Chapter 7

CHAPTER SEVEN After that lesson, Valentina really had it in for Sophia. She made lots of nasty remarks when the teachers weren't around, and giggled and whispered with her two friends, pointing at Sophia when they were in the dining hall or riding. Sophia ignored her. She didn't have time for Valentina's silly games. There was so much to do and learn, and there was the thing that the whole school was talking about– what was it that was affecting the unicorns' powers? "Did you hear what happened in the gardens?" Ava said to Sophia after they'd been to the stables to see Star. "One of the unicorns

第七章上完这一课后，瓦伦蒂娜真的对索菲娅怀恨在心。 当老师不在的时候，她会说很多难听的话，当他们在餐厅或骑马的时候，她会和她的两个朋友窃窃私语，咯咯笑着指着索菲亚。 索菲亚不理她。她没有时间玩瓦伦蒂娜的愚蠢游戏。 有那么多事情要做、要学，还有一件事是整个学校都在谈论的——是什么影响了独角兽的力量？ “你听说花园里发生的事了吗？”艾娃对索菲亚说，在他们去马厩看了星星之后。 “独角兽中的一只

in second year was trying to help the gardeners by making it rain in the vegetable patch but she lost control of her rain powers and caused an enormous flood!" "That's awful!" said Sophia. "I know," said Ava, shaking her head gloomily. Later that day, Ms Primrose put up a notice to say that the play park was out of bounds. "One of the students was getting his unicorn to make a daisy grow when she accidentally caused an earthquake," Sophia told Ava, having heard it from Rainbow. "Apparently the earth just exploded!" "What's going on?" said Ava. "Star says the unicorns' magic has never gone wrong like this before." She went to the dorm window. "Do you think there's something wrong with the lake? It isn't looking as bright as usual, and remember Star said it smelled a bit strange." Sophia joined her at the window and looked

第二年，她试图帮助园丁们在菜地里下雨，但她失去了对降雨能力的控制，引起了一场巨大的洪水！”“太可怕了！”索菲亚说。 “我知道，”艾娃沮丧地摇着头说。 那天晚些时候，樱草花女士贴了一个通知，说游乐场禁止入内。 “一个学生在让他的独角兽让雏菊生长时，不小心引起了地震，”索菲亚告诉艾娃，她是从彩虹那里听到的。 “显然地球刚刚爆炸了！”“发生什么事了？”艾娃问。 “星星说独角兽的魔法从来没有像现在这样出错过。” 她走到宿舍的窗口。 “你觉得这湖有什么问题吗？” 它看起来不像平常那么明亮了，还记得星星说过它闻起来有点奇怪吗？” 索菲娅和她一起站在窗口看着

out across the lake. "You're right, it isn't glittering much," she said. "And it looks a bit yellow." Sophia turned to Ava anxiously. "What if something bad is going on? Maybe someone is trying to harm the unicorns." Ava shook her head. "That can't be right. No one would do that." However, the next day in assembly Ms Primrose made a dreadful announcement. "I am very sorry to have to break this news, but it's come to my attention that someone has been tampering with the lake." A hum of chatter rose. "Do you think it's the boys playing a prank?" Ava whispered to Sophia. "No, the boys are annoying but they wouldn't harm the unicorns," Sophia said. "Quiet, please!" said Ms Primrose sharply. "The person responsible for this should know that their actions are irresponsible and very dangerous. By contaminating the water, this

在湖那边。“你说得对，它不怎么闪闪发光，”她说。 “而且它看起来有点黄。” 索菲亚焦急地转向艾娃。 “如果发生了不好的事情怎么办？” 也许有人想伤害独角兽。” 艾娃摇了摇头。“这不可能是对的。 没有人会这么做。”然而，第二天在集会上，樱草花女士宣布了一个可怕的消息。 “我很抱歉不得不宣布这个消息，但我注意到有人一直在破坏这个湖。” 一阵嘁嘁喳喳的声音响起。“你觉得是男孩们在恶作剧吗？”艾娃低声对索菲亚说。 “不，这些男孩很烦人，但他们不会伤害独角兽，”索菲亚说。 “请安静！”樱草花女士厉声说。 “对此负责的人应该知道，他们的行为是不负责任的，非常危险。 通过污染水，这

person is putting our unicorns' well-being at risk. I really hope no student is responsible. If it is a student, and they are caught, they will be expelled from the school. If the situation continues then the school will be forced to close. Pupils and unicorns will be sent home for their own safety." There was a collective gasp. Ava looked at Sophia in dismay. "What are we going to do? I don't want to go home and I'm definitely not leaving without Star." Sophia hesitated. She couldn't help thinking that if they got sent home she could see her family and Clover again. But it would mean leaving Rainbow, she reminded herself. She felt torn in half. Part of her desperately wanted to be with Clover but she couldn't imagine life without Rainbow now. "Quiet, please," called Ms Primrose. "I'm hoping we shall resolve this issue before we have to take such drastic action. If anyone has

人们把我们的独角兽置于危险之中。 我真的希望没有学生为此负责。 如果是学生，并且被发现，他们将被学校开除。 如果这种情况继续下去，学校将被迫关闭。 为了学生和独角兽的安全，我们会把他们送回家。” 大家都倒吸了一口气。 艾娃沮丧地看着索菲亚。 “我们该怎么办？”我不想回家，没有明星我绝对不会离开。” 索菲娅犹豫了。她不禁想到，如果他们被送回家，她就可以再见到她的家人和克拉弗了。 但这意味着离开彩虹，她提醒自己。 她觉得自己被撕成了两半。她内心深处非常想和克拉弗在一起，但她现在无法想象没有彩虹的生活。 “请安静，”樱草花女士叫道。 “我希望我们能在采取如此激烈的行动之前解决这个问题。 如果有人

any information about what's happening then I hope you will come and tell me. Off you go to your lessons." As the pupils turned to leave, Sophia saw Valentina whispering to the boy next to her, then nodding in Sophia's direction. The boy seemed surprised and he turned to stare at Sophia. He then whispered something to the boy standing beside him. Sophia sighed. "What's Valentina saying about me now?" "Just ignore it," murmured Ava. "You know what she's like." Sophia turned away, determined not to let Valentina's nastiness upset her. But it wasn't that easy. Valentina was clearly spreading mean gossip about her. Sophia could tell from the way people stopped talking whenever she approached them. Things came to a head at the start of a lesson on the magical properties of unicorns. Sophia was setting out

如果你知道发生了什么事，我希望你能来告诉我。 你去上课吧。” 当学生们转身离开时，索菲亚看到瓦伦蒂娜在和她旁边的男孩窃窃私语，然后朝索菲亚的方向点了点头。 男孩似乎很惊讶，他转过身来盯着索菲亚。 然后他对站在他旁边的男孩低声说了些什么。 索菲娅叹了口气。“瓦伦蒂娜现在说我什么了？”“别理它，”艾娃喃喃地说。 “你知道她是什么样的人。” 索菲娅转过身去，决心不让瓦伦蒂娜的恶毒影响到她。 但这并不容易。瓦伦蒂娜显然在散播关于她的恶毒流言。 每当索菲娅走近时，人们就会停止说话，从这一点她就能看出来。 在一节关于独角兽的神奇特性的课开始时，事情变得非常紧张。 索菲亚要出发了

her pens when Scarlett and Isabel stopped in front of her desk. "Is it true?" demanded Scarlett. "Have you been messing about with the lake?" "Pardon?" Sophia wasn't sure she'd heard right. "Did you put something in the lake?" asked Isabel. "Valentina's been telling everyone you have. She said you did it as a joke." "And that you were smiling when Ms

当思嘉和伊莎贝尔停在她的书桌前时，她拿起了笔。 “这是真的吗？"思嘉问。 “你一直在湖水里捣乱吗？”“原谅?”索菲亚不确定自己是否听对了。 “你在湖里放什么东西了吗？”伊莎贝尔问。 “瓦伦蒂娜告诉所有人你见过。 她说你只是开个玩笑。” 你在微笑的时候