Ch8-Return of the Eye

CHAPTER EIGHT Return of the Eve Jack and Annie walked through the front hall of the palace, past the ice columns, and into the wizard's throne room. The walls and floor glittered with the brilliant, cold light of dawn. "Uh-oh," said Jack. The wizard was waiting for them—and the two white wolves were sleeping on either side of his

第八章夏娃的归来杰克和安妮穿过宫殿的前厅，走过冰柱，进入巫师的王座室。 墙壁和地板在黎明明亮的冷光下闪闪发光。 “哦哦，”杰克说。巫师正等着他们——两只白狼睡在他的两边

throne. Jack was confused. Why are they here? he wondered. Do they belong to the wizard? The wolves lifted their heads and sniffed the air. Their ears pricked up. When they caught sight of Jack and Annie, they sprang to their feet. They stared at them with piercing yellow eyes. The Ice Wizard was staring intently at Jack and Annie, too. "Well?" he said. "Did you bring back my eye?" "Yes," said Jack. Annie took the hailstone out of her pocket and held it up to the wizard. Jack watched the wolves nervously as the hailstone passed from Annie's small hand into the wizard's large, rough hand.

王位。杰克很困惑。 他们为什么在这里？他想知道。 它们是巫师的吗？ 狼抬起头来嗅了嗅空气。 他们竖起了耳朵。当他们看到杰克和安妮时，他们跳了起来。 他们用锐利的黄眼睛盯着他们。 冰巫师也目不转睛地盯着杰克和安妮。 “怎么样？”他说。“你把我的眼睛带回来了吗？”“是的，”杰克说。 安妮从口袋里拿出冰雹，举到巫师面前。 当冰雹从安妮的小手传到巫师粗糙的大手时，杰克紧张地看着狼群。

The wizard stared down at the chunk of ice. Then he looked at Jack and Annie. "Indeed, you are heroes," he said breathlessly. "Not really," Jack murmured. The wizard looked again at his eye inside the hailstone. Then, with a quick movement, he slammed the ice chunk against the arm of his throne. Jack and Annie gasped and stepped back. The wizard slammed the hailstone against his throne again. This time, the ice cracked. The wizard gently pried his eye out of the heart of the hailstone. He lifted the frozen eyeball into the air and studied it in the light. Then, with an eager cry, he ripped off his eye patch.

巫师低头盯着那块冰。 然后他看了看杰克和安妮。 “的确，你们是英雄。”他上气不接下气地说。 “不完全是，”杰克喃喃地说。 巫师在冰雹里又看了看自己的眼睛。 然后，他迅速地将冰块猛撞在王座的扶手上。 杰克和安妮倒吸了一口气，退了回去。 巫师再次用冰雹砸向他的宝座。 这一次，冰裂开了。 巫师轻轻地把他的眼睛从冰雹的中心挖了出来。 他把冰冻的眼球举到空中，在灯光下仔细观察。 然后，他急切地叫了一声，扯下了眼罩。

Jack and Annie watched in amazement as the wizard fitted the eye into its dark, empty socket. Jack held his breath. He was horrified, yet fascinated. He couldn't imagine someone just shoving an eye back into his head. The wizard slowly lowered his hand. He seemed to be holding his breath. He had two eyes. But the new one didn't move. It looked as if it was still frozen. Jack grew worried. If the eye didn't work, the wizard might not help them. "We—we brought you your eye," he said. "So can you tell us where Merlin and Morgan are now?" The wizard jerked his head to look at Jack. He covered one eye with his hand. Then he covered

杰克和安妮惊奇地看着巫师把那只眼睛装进黑暗的空眼窝里。 杰克屏住了呼吸。他很震惊，但也很着迷。 他无法想象有人把一只眼睛塞进他的脑袋里。 巫师慢慢地把手放下。 他似乎在屏住呼吸。 他有两只眼睛。但是新的那个没有动。 它看起来好像还冻结着。 杰克开始担心起来。如果那只眼睛不起作用，巫师可能不会帮助他们。 “我们——我们给你带来了你的眼睛，”他说。 “那你能告诉我们梅林和摩根现在在哪儿吗？”巫师摇了摇头，看着杰克。 他用手蒙住一只眼睛。 然后他把

the other. In a frenzy, he went back and forth, covering and uncovering each eye. Finally the wizard dropped his hand and roared, "NO!" The wizard's howl shook the ice columns. "You have tricked me!"

另一个。他狂乱地来来回回，遮住又揭开每只眼睛。 最后，巫师放下手，吼道：“不！”巫师的嚎叫震动了冰柱。 “你骗了我！”

"No we haven't," said Annie. "This eye is useless!" cried the wizard. "It has no life! No sight!" "But that's the eye you gave to the Norns," said Annie. "You promised if we brought it back, you'd give us Merlin and Morgan." The two white wolves threw back their heads and howled. "NO!" cried the wizard. "You tricked me! You tricked me!" "Let's get out of here," whispered Jack. He pulled Annie toward the ice columns.

“不，我们没有，”安妮说。 “这只眼睛没用！”巫师叫道。 “它没有生命！”没有看到!”“但那是你给诺恩夫妇的眼睛，”安妮说。 “你答应过，如果我们把它带回来，你就会把梅林和摩根给我们。” 两只白狼仰起头嚎叫。 “不！”巫师叫道。“你骗我！”你骗我！”“我们离开这里吧。”杰克小声说。 他把安妮拉向冰柱。