Chapter 4

4 There were about a million other things that Rosie wanted to ask the Tree Queen before they went in search of the Dream Collectors. Like, what should they do if they came across the Fire Queen or her Fire Sparks? But there was no chance to ask anything more because the queen had turned back into tree form. It was hard to believe this tree, with its silvery

在他们去寻找收集梦想的人之前，罗茜还有大约一百万件其他的事情想问树女王。 比如，如果他们遇到火女王或她的火焰火花该怎么办? 但是没有机会再问什么了，因为王后已经变回了树的形状。 很难相信这棵树，它的银色

leaves and strong trunk, had looked like a person just moments ago. Rosie took the silver chain and draped it around her neck like a necklace. She turned to her friends. "Looks like we're on our own!" she said. "Are you Dragon Girls ready?" Stella nodded. "I am SO ready," she said. "We've totally got this," agreed Phoebe. She was the shyer, more nervous one of the group, but even she was bursting to go on an adventure! Together, the three friends stepped back through the protective force field. Outside the glade, the sky was just as pink and orange as it had been before. It was as if the forest was holding its breath, waiting for a night that might never arrive. "Right. Let's fly!" said Rosie, flapping her wings and rising into the air. Stella and Phoebe joined her. They weren't as good as Rosie at flying yet. They kept bumping into each other and laughing. But to Rosie, flying felt like something she was born to do.

叶子和结实的树干，刚才看起来还像一个人。 罗茜拿起银链，像戴项链一样挂在脖子上。 她转向她的朋友们。 “看来我们只能靠自己了!”她说。 “龙女们准备好了吗?”斯特拉点了点头。 “我已经准备好了，”她说。 “我们完全可以做到，”菲比同意道。 她是这群人中比较害羞、比较紧张的一个，但就连她也迫不及待地想去冒险!三个朋友一起穿过保护力场退了回去。 林间空地外面，天空还是和以前一样，是粉红色和橙色的。 仿佛整个森林都在屏住呼吸，等待一个可能永远不会到来的夜晚。 “对了。让我们飞吧!”罗茜说着，拍打着她的翅膀，飞到了空中。 斯特拉和菲比也加入了她。 他们还没有罗茜飞得好。 他们不停地撞在一起笑。 但对罗西来说，飞行似乎是她生来就该做的事。

"The Tree Queen said we should head to where the twilight colors are brightest," remembered Phoebe. "Where is that?" "Let's go up above the trees so we can see more," Rosie suggested. She led the way up through the treetops. It was the highest she'd ever flown! Down below, the Magic Forest stretched away in all directions. The setting sun glowed on the horizon, lighting up the trees in twilight tones. The leaves shone like they were made from liquid gold. "That's where we need to go," she said, pointing a wing toward the bright horizon. As she spoke, a thread from the silver ball Rosie wore began to uncoil. It stretched out toward the colorful spot where Rosie had pointed. She laughed in surprise. "The magic thread agrees!" she said. Rosie had daydreamed many times about flying with her friends. She had pictured them all

“树后说我们应该去暮色中颜色最亮的地方，”菲比回忆道。 “在哪儿?”“我们到树上面去吧，这样我们能看得更多。”罗茜建议道。 她带路穿过树梢。 这是她飞得最高的一次!下面，魔法森林向四面八方伸展开去。 夕阳照在地平线上，把树木照得暮色朦胧。 叶子闪闪发光，好像是用液体黄金做成的。 “那就是我们要去的地方，”她指着明亮的地平线说。 就在她说话的时候，罗茜穿的银球上的一根线开始散开。 它向罗茜指的那个五彩缤纷的地方延伸。 她惊讶地笑了。“魔线也同意!”她说。 罗茜曾多次做过和朋友们一起飞行的白日梦。 她把他们都想象出来了

swooping and doing tumble turns together. But she had never really thought it would happen. "I feel like I should pinch myself," she called to Phoebe and Stella. "But now that I have these big claws, I guess that's probably not a great idea!" "True!" Stella laughed. "But hey, how about we try holding paws and flying?" The friends linked paws and flew together. It was tricky to fly this way, but it was fun. It was so fun that Rosie almost forgot that they were on a quest. Then she felt the ball of thread tugging down on the chain around her neck. Rosie looked. Down below, a patch of forest glowed more intensely pink and orange than anywhere else. Rosie knew that this was where they should go. "Get ready for landing," she called to the others. "I hope I do better than my first time," called Stella. "I ended upside down in a bush!"

俯冲和翻滚一起做。 但她从没想过会发生这种事。 “我觉得我应该掐一下自己，”她对菲比和斯特拉喊道。 “但现在我有了这些大爪子，我想这可能不是个好主意!”“真的!”斯特拉笑了。 “但是，嘿，我们试试抓着爪子飞怎么样?”朋友们牵着爪子一起飞了。 以这种方式飞行很棘手，但很有趣。 这太有趣了，罗茜几乎忘了他们是在探险。 接着，她感到线团在拉着她脖子上的链子。 罗西看上去。在下面，一片森林发出比其他任何地方都更强烈的粉红色和橙色的光。 罗茜知道这就是他们该去的地方。 “准备上岸。”她对其他人喊道。 “我希望我比第一次做得好，”斯特拉说。 “我倒在了灌木丛里!”

"Remember to put your talons forward and your wings back," Rosie advised as the air whooshed past. She aimed for a small clearing in the trees. Her heart pounded with excitement. What were Dream Collectors, exactly? Rosie imagined huge beasts, with arms that scraped the sky with their massive claws. She just hoped they were friendly huge beasts! Gracefully, Rosie landed on the soft grass. Phoebe skidded to a stop beside her. "Watch out!" yelled Stella as she bounced clumsily along the ground. She tumbled a couple of times and then finally came to a stop just before a bush. "I didn't land in a tree this time!" She grinned, getting up and looking at the others. "That's a definite improvement." Suddenly, a chorus of small but firm voices rang through the air. "Stand by! Incoming daydream!" The surrounding trees began to shake and shiver. What was happening? Then Rosie spotted

“记得把你的爪子向前伸，把翅膀向后伸，”当空气呼啸而过时，罗西建议道。 她瞄准树林中的一小块空地。 她兴奋得心怦怦直跳。 到底什么是梦想收藏者? 罗茜想象着巨大的野兽，它们的手臂用巨大的爪子刮着天空。 她只希望它们是友好的巨兽!罗茜优雅地落在柔软的草地上。 菲比打滑着在她身边停了下来。 “小心!”斯特拉一边笨拙地在地上跳着，一边喊道。 她摔倒了几次，最后在一丛灌木前停了下来。 “这次我没有掉在树上!”她咧嘴一笑，站起来看着其他人。 “这是一个明显的进步。” 突然，空中响起了一阵小而坚定的合唱。 “袖手旁观!传入的白日梦!”周围的树木开始颤抖起来。 发生了什么事?然后罗茜发现

little creatures with long tails and fluffy orange tufts on the tips of their ears, scurrying up and down the trunks of the trees. That's what was making them shake! Her friends had spotted the animals, too. "Are they squirrels?" wondered Phoebe. "Their tails are too long," Stella said. "We're Dream Collectors," squeaked one of them as it ran by with its nose pointed to the sky. "And we're really busy right now. A new batch of daydreams has just dropped." Rosie looked up. At first she couldn't see anything. But as she studied the sky, she could just make out what appeared to be bubbles. They were all different shapes and sizes, and they were drifting down toward them. The Dream Collectors scurried back and forth, moving into position. "Get ready to catch!" they called to one another. "Don't let them touch the ground or they will burst!"

这些小动物长着长长的尾巴，耳尖上长着毛茸茸的橙色绒毛，在树干上跑来跑去。 这就是让他们颤抖的原因!她的朋友们也发现了这些动物。 “它们是松鼠吗?”菲比纳闷。 “它们的尾巴太长了，”斯特拉说。 “我们是梦想收集者。”其中一只鼻子朝天跑过，尖声叫道。 “我们现在真的很忙。 又一批白日梦落下了。” 罗茜抬起头来。起初她什么也看不见。 但当她观察天空时，她只能分辨出似乎是气泡的东西。 它们的形状和大小各不相同，正向它们漂来。 收集梦的人跑来跑去，各就各位。 “准备好接球!”他们互相呼喊着。 “别让它们碰到地面，否则会爆的!”