Chapter 2

Chapter two, "Evie!" her friends yelled. Sunshine whinnied and leapt forward to try to catch her but Misty was already stamping her hoof and using her magic. A large shimmering bubble formed round Evie and carried her gently to the ground where it came to a stop before popping. Evie sat on the grass, her heart pounding. If Misty hadn't used her magic, she could have been badly hurt. "Are you OK?" Lyra, Ivy and Sienna demanded, galloping over on their unicorns. "I'm fine!" said Evie, knowing her face was as red as a tomato. She looked at the daffodils she had crushed when she landed. "I don't know what happened." She was sure she'd felt the tree shake when she'd been hanging on but maybe she'd imagined it. She'd probably just been dizzy because she'd been upside down. "Thanks, Misty." "No problem," said Misty. Sunshine seemed scared and embarrassed as she nuzzled her. "I'm really glad you're not hurt." Lyra helped pull Evie to her feet. "Do you want to finish the course?" she asked. Evie shook her head. "I think I'll head indoors," she said, pulling a twig from her hair. "I'll come with you," Ivy offered. "It's OK. I'll be fine." Evie's eyes smarted. Why couldn't she just be normal like everyone else? Her foot throbbed as she hobbled back to Sunshine. In silence they walked to the stables. When they were back, Sunshine finally spoke. "Next time there's an obstacle race or something like that I think we should just watch, Evie." "OK," Evie muttered. She certainly didn't want to embarrass Sunshine any further. After topping up Sunshine's hay net and fluffing up her straw bed, Evie

第二章，“伊薇！”她的朋友们喊道。 阳光叫了一声，跳上前去想抓住她，但米斯蒂已经在跺着蹄子用魔法了。 一个巨大的闪闪发光的气泡在伊维的周围形成，轻轻地把她带到地上，在破裂之前停了下来。 伊薇坐在草地上，心怦怦直跳。 如果米斯蒂没有使用她的魔法，她可能会受重伤。 “你还好吗？”莱拉、艾薇和西耶娜骑着独角兽疾驰而来，问道。 “我很好！”伊维说，她知道自己的脸红得像个西红柿。 她看着落地时压碎的水仙花。 “我不知道发生了什么。” 她确信当她紧紧抓住树不放的时候，她感觉到树在摇晃，但也许这只是她的想象。 她可能只是因为倒立而头晕。 “谢谢,雾。”“没问题，”米斯蒂说。 阳光用鼻子蹭着她，似乎又害怕又尴尬。 “我真高兴你没有受伤。” 莱拉扶着伊维站了起来。 “你想完成课程吗？”她问。 伊薇摇了摇头。“我想我还是进屋去吧，”她说着，从头发上扯下一根小树枝。 “我和你一起去。”艾薇说。 “这是好的。我会没事的。”伊薇的眼睛一阵刺痛。 为什么她就不能像其他人一样正常呢？ 她一瘸一拐地回到阳光镇时，脚隐隐作痛。 他们默默地向马厩走去。 他们回来后，阳光终于开口了。 “下次有障碍赛或类似的比赛时，我想我们应该看着，伊维。” “好吧，”伊薇喃喃地说。她当然不想再让阳光难堪了。 伊薇把阳光的干草网加满，把她的稻草床弄松

left the stables. As she walked towards the school buildings, she felt her unhappiness lift. It was hard to be miserable when Unicorn Academy was so beautiful. The gardens were bursting with spring flowers and the glass and marble towers of the school sparkled against the clear blue sky. Evie's chest filled with pride. I might not be good at sport but I'm a good student and I'm great at science and maths, she reminded herself as she went inside. There's no reason I can't be an excellent guardian of Unicorn Island. Sam, one of the boys from Topaz dorm, was coming along the corridor pulling a suitcase on wheels. A lady with a dark shoulder-length bob and lots of jewellery was walking beside him pulling a much larger case. Evie recognised her as Dr Angelica Briar, Sam's aunt and a famous archaeologist. She'd visited the academy earlier in the year to give a talk on her work and afterwards the Ruby girls had shown her the first part of the map they had found. Dr Briar had told them it was about a hundred years old but that it wasn't worth anything.

离开了马厩。当她朝学校大楼走去时，她感到自己的不快乐消失了。 当独角兽学院如此美丽时，我很难感到痛苦。 花园里开满了春花，学校的玻璃和大理石塔楼在晴朗的蓝天下闪闪发光。 伊薇的胸膛充满了骄傲。 “我可能不擅长体育，但我是一个好学生，我在科学和数学方面很擅长，”她一边走进去，一边提醒自己。 我没有理由不能成为独角兽岛的优秀守护者。 山姆是黄玉宿舍的一个男生，他正拉着一个带轮子的手提箱沿着走廊走来。 一位留着深色及肩波波头、戴着许多珠宝的女士拉着一个大得多的箱子走在他身边。 艾维认出她是安吉莉卡·布瑞尔博士，山姆的姨妈，一位著名的考古学家。 今年早些时候，她去了学院，做了一个关于她工作的演讲，之后，鲁比家的女孩给她看了她们找到的地图的第一部分。 布瑞尔博士告诉他们，这棵树大约有一百年的历史，但不值钱。

Sam whispered something to his aunt and then greeted Evie. "Hi there!" "Hi, Sam," Evie said. "Hello, Dr Briar." Dr Briar smiled warmly. "Evie, isn't it? You were one of the girls who found that old piece of paper, weren't you?" Evie was thrilled that Dr Briar had remembered her. "Yes, that's right." "Aunt Angelica is staying for a few weeks to help document the paintings and artefacts in the school," said Sam proudly. "So, have you and your friends found any other bits of old paper that you want me to take a look at?" Dr Briar's eyes twinkled merrily. Evie only just stopped herself from saying that they had found a second piece. She'd like to have told Dr Briar, but Lyra had made them promise to keep the map secret. "Well?" pressed Dr Briar, her eyes curious. "No." A blush crept up Evie's cheeks as she lied. To hide her discomfort she blurted out a question. "Dr Briar, do you know what 'folly'

山姆对姨妈耳语了几句，然后跟艾薇打了个招呼。 “大家好!”“嗨，山姆，”艾维说。 “你好，布瑞尔博士。”布瑞尔医生热情地笑了。 “伊薇，是吗？”你是发现那张旧纸的女孩之一，对吗？”布瑞尔医生还记得她，伊薇很激动。 “是的，没错。”“安吉莉卡阿姨要在这里待几个星期，帮助记录学校里的绘画和手工艺品，”萨姆自豪地说。 “那么，你和你的朋友们还发现了其他一些想让我看一看的旧纸片吗？”布瑞尔博士的眼睛高兴地闪烁着。 艾薇刚忍住没说他们找到了第二块。 她本想告诉布瑞尔博士，但莱拉让他们答应对地图保密。 “怎么样？”布瑞尔博士好奇地追问道。 “没有。”伊薇撒谎时，脸颊泛起了红晕。 为了掩饰她的不安，她脱口而出地问了一个问题。 “布瑞尔医生，你知道什么是‘愚蠢’吗？”

means?" She'd been pondering that ever since she'd been in the orchard. "Why, yes I do," said Dr Briar. "It means foolish, but it's also the name given to a structure that's built for fun and which has no practical purpose. Many years ago rich people liked to build follies in the grounds of their houses. They could be towers or even miniature castles." Of course! Evie suddenly remembered reading about a secret folly in a book. Her eyes widened. Maybe the new folly in the riddle was a building– a place that had recently been built when the map was drawn. "Why do you ask?" Dr Briar asked, studying her. "Oh, n-no reason," Evie stammered. "I just heard the word somewhere and didn't know what it meant." Evie felt uncomfortable under Dr Briar's scrutiny. "Right, well, I'd better go," she gabbled. "Nice to see you, Dr Briar. Bye, Sam!" She didn't stop until she was back in Ruby dorm at the top of the north tower. She sank down on her bed, impatient for the others to come back so that she could tell them what she'd found out!

意思吗?”自从她来到果园，她就一直在思考这个问题。 “噢，是的，我知道。”布瑞尔医生说。 它的意思是愚蠢，但它也指的是为了好玩而建造的没有实际用途的建筑。 许多年前，富人喜欢在他们房子的院子里建造愚蠢的东西。 它们可能是塔楼，甚至是微型城堡。” 当然!伊薇突然想起在一本书里读到过一件秘密的蠢事。 她睁大了眼睛。也许谜语中新的愚蠢之处是一座建筑——地图绘制时刚刚建成的地方。 “你为什么这么问？”布瑞尔医生端详着她问道。 “哦，没什么，”伊薇结结巴巴地说。 “我只是在哪里听到这个词，不知道它是什么意思。” 艾薇在布瑞尔医生的审视下感到不自在。 “好吧，好吧，我得走了。”她含糊地说。 “很高兴见到你，布瑞尔博士。 再见,山姆!”直到她回到北塔顶的露比宿舍，她才停下来。 她一屁股坐在床上，迫不及待地等着其他人回来，好告诉他们她的发现！