Chapter 1

Rosa and Crystal JULIE SYKES illustrated by LUCY TRUMAN

罗莎和克里斯托·朱莉·赛克斯由露西·杜鲁门插图

CHAPTER ONE "Good work, Rosa. Crystal is the cleanest unicorn I've seen today and those silver ribbons look very pretty in her blue and purple mane and tail– a very good choice!" "Thank you, Ms Rosemary." Rosa blushed, her heart swelling with pride. She'd been at Unicorn Academy for a month now and she had been worrying recently that she'd done something to upset Ms Rosemary, the Care of Unicorns teacher. Rosa loved being the best at things and, even though she always put her hand up first to answer questions or volunteer for

第一章“干得好，罗莎。 克丽丝特尔是我今天看到的最干净的独角兽，那些银色的丝带系在她蓝色和紫色的鬃毛和尾巴上看起来非常漂亮——这是一个很好的选择！”“谢谢你，罗斯玛丽女士。” 罗莎脸红了，她的心因骄傲而膨胀。 她到独角兽学院已经一个月了，最近她一直担心自己做了什么让照顾独角兽的老师罗斯玛丽女士不高兴的事。 罗莎喜欢做最好的人，尽管她总是第一个举手回答问题或自愿

jobs, for some reason Ms Rosemary had stopped picking her and kept asking the others instead. Rosa couldn't understand it. "Well done," Crystal whispered, her warm breath tickling Rosa's face. "Thanks!" Rosa stroked Crystal's sleek white neck, patterned with swirls of shimmery pink. Crystal was extremely pretty and Rosa had

由于某种原因，罗斯玛丽女士不再选她了，而是一直问其他人。 罗莎不明白。 “干得好，”克里斯托低声说，她温暖的呼吸使罗莎的脸发痒。 “谢谢!”罗莎抚摸着克里斯托光滑的白色脖子，脖子上有一圈闪亮的粉红色图案。 克里斯托长得非常漂亮，罗莎也很漂亮

been thrilled when Ms Nettles, the head teacher, had paired them together on their first day at the academy. Crystal was always happy to go along with whatever Rosa wanted to do and they'd made friends immediately. Ms Rosemary continued to inspect the other unicorns. The class was made up of the five girls from Diamond dorm– Rosa's dorm– as well as the students from Topaz and Ruby dorms. "Whisper's mane is plaited perfectly, Ariana," Ms Rosemary said approvingly to the girl next to Rosa. Serious Ariana, who was always neat and tidy and whose clothes were spotlessly clean, looked very pleased. "But, Matilda… oh dear!" Ms Rosemary shook her head as she inspected Pearl, Matilda's unicorn. The plaits in Pearl's mane were all different sizes, some of them were coming undone already and the tangle of different coloured ribbons in Pearl's tail looked as if they

在学校的第一天，当校长纳特尔斯女士把他们安排在一起时，他非常激动。 无论罗莎想做什么，克里斯托总是很乐意配合，他们很快就成了朋友。 罗斯玛丽女士继续打量着其他独角兽。 这个班是由来自钻石宿舍（罗莎的宿舍）的五个女生，以及来自黄玉和红宝石宿舍的学生组成的。 “小耳语的鬃毛编得很好，阿利安娜。”罗斯玛丽女士赞许地对罗莎旁边的女孩说。 严肃的阿利安娜总是干净整洁，衣服也一尘不染，她看上去很高兴。 “可是，玛蒂尔达……哦，天哪！”罗斯玛丽女士一边打量着玛蒂尔达的独角兽珠儿，一边摇着头。 珠儿鬃毛上的辫子大小不一，有些已经解开了，而珠儿尾巴上那一团不同颜色的缎带看起来好像已经解开了

had been tied on at the very last minute. "What's happened here?" said Ms Rosemary, holding up Pearl's tail. A few of the students giggled. Rosa cringed. She couldn't imagine anything worse than a teacher pointing out her mistakes in front of the whole class. Poor Matilda! But Matilda didn't look upset. "Sorry, Miss," said Matilda, pulling a small sketchbook out from her pocket. "But I was just about to do Pearl's tail when I saw a robin land on the ribbon box. He was trying to pull out some ribbon and he looked so cute I just had to draw him. Look." She held out the picture. She had perfectly captured the little robin's cheeky expression. Ms Rosemary seemed to soften slightly. "It's an excellent drawing but, Matilda, you are here at the academy to learn how to care for your unicorn and not to draw robins. You must try harder or you won't graduate at the end of the

是在最后一刻被绑上的。 “这里发生了什么事？”罗斯玛丽女士举起珠儿的尾巴说。 有几个学生咯咯地笑起来。 罗莎。她想象不出还有什么比老师在全班同学面前指出她的错误更糟糕的了。 可怜的玛蒂尔达!但玛蒂尔达看上去并不沮丧。 “对不起，小姐，”玛蒂尔达说着，从口袋里掏出一个小速写本。 “可我刚要画珠儿的尾巴，就看见一只知更鸟落在丝带盒上。 他想拉一些丝带，他看起来太可爱了，我只好把他画下来。 看。”她拿出那幅画。 她完美地捕捉到了小知更鸟厚颜无耻的表情。 罗斯玛丽女士似乎有点软化了。 “这是一幅很棒的画，但是，玛蒂尔达，你来学院是为了学习如何照顾你的独角兽，而不是画知更鸟。 你必须更加努力，否则你就毕业不了

year. Do you understand?" "Yes, Miss." Matilda pushed her tangle of red hair off her face and sighed. "It's just sometimes my fingers feel like they simply have to draw, but I'll try and stop them." Ms Rosemary smiled and moved on. "Shall we do something fun together when the grooming inspection's over?" Rosa whispered to Crystal. "Ooh, yes! How about we go to the play park?" Crystal said, her ears pricking. "Or we could go on the Safari Trail," said Rosa persuasively. "It goes all around the academy grounds. Apparently there are fox cubs, cave spiders and, if we're very lucky, we might even see a purple badger." "OK, let's do that," said Crystal. "We can visit the play park another time." "We could ask the rest of the dorm to come with us too," said Rosa. She'd been really excited about making friends at the academy,

的一年。你明白吗？”“是的,小姐。” 玛蒂尔达把她那乱蓬蓬的红头发从脸上推开，叹了口气。 “只是有时候我的手指觉得必须要画画，但我会尽力阻止它们。” 罗斯玛丽女士笑了笑，继续往前走。 “仪容整洁检查结束后，我们一起做点有趣的事好吗？”罗莎低声对克里斯托说。 “哦,是的!我们去游乐场怎么样？”克里斯托说，她的耳朵刺痛。 “或者我们可以去游猎小径，”罗莎说服地说。 “整个学院都是这样。 显然有狐狸幼崽，洞穴蜘蛛，如果我们非常幸运，我们甚至可能看到一只紫色的獾。” “好吧，就这么办吧，”克里斯托说。 “我们可以改天再去游乐场玩。” “我们可以叫宿舍里的其他人也一起来。”罗莎说。 她对在学院里交朋友很兴奋，