Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE Later that morning the girls headed to the gardens to work out their demonstration for the parents. They were so busy talking that as they rounded a corner they almost ran into Ms Primrose and Ms Nettles, who were standing on one of the paths. Ms Primrose was holding a basket filled with herbs. Ms Nettles looked angry. "Whoops! Sorry!" gasped Scarlett as the unicorns stopped just in time. "Girls! Whatever do you think you are doing? Please watch where you're going!" snapped Ms Nettles. Her glasses rattled on her

那天早上晚些时候，女孩们去花园为家长们设计示范。 他们正忙着交谈，转过一个拐角时，差点撞上站在一条小路上的樱草花女士和荨麻女士。 樱草花女士提着一个装满草药的篮子。 荨麻女士看上去很生气。“哎呀!对不起！"思嘉喘着气说，只见独角兽们及时停住了脚步。 “女孩!你知道你在干什么吗？ 请注意你的方向！”荨麻女士厉声说。 她的眼镜在她身上格格作响

thin nose as she gave Blaze and Cloud a disapproving look– both unicorns had tangled manes and tails, and traces of mud on their legs. "Hmm, it's looks to me like some of you in Sapphire dorm should put more effort into grooming and less into talking!" She stalked off. Ms Primrose shook her head. "Don't mind Ms Nettles, girls," she said. "She has a lot on with the Graduation Ball." She reached into her basket and fed the unicorns some watermint leaves. "Here we are. A little treat for the

她不以为然地看了Blaze和Cloud一眼——两只独角兽的鬃毛和尾巴都纠结在一起，腿上还有泥迹。 “嗯，在我看来，蓝宝石宿舍里的一些人应该多花点精力打扮自己，少花点时间说话！”她大步走开了。 樱草花女士摇了摇头。 “姑娘们，别介意荨麻老师，”她说。 “她在毕业舞会上忙得不可开交。” 她把手伸进篮子里，给独角兽喂了一些薄荷叶。 “我们到了。给他们一点小小的款待

Sapphire unicorns." They snorted happily and munched up the leaves. "No, no more, I'm afraid, my dears," she chuckled as they looked at her hopefully. "I need the rest of these herbs for my spells." "What spells?" asked Layla curiously. Ms Primrose gave a vague smile. "This and that! These are herbs for a locking spell. I'm always working to keep the academy safe, you know." "How do you make spells, Ms Primrose?" asked Ava. "I'd love to learn." "It's complicated, my dear," said Ms Primrose. "You need to have a unicorn who is a spell- weaver like your unicorn, Sage, don't you, Ms Primrose?" said Layla. "I've read about it. A spell-weaver puts the magic in that makes a spell work– and if you've got a spell-weaver for a unicorn you can make spells that do all sorts of things."

蓝宝石的独角兽。”他们高兴地哼着鼻子，大口嚼着树叶。 “不，亲爱的，恐怕不会再有了。”当他们满怀希望地看着她时，她轻声笑了起来。 “我需要剩下的草药来施咒。” “什么咒语？”莱拉好奇地问。 樱草花女士淡淡地笑了笑。 “这个和那个！”这些是用来施锁咒的药草。 你知道，我一直在努力保护学院的安全。” “你是怎么念咒语的，樱草花女士？”艾娃问。 “我愿意学习。”“这很复杂，亲爱的，”樱草花女士说。 “你需要一只像你的独角兽一样会织咒语的独角兽，塞奇，是吗，樱草花女士？”莱拉说。 “我读过这方面的报道。一个织咒工就是把魔法施进去，使咒语生效——如果你给独角兽找了一个织咒工，你就可以编出各种各样的咒语。”

"Goodness, Layla, you're very good at finding things out, aren't you?" Ms Primrose smiled but Olivia noticed an unusually sharp note to her voice. "That is quite correct. Now, girls, are you happy you've been given the lake to decorate?" The others nodded, but something about Ms Primrose's behaviour was striking Olivia as odd. What was it? Before she could figure it out, Ms Primrose said goodbye to them. "I must be off. Have fun practising for the demonstration, girls." "We will!" they chorused as their kindly headteacher hurried away. Isabel had already thought out a plan for their demonstration. "We'll all canter in together and then stop in the centre apart from Dancer, who can fly up into the air and turn a loop-the-loop. That will be a really impressive opening! Then

“天哪，蕾拉，你很善于发现事情，不是吗？”樱草花女士笑了，但奥利维亚注意到她的声音异常尖锐。 “说得很对。现在，姑娘们，你们把这个湖交给你们来装饰，高兴吗？”其他人点了点头，但樱草花女士的举止让奥利维亚感到奇怪。 是什么？还没等她想明白，樱草花女士就向他们告别了。 “我得走了。姑娘们，好好练习示范吧。” “我们会的！”当和蔼的校长匆匆离去时，他们齐声说道。 伊莎贝尔已经为他们的游行想出了一个计划。 “我们大家一起跑进去，然后在中间停下来，只留下小舞，它能飞到空中，还能转圈圈。 那将是一个令人印象深刻的开场！然后

Blaze can create a circle of fire, Cloud can conjure rain to put the fire out, Star can make flowers grow where the fire was and Rainbow can magic up a rainbow over them!" They started to practise. A lot of the time was spent going through the difficult magical moves and there wasn't much for Olivia and Snowflake to do. "Should we stop now, Isabel?" called Ava after a while. "We can practise more later but if we do too much magic our unicorns will get tired." Doing magic used up a lot of energy for the unicorns. Isabel looked as if she was going to argue but Layla spoke before she could. "Good plan," she said, glancing over at Olivia and Snowflake, who were standing on their own. "Why don't we give the unicorns a rest and go and do something we can all be involved with, like decorating the lake?" Olivia gave her a grateful look. It wasn't

火焰可以创造一个火圈，云可以召唤雨来扑灭火，星星可以在火的地方长出花朵，彩虹可以在它们上面变出一道彩虹！”他们开始练习。 大部分时间都花在了高难度的魔法动作上，奥利维亚和雪花没有太多事情可做。 “我们现在该停下来了吗，伊莎贝尔？”过了一会儿艾娃喊道。 “我们以后可以多练习，但是如果我们施太多魔法，我们的独角兽会累的。” 施魔法消耗了独角兽们大量的能量。 伊莎贝尔看上去好像要争辩，但蕾拉在她还没来得及争辩之前就开口了。 “好计划。”她说，扫了一眼奥利维亚和雪花，他们俩独自站着。 “为什么我们不让独角兽们休息一下，去做一些我们都能参与的事情，比如装饰湖泊呢？”奥利维亚感激地看了她一眼。 这不是

much fun just watching. They headed back to the stables first to let the unicorns have some sky berries. As they rode up to the door there was a loud shriek. Olivia and the others hurried inside. The students from Emerald dorm were there, most of them looking very excited because Cupcake, Delia's unicorn, had just discovered he had finding magic that allowed him to find things that were lost. And Delia's chestnut-coloured hair now had a streak of strawberry pink, the same shade as Cupcake's mane and tail.

光是看就很有趣。他们先回到马厩，让独角兽吃一些天空浆果。 当他们骑到门口时，传来一声尖叫。 奥利维亚和其他人急忙跑了进去。 翡翠宿舍的同学们都在那里，大多数人看起来都很兴奋，因为小蛋糕，迪莉娅的独角兽，刚刚发现他有了找到丢失物品的魔法。 迪莉娅栗色的头发现在变成了一缕草莓粉，和小蛋糕的鬃毛和尾巴的颜色一样。