Chapter 11

CHAPTER ELEVEN As Star's hooves touched the ground, the rainbow dissolved, leaving a trail of coloured sparks hanging in the air. At the lakeside, Sophia slid from Rainbow's back. With Ava's help she carefully tipped both buckets of frogs on to the shore. "Go, frogs, go!" The frogs hopped and plopped into the water, croaking as they swam away. Sophia crossed her fingers and wished them luck. The waters fizzed and hissed, and sparks crackled off the surface. Several agonising minutes later, the stagnant

第十一章小星星的蹄子一着地，彩虹就消失了，在空中留下一串彩色的火花。 在湖边，索菲亚从彩虹的背上滑了下来。 在艾娃的帮助下，她小心翼翼地把两桶青蛙放到岸上。 “走吧，青蛙们，走吧！”青蛙蹦蹦跳跳地跳进水里，呱呱叫着游走了。 索菲亚十指交叉，祝他们好运。 水嘶嘶作响，火花从水面上劈啪作响。 痛苦的几分钟后，停滞不前

water was looking less yellow. "It's working," gasped Ava. "Well done, little frogs." "Sophia! Ava! How dare you defy me!" Ms Nettles puffed up. Her long nose was pinched and her glasses rattled furiously. "When I tell you to stop you do so immediately." She stabbed a finger at them. "Such behaviour will be punished––" "The lake!" Ms Primrose called, seeming to appear from nowhere and cantering towards them on Sage. "Look at the lake!" Sophia stared at the waters shimmering with every colour imaginable and her heart felt like it was bursting with pride. They'd done it. Not only had she cleared her name but along with Rainbow, Ava and Star, she'd stopped the lake from dying and the island being destroyed. "Yes, well done, girls," Ms Nettles said tightly. Ms Primrose turned to Sophia and Ava.

水看起来没那么黄了。 “它起作用了，”艾娃喘着气说。 “干得好，小青蛙们。” “索菲娅!艾娃!你竟敢违抗我！”荨麻女士得意起来。 她的长鼻子被捏瘪了，眼镜嘎嘎作响。 “我叫你停下来，你就立刻停下来。” 她用手指戳他们。 “这种行为要受到惩罚——”“到湖里去！”樱草花女士叫道，似乎不知从哪里冒出来，骑着塞奇向他们跑过来。 “看那湖！”索菲娅凝视着闪烁着各种颜色的海水，她的心充满了骄傲。 他们做到了。她不仅为自己洗清了罪名，还和彩虹、艾娃和星星一起，阻止了湖的死亡和岛屿的毁灭。 “是的，干得好，姑娘们。”内特尔斯女士紧张地说。 樱草花女士转向索菲亚和艾娃。

"What I don't understand is where you got the frogs from and how you knew that this particular type of frog can purify water? They're incredibly rare creatures." "We found some frogs hopping out of the woods one day," Sophia said, stretching the truth a bit so as not to get Billy and his friends in trouble. "We took them back and found the pond where they live. We carried them in buckets and noticed they cleaned the water in them. I know we shouldn't have gone into the woods but we wanted the frogs to be safe." Ms Primrose smiled. "I think we can overlook breaking the school rules on this one occasion." Sophia and Ava explained about the figure Sophia had seen tipping something into the lake that morning. Ms Primrose's face grew grave as she heard the story. "This is very worrying," she said. "We shall clearly have to be very vigilant from now on." She looked round. A group of

“我不明白的是，你从哪里得到的青蛙，你怎么知道这种特殊的青蛙可以净化水？” 它们是非常罕见的生物。” “有一天，我们发现一些青蛙从树林里跳了出来，”索菲亚说，为了不给比利和他的朋友们带来麻烦，她把事实夸大了一点。 “我们把它们带回来，找到了它们生活的池塘。 我们把它们放在桶里，注意到它们把桶里的水洗干净了。 我知道我们不应该走进树林，但我们希望青蛙们安全。” 樱草花女士笑了。“我认为我们可以忽略这一次违反校规的行为。” 索菲亚和艾娃解释了那天早上索菲亚看到的那个人把什么东西倒进了湖里。 樱草花女士听了这个故事，脸色变得严肃起来。 “这非常令人担忧，”她说。 “从现在开始，我们显然必须非常警惕。” 她环顾四周。一群

girls were running across the lawn. It was the rest of Sapphire dorm. "However, that is a problem for another time," she said with a smile. "What's been going on?" gasped Scarlett as she charged up. "We woke up and saw Sophia and Ava out here." "Your friends and their unicorns have managed to save the lake," said Ms Primrose. "Sophia and Ava can explain but don't be too long, girls, or you'll miss breakfast. I'll make an announcement to the whole school at assembly and make sure everyone knows how amazing you four have been." When their friends heard what had happened, they hugged and congratulated Sophia and Ava, and made a huge fuss of Rainbow and Star. Surrounded by her friends, warmth and happiness spread through Sophia and she was really glad she hadn't run away. "You're so lucky, having such an

女孩们正跑过草坪。 是蓝宝石宿舍的其他人。 “然而，这是另一个问题，”她笑着说。 “出什么事了？"思嘉气喘吁吁地冲上去。 “我们醒来时看到索菲亚和艾娃在外面。” “你的朋友和他们的独角兽成功地拯救了这个湖，”樱草花女士说。 索菲亚和艾娃可以解释，但别太久，姑娘们，不然你们会错过早餐的。 我会在集会上向全校宣布，让大家都知道你们四个有多了不起。” 当他们的朋友听到发生的事情时，他们拥抱并祝贺索菲亚和艾娃，并为彩虹和星星大肆宣传。 在朋友们的包围下，温暖和幸福传遍了索菲亚的全身，她真的很高兴自己没有逃跑。 “你真幸运，有这样一个

adventure!" said Isabel. "We'll have to sneak into the woods and explore too," Scarlett told her. Ava grinned. "Just don't let Ms Nettles catch you!" Sophia realised she was starving. "You go ahead and save us a seat at breakfast," she told the others. "We'll catch you up once Rainbow and Star are settled." Sophia and Ava cantered the unicorns to the stables and filled up their feed bowls with sky berries. Rainbow took a long drink from his water trough, which magically kept refilling from the lake until his thirst was quenched. "Delicious," he said, shaking the last drops of multicoloured water from his lips. He turned to Sophia and breathed gently on her arm. "I've been thinking," he said. "I know you're missing Clover very much, so I won't stop you from leaving the school if that's what you really want to do."

冒险！”伊莎贝尔说。“我们也得溜到树林里去探险，"思嘉对她说。 艾娃咧嘴一笑。“别让荨麻老师抓住你！”索菲亚意识到自己饿坏了。 “你们去给我们留个吃早饭的位子吧，”她对其他人说。 “等彩虹和小星星安顿好了，我们就去找你。” 索菲亚和艾娃把独角兽赶到马厩里，用天空莓填满它们的饲料碗。 彩虹从他的水槽里喝了一大口，水槽神奇地不停地从湖里灌满水，直到他解渴。 “好喝。”他说着，把最后几滴五颜六色的水从嘴里抖掉。 他转向索菲亚，轻轻地在她的手臂上呼吸。 “我一直在想，”他说。 “我知道你很想念克拉弗，所以我不会阻止你离开学校，如果你真的想离开的话。”

Sophia threw herself at Rainbow, hugging him tightly. "I don't want to leave the school any more– and I couldn't bear to leave you. I just wish I could stop worrying about Clover. I've had him since I was tiny." "If only I could help you," said Rainbow, stamping a front hoof. He snorted with surprise as a shimmery purple light suddenly swirled up from the ground. Golden sparkles fizzed around the edges as the purple light formed into a circle and the sparkles danced across the surface. "What's happening?" he said. Sophia gasped as a picture appeared in the circle of light. "It must be part of your power. That's our field at home! Look, there's the stable in the corner. And there's Clover!" Her voice rose. "Look how plump he's getting. Doesn't he look happy?"

索菲亚扑向彩虹，紧紧地拥抱着他。 “我再也不想离开学校了——离开你我也受不了。 我只希望我不用再担心克拉弗了。 我很小的时候就有它了。” “要是我能帮你就好了，”彩虹说着，跺着前蹄。 他惊讶地哼了一声，一道紫光突然从地上盘旋而上。 当紫色的光形成一个圆圈时，金色的火花在边缘嘶嘶作响，火花在表面上跳舞。 “发生什么事了？”他说。 当一幅画出现在光圈中时，索菲亚倒吸了一口气。 “这一定是你力量的一部分。 那是我们的主场！看，角落里有个马厩。 还有克拉弗！”她的声音提高了。 “看他胖多了。 他看起来不高兴吗？”