Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR For the rest of the day I kept the shell close to me, hoping that Marina would call. At last, when I was snuggled up in my hotel bed with Pink Rabbit snoozing beside me, I heard a whispery little voice coming from inside the shell. 'Hello!' it said. 'Isadora! Are you there?'

那天剩下的时间里，我一直把贝壳放在身边，希望玛丽娜会打电话来。 最后，当我蜷缩在酒店的床上，粉红色的兔子在我身边打盹时，我听到壳里传来一个细细的声音。 “你好!它说。“伊莎多拉!你在那儿吗？”

'I'm here!' I whispered excitedly, pulling the covers over my head and hoping that Mum and Dad couldn't hear me. They were brushing their teeth in the en suite bathroom.

“我在这里!”我兴奋地小声说，把被子盖在头上，希望爸爸妈妈听不见。 他们正在套间的浴室里刷牙。

'Isadora! I've got a problem!' came Marina's voice. 'I need you to come quickly!' 'What problem?' I asked, my heart starting to beat fast. 'There's no time to explain!' said Marina. 'I need you to bring your wand! Can you come?' 'Er...' I said, starting to panic. I knew that Mum and Dad would never let me go out to the beach on my own but Marina sounded desperate. 'I don't know,' I said. 'Please!' begged Marina. 'I've found a baby turtle but he's stuck! I need your fairy magic!'

“伊莎多拉!我有麻烦了！传来玛丽娜的声音。 “我需要你快点来！”“什么问题？”我问，我的心开始加速跳动。 “没有时间解释了！”玛丽娜说。 “我需要你把魔杖带来！”你能来吗？“呃……”我说，开始恐慌起来。 我知道爸爸妈妈永远不会让我一个人去海滩，但玛丽娜听起来很绝望。 “我不知道，”我说。“请!”玛丽娜恳求道。 “我找到了一只小海龟，但它被卡住了！”我需要你的魔法！”

'Oh no!' I said, immediately jumping out of bed. I couldn't bear to think of a poor baby turtle in trouble. I stuffed my pillow under my duvet to make it look as though I was still in bed with Pink Rabbit and then sneaked past the bathroom door and out of the room, half running and half flying down the stairs of the hotel. It wasn't long at all before I was on the beach and peering out to sea, trying to spot Marina. It felt strange to be there in the dark and quiet. There were no people about and all the sunloungers had been stacked away. The sand shone bright and white under the light of the big full moon. Suddenly

“哦,不!”我说着，立刻从床上跳了起来。 一想到一只可怜的小海龟陷入困境，我就受不了。 我把枕头塞在羽绒被下面，让它看起来好像我还和粉红兔在床上，然后偷偷溜过浴室门，走出房间，半跑半飞地跑下酒店的楼梯。 没过多久，我就到了海滩上，凝视着大海，试图找到玛丽娜。 在黑暗和寂静中呆在那里感觉很奇怪。 周围一个人也没有，所有的躺椅都被堆在了一边。 在一轮大满月的照耀下，沙子闪着明亮的白色光芒。 突然

there was a rippling in the water and a head popped out into the moonlight. It was Marina!

水里泛起一阵涟漪，一个脑袋从月光里探了出来。 是玛丽娜！

'Hello!' I called and flew over to where she was bobbing in the sea. 'Thank goodness you came!' said Marina. 'Thank you!' She held out a pearly shell necklace for me to put on. 'Like last time,' she said. 'It will help you breathe underwater!' I slipped the necklace over my head and followed Marina, sinking down into the inky blackness of the sea. The further down we went, the lighter it seemed to get. All around us jellyfish shone with their own iridescent light and the coral on the seabed seemed to glow. But as I gazed around at our beautiful underwater surroundings I saw that something was not

“你好!”我叫了一声，飞到她在海里上下浮动的地方。 “谢天谢地你来了！”玛丽娜说。 “谢谢你!”她拿出一条珍珠贝壳项链让我戴上。 “就像上次一样，”她说。 “它能帮助你在水下呼吸！”我把项链套在头上，跟着玛丽娜，沉入漆黑的大海。 我们越往下走，它似乎越轻。 在我们周围，水母发出自己的彩虹光，海底的珊瑚似乎也在发光。 但是，当我环视这美丽的水下环境时，我发现有些东西并没有