11 Ch11-The Crystal Cave

CHAPTER EVELEN The Crystal Cave "The secret door!" whispered Jack. "Yes!" said Annie. Jack dropped the compass into his pack. Then he and Annie scrambled through the bushes and climbed up the rocks to the door.

第七章水晶洞“秘密的门!”杰克低声说。 “是的!”安妮说。杰克把指南针放进背包里。 然后他和安妮爬过灌木丛，爬上岩石来到门口。

Annie took Sir Lancelot's glass key from around her neck. She slipped the key into the keyhole. She turned the key slowly. Clink. "Yippee," Annie said softly. She pushed open the door. Beyond the door was a huge, glittering cave. The floor, walls, and ceiling were made of clear crystal. Jack and Annie stepped inside. The cave was filled with dancing streams of purple light. "It's so bright!" whispered Jack. "Where's all the purple light coming from?" "There," said Annie. She pointed to a crack on the far side of the cave. "Let's look."

安妮从脖子上取下兰斯洛特爵士的玻璃钥匙。 她把钥匙塞进锁孔。 她慢慢地转动钥匙。 发出叮当声。“是啊，”安妮轻声说。 她推开门。门那边是一个巨大的、闪闪发光的洞穴。 地板、墙壁和天花板都是用清澈的水晶做成的。 杰克和安妮走了进去。 洞穴里充满了跳动的紫光。 “太亮了!”杰克小声说。 “这些紫光是从哪里来的?”“好了，”安妮说。 她指着洞穴另一边的一条裂缝。 “让我们看看。”

They crossed the cave and peered through the crack into a room. Along the brilliant crystal walls of the room were four doorways. In the far corner of the room was a fire. The fire blazed with leaping purple flames. Over the flames hung a gleaming golden cauldron. "There it is," whispered Jack. "Wow," whispered Annie. "The cauldron with the Water of Memory and Imagination," whispered Jack. "I know," whispered Annie. "Let's go!" They squeezed through the crack, then walked toward the gleaming cauldron. Jack reached into his pack and pulled out Sir Galahad's silver cup.

他们穿过山洞，从裂缝往一间屋子里看。 沿着房间明亮的水晶墙有四个门。 房间远处的角落里生着火。 火焰发出跳跃的紫色火焰。 火焰上方挂着一只闪闪发光的金色坩埚。 “在那儿。”杰克小声说。 “哇，”安妮小声说。“那只装有记忆与想象之水的大锅。”杰克小声说。 “我知道，”安妮小声说。 “我们走吧!”他们挤过裂缝，朝闪闪发光的坩埚走去。 杰克把手伸进背包，拿出加拉哈德爵士的银杯。

"The cauldron's too high," said Annie. "We can't get to the water." "Here, take this," said Jack, handing her the cup. "Climb on my back." He bent over, and Annie climbed on piggyback. Jack stood up shakily. "Hurry!" he said. "You're heavy." "I can't reach it," said Annie. "Move closer." Jack staggered forward a few steps. Stretching as far as she could, Annie reached again. She skimmed water from the top of the bubbling cauldron, filling the silver cup. "Got it!" she whispered. "Now set me down. Slowly!"

“坩埚太高了，”安妮说。 “我们到不了水。” “给，拿着这个。”杰克说着，把杯子递给了她。 “爬到我背上来。”他弯下腰，安妮骑在背上爬了上去。 杰克颤抖地站了起来。“快点!”他说。 “你重。”“我够不着，”安妮说。 “走得更近。”杰克摇摇晃晃地向前走了几步。 安妮又伸手去够了。 她从冒泡的大锅上撇去水，把银杯装满。 “明白了!”她小声说。“现在把我放下来。 慢慢地!”

Annie held the cup with both hands. Jack slowly bent his knees and Annie climbed carefully off his back. They stared silently for a moment at the Water of Memory and Imagination in the cup. It was clear and shimmering. "Now we can save Morgan," said Annie. Just then Jack smelled something strange—it was like the smell of rotten seaweed. He heard weird gurgling sounds behind them. He and Annie turned around. A giant, slimy, mud-colored creature crawled out through one of the doorways. The creature was long and scaly like a crocodile but much, MUCH bigger. It had wings that looked as if they'd been

安妮用双手捧着杯子。 杰克慢慢地弯下膝盖，安妮小心翼翼地从他背上爬下来。 他们默默地盯着杯子里的记忆与想象之水看了一会儿。 它很清澈，闪闪发光。 “现在我们可以救摩根了，”安妮说。 就在这时，杰克闻到了一股奇怪的味道——就像腐烂的海藻的味道。 他听到他们身后有奇怪的咯咯声。 他和安妮转过身来。 一个巨大的、黏糊糊的、泥巴色的生物从一扇门里爬了出来。 这种生物长得很长，像鳄鱼一样有鳞片，但要大得多。 它的翅膀看起来就像曾经的翅膀

spun from a thousand spiderwebs. It had glowing red eyes and long, curled claws. The creature opened its huge jaws. Strands of drool dripped from its sharp, pointed teeth. The creature hissed and hot blue flame shot from its mouth.

由上千张蜘蛛网编织而成。 它有发光的红眼睛和长长的卷曲的爪子。 这个生物张开了它巨大的下颚。 一缕缕口水从它尖锐的牙齿上滴下来。 它发出嘶嘶声，嘴里喷出蓝色的火焰。