Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5 Ms. Rosemary suddenly stood up. She had a small book in her hand and she looked excited. "Right, everyone, I need to take the finest specimen of each item collected to Ms. Primrose." "Why?" asked Jack. "Ms. Primrose is going to make a potion to help with a small problem we have at school. It's nothing for you to worry about!" Ms. Rosemary said. She walked around, taking a selection of the items. Finally, she picked up the knitbone and feather that Ava's team had collected. "Perfect! Get on with your work, please, while I go to see Ms. Primrose. I expect you all to have finished when I return." The moment Ms. Rosemary left, everyone started talking. "What's going on?" said Scarlett. "Yes, what's this problem Ms. Rosemary's

罗斯玛丽女士突然站了起来。 她手里拿着一本小书，看上去很兴奋。 “好了，各位，我要把收集到的每一件物品中最好的标本交给琼斯女士。 月见草。”“为什么？”杰克问。 “迎春花老师要做一种药水来解决我们在学校遇到的一个小问题。 你没什么好担心的！”Ms。 迷迭香说。她四处走动，挑选了一些物品。 最后，她捡起了艾娃团队收集的针织品和羽毛。 “完美!请继续做你的工作，我要去看史密斯女士。 月见草。我希望我回来的时候你们都做完了。” 罗斯玛丽一走，大家就开始议论起来。 “怎么回事？"思嘉问。 “是的，这是什么问题？” 迷迭香的

talking about?" Isabel said. "Why do the teachers need a potion?" "Maybe it's about the lake again," called Jason. The noise level in the room rose. "Shh!" said Olivia. "We'll get into trouble. We need to finish our work." They settled down again, still talking but in quieter voices. Ava glanced around at everyone scribbling hard. Valentina, stopping to stretch her fingers, caught Ava's eye. Ava looked away, but Valentina was already nudging Jacinta and Delia. "Ava's hardly written a thing. And she spelled Scavenger Hunt wrong, even though it's on the board. Silly girl!"

在说什么?”伊莎贝尔说。 “老师们为什么需要魔药？”“也许又是关于湖的事，”杰森叫道。 房间里的噪音增大了。 “嘘！”奥利维亚说。“我们会有麻烦的。 我们需要完成我们的工作。” 他们又坐了下来，继续谈话，但声音更小了。 艾娃环顾四周，看着每个人都在拼命地乱涂乱画。 瓦伦蒂娜停下来伸了伸手指，引起了艾娃的注意。 艾娃把目光移开，但瓦伦蒂娜已经在推雅辛塔和迪莉娅了。 “艾娃几乎什么都没写。 她把“寻宝游戏”拼错了，尽管黑板上写着。 傻女孩!”

Olivia's head whipped up. "Leave Ava alone!" she hissed. "She's much smarter than you, Valentina. She knows a ton about animals, including spiders." "Yes, she does," chipped in Sophia. "What was that dangerous creature you found today, Valentina? Oh, that's right, a harmless cave spider!" Valentina turned bright red. "Oh, for goodness' sake, don't you care that Ava can't spell?" "We care that you were making fun of her, which isn't very nice," said Sophia, and Olivia

奥利维亚的头猛地一摇。“放开艾娃！”她嘶嘶地说。 “她比你聪明多了，瓦伦蒂娜。 她对动物很了解，包括蜘蛛。” “是的，她喜欢，”索菲娅插嘴说。 “你今天发现的那个危险生物是什么，瓦伦蒂娜？” 哦，对了，一只无害的洞穴蜘蛛！”瓦伦蒂娜的脸涨得通红。 “哦，看在上帝的份上，你不在乎艾娃不会拼写吗？”索菲亚和奥利维亚说：“我们关心的是你在取笑她，这很不好。

agreed. "Leave Ava alone," added Scarlett. The rest of Sapphire dorm all glared at Valentina. Valentina turned from red to purple. She glanced over at Jacinta and Delia, but they kept their heads bent. With an angry sigh, Valentina went back to her work. Ava gave her friends a warm smile, but inside she was frozen with shame. Valentina had called her a silly girl, and that's exactly how she felt. Why couldn't she have even half the brains of her friends or her older brother and sister? Ava barely wrote a thing after that. She felt too miserable. After a while, Ms. Rosemary came back into the classroom. She looked gloomy. "Did you manage to find Ms. Primrose, Miss? Did she make a potion?" asked Billy. "Yes," said Ms. Rosemary with a sigh. "But it didn't work. We'll have to try something else. Now, hand your notes in, please, so I can see what you've been doing." "Not much in YOUR case," Valentina whispered to Ava as she brushed past her to hand her notes in. Ava blushed hotly.

同意了。“别管艾娃，"思嘉补充说。 蓝宝石宿舍的其他人都瞪着瓦伦蒂娜。 瓦伦蒂娜的脸从红色变成了紫色。 她瞥了一眼杰辛塔和迪莉娅，但她们一直低着头。 瓦伦蒂娜愤怒地叹了口气，继续干她的活。 艾娃给了朋友们一个温暖的微笑，但内心却因羞愧而冻结。 瓦伦蒂娜叫她傻姑娘，这正是她的感受。 为什么她连她的朋友或哥哥姐姐一半的脑子都没有呢？ 那之后艾娃几乎没写过什么。 她觉得太痛苦了。过了一会儿。 罗斯玛丽回到了教室。 她看起来很沮丧。“你设法找到了吗？” 月见草,小姐?她做了魔药吗？”比利问。 “是的，”罗斯玛丽叹了口气说。 但这并没有奏效。我们得试试别的办法。 现在，请把笔记交上来，让我看看你们都做了些什么。” “对你来说没什么，”瓦伦蒂娜对艾娃耳语道，她从她身边走过，递给她笔记。 艾娃脸红了。

The instant the lesson ended, she raced to the stable and told Star what Valentina had said. The unicorn listened carefully. "Valentina is wrong!" she exclaimed. "You're not a silly girl. How could you be when you know so much about nature?" "That's easy stuff. Anyone can learn about that," said Ava miserably. Star nuzzled Ava. "I don't think they can. Your memory for plants is amazing, Ava, and you're kind and generous and everyone likes you." Ava's cheeks warmed. To cover her embarrassment, she backed away. "Um…thanks," she muttered. She could hear the others arriving and starting to collect the feed buckets for the unicorns' dinner. "Let me go and get you some sky berries." Ava's heart was lighter, and she swung the bucket as she entered the feed room. Star always knew what to say to cheer her up. She realized she hadn't told her about Ms. Rosemary's strange behavior and the potion the teachers wanted to make. I'll tell her while she's eating, she thought. Ava dumped the bucket on the floor, lifted the feed-bin lid, and groaned. There were hardly any

课一结束，她就跑到马厩，把瓦伦蒂娜的话告诉了“星星”。 独角兽仔细地听着。 “瓦伦蒂娜错了！” “你不是个傻女孩。你对大自然了解这么多，怎么还能这样呢？”“这很简单。 任何人都可以从中学到，”艾娃痛苦地说。 Star用鼻子碰了碰Ava。“我认为他们做不到。 你对植物的记忆太棒了，艾娃，你善良大方，每个人都喜欢你。” 艾娃的脸颊暖和起来。为了掩饰她的尴尬，她后退了。 “嗯……谢谢。”她喃喃地说。 她能听到其他人来了，开始收集独角兽晚餐的饲料桶。 “让我去给你拿些天空莓来。” 艾娃的心情轻松了许多，她摇着水桶走进了喂食室。 明星总是知道该说什么让她高兴起来。 她意识到自己没有告诉过她。 罗斯玛丽的奇怪行为和老师们想做的魔药。 我要在她吃饭的时候告诉她，她想。 艾娃把水桶倒在地上，掀开饲料箱的盖子，呻吟着。 几乎没有

sky berries left, certainly not enough for every unicorn in the stable to have an evening meal. She'd meant to tell Ms. Rosemary that morning, but she'd forgotten. Guilt flashed through her. The unicorns won't be able to have berries for supper tonight, and it's all my fault, she thought. The rest of Sapphire dorm came into the feed room. "Scoot over, Ava," said Isabel. "What's wrong? You look upset." Ava bit her lip. "We're almost out of sky berries. There's not enough to go around." "Let's volunteer to collect some more," Layla suggested. Ava nodded. "The bushes grow on the lower slopes of the mountain, just behind the school," she said. "If we all go, we'll soon pick enough for tonight's feed." "I'll help," said Sophia. "Me too," said Olivia. Just then, Ms. Rosemary swept into the feed room. Locks of brown hair escaped from the silver clips she wore, and, unusual for her, she was frowning. "Listen, please," she said, clapping her hands to

剩下的天空莓，肯定不够马厩里的独角兽吃一顿晚餐。 那天早上她本想告诉罗斯玛丽的，但她忘了。 她突然感到内疚。 独角兽们今晚晚饭吃不到浆果了，这都是我的错，她想。 蓝宝石宿舍的其他人都进了饲料室。 “过来，艾娃，”伊莎贝尔说。 “怎么了?你看起来很沮丧。” 艾娃咬着嘴唇。“我们几乎没有天空莓了。 没有足够的钱分给大家。” “我们自愿再收集一些吧，”莱拉建议道。 艾娃点点头。“灌木丛生长在学校后面的山坡上，”她说。 “如果我们都去，我们很快就能采到足够的食物了。” “我来帮忙，”索菲亚说。“我也是。”奥利维亚说。 就在这时，罗斯玛丽女士大摇大摆地走进饲料室。 几绺棕色的头发从她头上的银质发夹里露出来，她皱着眉头，这对她来说是不寻常的。 “请听我说，”她一边说，一边拍着手