Chapter 10

Chapter ten, Lyra tumbled through the air surrounded by the roar of the water, but all of a sudden the noise faded. She blinked as she realised she wasn't falling but floating. Floating! A shimmering wall curved all around her. Misty's bubble magic! Lyra leapt to her feet and gazed through the bubble that was carrying her safely down the waterfall. Relief rushed through her as she saw that her friends were also in giant bubbles. They landed at the bottom and the bubbles bounced them lightly over the surface of the raging river, coming to rest on the banks. Sparkle, Sunshine and Flame came galloping down the steep path at the side of the waterfall. Misty followed far more slowly, her sides heaving.

第十章，莱拉在水的轰鸣声中翻滚着飞过天空，但突然声音消失了。 她眨了眨眼睛，意识到自己不是在下落，而是在漂浮。 浮动!一道闪闪发光的墙环绕着她。 米斯蒂的泡泡魔法！莱拉跳了起来，透过带着她安全坠下瀑布的泡泡凝视着。 当她看到她的朋友们也在巨大的泡泡里时，她如释重负。 他们在河底着陆，泡沫轻轻将他们弹起，掠过汹涌的河面，落在河岸上。 火花、阳光和火焰沿着瀑布旁陡峭的小路疾驰而下。 米斯蒂跟在后面慢得多，身体上下起伏。

Lyra scrambled to her feet. Her legs felt wobbly but she ran up the steep path beside the waterfall, desperate to reach Misty, who was stumbling with exhaustion. "Misty! You saved us all! I'm so sorry that I didn't listen to you. Are you OK?" "Yes. Just… just tired," Misty panted. "That took a lot of magic." "I've got some sky berries," said Lyra, pulling some out of her rucksack that was still on her back. "Here." She fed them to Misty, stroking her all the while. Misty started to look better. "Sky berries were just what I needed. You always think of everything," she said. "Except danger," said Lyra ruefully. "Oh, Misty, I'm so sorry. I promise I'll listen to you more in the future and I'll try not to get us into

莱拉爬了起来。 她的腿摇摇晃晃，但她还是沿着瀑布旁陡峭的小路跑了上去，不顾一切地想去找米斯蒂，她累得踉跄着。 “雾!你救了我们所有人！我很抱歉没有听你的话。 你还好吗？”“是的。只是……只是累了。”米斯蒂喘着气说。 “这需要很大的魔力。” “我有一些天空莓。”莱拉说着，从还在背上的背包里拿出了一些。 “在这里。”她把它们喂给米斯蒂，一直抚摸着她。 米斯蒂看起来好多了。 “天空莓正是我所需要的。 你总是考虑到一切，”她说。 “除了危险。”莱拉悲哀地说。 “哦，米斯蒂，我很抱歉。我保证以后会多听你的尽量不让我们陷入

such dangerous situations." Misty nuzzled her. "But getting into dangerous situations isn't all bad. If you'd listened to me yesterday and we hadn't come into these caves, I might never have found my magic. And actually, now I know you're all safe, I have kind of enjoyed this adventure." They hugged until Ivy's yell broke them up. "Lyra, look at your hair!" She was pointing at them from further down the path. "You've bonded!" Misty picked up a strand of Lyra's long hair with her muzzle. It had turned the same purple and spring green as her mane. "We really have!" she said, nuzzling Lyra. "It's official. We're best friends forever!" "And partners in adventure?" Lyra said hopefully. "And partners in adventure!" Misty echoed happily. Everyone hurried up the path to join them and gathered round, congratulating them. Beside them the waterfall fell in a thundering sheet of sparkling water and spray. "I guess we're going to have to walk home," said Sienna, looking at the wrecked raft floating away down the river. "And we didn't find the map," said Ivy sadly. "The glittering wall must be further down the river," said Evie. "Unless…" Lyra pointed to the waterfall. "A glittering wall! Don't you see? That's what the waterfall is. Could the map be hidden behind it?" They all stared at the sheet of water cascading down. It did look like a wall. From where they were standing, they could just make out a space behind it and a narrow rocky ledge.

如此危险的情况。” 米斯蒂用鼻子蹭她。“但陷入危险境地也不全是坏事。 如果你昨天听了我的话，我们没有走进这些洞穴，我可能永远也找不到我的魔法。 实际上，现在我知道你们都安全了，我有点喜欢这次冒险。” 他们拥抱在一起，直到艾薇的喊声把他们分开。 “莱拉，看看你的头发！”她正从小路的另一头指着他们。 “你保税!”米斯蒂用嘴衔起莱拉的一缕长发。 它变成了和她的鬃毛一样的紫色和春天的绿色。 “真的！”她说，用鼻子蹭着莱拉。 “这是官员。我们永远是最好的朋友！”“还有冒险的伙伴？”莱拉满怀希望地说。 “一起冒险！”米斯蒂高兴地应声说。 每个人都匆匆走上小路，加入他们，围在一起祝贺他们。 在他们旁边，瀑布倾泻而下，形成了一层轰隆隆的水花和水花。 “我想我们得走回家了，”西耶娜说，看着失事的木筏沿着河漂去。 “我们没有找到地图，”艾薇悲伤地说。 “闪闪发光的墙一定在河的下游。”伊薇说。 “除非……”莱拉指着瀑布。 “一堵闪闪发光的墙！你还不明白吗？ 这就是瀑布。 地图会不会藏在它后面？”他们都目不转睛地盯着那片如瀑布般倾泻而下的水。 它看起来确实像一堵墙。从他们站着的地方，他们只能辨认出它后面有一块空地和一块狭窄的岩石。

"Do you think the map fragment might be somewhere along that ledge?" Evie asked. "Yes!" cried Sienna, who had gone closer to the waterfall. She motioned towards a boulder at the edge of the path. "There's a carving of Daybreak here and an arrow pointing towards it." "I bet it's there," said Lyra. "I'm going to look." She glanced at Misty, wondering if she would try to stop her, but Misty just nodded. "I'll protect you if you slip," she said. Lyra felt a warm glow. She trusted Misty completely. "I'll come too," said Sienna quickly. "And me!" said both Ivy and Evie. Misty shook her head. "No, please don't. I'm too tired to save all of you if anything goes wrong." "I'll be fine. Let me go alone," said Lyra. Her friends didn't look happy but reluctantly gave in. "OK, but be careful," Sienna said. "I will," promised Lyra. Dropping to her hands and knees, she edged out on to the ledge. The water thundered down in front of her, the spray soaking her all over again. The ledge was wet and slippery and Lyra's heart raced as she inched along it. It grew even narrower but she could see a small cave just ahead; she was sure that was where she needed to go. She gritted her teeth and kept going until she reached the entrance and crawled inside. Getting to her feet, she stood up. Her legs were shaky and she was breathing hard. With her back to the cascading water, she shone her torch around the cave. There was nothing there except for a pile of boulders heaped up at the back. Lyra went over to examine them. A perfectly round boulder was balanced on the top. It had an egg-shaped hole in the middle. Lyra poked a finger inside and heard the crackle of paper. Yes! Her heart turned somersaults as she teased the paper out and carefully unrolled it. It was the second piece of the map! There was a picture of Daybreak, the crying unicorn, in the top right corner, the rest of the school in the top left, some more of the maze in the bottom left corner, and in the bottom right corner were drawings of some strange stones. Turning it over, Lyra saw a new riddle to solve.

“你觉得地图碎片会不会就在那块岩架上的某个地方？”艾维问道。 “是的！”西耶娜喊道，她走近了瀑布。 她指了指小路边上的一块巨石。 “这里有一个黎明的雕刻，还有一个指向它的箭头。” “我打赌它就在那儿。”莱拉说。 “我去看看。”她瞥了米斯蒂一眼，想知道她是否会阻止她，但米斯蒂只是点了点头。 “如果你滑倒了，我会保护你的，”她说。 莱拉感到一阵暖意。她完全信任米斯蒂。 “我也去。”西耶娜赶紧说。 “还有我！”艾薇和艾薇都说。 米斯蒂摇了摇头。“不，请不要。 如果出了什么差错，我太累了，救不了你们所有人。” “我会没事的。让我一个人去。”莱拉说。 她的朋友们看起来不高兴，但很不情愿地让步了。 “好吧，但是要小心，”西耶娜说。 “我会的。”莱拉答应道。她双手和双膝跪在地上，慢慢地爬到窗台上。 水轰隆隆地落在她面前，水花又一次把她全身浸透了。 窗台又湿又滑，莱拉在上面挪动时心跳得厉害。 它变得更窄了，但她可以看到前面有一个小洞；她确信那就是她需要去的地方。 她咬紧牙关，一直走到入口，爬了进去。 她站起身来。 她的双腿颤抖，呼吸困难。 她背对着奔泻而下的河水，用手电照着洞穴。 那里什么也没有，只有后面堆着一堆巨石。 莱拉走过去查看。 一块圆得整整齐齐的巨石平衡在山顶上。 它中间有一个蛋形的洞。 莱拉把一根手指伸了进去，听到了纸的噼啪声。 是的!她把那张纸梳理出来，小心翼翼地展开，心里一阵翻腾。 这是地图的第二部分！右上角有一张“黎明”的照片，那只哭泣的独角兽，左上角是学校的其他同学，左下角是迷宫的一些图片，右下角是一些奇怪的石头的图画。 莱拉把它翻过来，发现有一个新的谜题需要解开。

She rolled the paper up and tucked it inside her hoodie. They could work it out later. Right now she needed to get back to safety. Lyra crawled carefully back along the ledge. "I found it!" she gasped as she reached the path, and her friends pulled her to safety. "We've got the second piece!" Misty's eyes shone as everyone whooped and cheered. Evie looked thoughtful. "The treasure must be really valuable for someone to go to such lengths to hide the map." "We can't tell anyone else," said Sienna. Lyra nodded. "Let's all promise to keep it our secret." "I promise!" everyone chorused. "Should we take the new piece of map back to our dorm and look at it properly there?" suggested Lyra. "We don't want it to get wet or fall into the river." "Agreed," said Sienna as she vaulted on to Sparkle. "Come on!" Lyra was too excited to mind as Sienna and Sparkle took the lead again. She couldn't wait to examine the map properly and work out the next clue. They got back in the stable yard just as Sam, Nawaz, Archie and Reuben arrived to get their unicorns ready for the treasure hunt. Sam was carrying two huge bags of warm pastries. He stared at the girls intently. "You're up even earlier than us. Did you skip breakfast to get a head start on the treasure hunt?" Lyra shook her head. "We just wanted to take our unicorns for a walk– the gardens are so beautiful." She met Sam's eye, hoping that he'd believe her. Reuben grinned. "I didn't realise you girls were into nature. I love going for early-morning walks on my grandparents' farm." Sam held out one of the bags of pastries. "We got these from the kitchen for our breakfast but there's plenty to go round," he said gruffly. "Go on, you can have some, seeing as we're dorm neighbours. You must be hungry after your early start." The other boys nodded. "Wow! Thanks," the girls said in unison. Lyra's eyes met Sam's and he smiled. She smiled back, thinking that

她把纸卷起来，塞进连帽衫里。 他们可以以后再解决。 现在她需要回到安全的地方。 莱拉小心翼翼地沿着窗台爬回去。 “我找到了！”当她走到小路上时，她喘着气说，她的朋友们把她拉到了安全的地方。 “我们找到了第二块！”当大家欢呼雀跃时，米斯蒂的眼睛闪闪发光。 伊维看上去若有所思。“宝藏一定很有价值，才会有人费这么大劲把地图藏起来。” “我们不能告诉别人，”西耶娜说。 莱拉点点头。“让我们都答应保守秘密吧。” “我保证！”大家齐声说道。 “我们要不要把那张新地图带回宿舍好好看看？”莱拉建议道。 “我们不希望它被弄湿或掉进河里。” “同意。”西耶娜一边说，一边跳到闪闪身上。 “来吧!”当西耶娜和斯巴克再次领先时，莱拉兴奋得顾不上去想了。 她迫不及待地仔细检查地图，找出下一个线索。 他们回到马厩的院子里时，萨姆、纳瓦兹、阿奇和鲁本正好来准备他们的独角兽，准备去寻宝。 萨姆提着两大包热乎乎的糕点。 他目不转睛地盯着姑娘们。 “你起得比我们还早。 你不吃早餐是为了抢在寻宝的前面吗？”莱拉摇了摇头。 “我们只是想带着我们的独角兽去散步——花园太美了。” 她看着山姆的眼睛，希望他会相信她。 鲁本咧嘴一笑。“我不知道你们这么喜欢大自然。 我喜欢一大早去爷爷奶奶的农场散步。” 萨姆拿出一袋糕点。 “我们从厨房拿了这些当早餐吃，不过还有很多，”他粗声粗气地说。 “来吧，你可以吃一些，因为我们是宿舍邻居。 你起得这么早，一定饿了吧。” 其他男孩点了点头。“哇!谢谢，”女孩们异口同声地说。 莱拉的目光与山姆的目光相遇，山姆笑了。 她也笑了笑，心想