Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 A bramble grabbed Sophia's arm. "Get off!" she cried, prying it away. Ava dismounted. Brambles snagged at her feet, but she fought back, pulling them aside. "This is all my fault for suggesting we come this way!" she said, feeling guilty. "Does it hurt a lot, Rainbow?" Rainbow nodded miserably. "We should have brought a first-aid kit— bandages, stuff like that," Ava babbled, unable to stop talking. "What are we going to do? We're stuck here! We're—" "Ava!" interrupted Star. "Calm down." Ava stared at Star. "I'm panicking, aren't I?" "Yes." Star nuzzled her shoulder. "Breathe and think." Ava took a couple of deep breaths as Star went on. "There are lots of plants around. Is there anything here you could use to help Rainbow's

一棵荆棘抓住了索菲娅的胳膊。 “走开！"她叫道，一面把它撬开。 艾娃下马。荆棘缠住了她的脚，但她奋力还击，把它们拉到一边。 “这都是我的错，是我建议我们走这条路！” “很疼吗，彩虹？”彩虹痛苦地点了点头。 “我们应该带急救箱的——绷带之类的东西，”艾娃喋喋不休地说。 “我们该怎么办？”我们被困在这里了！我们——”“艾娃！” “冷静下来。”艾娃盯着星星。 “我很恐慌，不是吗？”“是的。” 星星用鼻子蹭她的肩膀。 “呼吸，思考。”艾娃做了几次深呼吸，Star继续说。 “周围有很多植物。 你有什么可以帮到彩虹的吗

leg?" Ava frowned. Star was right. Lots of plants had healing properties. "Knitbone!" she realized. "That's what we need. My dad taught me how to mash the leaves into a healing paste. It's quick and easy and works like magic on wounds or broken bones." She glanced at Rainbow, who was sorrowfully holding his leg up. Now that she was thinking about plants, she felt much calmer. "If I find some and make a paste, we can use it to heal Rainbow's leg." She pulled off her soft purple hoodie, which had been ripped by the brambles. "Here," she said, putting her finger in a tear and making it bigger. "Make a bandage out of this, Sophia, and tie it tightly to stop the bleeding while I find some knitbone." "While we find some knitbone," Star corrected Ava. "I'm coming with you." Ava gave Star a grateful hug, then they set off through the dense undergrowth. Ava was glad for Star's company. If anything, the plants were getting more aggressive, and it was hard work forcing a way between them. Gradually, though, the vegetation began to thin until finally the mountain slope opened onto a grassy meadow. The whole

腿?”艾娃皱起了眉头。Star是对的。 很多植物都有治疗作用。 “针织品！”她意识到。“这就是我们需要的。 我爸爸教我怎么把叶子捣成治愈膏。 它又快又简单，对伤口和骨折都有神奇的效果。” 她瞥了彩虹一眼，彩虹悲伤地举起了自己的腿。 现在她想到了植物，她觉得平静多了。 “如果我找到一些，做成膏药，我们可以用它来治疗彩虹的腿。” 她脱下被荆棘扯破的紫色软连帽衫。 “给你，”她说着，把手指伸进眼泪里，把它捏得更大。 “索菲亚，用这个做个绷带，绑紧止血，我去找点针织品。” “我们去找些针织品，”斯达纠正艾娃。 “我和你一起去。”艾娃感激地拥抱了小星星一下，然后他们穿过茂密的灌木丛出发了。 艾娃很高兴有斯达作伴。 如果说有什么不同的话，那就是这些植物越来越具有攻击性，要在它们之间找到一条路是很困难的。 然而，渐渐地，植被开始稀疏，直到最后山坡上露出一片草地。 整个

area was speckled with bushes that were bursting with dark-blue berries and small green plants with red buds. Ava recognized the plants instantly. "Knitbone!" she said, breaking into a run. "And look, Star! Sky-berry bushes as well!" She swept her arm around, happiness filling her. "I was right! Rainbow's magic was telling us where to go!" Ava's first thought was to pick some sky berries for Star to eat, but then she remembered Rainbow with his injured leg. Star could wait a little while longer. She plucked a handful of berries, stuffing them into her pocket, then sank to her knees in the middle of a patch of knitbone. Star brought her two flat stones, and Ava quickly ground the fishbone-shaped leaves into a thick green paste. She wrapped it in some more leaves. "That's it. Let's get back to the others now!"

这片区域布满了密密麻麻的灌木丛，长满了深蓝色的浆果和带红芽的绿色小植物。 艾娃立刻认出了那些植物。 “针织品！”她边说边跑起来。 “瞧，星星！还有天空莓丛！”她搂着她的胳膊，心里充满了幸福。 “我是对的！”彩虹的魔法告诉我们该去哪里！”艾娃的第一个想法是摘一些天空的浆果给星星吃，但后来她想起了腿受伤的彩虹。 Star可以再等一会儿。 她摘了一把浆果，塞进口袋，然后跪在一块针织品中间。 星给她带来了两块扁平的石头，艾娃迅速将鱼骨状的叶子磨成厚厚的绿色糊状物。 她又用一些树叶把它包起来。 “就是这样。我们现在就回去找其他人吧！”

Ava vaulted onto Star, and they cantered back to Sophia and Rainbow, Star leaping the creepers that tried to snare her as she passed. Ava removed Rainbow's bandage and thickly spread the green paste over his leg. "That's incredible!" Sophia said as the edges of the wound came together to heal. "How does it feel?" "Good." Rainbow tentatively put his weight on the leg. "It's like a miracle." "This is the real miracle!" Ava said with a grin. She pulled the sky berries from her pocket. "Look what else Star and I found!"

艾娃跳上了星，他们回到了索菲亚和彩虹身边，星跳过了在她经过时试图诱捕她的爬虫。 艾娃取下彩虹的绷带，在他的腿上厚厚地涂上绿色的膏药。 “真是难以置信!”索菲娅说，伤口的边缘渐渐愈合了。 “感觉怎么样？”“好”。 彩虹试探性地把他的体重放在腿上。 “这就像一个奇迹。”“这才是真正的奇迹！”艾娃笑着说。 她从口袋里掏出天空莓。 “看看我和斯达又发现了什么！”

"Sky berries!" exclaimed Rainbow. Sophia squealed. "You found some bushes, Ava?" "Yes. There are loads, so eat as much as you want," Ava urged Star and Rainbow as she shared the berries with them. "That feels so much better," said Rainbow as he gobbled them up. "I feel stronger already!" Star agreed. Ava and Star led them through the brambles to where the sky-berry bushes were growing. "They're healthy-looking bushes," said Ava. "I'll take cuttings and try growing them nearer to the academy." While Ava and Sophia filled their panniers with sky berries and cuttings, Rainbow and Star munched happily from the bushes. "All done!" Ava said at last. "Let's go and show Ms. Nettles." "Ava…" Something in Sophia's voice made Ava look up. "Oh no!" she whispered in horror. While the girls had been busy, something else had been busy too! A ring of bushes with needle

“天上的浆果！”彩虹叫道。 索菲娅叫苦不迭。“你找到一些灌木丛了吗，艾娃？”“是的。 有很多，所以你想吃多少就吃多少，”艾娃一边和星星和彩虹分享浆果，一边敦促他们。 “感觉好多了，”彩虹边说边狼吞虎咽。 “我已经感觉强壮多了！”明星同意了。 艾娃和斯达领着他们穿过荆棘来到生长着天莓的地方。 “它们看起来很健康，”艾娃说。 “我要采些插枝，试着在离学院近一点的地方种。” 当艾娃和索菲亚把天空莓和插枝装满她们的篮子时，彩虹和星星开心地从灌木丛中咀嚼着。 “一切完成了!”艾娃最后说。 “我们去给荨麻老师看看。” “艾娃……”索菲娅的声音让艾娃抬起头来。 “哦，不！”她惊恐地低声说。 当女孩们忙着的时候，别的东西也在忙着！有针的一圈灌木

sharp thorns had started growing around them and their unicorns, trapping them in a circle. "What's happening?" Ava said. Rainbow whinnied in alarm. "It's okay, Rainbow!" shouted Sophia, running over to him and vaulting on. "Jump over them! Quick!" Rainbow leaped forward, galloped a few strides, and soared over the still-growing bushes. "Come on, Ava!" Sophia shouted. Ava started to run to Star, but a creeper caught her ankle and pulled her to the ground. The bushes grew even taller. The thorns reached up toward the sky, trapping Ava and Star, leaving them no way out.

尖锐的刺开始在他们和他们的独角兽周围生长，把他们困在一个圈里。 “发生了什么?”阿瓦说。 彩虹惊恐地呜咽着。 “没事的，彩虹！”索菲亚喊道，跑向他，跳了起来。 “跳过去！”快!”彩虹跳上前去，疾驰了几步，飞过了还在生长的灌木丛。 “加油，艾娃！”索菲娅喊道。 艾娃开始向星星跑去，但一棵爬山虎抓住了她的脚踝，把她拖到了地上。 灌木丛长得更高了。 荆棘伸向天空，困住了艾娃和星星，让她们无处可逃。