Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE "Look at that!" Rosa stared at the hidden safe. She could hardly breathe she was so excited. Maybe they were about to find the model of the school! "I bet it's locked," said Violet. Rosa turned the dial. To her surprise, the lock opened immediately. "Be careful," warned Ariana as Rosa opened the door and reached inside. To Rosa's disappointment, there was no little model of the school inside the safe, just a large rolled-up piece of paper tied with a gold ribbon.

第三章“看那个！”罗莎盯着隐藏的保险箱。 她激动得几乎无法呼吸。 也许他们即将找到学校的模型！“我敢说门锁上了。”维奥莱特说。 罗莎拨动了拨号盘。令她吃惊的是，锁立刻打开了。 “小心。”罗莎打开门把手伸进去时，阿利安娜警告道。 令罗莎失望的是，保险箱里没有学校的小模型，只有一张卷起来的大纸，上面系着一条金丝带。

"There's a scroll," she said, pulling it out. Curiously, she undid the bow and went to the desk. She spread the map out, anchoring the ends with two photo frames to stop them from curling back up. Everyone crowded around. "It's a map of somewhere called the Glittering Cavern!" said Violet, pointing to a label.

“有一个卷轴，”她说着，把它抽出来。 她好奇地解开蝴蝶结，走到书桌前。 她把地图摊开，用两个相框把两端固定住，防止它们卷起来。 大家都围了过来。“这是一张地图，上面有个地方叫闪光洞！”维奥莱特指着一个标签说。

"It's hand-drawn and very good," said Matilda appreciatively. The map, neatly drawn in sparkling rainbow inks, showed an incredible ice cavern full of multicoloured icicles and surrounded by a complicated maze of frozen passages. "Look at those stalactites and stalagmites," breathed Rosa. "Did you ever see anything so beautiful?" "Or dangerous," added Ariana, with a shiver. "Imagine if one of those stalactites snapped. It could spear you if you were standing underneath it!" "See that?" Rosa made an excited stab at a tiny picture of a building marked with a cross, right in the centre of the cavern. "It's Unicorn Academy." "What does it mean?" wondered Violet. "Why would there be a drawing of the academy inside an ice cave?" "Perhaps Ms Primrose was planning on

“这是手绘的，非常好，”玛蒂尔达欣赏地说。 这张用闪闪发光的彩虹墨水绘制的地图显示了一个令人难以置信的冰洞，里面满是五颜六色的冰柱，周围是一个复杂的迷宫般的冰冻通道。 “看那些钟乳石和石笋。”罗莎轻声说。 “你见过这么美的东西吗？”“或者很危险。”阿利安娜打了个寒颤，补充道。 “想象一下，如果其中一个钟乳石断裂了。 如果你站在它下面，它就能刺到你！”“看到了吗?”罗莎兴奋地看了看一张很小的照片，上面有一个十字标记的建筑物，就在洞穴的中央。 “是独角兽学院。”“这是什么意思？”维奥莱特纳闷。 “为什么在冰洞里会有一幅学院的画？”也许樱草花女士正计划着

destroying the academy by freezing it in ice," said Matilda, her green eyes huge behind her glasses. Rosa frowned. "Why would she do that?" Matilda had pulled a pencil from one of her pockets. She chewed the end thoughtfully. "Um… Well, everyone said Ms Primrose wanted more power. She did lots of terrible things before she was caught. Maybe that's why?" But a better idea was growing inside Rosa. "No, do you know what I think? I think this is more like a treasure map and it marks the spot where Ms Primrose hid the model of the school! That's why the academy is so tiny. It's not the actual school– it's the model!" "Ooh yes!" said Violet. "I bet you're right." Excitement fizzed through Rosa. "Imagine if we followed this map and found it? Once the model is returned, the magical map will work again and everyone will be so pleased with us!" She

玛蒂尔达说，她戴着眼镜，绿色的眼睛大大的。 罗莎皱起了眉头。“她为什么要这么做？”玛蒂尔达从口袋里掏出一支铅笔。 她若有所思地嚼着尾巴。 “嗯……嗯，每个人都说樱草花女士想要更大的权力。 她被抓之前做了很多可怕的事情。 也许这就是原因吧？”但罗莎心里却有一个更好的想法。 “不，你知道我在想什么吗？” 我觉得这更像是一张藏宝图，它标志着樱草花老师藏学校模型的地方！所以学院才这么小。 这不是真正的学校，而是模范学校！”“哦，是的！”维奥莱特说。 “我打赌你是对的。”罗莎兴奋不已。 “想象一下，如果我们沿着这张地图找到它会怎么样？” 一旦模型被归还，这张神奇的地图就会重新工作，每个人都会对我们感到非常满意！”她

could hardly get the words out in her excitement. "Let's go to this Glittering Cavern and bring the model home!" Ariana frowned. "It would be far more sensible to just give the map to Ms Rosemary or Ms Nettles. They'll know what to do with it and be able to go there and get the model." "But think how much more fun we could have solving the mystery ourselves," said Rosa. "We could ask our unicorns to come with us. It would be a real adventure." Matilda nodded. "It really would." But Ariana shook her head. "It could be really dangerous." "We don't need to decide right now," Violet said quickly. "Let's go back to the dorm." She glanced around and shivered uneasily. "I keep feeling like someone is watching us!" "OK," said Rosa. "We can carry on talking in our lounge, where no one can hear us." Rosa replaced the key in the book then,

她激动得几乎说不出话来。 “我们去这个闪闪发光的洞穴把模型带回家吧！”阿皱起了眉头。 “把地图给罗斯玛丽或内特尔斯女士要明智得多。 他们会知道该怎么做，并且能够去那里拿到模型。” “但是想想看，我们自己解开这个谜团该有多有趣啊。”罗莎说。 “我们可以叫我们的独角兽和我们一起去。 这将是一次真正的冒险。” 玛蒂尔达点了点头。“真的会。” 但阿利安娜摇了摇头。 “这可能真的很危险。” “我们不需要现在就做决定。”维奥莱特很快地说。 “我们回宿舍去吧。” 她环顾四周，不安地颤抖着。 “我总觉得有人在监视我们！”“好吧，”罗莎说。 “我们可以在客厅里继续谈话，那里谁也听不见。” 罗莎把钥匙放回了书里，

hiding the map under her thick school hoodie, she led the girls out. Luckily they didn't meet anyone until they were near their dorm. As they rounded a corner, they saw Freya hurrying down the corridor ahead of them. "Freya!" Rosa called. "Wait up! We're going to our lounge. We've got something really important to discuss. Come with us!" But Freya just disappeared around the corner. Disappointed, Rosa led the other girls to the Diamond dorm lounge. A fire was burning in the hearth. "I've got a bag of marshmallows somewhere," said Matilda. "Let's toast them." While Matilda searched in her locker for the sweets, Rosa watched the leaping flames in the fireplace. The more she thought about her idea, the more sense it made. Ms Primrose must have hidden the model in the Glittering Cavern. Why else would she have marked the map with a picture of the school and a cross and then

她把地图藏在厚厚的连帽衫下面，领着女孩们走了出去。 幸运的是，他们直到宿舍附近才遇到一个人。 当他们转过一个拐角时，他们看见弗雷娅在前面匆匆穿过走廊。 弗雷娅!”罗莎。“等等!我们要去休息室。 我们有很重要的事要讨论。 跟我们走吧！”但弗雷娅就在街角消失了。 罗莎失望地带着其他女孩来到戴蒙德宿舍休息室。 壁炉里正燃着火。 “我在什么地方找到了一袋棉花糖，”玛蒂尔达说。 “让我们为他们干杯。”当玛蒂尔达在她的储物柜里寻找糖果时，罗莎看着壁炉里跳跃的火焰。 她越想她的想法，就越觉得有道理。 樱草花女士一定把模特藏在了闪闪洞穴里。 不然她为什么要在地图上标上学校的照片和一个叉，然后