Chapter 1

Ariana and Whisper JULIE SYKES. illustrated by LUCY TRUMAN

爱莉安娜和Whisper朱莉·赛克斯。 插图：露西·杜鲁门

CHAPTER ONE Ariana woke to the sound of her unicorn alarm clock whinnying good morning. She stretched out a hand and switched it off, then carefully folded back her blue and silver duvet and swung her legs out of bed. Her toes sank into something soft and she frowned. What was that? Leaning over, Ariana saw Matilda's hoodie crumpled on the floor. "Matilda!" Ariana sighed, looking across at the girl in the next bed. Even in sleep, Matilda somehow managed to make Diamond dorm look untidy. Her red hair was spread over her

第一章阿利安娜被独角兽闹钟的“早安”声惊醒。 她伸出一只手，把它关掉，然后小心地叠起她那蓝银相间的羽绒被，把腿甩下床。 她的脚趾陷进了一个柔软的东西里，皱起了眉头。 那是什么？阿利安娜俯下身，看见玛蒂尔达的连帽衫在地板上皱巴巴的。 “玛蒂尔达!”阿利安娜叹了口气，望着隔壁床上的女孩。 即使在睡觉的时候，玛蒂尔达也设法把戴蒙德宿舍弄得不整洁。 她的红头发披在身上

pillow in a sea of tangles and her duvet hung from the edge of the bed. As Ariana picked up the hoodie, a large spider with red stripes on its back scuttled across the sleeve. Ariana squealed and flung the hoodie back down, waking Rosa, Freya and Violet. "Ariana, are you all right?" said Violet, sitting up quickly. "What's going on?" demanded Freya. "Why did you scream?" said Rosa. Only Matilda slept on, snoring softly. "There's a sp… sp… spider," Ariana stuttered, pointing at the floor where the spider was picking its way over Matilda's hoodie.

枕头乱成一团，羽绒被挂在床沿上。 阿利安娜捡起卫衣时，一只背上有红色条纹的大蜘蛛从衣袖上爬了过去。 阿利安娜尖叫一声，把连帽衫扔回地上，吵醒了罗莎、弗雷娅和维奥莱特。 “阿利安娜，你没事吧？”维奥莱特说着，迅速坐了起来。 “怎么回事？”弗雷娅问。 “你为什么尖叫？”罗莎问。 只有玛蒂尔达继续睡着，轻轻地打着鼾。 “有一只……一只……蜘蛛。”阿利安娜指着地板结结巴巴地说，蜘蛛正从玛蒂尔达的连帽衫上爬过去。

"I don't like spiders." "Is that all?" Rosa groaned, flopping back against her pillow. "Poor spider. It's probably trying to find its way outside," said Violet, pushing her dark plait over her shoulder and going to investigate. "Let's help it," said Freya, joining her. Gently, she scooped the spider up in her hands. "Aren't the red stripes on its back unusual? I've never seen one like it before. Open the window for me, Ariana." Ariana stared at Freya in horror. What was she doing picking it up? Red meant danger, didn't it? What if the spider bit her? "The window, Ariana!" Freya said impatiently. Ariana hurried to the window and flung it wide open. She shrank back as Freya passed her, just in case the spider tried to escape. "Be careful!" Freya rolled her eyes scornfully. "I can't

“我不喜欢蜘蛛。”“就这些吗？”罗莎呻吟着，背靠着枕头。 “可怜的蜘蛛。它可能是想找到外面的路，”维奥莱特说，把她的黑辫子推到肩上，去调查。 “我们帮帮它吧。”弗雷娅也跟着说。 她轻轻地用手把蜘蛛捞了起来。 “它背上的红色条纹不奇怪吗？” 我从来没见过这样的。 为我打开窗户，阿利安娜。” 阿利安娜惊恐地盯着弗雷娅。 她为什么要把它捡起来？ 红色意味着危险，不是吗？ 如果蜘蛛咬了她怎么办？ “窗户，阿利安娜！”弗雷娅不耐烦地说。 阿利安娜赶紧走到窗前，猛地把它打开。 弗雷娅经过时，她缩了回去，以防蜘蛛试图逃跑。 “小心!”弗雷娅轻蔑地转了转眼珠。 “我不能

believe you're scared of spiders. It's not going to hurt us. Surely you know there are no dangerous spiders on Unicorn Island?" Ariana bit her lip, not wanting to admit she didn't know much about creepy-crawlies. She just knew she didn't like them! Freya held the spider as it sent out a thread of silk and sailed down the wall, but before she could close the window, Ariana saw a small emerald-green lizard climbing up the side of her wardrobe.

相信你害怕蜘蛛。 它不会伤害我们的。 你肯定知道独角兽岛上没有危险的蜘蛛吧？”阿利安娜咬着嘴唇，不想承认她对爬虫了解不多。 她只知道她不喜欢他们！弗雷娅抓着蜘蛛，看着它吐出一根丝线，顺着墙滑下去，但她还没来得及关上窗户，阿利安娜就看见一只翠绿色的小蜥蜴爬上了她的衣柜。

"Watch out!" she shrieked. "Ariana, don't freak out. It's just a harmless lizard," said Violet. She caught it and put it on the window sill. "It's very pretty. I wonder where it came from– and the spider." "Probably from Matilda. She's so untidy!" said Ariana, feeling better now that the spider and lizard were safely outside the dorm. "I bet

“小心！”她尖叫道。 “阿利安娜，别害怕。它只是一只无害的蜥蜴。”维奥莱特说。 她接住它，把它放在窗台上。 “它非常漂亮。我不知道它是从哪儿来的——还有那只蜘蛛。” “可能是玛蒂尔达。她太不整洁了！”阿利安娜说，现在蜘蛛和蜥蜴已经安全离开了宿舍，她感觉好多了。 “我敢打赌