Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO The lights in the stable block glowed softly. The heated floor was so lovely and warm that Scarlett unwound her scarf and stuffed her red gloves in her pocket. She hopped clear of a remote-controlled trolley as it went trundling past with a big container of sky berries– the special berries from the mountains behind the school that the unicorns loved to eat. Blaze went into her stall and drank from her silver water trough. Each unicorn had their own trough that magically filled up with water from

第二章马厩里的灯光柔和地闪烁着。 温暖的地板是那么可爱和温暖，思嘉解开围巾，把红手套塞进口袋里。 她从一辆遥控小车上跳了过去，小车上开着一大箱天空莓——一种来自学校后面山上的特殊浆果，是独角兽喜欢吃的。 布雷兹走进她的隔间，从她的银色水槽里喝水。 每只独角兽都有自己的水槽，神奇地装满了水

the lake. "Delicious!" Blaze smacked her lips but as she went to take another drink she snorted in alarm. "Where's the water gone? My trough's not refilling!" "What's that?" Scarlett broke off chattering with Isabel. "My trough's broken." Blaze rattled it with her muzzle. "It can't be." The individual water troughs in the stalls and the main troughs in the stable aisles never ran out of lake water. Scarlett went into Blaze's stable and put her hand under the water spout. Water suddenly spurted everywhere. She squealed. "Blaze! You tricked me!" "No I didn't!" Blaze protested. Scarlett giggled and flicked water over her. "I actually believed you for a moment." "I wasn't joking, Scarlett." Blaze stared at the water trough. "It wasn't working."

湖中。“好吃!”火焰咂咂她的嘴唇，但当她去再喝一杯时，她惊恐地哼了一声。 “水到哪里去了？”我的食槽填不满了！”“那是什么?”思嘉停止了和伊莎贝尔的谈话。 “我的食槽坏了。”Blaze用它的嘴把它弄得嘎嘎作响。 “不可能。”马厩里的单个水槽和马厩过道里的主水槽从来没有用完湖水。 思嘉走进布雷兹的马厩，把手放在水龙头下面。 水突然喷得到处都是。 她叫苦不迭。“大火!你骗我！”“不，我没有！”大火抗议道。 思嘉格格地笑着，把水泼在她身上。 “有那么一刻，我真的相信了你。” “我不是在开玩笑，思嘉。" 火焰盯着水槽。 “它不起作用。”

Scarlett just laughed. "Stop messing around. You'll make me late." "I'm not messing around," Blaze said. "I saw some ice crystals in the water." "Ice crystals? Where?" Scarlett kept her distance, expecting Blaze to shower her with water if she went too close. "They've melted now," said Blaze. "Of course they have," Scarlett chuckled. "Right, I'm going to get you some berries." She returned a few minutes later with a bucket full of sky berries and plonked it on the floor. Blaze gobbled them up hungrily. Scarlett stroked her, twisting her fingers in a swirl of red and gold mane that reminded her of a flame. "I'll see you in the morning," she said. "It's the weekend so no lessons, just fun! I'm going to plait your mane and tail with some gold ribbons my big sisters sent me." "Your family spoil you rotten!" laughed Isabel, peeking around Blaze's stable door.

思嘉只是笑笑。“别胡闹了。 你会让我迟到的。”“我不是在胡闹，”布雷兹说。 “我看到水里有一些冰晶。” “冰晶?在哪里?”思嘉保持着距离，以为如果她走得太近，Blaze就会向她泼水。 “它们已经融化了。”Blaze说。 “当然了，"思嘉轻声笑着说。 “好吧，我去给你拿些浆果。” 几分钟后，她拿着满满一桶天空莓回来，砰地一声把它扔在地板上。 烈焰如饥似渴地把它们吃掉了。 思嘉抚摸着她，把手指扭成一团红金色的鬈发，使她想起一团火焰。 “明天早上见，”她说。 “这是周末，所以没有课，只是好玩！”我要给你的鬃毛和尾巴系上我姐姐送给我的金丝带。” “你的家人把你惯坏了！”伊莎贝尔笑着，从布雷兹的马厩门口偷看。

"A box of chocolates came from the boys this morning too," Scarlett smiled. She was the youngest of five. Her older brothers and sisters were always sending her treats. "I'll share them with our dorm." "Awesome. But we'd better get a move on now," said Isabel, glancing at the clock on the wall. "I don't want to clean Ms Nettles' stinky boots." "Me neither," agreed Scarlett. She gave Blaze a final hug and then she and Isabel hurried back to the school, arm in arm. The next day was even colder. When the girls woke there was a thin layer of snow and ice on Sapphire dormitory's window. Scarlett stayed in bed, curled up in her blue and silver duvet like a dormouse until Isabel whipped it away. "You're mean!" Scarlett's teeth chattered. "Catch me if you can," shouted Isabel. She

“今天早上男孩子们也送来了一盒巧克力，"思嘉微笑着说。 她是五个孩子中最小的。 她的哥哥姐姐们总是给她送点心。 “我要和我们宿舍的人分享。” “太棒了。但我们最好现在就行动起来，”伊莎贝尔说，瞥了一眼墙上的钟。 “我不想给荨麻女士擦臭靴子。” “我也是，"思嘉附和道。 她给了布雷兹最后一个拥抱，然后和伊莎贝尔手挽着手匆匆回到学校。 第二天更冷了。 当女孩们醒来时，蓝宝石宿舍的窗户上结了一层薄薄的冰雪。 思嘉躺在床上，像睡鼠一样蜷缩在她那蓝银相间的羽绒被里，直到伊莎贝尔把它赶走。 “你的意思是!”思嘉的牙齿直打战。 “如果你能抓住我，”伊莎贝尔喊道。 她

looked like a glittery ghost as she circled the room with the duvet draped over her shoulders. Scarlett chased after her with a pillow, bopping Isabel on the head with it. Isabel ditched the duvet and grabbed a pillow to bop her back. "Pillow fight!" yelled Sophia, getting out of bed. Olivia and Ava jumped up to join in too. Quieter Layla dressed with a worried frown on her face as the other five girls in Sapphire dorm chased around, bashing each other with feathery

她披着羽绒被在房间里转来转去，看起来像个闪闪发光的幽灵。 思嘉拿着枕头跟在她后面，一面用枕头敲伊莎贝尔的头。 伊莎贝尔扔掉羽绒被，抓起一个枕头撑了起来。 “枕头大战！”索菲娅大叫着下了床。 奥利维亚和艾娃也跳了起来。 在蓝宝石宿舍的其他五个女生追来追去，用羽毛互相拍打的时候，蕾拉穿着衣服，脸上愁眉苦脸

pillows. "Phew! I'm too hot now," gasped Scarlett, lying on her bed. "Me too!" said Isabel, collapsing beside her. "You can't just lie there," said Layla. "There are feathers everywhere. You'd better clear them up before breakfast or we'll all be in trouble." "What are you doing today, Sophia?" Scarlett said, ignoring Layla, who she thought was rather boring. Layla sighed and started clearing up the feathers herself. "Ava and I are going to look for some spring bulbs and herbs she wants to plant in her garden," said Sophia, holding her black curls off her neck to cool down. "Then we'll go for a long ride around the grounds. I promised Rainbow he could have a good gallop today. How about you two?" "Riding, jumping and avoiding Ms Nettles," said Scarlett.

枕头。“唷!我现在太热了，"思嘉躺在床上喘着气说。 “我也是！”伊莎贝尔说，倒在她身边。 “你不能就这么躺着，”莱拉说。 “到处都是羽毛。 你最好在早餐前把它们清理干净，否则我们都会有麻烦的。” “你今天要做什么，索菲亚？”思嘉说，没有理睬莱拉，因为她觉得她很无聊。 蕾拉叹了口气，开始自己清理羽毛。 “艾娃和我要去找一些春天的球茎和草药，她想在她的花园里种，”索菲亚说，把她脖子上的黑色卷发拿开降温。 “然后我们绕着场地兜一圈。 我答应过彩虹今天可以让他好好跑一圈。 你们俩呢？”“骑马、蹦蹦跳跳，还要避开荨麻太太，"思嘉说。