1. A Very Unusual Shell

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A Very Unusual Shell "What a beautiful day!" Rachel Walker shouted, staring up at the blue sky. She and her friend Kirsty Tate were running along Rainspell Island's yellow, sandy beach. Their parents walked a little way behind them. "It's a magical day," Kirsty added. The two friends smiled at each other. Rachel and Kirsty had come to Rainspell Island for their vacations. But they soon found out it really was a magical place! As they ran, they passed tide pools that sparkled like jewels in the sunshine.

“多么美好的一天!”瑞秋·沃克盯着蓝天喊道。 她和她的朋友Kirsty Tate沿着雨魔岛黄色的沙滩跑步。 他们的父母走在他们后面不远的地方。 “这是神奇的一天，”科斯蒂补充道。 两个朋友相视一笑。 瑞秋和科斯蒂是来雨魔岛度假的。 但他们很快发现这真的是一个神奇的地方!他们一边跑，一边经过在阳光下像珠宝一样闪闪发光的潮池。

Rachel spotted a little splash! in one of the pools. "There's something in there, Kirsty!" She pointed. "Let's go look." The girls jogged over to the pool and crouched down to see. Kirsty's heart thumped as she gazed into the crystal-clear water. "What is it?" she asked. Suddenly, the water rippled. A little brown crab scuttled sideways across the sandy bottom and disappeared under a rock.

瑞秋发现了一点水花!在其中一个水池里。 “里面有东西，科斯蒂!”她指出。 “我们去看看吧。”女孩们小跑到池塘边，蹲下来看。 当科斯蒂凝视着清澈的海水时，她的心怦怦直跳。 “什么事?”她问。突然，水面起了涟漪。 一只棕色的小螃蟹横着穿过沙底，消失在一块岩石下面。

Kirsty felt disappointed. "I thought it might be another Rainbow Fairy," she said. "So did I." Rachel sighed. "Never mind. We'll keep looking." "Of course we will," Kirsty agreed. Then she put her finger to her lips as their parents came up behind them. "Shhh." Kirsty and Rachel had a big secret. They were helping to find the seven missing Rainbow Fairies. Jack Frost put a wicked spell on the fairies and trapped them on Rainspell Island. The Rainbow Fairies made Fairyland bright and colorful. Until they were all found, Fairyland would be dark and gray.

柯斯蒂感到很失望。“我想可能是另一个彩虹仙女，”她说。 “我也是。”瑞秋叹了口气。 “没关系。我们会继续寻找的。” “我们当然会的，”科斯蒂同意道。 然后她把手指放在嘴唇上，他们的父母走到他们身后。 “嘘。”科斯蒂和瑞秋有个大秘密。 他们在帮忙寻找七位失踪的彩虹仙女。 杰克·弗罗斯特对仙女们施了一个邪恶的咒语，把她们困在了雨魔岛上。 彩虹仙女使仙境变得明亮多彩。 在找到他们之前，仙境将是黑暗和灰色的。

Rachel looked at the shimmering blue sea. "Do you want to go swimming?" she asked. But Kirsty wasn't listening. She was shading her eyes with her hand and looking farther along the beach. "Look over there, Rachel — by those rocks," she said. Then Rachel could see it, too — something glittering and sparkling in the sunshine. "Wait for me!" she called, as Kirsty hurried down the beach. When they saw what it was, the two friends sighed in disappointment.

瑞秋看着波光粼粼的蓝色大海。 “你想去游泳吗?”她问。 但是科斯蒂不听。 她用手遮着眼睛，望着远处的海滩。 “看那边，雷切尔——在那些岩石旁边，”她说。 接着雷切尔也看见了——在阳光下闪闪发光的东西。 “等着我!”她喊道，这时柯斯蒂急忙跑下海滩。 当他们看到那是什么东西时，两个朋友失望地叹了口气。

"It's just the wrapper from a chocolate bar," Rachel said sadly. She bent down and picked up the shiny, purple foil. Kirsty thought for a moment. "Do you remember what the Fairy Queen told us?" she asked. Rachel nodded. "Let the magic come to you," she said. "You're right, Kirsty. We should just enjoy our vacation, and wait for the magic to happen. After all, that's how we found Ruby in the pot at the end of the rainbow, isn't it?" She put her beach bag down on the sand. "Come on — race you to the water!"

“这只是巧克力棒的包装纸，”瑞秋悲伤地说。 她弯下腰，捡起闪亮的紫色箔纸。 柯斯蒂想了一会儿。 “你还记得仙女女王告诉我们的话吗?”她问。 雷切尔点了点头。“让魔法降临到你身上吧，”她说。 “你说得对，科斯蒂。我们应该好好享受假期，等待奇迹发生。 毕竟，我们就是这样在彩虹尽头的罐子里找到鲁比的，不是吗?”她把沙滩包放在沙滩上。 “来吧——比划到水边去!”