Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE Scarlett and Isabel squeezed between the unicorns to reach Blaze and Cloud. "Scarlett!" Blaze whinnied in relief. "Thank goodness you're here. The drinking troughs have frozen. I'm so thirsty and my head aches. Can you get me some water from the lake?" "Of course," said Scarlett, but before she could go anywhere the elderly headteacher, Ms Primrose, came into the stable with her golden unicorn, Sage. Ms Primrose was wrapped up warmly in a thick hoodie, two scarves and a pair

第三章思嘉和伊莎贝尔挤在独角兽中间，向烈焰和云雾走去。 “斯佳丽!”烈焰如释重负地呜咽着。 “谢天谢地，你来了。 饮水槽结冰了。 我好渴，头也疼。 你能从湖里给我打点水来吗？”“当然，"思嘉说，但还没等她去哪儿，上了年纪的校长樱草花女士就牵着她的金独角兽塞奇走进了马厩。 樱草花女士裹着一件厚厚的卫衣，围着两条围巾和一条裤子

of pink and gold riding boots. "Good morning, everyone," she said. "As you can see, the weather has turned extremely cold and, for the first time in living memory, the lake has started to freeze." Isabel gasped and Scarlett's face reddened as

粉色和金色的马靴。 “大家早上好，”她说。 “正如你所看到的，天气变得非常寒冷，在人们的记忆中，这是第一次，湖泊开始冻结。” 伊莎贝尔倒吸了一口冷气，思嘉的脸也红了

she remembered how yesterday she'd thought that it might be fun if the lake did freeze for a bit. Ms Primrose clapped her hands, silencing the chatter. "If the lake continues to freeze then there won't be any water for the unicorns to drink. That would be dreadful. All the unicorns would become ill and lose their magic powers." Scarlett glanced at Blaze. She'd already complained of a headache. She might get very sick if she couldn't drink the lake water. Scarlett began to listen far more carefully. "We must collect as much water as possible," Ms Primrose went on. "I've arranged for some specially heated storage containers to be put in the stables. No matter what the temperature is outside, the stored water won't freeze. Unfortunately, these containers need to be filled by hand. Go and collect the others from your dormitory and make sure each of you takes a bucket from your form teacher. Then start

她记起昨天她是怎样想的，如果湖真的结冰一会儿，那将会很有趣。 樱草花女士拍了拍手，止住了喋喋不休。 “如果湖继续结冰，那么独角兽就没有水喝了。 那太可怕了。所有的独角兽都会生病，失去它们的魔力。” 思嘉瞥了布雷兹一眼。 她已经抱怨头疼了。 如果她不能喝湖水，她可能会病得很重。 思嘉开始更加仔细地听着。 “我们必须收集尽可能多的水，”樱草花女士接着说。 “我已经安排了一些特别加热的储存容器放在马厩里。 不管外面温度如何，储存的水都不会结冰。 不幸的是，这些容器需要手工填充。 去把你们宿舍的其他人叫来，确保你们每个人从班主任那里拿一桶。 然后开始

transferring water from the lake to the containers. The harder you work, the sooner the job will be done. Off you go now." As Ms Primrose left the stables with Sage, everyone started talking at once. "What will happen to Unicorn Island if the lake freezes?" "How will the island survive?" Scarlett patted Blaze's neck. Now she knew there was enough water to last for a few days, she felt more relaxed about the lake freezing for a little while. "Let's not worry about it, Blaze. Ms Nettles said the lake will never freeze completely, and even if it does, we'll have collected enough water to last until it thaws again. Let's enjoy the snow and frost! It'll be great fun playing in it!" It was hard work, fetching water from the lake and carrying it to the containers in the stables.

将水从湖中转移到容器中。 你工作越努力，这项工作就会越快完成。 现在你走吧。”迎春花女士带着塞吉离开马厩时，大家立刻开始议论起来。 “如果湖结冰了，独角兽岛会怎么样？”“这座岛将如何生存？”思嘉拍了拍布雷兹的脖子。 现在她知道有足够的水可以维持几天，她对湖面结冰感到轻松了一会儿。 “别担心，布雷兹。 内特尔斯女士说，这个湖永远不会完全结冰，即使完全结冰，我们也会收集到足够的水，直到它再次融化。 让我们一起享受雪和霜吧！在里面玩一定很有趣！”这是一项艰苦的工作，从湖里取水，然后把水送到马厩里的容器里。

The thin layer of snow covering the ground grew slushy, splashing Scarlett's legs with water as she traipsed back and forth. Her initial enthusiasm quickly wore off until she was spending more time nattering to Isabel than working. It took the whole morning before the containers were full. "I'm not doing that again," panted Scarlett, dumping her bucket outside Blaze's stable rather than walk the extra steps to put it back in the storeroom. "I doubt we'll have to," said Isabel. "It feels much warmer now– the sun's coming out." Warmed by the pale winter sun, the afternoon was much more fun. Scarlett brushed Blaze's mane, not exactly until it shone, but enough to get the tangles out. Then she plaited the gold ribbon through it. Blaze's tail proved a little harder, with a wisp of hair that refused to lie flat. Spying the bucket she'd left outside the stable, Scarlett grabbed it to get some water

覆盖在地面上的薄薄的一层雪变得泥泞了，思嘉来回走动时，水溅到了她的腿上。 她最初的热情很快就消退了，直到她花更多的时间和伊莎贝尔闲聊，而不是工作。 整整一个上午，集装箱才装满。 “我不会再那样做了，"思嘉喘着气说，她把水桶扔在布雷兹的马厩外面，而不愿多走几步把它放回储藏室。 “我想我们没必要这么做。”伊莎贝尔说。 “现在感觉暖和多了——太阳出来了。” 在冬日苍白的阳光照耀下，这个下午变得有趣多了。 思嘉拨弄着布雷兹的鬃毛，虽然没梳到闪闪发亮，但已经足够把打结的头发拨开了。 然后她用金丝带把它扎起来。 Blaze的尾巴有点硬，有一缕毛不愿平躺。 思嘉看见了她放在马厩外面的水桶，便抓起它去取水

from the drinking trough to tame the flyaway hair. To her surprise the water in the trough was covered in ice and Scarlett had to chip it away to reach the water beneath it. "Watch out, clumsy!" Valentina De Silva shouted at Scarlett as she swept by with her two annoying friends. "You just splashed me." Valentina gave Scarlett a haughty look. Not only was she Ms Nettles' niece but she thought she was better than anyone else at Unicorn Academy because her parents were governors there. "Oh dear," said Scarlett, deliberately swinging the bucket into the air so the icy water splashed out and over Valentina. "Whoops, sorry, Valentina. I really am clumsy today!" She chuckled as water dripped from Valentina's brown hair. "That's it! I'm telling!" shrieked Valentina, storming off to find a teacher. Her two friends gave Scarlett an indignant look before scurrying

从饮水槽驯服飞散的头发。 使她吃惊的是，槽里的水都结了冰，思嘉不得不把它凿开，才能到下面的水。 “小心，笨手笨脚的！”瓦伦蒂娜·德·席尔瓦带着两个讨厌的朋友从思嘉身边走过时，对她喊道。 “你刚刚泼了我一身水。”瓦伦蒂娜傲慢地看了思嘉一眼。 她不仅是奈特尔斯的侄女，还认为自己比独角兽学院的其他任何人都优秀，因为她的父母都是该校的校长。 “啊，天哪，"思嘉说，一面故意把水桶在空中晃来晃去，这样冰冷的水就溅到瓦伦蒂娜身上了。 “哎呀，对不起，瓦伦蒂娜。 我今天真是笨手笨脚的！”当水从瓦伦蒂娜的棕色头发上滴下来时，她咯咯地笑了起来。 “就是它!我告诉你！”瓦伦蒂娜尖叫着，怒气冲冲地去找老师。 她的两个朋友怒气冲冲地看了思嘉一眼，便匆匆走开了