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CHAPTER SEVEN Cove of the Stormy Coast "Seals?" asked Annie. Jack looked at Teddy. "Did she say 'change into seals'?" he asked. "Indeed!" said Teddy. "That's what selkies do. They are people on land and seals in the sea." "You're a seal?" Jack asked Kathleen. "Sometimes," said the selkie, smiling.

第七章暴风雨海岸的海湾“海豹?”安妮问。 杰克看着泰迪。“她说‘变成海豹’了吗?”他问。 “真的!”泰迪说。“海豹就是这么做的。 他们是陆地上的人，是海洋里的海豹。” “你是海豹?”杰克问凯瑟琳。 “有时候，”水妖微笑着说。

Jack just stared at her. He couldn't believe the beautiful girl was sometimes a seal. "Whenever I come ashore and dry off in the sun, my seal skin falls away," said Kathleen. "Then I am as human as—well, as I am right now." "Oh, I get it!" said Annie. "You were one of the seals we met in the water!" "Of course," said Kathleen, "and Teddy was the other." Jack looked at Teddy. "Y-you?" he stammered. "How…?" Teddy grinned. "I am a magician, remember?" he said.

杰克只是盯着她。他不敢相信这个美丽的女孩有时是一只海豹。 “每当我上岸，在太阳下晒干，我的海豹皮就会脱落，”凯瑟琳说。 “那我还是一个人，就像我现在一样。” “哦，我明白了!”安妮说。 “你是我们在水里遇到的海豹之一!”“当然，”凯瑟琳说，“另一个是泰迪。” 杰克看着泰迪。“你?”他结结巴巴地说。 “怎么……?”泰迪笑了。“我是个魔术师，记得吗?”他说。

Kathleen laughed. "Yes, but this time, 'twas my magic that did the work," she said. She pointed to two shiny gray skins lying on the sand. "I gave him a seal skin and spoke a selkie spell." "You turned Teddy into a seal?" asked Jack. "Aye," said Kathleen, "and I shall do the same for you. I am sure my sisters will not mind if we borrow two more of their skins." The selkie started toward a large pile of rocks. Teddy watched Kathleen go, then looked back at Jack and Annie. "She has powerful magic indeed," he said. "No kidding," said Annie. Jack was speechless. He couldn't believe he and Annie were about to become seals.

凯瑟琳笑了。“是的，但这一次，是我的魔法起了作用，”她说。 她指着躺在沙滩上的两个发亮的灰色皮肤。 “我给了他一张海豹皮，还念了一个selkie咒语。” “你把泰迪变成了一只海豹?”杰克问。 “是啊，”凯萨琳说，“我也会为你做同样的事。 我相信我的姐妹们不会介意我们再借她们两张皮的。” 水妖开始朝一大堆岩石走去。 泰迪看着凯瑟琳走了，然后回头看了看杰克和安妮。 “她确实有强大的魔力，”他说。 “别开玩笑了，”安妮说。杰克无言以对。 他不敢相信他和安妮就要成为海豹了。

Kathleen came out from behind the rocks carrying two shiny skins. "Take these," she said, handing them to Jack and Annie. The skins looked like scuba divers' wet suits with hoods. "Pull them on over your clothes," said Kathleen. "Like this." She and Teddy picked up their own seal skins from the sand and began pulling them on. Jack and Annie did the same. Jack stretched the skin up over his legs and shorts, then over his arms and T-shirt. He felt as if he were wearing a thick layer of rubber. "Before we cover our heads and faces, we must wade into the water," said Kathleen. "Follow me." Jack waded clumsily into the water with the others. This is crazy, he thought. You can't become

凯萨琳从岩石后面出来，手里拿着两张闪闪发光的皮。 “拿着这些，”她说着，把它们递给了杰克和安妮。 皮肤看起来就像戴着兜帽的水肺潜水服。 “把它们套在衣服外面，”凯瑟琳说。 “这样。”她和特迪从沙滩上捡起自己的海豹皮，开始穿上。 杰克和安妮也这样做了。 杰克把皮肤伸到腿和短裤上，然后伸到胳膊和t恤上。 他觉得自己好像穿了一层厚厚的橡胶。 “在我们遮住头和脸之前，我们必须涉水。”凯瑟琳说。 “跟我来。”杰克和其他人一起笨拙地涉水而入。 这太疯狂了，他想。 你不能成为

a seal just by putting on a seal costume. Kathleen stopped them when they were waist deep. "Slip on your hoods," she said. "I will say a few words in selkie language. Then we shall all dive in." Teddy grinned at Jack and Annie. "We have flown together through the sky," he said. "Now we shall swim together in the deep, eh?" Jack nodded, but he still didn't believe this could possibly work. "Quickly!" said Kathleen. "Cover your heads and faces! Dive as soon as I've spoken the spell!" Jack pulled on his hood. He stretched it down over his forehead, then over his face—his glasses, nose, and chin. He couldn't see or talk. He wanted

只要穿上海豹服就能成为海豹。 凯思琳在他们齐腰深的时候拦住了他们。 “戴上兜帽，”她说。 “我会用海妖的语言说几句话。 然后我们就一起跳进水里。” 泰迪对杰克和安妮咧嘴一笑。 “我们一起飞过天空，”他说。 “现在我们一起在深水里游泳，好吗?”杰克点点头，但他仍然不相信这可能会成功。 “快点!”凯瑟琳说。“遮住你们的头和脸!”我一念完咒语就潜下去!”杰克戴上兜帽。 他把它往下拉，盖在额头上，然后盖在脸上——他的眼镜、鼻子和下巴。 他看不见，也不能说话。他想要的

to rip the hood off, but Kathleen's voice stopped him: An-ca-da-tro-a-day-mee! Ba-mi-hu-no-nay-hah-nee! Jack heard one splash—then two more. He quickly dove into the sea. As soon as the seawater covered his head and body, Jack felt the seal skin melt into his own. His chest expanded to the size of a barrel! His arms and legs vanished and flippers took their place! Jack shot through the water like a torpedo.

想把兜帽扯下来，但凯瑟琳的声音阻止了他:An-ca-da-tro-a-day-mee!Ba-mi-hu-no-nay-hah-nee !杰克听到一声水花声，接着又是两声。 他迅速跳入海中。 海水一淹没他的头和身体，杰克就感到海豹皮融化成他自己的皮了。 他的胸部膨胀到一个桶那么大!他的胳膊和腿消失了，取而代之的是鳍状肢!杰克像鱼雷一样在水中疾驰而过。