Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE Freya stared round. She was in a secret room! The full moon was shining through the cracked glass of a small window, giving her just enough light to see by. The tower room contained only a dusty desk. Shelves lined the curved walls and were packed with glass jars filled with old dried herbs. There were a couple of paintings hung around the room. One was an old picture of a frozen lake but the picture that really caught her attention was a lifelike portrait of a handsome young unicorn with a long golden mane. Stepping closer, Freya saw that the artist had entitled the picture "Prancer". She wondered why it was hidden away in a secret room. Before she could think about it any more, she

弗雷娅环顾四周。 她在一间密室里！一轮圆月透过一扇小窗户的破玻璃照了进来，给了她足够的光线看过去。 塔楼的房间里只有一张满是灰尘的桌子。 弯曲的墙壁上排列着架子，上面摆满了玻璃瓶，里面装满了陈年的干药草。 房间里挂着几幅画。 其中一张是一张冰冻的湖的老照片，但真正引起她注意的是一幅栩栩如生的年轻英俊的独角兽的肖像，它长着长长的金色鬃毛。 走近一看，弗雷娅看到画家给这幅画起的标题是“跳跃者”。 她想知道为什么它被藏在一个秘密的房间里。 她还没来得及多想，就

heard the sound of her friends' voices on the other side of the wall in the cupboard. Freya stood like a statue. "There's no one here." Rosa sounded almost disappointed. "What was that noise then?" said Matilda. "Maybe some boxes fell over," suggested Violet. "By themselves?" Rosa didn't sound

听到她的朋友们的说话声在墙的另一边的橱柜里。 弗雷娅像雕像一样站着。 “这里一个人也没有。”罗莎听起来几乎有些失望。 “那是什么声音？”玛蒂尔达问。 “也许有些箱子倒了，”维奥莱特说。 “自己?”罗莎没有听起来

convinced. "Well, there's definitely no one up here. Come on, let's go back down to the dorm," said Ariana. Pressing her ear to the wall, Freya listened as they left the cupboard. She breathed out a trembling sigh of relief. They hadn't found her or the robot. Phew! As she looked around the room, an idea slowly formed in her mind. This would be a perfect workshop! There was plenty of space to

信服。“嗯，这里肯定没有人。 走吧，我们回宿舍去。”阿利安娜说。 他们离开橱柜时，弗雷娅把耳朵贴在墙上听着。 她颤抖地松了一口气。 他们没找到她，也没找到机器人。 唷!当她环视房间时，一个想法在她的脑海里慢慢形成。 这将是一个完美的研讨会！有足够的空间

work and she'd be able to get to it really easily from the dorm. Her friends would never find it and she would be able to finish her robot in peace. Then, after Honey's birthday, she could show the room to the rest of Diamond dorm. A grin spread across her face as she imagined how surprised they would be! A secret room– they would love it! She wished she could tell them all straight away, but it was only a few more days to wait. Going to the revolving wall, she pressed the lever again and spun back into the cupboard. Picking up the robot, she carried it into the secret room. There were some rags on one of the shelves and she used them to wipe away some dust from the desk. As she did so, she saw there were some strange dark scorch marks on its wooden top as if someone had placed a burning rope on it. Weird. Freya shrugged, maybe someone had been doing secret science experiments up here. She turned to her robot again.

工作，她可以很容易地从宿舍去上班。 她的朋友永远不会发现它，她也可以平静地完成她的机器人。 然后，在霍妮的生日过后，她就可以把房间给戴蒙德宿舍的其他人看了。 她的脸上绽开了笑容，因为她想象着他们会多么惊讶！一个秘密的房间——他们会喜欢的！她真希望自己能马上把一切都告诉他们，但只需要再等几天就行了。 她走到旋转壁上，再次按下杠杆，旋转着回到了碗柜里。 她拿起机器人，把它带进了密室。 其中一个架子上有一些抹布，她用它们擦掉桌子上的一些灰尘。 当她这样做的时候，她看到木制的顶部有一些奇怪的黑色烧焦的痕迹，好像有人在上面放了一根燃烧的绳子。 奇怪。弗雷娅耸了耸肩，也许有人在这里做秘密的科学实验。 她又转向她的机器人。

Luckily, the unicorn robot didn't seem to have suffered for being carried around. Freya examined it. It wasn't much to look at. Built from plain grey metal, it had a rectangular face and wonky ears. Its thick neck was bolted to a rectangular body and it held a large basket in its mouth by the handle. Its legs were straight and fixed to a platform mounted on wheels. The unicorn didn't have a mane or tail, but it was still

幸运的是，独角兽机器人似乎并没有因为被随身携带而受到影响。 弗雷娅检查了一下。它没什么好看的。 它由普通的灰色金属制成，有一个长方形的脸和摇摇晃晃的耳朵。 它粗壮的脖子被栓在一个长方形的身体上，嘴里叼着一个大篮子。 它的腿是直的，固定在一个装有轮子的平台上。 独角兽没有鬃毛，也没有尾巴，但它是静止的

recognisable, and Freya felt a surge of satisfaction as she examined it. "Not bad! Now I just need to work out why you sometimes run into obstacles in front of you and how to stop you from spinning to the left," she muttered. It took her a while but eventually Freya worked out how to adjust the sensors she'd fitted so that the unicorn would be able to tell if it needed to stop to avoid crashing into things. It was voice activated. "Robot… Forward!" she commanded. The unicorn set off on a straight path but then veered off in a circle. Freya stopped it and tipped it up to examine the motor. Humming softly, she selected a screwdriver from her tools. She took her time, carefully laying the screws, cogs and other motor parts beside her on the floor. Everything seemed to be working properly and she was sure it was all in the right place. What else might cause the unicorn to turn in a circle? The two axles were definitely the same length. She'd measured them twice before she cut them. The wheels were the same diameter, so it couldn't

弗雷娅看了看，感到一阵满足。 “不坏!现在我只需要弄清楚为什么你有时会遇到前面的障碍物，以及如何阻止你向左旋转，”她喃喃自语道。 她花了一段时间，但最终弗雷娅想出了如何调整她安装的传感器，这样独角兽就能判断它是否需要停下来，以避免撞到东西。 它是语音激活的。“机器人……前进！”她命令道。 独角兽沿着一条直线出发，但后来又转了一个圈。 弗雷娅停下车来检查马达。 她轻轻地哼着歌，从她的工具中挑选了一把螺丝刀。 她不慌不忙，小心翼翼地把螺丝、齿轮和其他发动机部件放在身边的地板上。 一切似乎都运转正常，她确信一切都在正确的地方。 还有什么可能导致独角兽转个圈？ 两个车轴的长度肯定是一样的。 她在切之前量了两遍。 轮子的直径是一样的，所以不可能