1. A Magic Messenger

Sky the Blue Fairy

天空蓝仙女

A Magic Messenger "The water's really warm!" Rachel Walker said, laughing. She was sitting on a rock, dipping her toes in one of Rainspell Island's deep blue tide pools. Her friend Kirsty Tate was looking for shells on the rocks nearby. "Be careful not to slip, Kirsty!" called Mrs. Tate. She was sitting farther down the beach with Rachel's mom.

“水真的很热!”瑞秋·沃克笑着说。 她坐在一块岩石上，把脚趾伸进雨魔岛深蓝色的潮池里。 她的朋友Kirsty Tate正在附近的岩石上寻找贝壳。 “小心别滑倒了，科斯蒂!”泰特太太叫道。 她和瑞秋的妈妈坐在海滩的另一边。

"OK, Mom!" Kirsty yelled back. She looked down at her bare feet, and a patch of green seaweed beneath them began to move. There was something blue and shiny tangled up in the seaweed. "Rachel! Come over here," she shouted. Rachel hopped across the rocks. "What is it?" she asked. Kirsty pointed to the seaweed. "There's something blue under there," she said. "I wonder if it could it be . . ."

“好吧,妈妈!”科斯蒂喊道。 她低头看了看自己的光脚，脚下的一片绿海藻开始动了起来。 海藻里缠着一个发亮的蓝色东西。 “瑞秋!过来，”她喊道。 雷切尔跳过岩石。 “什么事?”她问。科斯蒂指着海藻。 “那下面有个蓝色的东西，”她说。 “我想知道这是不是真的。 。。”

"Sky the Blue Fairy?" Rachel said eagerly. A few days before, Rachel and Kirsty had discovered a magical secret. The wicked Jack Frost had banished the seven Rainbow Fairies from Fairyland with a magic spell. Now the fairies were hidden all over Rainspell Island. Until they were all found there would be no color in Fairyland. Rachel and Kirsty had promised the Fairy King and Queen that they would help find the fairies. The seaweed twitched. Rachel felt her heart beat faster. "Maybe the fairy is all tangled up," she whispered. "Like Fern was when she landed in the ivy on the tower." Fern was the Green Rainbow Fairy. Rachel and Kirsty had already found Fern and her sisters Ruby, Amber, and Sunny. Suddenly, a crab crawled out from under the seaweed at Kirsty's feet. The crab was bright blue and very shiny. Tiny rainbows sparkled across its shell. It didn't look like any of the other crabs on the beach.

“天空蓝仙女?”瑞秋急切地说。 几天前，瑞秋和科斯蒂发现了一个神奇的秘密。 邪恶的杰克·弗罗斯特用咒语把七位彩虹仙女驱逐出仙境。 现在仙子们都藏在雨魔岛上了。 在找到它们之前，仙境里是没有颜色的。 雷切尔和科斯蒂答应仙女王和仙女后，他们会帮助找到仙女。 海藻在抽动。瑞秋感到心跳加快了。 “也许仙女被弄糊涂了。”她低声说。 “就像芬落在高塔上的常春藤上一样。” 芬是绿色彩虹仙女。 瑞秋和科斯蒂已经找到了弗恩和她的三个妹妹，鲁比、安布尔和桑尼。 突然，一只螃蟹从科斯蒂脚边的海藻下爬了出来。 螃蟹是亮蓝色的，非常闪亮。 小小的彩虹在它的外壳上闪闪发光。 它看起来不像海滩上的其他螃蟹。

Kirsty and Rachel smiled at each other. This must be more of Rainspell Island's special magic! "Oh, no! Fairy in trouble!" the crab muttered in a tiny voice. It sounded scratchy, like two pebbles rubbing together. "Did you hear that?" Rachel gasped. The crab stopped and peered up at the girls with his little stalk eyes. Then he stood up on his back legs. "What's he doing?" Kirsty asked in surprise. The crab pointed one claw toward some rocks farther along the beach, under the cliffs. He rushed forward a few steps, then came back and looked up at Rachel and Kirsty again. "Over there," he said.

科斯蒂和瑞秋相视一笑。 这一定是更多的雨魔岛的特殊魔法!“哦,不!仙女有麻烦了!”螃蟹小声嘀咕着。 听起来很刺耳，就像两块鹅卵石摩擦在一起。 “你听到了吗?”瑞秋深吸一口气。 螃蟹停了下来，用它细长的小眼睛盯着姑娘们。 然后他用后腿站了起来。 “他在干什么?”柯斯蒂惊讶地问。 螃蟹把一只爪子指向海滩上悬崖下面的一些岩石。 他向前冲了几步，然后又回来抬头看了看雷切尔和科斯蒂。 “在那边，”他说。

"I think he wants us to follow him," Rachel said. "Yes! Yes!" said the little crab, clicking his claws. He set off sideways across a large, flat rock. Kirsty turned to Rachel. "Maybe he knows where Sky is!" "I hope so," Rachel replied, her eyes shining. The crab moved off the rocks and headed across a stretch of sand. Rachel and Kirsty followed him. It was a hot, sunny day. Seagulls flew over the beach on strong, white wings.

“我想他想让我们跟着他，”瑞秋说。 “是啊!是的!”小螃蟹说着，用爪子咔嗒作响。 他侧身越过一块又大又平的岩石。 柯斯蒂转向瑞秋。“也许他知道斯凯在哪里!”“我希望如此，”雷切尔回答，她的眼睛闪闪发光。 螃蟹离开了岩石，朝一片沙滩走去。 雷切尔和科斯蒂跟着他。 这是一个炎热的晴天。海鸥用强壮的白色翅膀飞过海滩。