Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX That afternoon Sapphire dorm heard shouts coming from the lake. They cantered over. Valentina and Golden Briar were standing on the grassy banks of the lake with Delia and Jacinta. A strong breeze was swirling around, making the decorations that Sapphire dorm had hung in the trees– the lanterns, the strings of glittery stars and rainbows, the banners and the streamers– all toss about and twirl wildly. "Wind magic!" Valentina was shrieking. "Golden Briar has wind magic! Look!" Jacinta and Delia cheered.

第六章那天下午，蓝宝石宿舍听到湖上传来喊叫声。 他们绕过去。瓦伦蒂娜、金荆棘和迪莉娅、杰辛塔站在长满青草的湖边。 一阵强风吹来，把蓝宝石宿舍挂在树上的装饰品——灯笼、一串串闪闪发光的星星和彩虹、横幅和彩带——都吹得乱七八糟。 “风魔法!”瓦伦蒂娜在尖叫。 “金蒺藜有风魔法！”看!”杰辛塔和迪莉娅欢呼起来。

"Golden Briar might have found his magic," Layla whispered to Olivia, "but they still haven't bonded!" Layla was right. There was no streak of gold in Valentina's hair. "Watch this!" commanded Valentina. "Make a stronger wind, Golden Briar. I know– make a dust devil!" Golden Briar hesitated. "I'm not sure I should. I've only just found my magic." Valentina poked Golden Briar. "Do it!" "It's not a good idea, Valentina!" called out Scarlett. "When your unicorn first discovers magic it can easily get out of control. Like

“金荆棘也许找到了他的魔法，”蕾拉小声对奥利维亚说，“但他们仍然没有结合在一起！”莱拉是对的。 瓦伦蒂娜的头发上没有一丝金色。 “看这个！”瓦伦蒂娜命令道。 “吹强一点的风，金荆棘。 我知道了——做一个尘暴！”金荆棘犹豫了一下。 “我不确定我应该这样做。我刚刚发现了我的魔法。” 瓦伦蒂娜戳了戳金荆棘。 “这么做!”“这不是个好主意，瓦伦蒂娜！"思嘉喊道。 “当你的独角兽第一次发现魔法时，它很容易失控。 就像

Blaze's did." "I'm not you, and Golden Briar isn't Blaze. We can do this easy-peasy!" declared Valentina. "Come on, Golden Briar. Do as I say!" Looking anxious, Golden Briar stamped his hoof three times. A miniature tornado swirled up from the ground, churning up fallen leaves and dust. It moved across the banks of the lake towards the trees, spinning quickly. "See!" Valentina oozed smugness. "Faster, Golden Briar. Make it go higher!" Golden Briar stamped harder and the dust devil doubled, then tripled in size. The leaves blurred as they spun. "Be careful, Valentina!" cried Olivia in alarm. "Slow it down!" said Valentina. "I can't!" whinnied Golden Briar. The whirlwind slammed into a tree, ripping it up by the roots and twirling it round. Everyone started to shout and yell at Golden

大火的。”“我不是你，金荆棘也不是火焰。 我们可以轻而易举地做到！”瓦伦蒂娜宣称。 “来吧，金荆棘。照我说的做！”金荆棘看起来很焦虑，他用蹄子跺了三下。 一场微型龙卷风从地面盘旋而起，卷起了落叶和灰尘。 它飞快地旋转着，越过湖岸向树林飞去。 “看!”瓦伦蒂娜沾沾自喜。 “快点，金荆棘。让它飞得更高！”金蒺藜踩得更紧，沙尘暴的大小翻了一番，然后是三倍。 树叶在旋转时变得模糊。 “小心，瓦伦蒂娜！”奥利维亚惊恐地叫道。 “慢一点！”瓦伦蒂娜说。 “我不能！”金荆棘呜咽道。 旋风猛烈地袭击了一棵树，把它连根拔起，使它旋转起来。 每个人都开始对戈尔登大喊大叫

Briar to stop. But Golden Briar was powerless. He

Briar停下来。但金荆棘无能为力。 他

pounded his hoof on the ground but the dust devil seemed to have a life of its own. It ripped through a line of trees, uprooting them and wrecking all the decorations. "What are we going to do?!" cried Sophia. "We need rain," said Layla. "That will stop it." "I can help!" whinnied Cloud. Isabel and Cloud galloped towards the whirling funnel of wind. Isabel's curly hair was blown back and she had to cling tightly to Cloud's neck to stop herself being swept off his back. Snowflake pawed the ground as another tree was swept into the air and a flying branch narrowly missed Cloud. "What if they get hurt?" she said. For a moment, Olivia was sure she saw a gold spark fly up and she caught a whiff of burnt sugar. Just for a second the dust devil almost seemed to freeze. The other unicorns

他的蹄子在地上猛踢，但这个尘暴似乎有它自己的生命。 它撕裂了一排树木，把它们连根拔起，破坏了所有的装饰。 “我们该怎么办？！”索菲亚叫道。 “我们需要雨，”莱拉说。 “这会阻止它的。”“我能帮忙！” 伊莎贝尔和克劳德奔向旋转的漏斗风。 伊莎贝尔的卷发被风吹到了脑后，她不得不紧紧地抓住克劳德的脖子，以免自己从他的背上被吹走。 雪花用爪子刨着地面，另一棵树被刮到了空中，一根飞枝险些击中了云。 “如果他们受伤了怎么办？”她说。 有那么一会儿，奥利维亚确信她看到一个金色的火花飞了起来，她闻到了一股烧焦的糖味。 就在那一瞬间，沙尘暴几乎冻结了。 其他独角兽

looked round sharply at Snowflake but then Cloud reached the whirlwind. He stamped both front feet down on the ground. Blue sparks flew up into the air above him and Isabel, and rain clouds formed right over the dust devil. It wobbled and teetered as it was bombarded with fat raindrops. "It's shrinking," whooped Sophia as the dust devil collapsed like a deflating balloon, first to a brisk wind, then a breeze, until the air finally stilled. There was a long moment of silence as everyone looked round at the ripped-up trees, the leaves everywhere and the broken branches tangled up with smashed decorations. Olivia's eyes filled with tears as she remembered the hours she and the others had spent making those decorations but she blinked them back. At least no one had been hurt. Isabel galloped furiously over to Valentina. "Valentina! That's why you don't show off with magic! Look at what you've done. You've

他猛地回头看了看雪花，但这时云来到了旋风处。 他把两只前脚重重地踩在地上。 蓝色的火花飞到他和伊莎贝尔的上空，雨云就在沙尘暴的上空形成。 它摇晃着，摇摇欲坠，因为它被厚厚的雨滴轰击着。 “它在缩小，”索菲亚大声叫道，沙尘暴像一个泄气的气球一样坍塌了，首先是一阵微风，然后是一阵微风，直到空气终于平静下来。 大家都沉默了好长一段时间，看着周围被砍倒的树，到处都是树叶，断枝上缠满了被砸碎的装饰品。 当她想起她和其他人花了几个小时做这些装饰品时，奥利维亚的眼睛里充满了泪水，但她把它们眨了眨。 至少没有人受伤。 伊莎贝尔狂怒地奔向瓦伦蒂娜。 “瓦伦提娜!这就是为什么你不能用魔法来炫耀！看看你都干了些什么。 你已经