5 Brave Verity

Chapter Five Brave Verity A few days later, Verity had fallen fast asleep inside the Wicked Queen's mirror. She was having a wonderful dream about being just like Snow White. But instead of being surrounded by animals, Verity was surrounded by marshmallows. Suddenly, a booming voice woke her up and she fell off her stool for the third time that day.

第五章 勇敢的维里蒂 几天之后，维里蒂在坏皇后的魔镜里睡得沉极了。 她做了个超棒的梦，梦到自己变得和白雪公主一模一样。 不过围在她身边的不是小动物，全是棉花糖。 突然，一个轰隆隆的声音把她吵醒了，她当天第三次从凳子上摔了下来。

"WHO IS THE LOVELIEST OF THEM ALL?" demanded the Wicked Queen. Verity was so confused; she didn't know where she was or what she was supposed to be doing. "Snow White," mumbled Verity, half-asleep. "Snow White is dead!" replied the Wicked Queen angrily. "No she's not!" replied Verity, yawning and rubbing her eyes. "She's living in the forest with the seven dwarfs." "What?" roared the Wicked Queen. "Well, not for much longer!" she hissed viciously. "I'll make sure that she's never the loveliest ever again!"

“她们之中谁最美丽？”坏皇后厉声问道。 维里蒂脑子乱哄哄的，她既不知道自己在哪，也不知道该做什么。 “是白雪公主。”维里蒂半梦半醒地嘟囔着。 “白雪公主已经死了！”坏皇后怒气冲冲地回答。 “她才没有死！”维里蒂打着哈欠揉着眼睛回应。 “她正和七个小矮人住在森林里呢。” “什么？”坏皇后怒吼起来。 “呵，她快活不了多久了！” 她不怀好意地嘶声说道。 “我要让她永远都当不成最美丽的人！”

She began to disguise herself as an old lady. "Snow White won't be able to resist a juicy apple. Even if it is covered with poison," the Wicked Queen cackled loudly. Verity suddenly remembered where she was. Then she realized what she had just said. And then it dawned on her what the Wicked Queen was planning to do to Snow White! On the table next to the window, Verity spotted a shiny red apple and a little bottle of poison. If only she could get close enough to wave her magic wand over the bottle.

她开始把自己伪装成一个老太太。 “白雪公主肯定抵挡不住多汁苹果的诱惑。 就算苹果上涂了毒药也一样。”坏皇后大声尖笑起来。 维里蒂忽然反应过来自己在哪了。 紧接着她意识到自己刚才说漏了什么。 然后她终于明白，坏皇后打算对白雪公主下毒手了！ 靠窗的桌子上，维里蒂看到了一个亮闪闪的红苹果，还有一小瓶毒药。 要是她能凑得够近，对着那瓶毒药挥一挥魔法棒就好了。

Verity's heart was pounding. She carefully sneaked out from behind the mirror while the Wicked Queen was adjusting her wig. Verity was so scared that she thought her wings might stop working. But she was determined to save Snow White. She took a deep breath and remembered Celeste's words: "You can do this, Verity." She waved her wand at lightning speed over the poison. Then she flew even faster back behind the mirror.

维里蒂的心跳得咚咚响。 趁坏皇后调整假发的时候，她小心翼翼地从镜子后面溜了出来。 维里蒂害怕极了，觉得自己的翅膀都要吓得动不了了。 但她下定决心要救白雪公主。 她深吸一口气，想起了塞莱斯特的话：“你可以的，维里蒂。” 她用闪电般的速度对着毒药挥了挥魔法棒。 接着她飞得比刚才还要快，躲回了镜子后面。

She only hoped that she had turned the poison into a potion of Delightful Dreams in time. Verity peeped out of the side of the mirror again. At the same moment, the Wicked Queen slammed the door shut behind her.

她只希望自己来得及把毒药变成“美梦药水”。 维里蒂又从镜子的边边偷偷往外看。 就在这时，坏皇后“砰”的一声关上身后的门走了。

Verity could see that the little bottle was empty and the basket of red shiny apples had gone. Meanwhile, Celeste was at home busily baking fairy cakes. She really hoped that Verity was staying out of trouble. Suddenly Tatiana flew down at a terrific speed, bringing with her an air of panic. "Snow White is dead!" she cried. A huge gasp rippled across the Fairy Tale Kingdom. "What happened?" asked Celeste. "The Wicked Queen dressed up as an old woman. She poisoned an apple, which she handed to Snow White," replied Tatiana, breathlessly.

维里蒂看到小瓶子已经空了，那篮亮闪闪的红苹果也不见了。 另一边，塞莱斯特正待在家里忙着烤仙女蛋糕。 她真心希望维里蒂没闯什么祸。 突然，塔蒂亚娜飞快地飞了过来，整个人都慌慌张张的。 “白雪公主死了！” 她哭着喊道。 童话王国里顿时响起一片惊讶的抽气声。 “发生什么事了？”塞莱斯特问道。 “坏皇后打扮成了一个老太太。 她在苹果上下了毒，把苹果递给了白雪公主。”塔蒂亚娜上气不接下气地回答。