Chapter 7

CHAPTER SEVEN "Even more pumpkins?" Ms Willow said, looking into the barn with Daffodil, as Diamond dorm unloaded a whole load of new pumpkins at lunchtime the next day. "We thought we'd try again," said Rosa brightly. "We really do want to play leapfrog." Ms Willow's eyes strayed to one of the big hay bales where they had put a pile of decorations and torches. "Hmm. Something is telling me that you might have something more planned than just a simple game of leapfrog, girls." A smile tugged at her mouth. "It's OK" she said. "I won't tell anyone. Your secret's safe with me." She left the barn with Daffodil. Exchanging relieved looks, Freya and the others began to

第七章“更多的南瓜？”第二天午餐时间，戴蒙德宿舍卸下了一大堆新南瓜，威洛女士一边说，一边和水仙一起看着谷仓。 “我们想再试一次，”罗莎高兴地说。 “我们真的很想玩蛙跳游戏。” 威洛太太的目光移到了一个大干草捆上，他们在那里放了一堆装饰品和火把。 “嗯。我有预感，姑娘们，你们可能有别的计划，而不只是简单的跳跃式游戏。” 她嘴角露出一丝微笑。 “没关系，”她说。“我不会告诉任何人的。 我会替你保守秘密的。” 她和水仙花一起离开了谷仓。 弗雷娅和其他人交换了宽慰的眼神，开始说话

unload the pumpkins. Later that afternoon, Freya and Matilda headed up to the secret room. Freya's skin prickled as the wall revolved. Would they hear any strange spooky noises again? But all was quiet, and she gradually started to relax. "There!" said Matilda eventually, standing back and admiring the robot. She had given it a felt mane and tail and painted its body with delicate swirls of colour. "It looks awesome now. Thanks, Matilda," said Freya gratefully. "It's been fun," said Matilda. "You're so clever, Freya. I don't know anyone else who could build a robot."

把南瓜卸下来。那天下午晚些时候，弗雷娅和玛蒂尔达前往密室。 墙壁旋转时，弗雷娅的皮肤刺痛了。 他们会再次听到奇怪的幽灵般的声音吗？ 但一切都很安静，她逐渐开始放松下来。 “好了！”玛蒂尔达终于说，她退后一步，欣赏着这个机器人。 她给它长了毛毛和尾巴，还给它的身体涂上了精致的彩色漩涡。 “现在看起来棒极了。谢谢，玛蒂尔达。”弗雷娅感激地说。 “这很有趣，”玛蒂尔达说。 “你真聪明，弗雷娅。我不知道还有谁能造机器人。”

Freya's heart swelled with pride. Building the robot had been her biggest project so far. She couldn't quite believe she'd actually done it. And she couldn't wait for Honey to see it the following night. Oh, please let her love it, she thought. She began picking up her tools from the floor. As she did so, her eyes fell on the fireplace. With everything that had happened she had completely forgotten that she had found out that the board blocking the fireplace was actually a door. She

弗雷娅的心里充满了骄傲。 建造这个机器人是她迄今为止最大的项目。 她不敢相信自己真的做到了。 她迫不及待地想让霍妮第二天晚上看到它。 哦，请让她喜欢它吧，她想。 她开始从地板上捡起工具。 当她这样做的时候，她的目光落在壁炉上。 发生了这么多事，她完全忘记了她发现挡住壁炉的那块木板实际上是一扇门。 她

went over to examine it. Yes, there were definitely hinges and an indent that looked like a button on the other side. "What are you doing?" Matilda asked, as Freya explored the indent with her fingers. "Just investigating." Freya pressed. There was a click and the door in the fireplace swung open. Matilda gasped as a blast of cold musty air wafted into the room. "It's a door!" Freya peered inside. "And look what's behind it. A tunnel!" A dark tunnel with stone walls and a low ceiling sloped steeply downwards. Matilda joined her. "Where do you think it goes to?" Freya glanced at her. "We could find out." "But what if we meet a ghost?" said Matilda. "We won't. Ghosts don't exist," Freya said firmly. Now she could see a tunnel she felt much happier. A tunnel behind the fireplace explained things. Someone– a person could have come up it and tapped on the door and made noises to scare them. OK, she had no idea why someone would do that but at least it was a theory that she

我过去检查了一下。是的，肯定有铰链和另一边看起来像纽扣的凹痕。 “你在干什么？”玛蒂尔达问，弗雷娅用手指摸索着凹痕。 “只是调查。”弗雷娅。 咔哒一声，壁炉的门打开了。 一股发霉的冷空气吹进房间，玛蒂尔达倒吸了一口气。 “是一扇门！”弗雷娅往里面看了看。 “看看它后面是什么。 隧道!”一条黑暗的隧道，石墙和低矮的天花板向下倾斜。 玛蒂尔达也跟着她。“你认为它会去哪里？”弗雷娅瞥了她一眼。 “我们可以找到答案。”“但是如果我们遇到鬼怎么办？”玛蒂尔达说。 “我们不会。鬼是不存在的。”弗雷娅坚定地说。 现在她看到了一条隧道，她感到高兴多了。 壁炉后面的一条隧道解释了一切。 有人——一个人可能上来敲门，发出声音来吓唬他们。 好吧，她不知道为什么有人会这样做但至少这是一个理论，她

could believe. She fetched a torch from her tool bag. "Are you coming with me?" Matilda followed Freya through the fireplace and into the stone tunnel. Even with the light of the torch it was hard to see what was ahead of them. They were definitely heading downwards, fast. Where were they going to end up? Freya heard the drip of water. It grew louder as they continued walking and the floor levelled out. Suddenly the tunnel opened up into a small chamber. Freya shone the torch around. There were two more passageways leading away from the chamber and multicoloured water was dripping down the walls, forming puddles on the floor. "I reckon the tunnel has brought us out of the school and through the gardens," she said. "I think we're under Sparkle Lake." "I wonder where those tunnels go to?" said Matilda, pointing at the other two passageways.

可以相信。她从工具箱里取出一支火把。 “你和我一起去吗？”玛蒂尔达跟着弗雷娅穿过壁炉，进入石头隧道。 即使有火炬的光，他们也很难看清前面是什么。 他们肯定是在快速地往下走。 他们会在哪里结束呢？ 弗雷娅听到了滴水的声音。 随着他们继续往前走，地板变得越来越平，声音越来越大。 突然，隧道通到一个小房间。 弗雷娅用手电筒照了照四周。 房间外面还有两条通道，五颜六色的水顺着墙壁滴下来，在地板上形成了水坑。 “我想这条隧道把我们带出了学校，穿过了花园，”她说。 “我想我们在闪光湖下面了。” “我想知道这些地道通向哪里？”玛蒂尔达指着另外两条通道说。

"Only one way to find out," said Freya with a grin. This was exciting! She headed down the left-hand tunnel, which was slightly wider and higher. For a while it went straight and then it started to slope upwards. "Oh, no. It's a dead end," said Matilda, as they reached a stone wall. Freya shone the torch on the wall. The beam revealed some hand-and footholds carved into the stone. Glancing up, she caught her breath. Above them there was a trapdoor with light

“只有一个办法可以知道，”弗雷娅笑着说。 这太令人兴奋了！她沿着左边的隧道走下去，那里稍宽一些，也稍高一些。 有一段时间是笔直的，然后开始向上倾斜。 “哦,不。这是一条死胡同。”当他们走到一堵石墙前时，玛蒂尔达说。 弗雷娅把火炬照在墙上。 梁上露出石头上雕刻的一些手和脚。 她抬头看了一眼，屏住了呼吸。 在他们上方有一扇带灯的活板门