Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX Rosa clung on to Crystal's mane, pink snowflakes spinning around her as the twister carried them all away. She was surprised how warm she felt. The snowflakes whirling around her face and catching in her hair were soft and cosy, like a fleecy blanket. All too soon, the twister slowed as it began to descend. The snowflakes shimmered and turned transparent and then Rosa hit the ground with a jolt, tipping forward and landing on her knees. "Whoops! Sorry about that," panted Crystal. Rosa got to her feet and clutched hold of

罗莎紧紧抓住克里斯托的鬃毛，粉红色的雪花在她周围旋转，龙卷风把它们都卷走了。 她感到非常温暖。 雪花在她的脸上旋转，在她的头发上盘旋，柔软而舒适，像一条羊毛毯子。 很快，龙卷风开始下降，速度减慢了。 雪花闪闪发光，变成透明的，然后罗莎摇晃着摔在地上，身体前倾，双膝着地。 “哎呀!对不起，”克里斯托喘着气说。 罗莎站了起来，抓住了

Crystal, her legs feeling wobbly. "I think I might need to work on landings," gasped Crystal. The others were picking themselves up beside Rosa. In front of them was a snowy mountain range. The ground they were standing on was frozen solid, covered with frost. "We're really here," said Freya. "That was such cool magic, Crystal." She frowned. "Are you OK?" Rosa looked at Crystal, whose sides were heaving. "You do look exhausted," she said in concern. "It was hard work," Crystal panted. "But I'll be fine in a bit." While Crystal got her breath back, Rosa and the others gazed around. "Look at that giant cave," said Violet, pointing. "Do you think that's the entrance to the maze?" Matilda went over and peered inside. "There

克里斯托，她的腿感觉摇摇晃晃。 “我想我可能需要练习着陆。”克里斯托喘着气说。 其他人在罗莎旁边站了起来。 在他们面前是一片白雪皑皑的山脉。 他们脚下的地面冻得很结实，上面结满了霜。 “我们真的在这里，”弗雷娅说。 “那真是太酷了，克里斯托。” 她皱起了眉头。“你还好吗？”罗莎看了看克里斯托，她的身体上下起伏。 “你看上去确实很疲惫，”她关切地说。 “工作很辛苦，”克里斯托喘着气说。 “但我很快就会好的。” 当克里斯托喘口气时，罗莎和其他人环顾四周。 “看那个大洞。”维奥莱特指着说。 “你认为那是迷宫的入口吗？”玛蒂尔达走过去向里面看了看。 “有

are lots of those long icicle things in here," she called. Pulling out her sketchpad, she started to draw. The others joined her. The cave was enormous, with a high domed roof, silvery-white stalagmites twisting up from the floor and pointed stalactites hanging from the icy ceiling, which glowed a silvery blue. Three tunnels led out of the cave. Rosa shivered into her hoodie as she pulled out the scroll taken from Ms Primrose's study. "This must be this entrance here," she said, spreading the map on a nearby boulder and stabbing her finger at one edge of the drawing. "To get to the middle, we need to take the third tunnel." Rosa went to roll up the map, but Freya stopped her. "Wait, the picture doesn't match these tunnels. On the map, the passages twist away, but these tunnels–" Freya pointed ahead of her– "don't seem to twist at all. They each go in a

这里有很多长长的冰柱吗？”她喊道。 她拿出速写本，开始画起来。 其他人也跟着她。洞穴很大，有高高的圆顶屋顶，银白色的石笋从地板上盘旋而出，尖尖的钟乳石悬挂在冰冷的天花板上，发出银蓝色的光。 山洞外有三条地道。 罗莎哆嗦着穿上连帽衫，拿出从迎春花女士书房里拿出来的画卷。 “这一定是这个入口，”她说着，把地图摊开在附近的一块巨石上，用手指戳了戳地图的边缘。 “要到达中间，我们需要走第三条隧道。” 罗莎去卷地图，但弗雷娅阻止了她。 “等等，这张照片和这些隧道不匹配。 在地图上，通道蜿蜒曲折，但这些隧道——”弗雷娅指着前方——“似乎一点也不曲折。 它们都是a

straight line. I think we're at this entrance here," she continued, placing a finger on the opposite side of the map. "Which means we should probably follow the second tunnel." "No, no, no. You're wrong," Rosa insisted. "The tunnels might start off straight, but I bet they then begin to twist." Freya went over to the tunnels to investigate. Crystal nudged Rosa with her nose. "Rosa, maybe you should listen to Freya," she said softly. Rosa was surprised. Crystal never told her what she should do. "But I'm sure I'm right," she whispered. "Rosa, these tunnels really do go straight into the mountain for quite a long way before they start to twist," said Freya, looking back over her shoulder. "That's not what the map shows." Rosa realised everyone was looking at her expectantly. She couldn't back down. "It's a

直线。我想我们在这个入口，”她继续说，把一个手指放在地图的另一边。 “这意味着我们可能应该走第二条隧道。” “不，不，不。你错了，”罗莎坚持说。 “这些隧道可能一开始是直的，但我敢打赌，它们随后会开始扭曲。” 弗雷娅去隧道调查了。 克里斯托用鼻子碰了碰罗莎。 “罗莎，也许你应该听弗雷娅的话，”她轻声说。 罗莎很吃惊。克里斯托从来没告诉过她该怎么做。 “但我肯定我是对的，”她低声说。 “罗莎，这些隧道在开始扭曲之前，真的是直入山很长一段路，”弗雷娅回过头说。 “这不是地图上显示的。” 罗莎意识到每个人都在期待地看着她。 她不能让步。“这是一个

hand-drawn map. It's not going to be that accurate," she said. "I'm good at map-reading so just trust me." "Last week Ariana came top in the map quiz Ms Rivers gave us in Geography and Culture," Freya said. "Perhaps she should look at the map and see what she—" "No!" interrupted Rosa forcefully. "I'm in charge of this adventure and I say we go down this tunnel." Crystal nudged her arm as if she wanted to say something, but Rosa ignored her. "This way, everyone!" She vaulted on to Crystal and set off. Matilda and Violet shrugged and followed on their unicorns. Rosa glanced back. Ariana and Freya were deep in conversation at the tunnel's entrance. "Hurry up or you'll get left behind," she shouted.

手绘地图。它不会那么准确，”她说。 “我很擅长看地图，所以相信我。” 弗雷娅说：“上周，阿里安娜在里弗斯老师布置的地理和文化地图测试中名列前茅。” “也许她应该看看地图，看看她——”“不！”罗莎坚决地打断她。 “我是这次冒险的负责人，我建议我们从这个隧道下去。” 克里斯托推了推她的胳膊，好像想说点什么，但罗莎没有理睬她。 “大家往这边走！”她跳上克里斯托，出发了。 玛蒂尔达和维奥莱特耸了耸肩，骑着各自的独角兽跟了上去。 罗莎回头看了一眼。阿利安娜和弗雷娅在隧道入口处谈得正欢。 “快点，不然你会落在后面的，”她喊道。

Ariana and Freya exchanged a look before joining her with their unicorns. But the argument had left an awkward feeling in the air and now they all rode in silence. After a while, Rosa's teeth began to chatter. "If only the passage was as cosy and warm as your snow twister," she whispered to Crystal. "I wish we could go faster." "The path is too icy," said Crystal as she carefully picked her way around the weirdly

阿利安娜和弗雷娅交换了一下眼色，然后和她一起抱着各自的独角兽。 但这场争论在空气中留下了一种尴尬的感觉，现在他们都默默地骑着马。 过了一会儿，罗莎的牙齿开始打颤。 “要是这条通道像你的雪卷一样舒适和温暖就好了，”她低声对克里斯托说。 “我希望我们能开得快一点。” “这条路太冰了，”克里斯托说，她小心翼翼地绕过这条奇怪的路