Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE Matilda and Pearl rode at the front as she and her friends left their camp to find the Heart Tree. "We're going to be really helpful," she whispered to Pearl. "We'll look really hard and find as many things on the list as we can while we ride. Then the others won't think I'm useless." "You're definitely not useless," Pearl said, loyally. "You're great!" "Thanks." Matilda stroked Pearl's neck but she was still smarting from the others' words.

第五章玛蒂尔达和珠儿骑马走在最前面，她和她的朋友们离开营地去寻找心树。 “我们真的会帮上忙的，”她小声对珠儿说。 “我们会努力寻找，在旅途中尽可能多地找到清单上的东西。 这样别人就不会觉得我没用了。” “你绝对不是没用的，”珠儿忠诚地说。 “你太棒了!”“谢谢。”玛蒂尔达抚摸着珠儿的脖子，但她仍然为别人的话感到痛苦。

Did Freya and Rosa really think she was stupid, and did Ariana really think her drawings were just scribbles? She swallowed, feeling unusually down in the dumps. She wasn't used to feeling that her friends were unhappy with her. "Is that Valentina?" Violet said suddenly. "What is she doing? And look at that chair!" In the middle of a circle of trees, Valentina was sitting on a comfy blue chair that was padded with silver cushions. She was shouting out instructions to the other girls in Ruby dorm, who were busy running around her. "Valentina, I've found something pink. It's up there, at the top of that tree. It looks like a feather from a rose finch," said Isla, a petite girl with short brown hair. "I don't want to just hear about it. Go and get it," said Valentina, bossily. "But it's too high for me to climb." Valentina stared up at the tree. "It is high but Golden Briar can get it down with his wind

弗雷娅和罗莎真的认为她很蠢吗，阿利安娜真的认为她的画只是涂鸦吗？ 她咽了口唾沫，感到异常沮丧。 她不习惯朋友们对她不高兴。 “那是瓦伦蒂娜吗？”维奥莱特突然说。 “她在干什么？”看那把椅子！”在一圈树的中间，瓦伦蒂娜坐在一张舒适的蓝色椅子上，椅子上垫着银色的靠垫。 她在向Ruby宿舍里的其他女孩大声发号施令，而她们正忙着围着她跑来跑去。 “瓦伦蒂娜，我找到了一些粉红色的东西。 就在那里，在那棵树的顶端。 看起来就像玫瑰雀的羽毛，”艾拉说，她是一个留着棕色短发的娇小女孩。 “我不想只是听到这件事。 去拿吧。”瓦伦蒂娜专横地说。 “但是太高了，我爬不上去。” 瓦伦蒂娜抬头望着那棵树。 “它很高，但金荆棘可以用风把它吹下来

magic. Where is he?" "I'm here." Golden Briar was munching on a bucket of sky berries while the other unicorns were helping their girls. He wandered over. "You need my wind magic again? What for this time?" Valentina and Golden Briar were second years. Golden Briar had found his magic last year but as he hadn't bonded with Valentina they hadn't been allowed to graduate, so had stayed at the academy. "See that pink feather up there? Blow it down!" Valentina reached for a chocolate from the bag next to her. Her face tightened when she noticed Matilda and her dorm-mates approaching. "I mean, I wish we could use your wind magic to get the feather," she said hurriedly. "But we can't because that would be cheating. And Ruby dorm would never cheat, would we, girls?" Isla looked bewildered. "But earlier on you

魔法。他在哪儿？”“我在这里。” 金荆棘正在大嚼一桶天空浆果，而其他的独角兽正在帮助他们的姑娘。 他走了过去。“你又要我的风魔法了？” 这次又有什么用呢？”瓦伦蒂娜和金荆棘是二年级学生。 金荆棘去年发现了他的魔法，但由于他没有和瓦伦蒂娜结缘，他们没有被允许毕业，所以他留在了学院。 “看到上面那根粉红色的羽毛了吗？” 把它吹下来！”瓦伦蒂娜从旁边的袋子里拿了一块巧克力。 当她注意到玛蒂尔达和她的室友走近时，她的脸绷得紧紧的。 “我的意思是，我希望我们能用你的风魔法得到那根羽毛。” “但我们不能这么做，因为那是作弊。 鲁比宿舍永远不会作弊，对吧，姑娘们？”艾拉看起来很困惑。 “但是在你之前

said that using Golden Briar's magic wasn't cheating because—"

说使用金荆棘的魔法不算作弊，因为——”

"Because we aren't going to use any magic," said Valentina loudly. "What are you staring at?" she added, glaring at Matilda. "Oh, I know. A successful team." "A big fat cheating team, more like," said Matilda crossly. "I know you were going to use Golden Briar's magic to get that feather." "You can think what you like. You didn't see anything. And personally, I don't think having magic would make any difference to your chances, Matilda. Not unless it's super strong tidying magic. I mean, look at the state of you. Do you even own a comb? Oh, don't tell me, I expect it broke in that bird's nest you call hair. Go away and take your loser friends with you. You're not going to win the scavenger hunt. We are!" Matilda tensed. "Ignore her," said Violet. "She's not worth it." "You're right." Matilda breathed out slowly.

“因为我们不打算使用任何魔法。”瓦伦蒂娜大声说。 “你盯着看什么？”她瞪着玛蒂尔达问道。 “哦，我知道了。一个成功的团队。” “更像是一个庞大的作弊队。”玛蒂尔达生气地说。 “我知道你打算用金荆棘的魔法得到那根羽毛。” “你爱怎么想就怎么想吧。 你什么也没看见。就我个人而言，我不认为拥有魔法会对你的机会有任何影响，玛蒂尔达。 除非有超强的整理魔法。 我是说，看看你现在的状态。 你有梳子吗？哦，别告诉我，我希望它在你称之为毛发的鸟巢里破裂了。 滚吧，带上你那些没用的朋友。 你赢不了寻宝游戏的。 我们是!”玛蒂尔达绷紧。“别理她。”维奥莱特说。 “她不值得你这么做。”“你说得对。” 玛蒂尔达慢慢地喘了口气。

"Let's go." "Ruby dorm can't be allowed to cheat," said Ariana angrily, as the Diamond girls rode away. "I know, it's not fair," Violet agreed. "But what can we do? If we tell the teachers then we'll just look like snitches." "I think we should tell," said Rosa. "Cheating's wrong. What do you think Freya? Freya, are you even listening?" Freya was sitting on Honey's back, a faraway look in her eyes. "Yes, totally," she said, blinking. "Whatever you say." Rosa sighed in frustration. "I hate telling tales," said Matilda. "Let's not say anything. We'll just have to make sure that Diamond dorm wins." "Yes, let's do that!" said Rosa, looking happier. On the way to the middle of the woods, they skirted a pond and Rosa found a sparkling hag stone in the water. Then Violet spotted a green

“我们走吧。”“露比宿舍不能作弊。”阿利安娜生气地说，戴蒙德家的姑娘们骑马离开了。 “我知道，这不公平，”维奥莱特同意道。 “但是我们能做什么呢？”如果我们告诉老师，我们就会显得像告密者。” “我想我们应该说出来，”罗莎说。 “欺骗是错误的。你觉得呢，弗雷娅？ 弗雷娅，你在听吗？”弗雷娅坐在霍妮的背上，眼里流露出茫然的神情。 “是的，完全正确。”她眨着眼睛说。 “随你怎么说。”罗莎沮丧地叹了口气。 “我讨厌讲故事，”玛蒂尔达说。 “我们什么也别说了。我们只要确保钻石宿舍赢就行了。” “好，我们就这么办吧！”罗莎说，显得更高兴了。 在去树林中央的路上，他们绕过一个池塘，罗莎在水里发现了一块闪闪发光的石头。 然后紫罗兰发现了一片绿色