9 Ch9-The Sword of Light

CHAPTER NINE The Sword of Light Annie pointed to the sword handle. Jack nodded. But he was running out of air. He swam back up to the surface. Annie followed him. Their heads bobbed above the water, and they gasped. "Did you see it?" cried Annie. "The handle of the sword?"

第九章光明之剑安妮指着剑柄。 杰克点了点头。但他快没气了。 他游回水面。 安妮跟着他。他们的头浮在水面上，喘着气。 “你看到了吗?”安妮叫道。 “剑柄?”

"Yes! The blade must be buried in the sand!" said Jack. "We have to pull it out!" said Annie. "And we have to hurry!" "Right!" said Jack. He and Annie took giant gulps of air. Then they swam back down to the bottom of the cove. Jack got to the sword first. He grabbed the handle and pulled. The sword didn't budge. He pulled again. The sword still didn't move. Annie grabbed one side of the handle. She and Jack pulled together. Jack felt the sword move a tiny bit. His lungs felt like they were about to burst.

“是啊!刀刃必须埋在沙子里!”杰克说。 “我们得把它拔出来!”安妮说。 “我们得快点了!”“对!”杰克说。 他和安妮深深地吸了一口气。 然后他们游回了海湾的底部。 杰克先拿到了剑。 他抓住把手拉了拉。 剑纹丝不动。他又拉了一次。 剑还是纹丝不动。 安妮抓住把手的一边。 她和杰克齐心协力。 杰克感到剑动了一下。 他的肺感觉就要裂开了。

Gripping his side of the handle with both hands, Jack pulled with all his might. Suddenly the flashing blade slipped out of the sand! Jack and Annie carried the sword up through the water as fast as they could. They burst into the air, clinging to the Sword of Light and gasping for air.

杰克双手抓住手柄的那一边，使出全身的力气拉着。 突然，闪光的刀刃从沙子里滑了出来!杰克和安妮以最快的速度把剑带到了水里。 他们冲到空中，紧紧抓住光之剑，大口喘气。

"We got it!" Jack called to Kathleen and Teddy. The seals circled around them, splashing and barking joyfully. Barrh! Barrh! "Lead us to the rocks!" Annie shouted. Jack and Annie each held on to the sword's handle with one hand. Paddling with their free hands, they dragged the sword after the seals. As they swam, the fog began to lift, and the sky turned from gray to blue. By the time they reached the rocky island, light from the late-afternoon sun was again glinting off the strange green shoreline. "Hold the sword while I get out!" Jack shouted to Annie.

“我们找到了!”杰克叫凯瑟琳和特迪。 海豹们围着他们打转，溅起水花，欢快地叫着。 Barrh !Barrh !“带我们到岩石那儿去!”安妮喊道。 杰克和安妮各自用一只手抓住剑柄。 他们用空着的手划桨，拖着剑追赶海豹。 当他们游泳时，雾开始消散，天空从灰色变成了蓝色。 当他们到达岩石岛时，傍晚的阳光又在奇怪的绿色海岸线上闪闪发光。 “拿着剑，我出去!”杰克对安妮喊道。

Jack climbed onto the rocky island. He took the sword from Annie, then carefully pulled it up onto the rocks and laid it on its side. Annie climbed out of the water. Nearby, Teddy and Kathleen poked up their seal heads. They were all silent as they stared in wonder at the sword. "Wow," breathed Annie. Jack nodded. The mighty sword reflected the burning light of the setting sun. Its blade glowed as if it, too, were on fire. "Now what do we do?" Jack said. "We have to get the sword to Merlin fast," said Annie. "The sun's about to go down." "Right," said Jack. "Before nightfall. Right."

杰克爬上了岩石岛。 他从安妮手里拿过剑，然后小心翼翼地把它拉到岩石上，放在一边。 安妮从水里爬出来。 在附近，泰迪和凯瑟琳伸出了他们的海豹头。 他们都沉默了，惊奇地盯着那把剑。 “哇，”安妮轻声说。杰克点了点头。 那把有力的剑反射出夕阳的烈焰。 它的剑刃发着光，好像它也着了火似的。 “现在我们该怎么办?”杰克说。 “我们必须尽快把剑交给梅林。”安妮说。 “太阳就要下山了。” “好的，”杰克说。“在夜幕降临之前。 对的。”

Suddenly Teddy and Kathleen barked a warning. Jack and Annie looked up. The water had begun to ripple. The ripples started at the edge of the cove and swelled toward the center. Waves crashed against the small rocky island, sending up great showers of spray. "What's going on?" said Jack. "Maybe a bad storm's coming!" said Annie. Barrh! Barrh! Kathleen and Teddy tried to haul themselves onto the rock, but the waves pushed them away. "We've got to help them!" said Annie. She and Jack tried to help the seals out of the rough water. Their hands slipped over the sleek seal skin, and they nearly toppled into the water themselves.

突然，特迪和凯萨琳大声警告。 杰克和安妮抬起头来。水开始泛起涟漪。 涟漪从海湾的边缘开始，向中心膨胀。 海浪冲击着小岛，溅起阵阵浪花。 “怎么回事?”杰克问。 “也许一场暴风雨就要来了!”安妮说。 Barrh !Barrh !凯萨琳和泰迪试图把自己拖到岩石上，但海浪把他们推开了。 “我们必须帮助他们!”安妮说。 她和杰克试图把海豹从汹涌的水中救出来。 他们的手滑过光滑的海豹皮，他们自己也差点掉进水里。