4. Little Crab’s Great Idea

Little Crab's Great idea Rachel spotted something moving down on the rock. "Look!" she said. The little blue crab was wiggling his front claws wildly. "He's trying to tell us something," said Kirsty. The girls crouched down. "Don't worry," the crab said in his gritty voice. "My friends will help us." He scurried up to the top of the highest rock and snapped his claws in the air. "What's he doing?" Kirsty asked. Then she stared in amazement.

小螃蟹的好主意瑞秋发现岩石上有东西在移动。 “看!”她说。小蓝蟹疯狂地扭动着前爪。 “他想告诉我们一些事情，”科斯蒂说。 女孩们蹲了下来。“别担心，”螃蟹用坚毅的声音说。 “我的朋友会帮助我们的。” 他急忙爬到最高的岩石顶上，把爪子在空中啪地一声抓了起来。 “他在干什么?”基问道。 然后她惊奇地盯着。

Lots and lots of crabs crawled out of the tide pools around them. Big ones, little ones, all different colors. Their claws made scratchy noises on the pebbles. The blue crab wiggled his eyes and clicked his claws, pointing up at the sky, then down at the ground. His friends scrambled away in all directions. Their little stalk eyes waved around as they poked their claws into the cracks between the rocks. Rachel and Kirsty looked at each other, confused. "What's going on?" asked Rachel. All of a sudden, Kirsty spotted a tiny pink crab tugging and tugging at something in the rock. With a crunch, the crab tumbled over backward. It held a fluffy white seagull feather in its claws. The crab scrambled up again, waving the feather in the air.

很多很多的螃蟹从他们周围的潮池里爬出来。 大的，小的，颜色都不一样。 它们的爪子在鹅卵石上发出刺耳的声音。 蓝蟹转动着眼睛，咔哒咔哒地动着爪子，向上指着天空，然后向下指着地面。 他的朋友们四散奔逃。 它们把爪子伸进岩石间的裂缝里，小小的茎状眼睛四处摆动着。 瑞秋和科斯蒂面面相觑，不知所措。 “发生什么事了?”雷切尔问。 突然，科斯蒂发现一只粉红色的小螃蟹在岩石里拽啊拽啊。 嘎吱一声，螃蟹向后翻了个跟头。 它的爪子里抓着一根毛茸茸的白色海鸥羽毛。 螃蟹又爬了起来，在空中挥舞着羽毛。

One by one, the other crabs searched for more feathers. Then the blue crab waved them over to to the rock where Sky lay. Very carefully, he tucked the feathers around the Blue Fairy. His friends gathered more and more feathers, until the fairy was lying in a cozy feather bed.

其他的螃蟹一个接一个地寻找更多的羽毛。 然后，蓝蟹挥手示意他们到天空所在的岩石那里去。 他小心翼翼地把羽毛塞到蓝仙女的身上。 他的朋友们收集了越来越多的羽毛，直到仙女躺在一张舒适的羽毛床上。

"They're trying to warm up Sky with seagull feathers!" Kirsty said. Rachel held her breath. There were so many feathers now that she couldn't see the fairy at all. Will the blue crab's idea work? she wondered. There was the tiniest wriggle in the feather nest. A faint puff of blue sparkles fizzed up. It smelled like blueberries. One pale blue star wobbled upward and disappeared in the air with a pop. "Fairy dust!" Rachel whispered.

“他们想用海鸥羽毛给斯凯取暖!”基说。 瑞秋屏住了呼吸。现在羽毛太多了，她根本看不见仙女。 蓝蟹的想法会奏效吗? 她想知道。羽毛窝里有细微的蠕动。 一阵微弱的蓝色火花嘶嘶地冒了出来。 闻起来像蓝莓。 一颗淡蓝色的星星摇晃着上升，啪的一声消失在空中。 “仙尘!”瑞秋小声说。

"But there's not very much of it," Kirsty pointed out. There was another wriggle from inside the nest. The feathers fell apart to reveal the Blue Fairy. Her dress was still very pale. She opened her big, blue eyes and sat up. She looked up at Rachel and Kirsty. "Hello, I'm Sky the Blue Fairy. Who are you?" she said in a sleepy voice. "I'm Kirsty," said Kirsty. "And I'm Rachel," said Rachel. "Thank you for frightening the goblins away," said Sky. "And thank you, little crab, for finding all these nice, warm feathers." She tried to unfold her wings, but they were too crumpled. "My poor wings," said the fairy, her eyes filling with tiny tears.

柯斯蒂指出:“但其实并不是很多。” 巢里又有一个蠕动的声音。 羽毛散开，露出了蓝仙女。 她的衣服仍然很苍白。 她睁开蓝色的大眼睛，坐了起来。 她抬头看着瑞秋和科斯蒂。 “你好，我是天空蓝仙女。 你是谁?”她用困倦的声音说。 “我是科斯蒂，”科斯蒂说。 “我是雷切尔，”雷切尔说。 “谢谢你把半兽人吓跑了。”天空说。 “谢谢你，小螃蟹，谢谢你找到这些又漂亮又温暖的羽毛。” 她想展开翅膀，但翅膀太皱了。 “我可怜的翅膀，”仙女说，她的眼睛里充满了泪水。

"The feathers have helped, but Sky still can't fly," Kirsty said. "Maybe the other Rainbow Fairies can help," Rachel said. Sky looked up excitedly. "Do you know where my sisters are?" she asked. "Oh, yes," said Kirsty. "So far, we've found Ruby, Amber, Sunny, and Fern." "They are safe in the pot at the end of the rainbow," Rachel added. "Could you take me to them, please?" said Sky. "I'm sure they will help make me better." She tried to stand up, but her legs were too wobbly and she had to sit down again. "Here, let me carry you," Rachel offered. She cupped her hands and scooped up the feather nest with the fairy inside.

“羽毛有帮助，但天空仍然不能飞，”科斯蒂说。 “也许其他彩虹仙女可以帮忙，”瑞秋说。 天空兴奋地抬起头。“你知道我的姐姐们在哪儿吗?”她问。 “哦，是的，”科斯蒂说。“到目前为止，我们已经找到了露比、安布尔、桑尼和弗恩。” “它们在彩虹尽头的罐子里很安全，”雷切尔补充说。 “你能带我去找他们吗?”天空说。 “我相信它们会让我变得更好。” 她试图站起来，但她的腿太不稳，她不得不再次坐下。 “来，让我抱你。”瑞秋说。 她双手捧起羽毛窝，里面有仙女。