Chapter 7

7 Phoebe felt something tug at her neck. When she opened her eyes, she saw that the bundle of magic thread had begun to unravel and was pointing up toward the roof of the cave. DasherGirl began to fly in excited circles. "Of course! That thread is partly made from moonlight. It will always find the quickest way back to moonlight." "There must be a gap in the rocks!" Phoebe cried.

菲比感到有什么东西在拉她的脖子。 当她睁开眼睛时，她看到那束魔法线已经开始散开，正指向洞顶。 女孩开始兴奋地绕着圈子飞。 “当然!那根线有一部分是由月光制成的。 它总能找到回到月光下最快的路。” “岩石里一定有个缺口!”菲比哭了。

They scanned the rocks above them. Thanks to their powerful eyesight, the Night Dragons could see the roof of the cave quite clearly. Sure enough, there was a large crack up there. Phoebe had an idea. She grabbed hold of a section of magic thread, and with all her dragon strength, she flung it up high like a lasso. It soared through the air and disappeared through the gap. "Great throw," Rosie said as a deep, groaning sound came from the roof. Small rocks and dirt began to tumble down. "Protect the Dreamlets!" Phoebe cried. The Night Dragons spread their wings across the little creatures. "It's like an umbrella made of dragon wings!" Stella chuckled. Soon the rocks stopped falling. The Night Dragons lowered their wings and looked up. The crack in the rocks above was wider than before. Weirdly, the thread was also thicker and sturdier than it had been originally. It now looked more like rope.

他们仔细观察上方的岩石。 由于它们强大的视力，夜龙可以很清楚地看到洞穴的顶部。 果然，那里有一个大裂缝。 菲比有个主意。她抓住一段魔法线，用她龙的全部力量，把它像套索一样甩了出去。 它在空中翱翔，然后消失在缝隙里。 “扔得好，”罗茜说，这时屋顶传来了低沉的呻吟声。 小石块和泥土开始滚落下来。 “保护小梦!”菲比哭了。 夜龙张开翅膀，扑向这些小生物。 “它就像一把龙翅膀做的伞!”Stella咯咯地笑了。 很快，岩石停止了下落。 夜龙垂下翅膀，抬起头来。 上面岩石上的裂缝比以前更宽了。 奇怪的是，这根线也比原来更粗更结实了。 现在看起来更像绳子了。

Even better, it had begun to glow like pure silver. "It's found a pathway to the moonlight!" DasherGirl said, waving her tail. Phoebe thought she could probably squeeze though the gap in the rocks now, but it wasn't wide enough for flying. DasherGirl seemed to know what she was thinking. "You will have to climb up," she explained. "As the Moonlight Dragon, you'll be fine." "And Rosie and Stella will be, too, right?" Phoebe said. DasherGirl shook her head. "Moonbeam ropes are difficult to climb. You are the only Night Dragon with moonlight flowing through your veins." Phoebe hated the idea of leaving her friends down here. Plus, she didn't want to take the Dreamlets up a rope all by herself. "Why don't you try at least?" she urged Stella and Rosie.

更妙的是，它开始像纯银一样发光了。 “它找到了一条通往月光的路!”女孩摇着尾巴说。 菲比想她现在大概可以从岩石的缝隙里挤过去了，但缝隙不够宽，不能飞。 女孩似乎知道她在想什么。 “你得爬上去，”她解释说。 “作为月光龙，你会没事的。” “罗茜和斯特拉也会去，对吧?”菲比。 女孩摇了摇头。 “月光绳很难攀爬。 你是唯一血脉里流淌着月光的夜龙。” 菲比不愿意把她的朋友留在这里。 另外，她也不想一个人带着梦中人爬上一根绳子。 “你们为什么不至少试一试呢?”她催促斯特拉和罗茜。

First Rosie and then Stella took turns tugging on the moonbeam rope. But both were able to climb only a short way before they slipped back down to the ground. "It's impossible to hold on to!" Stella groaned. Rosie agreed. "It's so slippery! And I'm still pooped from that swim." This was not what Phoebe wanted to hear. A few Fire Sparks appeared and buzzed around Phoebe. They seemed to know when she was getting frustrated almost before she did. Phoebe took a deep, calming breath. Then she nodded and smiled. She felt her angry feelings flitter away until she felt like her normal, calm self again. "Okay, you rest here. I'll take the Dreamlets up. Then we'll figure out a way to get you out." She turned to the Dreamlets. "You guys, climb onto my back," she instructed them. "And don't let go." In a flash, the Dreamlets wriggled up onto Phoebe's back, tail, and head. They were very warm and a little ticklish.

先是罗西，然后是斯特拉轮流拉着月光绳。 但两人都只爬了一小段路就滑回了地面。 “抓不住了!”Stella呻吟着。 罗西表示同意。“太滑了!”我到现在还没从那次游泳中恢复过来。” 这可不是菲比想听的话。 一些火星出现了，在菲比周围嗡嗡作响。 他们似乎在她感到沮丧之前就知道了。 菲比平静地深吸了一口气。 然后她点头微笑。 她感到愤怒的情绪一闪而过，直到她又恢复了正常、平静的自我。 “好吧，你在这里休息。我要把梦想带上去。 然后我们会想办法把你弄出去的。” 她转向梦中人。 “你们几个，爬到我背上来，”她指示他们。 “不要放手。”刹那间，梦龙扭动着爬到菲比的背上、尾巴上和头上。 它们很暖和，有点怕痒。

"You kind of look like cotton candy," chuckled Stella. "Cotton candy with a dragon tail." "Nah," Rosie said, tilting her head to get a better look. "You look more like a fancy feather duster." Despite the situation, Phoebe couldn't help laughing. Her friends knew how to make her feel good, no matter how serious things were. Laughing also cleared away the remains of her negative feelings, and Phoebe grabbed hold of the magic rope, ready to climb. As soon as she touched the moonbeam rope, it was clear DasherGirl had been right. Phoebe could feel the power of the moon surging through her. "You're glowing like a full moon!" Rosie marveled. Phoebe expected the climbing to be difficult, especially after seeing her friends struggle. But for Phoebe, the climb was easy. In fact, it almost felt like the moon-charged rope was pulling her up.

“你看起来有点像棉花糖，”斯特拉笑着说。 “带龙尾的棉花糖。” “不，”罗茜说，歪着头看得更清楚。 “你看起来更像一个花式鸡毛掸子。” 尽管情况如此，菲比还是忍不住笑了。 她的朋友们知道如何让她感觉良好，不管事情有多严重。 大笑也清除了她残存的负面情绪，菲比抓住了魔绳，准备爬上去。 她一摸到月光绳，就知道大姑娘是对的。 菲比能感觉到月亮的力量在她体内涌动。 “你像满月一样发光!”罗西希奇。 菲比预料到爬上去会很困难，尤其是在看到她的朋友们挣扎之后。 但对菲比来说，攀爬很容易。 事实上，感觉就像那根带月光的绳子在把她拉上去。

Phoebe climbed quickly and smoothly. Up and up she went. Soon she reached the gap in the rocks. As she climbed through, her way was lit up by the glow of the rope and her own scales. At this point, the Dreamlets began to hum a happy little tune. Nearly there! thought Phoebe. Right near the top, the gap in the rocks narrowed. Phoebe wasn't sure if she was going to fit through. "Hold tight!" she warned the Dreamlets. "This is going to be squishy."

菲比爬得又快又顺。 她越走越高。很快，她来到了岩石的缝隙处。 当她爬过去时，绳子和她自己的鳞片发出的光芒照亮了她的路。 在这一点上，梦想开始哼唱一个快乐的小调。 近!认为菲比。 就在山顶附近，岩石间的缝隙缩小了。 菲比不确定自己是否能撑过去。 “抓紧!”她警告小梦们。 “这会很软。”