puppy

它们以复杂的图案在光滑的冰面上呼啸而过。 她真希望自己也能参加舞会!但我有工作要做，她提醒自己。 我们可以改天再来，到时候我再学滑冰。 艾莎小心翼翼地滑到露出冰面的镜子碎片旁。 又下雪了，镜子半掩着一层新雪。 “我帮你把它挖出来。”毛绒狗说。 他开始用前爪疯狂地挖雪。 雪喷向四面八方。 艾莎也挖了起来。但似乎无论他们怎么努力挖掘，他们都无法穿过这堆雪。 感觉他们没有任何进展!然后阿伊莎听到了一个声音。 抬头一看，她看见一只蓝色的小狗，大大的蓝眼睛，在她头顶的天空中飞舞。 “PlushyPup ?”艾莎不解地叫道。 但毛绒狗还在她身边!现在她仔细看了看，看到了小狗

above her was even smaller than PlushyPup. "It's TrustyPup, my little sister!" barked PlushyPup in delight. "What are you doing here?" "I've come to help you, of course," said the tiny puppy, landing in the snow.

在她上面，比毛绒狗还小。 “是托拉斯小狗，我的小妹妹!”毛绒小狗高兴地叫道。 “你在这儿干什么?”“我当然是来帮你的，”小狗说着，落在了雪地上。

Aisha wasn't sure how much help this teensy creature would be. But the moment TrustyPup started digging, snow went flying everywhere. TrustyPup was small, but she was an excellent digger. With her there, PlushyPup seemed to dig even faster, too. Soon, the shard of mirror began to budge. Aisha's heart thumped with excitement. "Keep digging!" she called to the hardworking puppies. "I am going to try and pull the mirror out of the ice." Being careful not to look into it, Aisha gripped the mirror's frame with her claws. She tugged and tugged… but the mirror was stuck. The sky darkened, as if a big storm cloud had formed overhead. But Aisha knew it wasn't really a storm cloud. Looking up, she saw masses of Shadow Sprites swirling above. One sprite pulled itself from the pack and lunged down at her. As it wrapped around her wing, Aisha felt a coldness spread through her.

艾莎不确定这个小家伙能帮上多少忙。 但TrustyPup一开始挖，雪就飞得到处都是。 托普小狗很小，但她是一个优秀的挖掘者。 有了她，毛绒狗似乎挖得更快了。 很快，镜子碎片开始移动。 艾莎兴奋得心怦怦直跳。 “继续挖!”她对努力工作的小狗们喊道。 “我要试着把镜子从冰里拔出来。” 艾莎小心翼翼地不往里看，用爪子抓住了镜框。 她拽啊拽，但镜子还是卡住了。 天空变暗了，好像在头顶上形成了一大片乌云。 但艾莎知道那不是真正的风暴云。 抬头一看，她看见一大群暗影精灵在上空盘旋。 一个精灵从人群中挣脱出来，扑向她。 当它缠绕在她的翅膀上时，艾莎感到一股寒意传遍全身。