29_Lost and Found

Brody dived behind a boulder and so did Julia. Markos flattened himself on the ground nearby. With another blast of thunder, Zeus appeared in the clearing. “ Heracles! ” he exclaimed. “ There you are. Come with me, boy. “ “ Poseidon still doesn’t believe you’re as strong as I say you are. Let’s show him exactly how wrong he is. He’s at the agora right now. ” ” Yes, Zeus. ” Heracles grabbed Iphicles, and then Zeus made the three of them disappear. Brody stood up. “ Okay, why did we have to hide?” he asked, his ears still ringing from all the loud thunder.

布罗迪跳到一块巨石后面，茱莉亚也跳了下去。马库斯把自己紧贴在附近的地上。 随着另一声雷声，宙斯出现在空地上。“赫拉克勒斯！”他喊道。“我找到你们了，跟我来，孩子。” 波塞冬仍然不相信你像我说的那样强壮。让我们告诉他他到底有多错。他现在就在集市上。” “是的，宙斯。”赫拉克勒斯抓住伊菲克勒斯，然后宙斯让他们三人消失。 布罗迪站了起来。“好吧，我们为什么要躲起来？”他问道，他的耳朵仍然因雷声而响。

Markos stood too. “ Because Zeus may not like Heracles mingling with the other athletes. ” ” Yes, and Zeus knows that everybody in Olympia is trying to sabotage Heracles, ” Julia added. “ He never would have believed we were just playing football together. Maybe Heracles was trying to protect us. ” Julia’s face suddenly turned gloomy. ” What’s wrong?” Brody asked Julia bit her lip. “ I didn’t tell Heracles everything I know about his future. ”

马科斯也站了起来。“因为宙斯可能不喜欢赫拉克勒斯和其他运动员混在一起。” “是的，宙斯知道奥林匹亚的每个人都在试图战胜赫拉克勒斯，”茱莉亚补充道。 ”他绝对不会相信我们只是在一起踢足球。也许赫拉克勒斯是想保护我们。”茱莉亚的脸突然变得阴沉起来。 “怎么了？”布罗迪问道 茱莉亚咬了咬嘴唇。“我没有告诉赫拉克勒斯我所知道的关于他的未来的一切。”

Markos frowned. “ I’m not sure it was wise to tell him your secret either. ” ” I know, ” Julia replied. “ I didn’t mean to say anything—the truth just came out. But I don’t think he or Iphicles will tell anyone else about us. ” ” I think you’re right, ” Brody agreed. Markos was watching Julia’s face. “ You said Heracles would become a great hero. What more is there to tell?” ” Yes, that part is true, ” Julia said. She wandered back into the clearing and sat down beside the stream. “ He’ll free Prometheus, as I said before. He helps the Argonauts search for the Golden Fleece. ”

马库斯皱了皱眉。“我也不确定告诉他你的秘密是否明智。” “我知道，”茱莉亚回答。“我并没有想说什么，真相刚刚浮出水面。但我不认为他或伊菲克勒斯会告诉任何人关于我们的事情。” “我认为你是对的，”布罗迪同意。 马库斯看着茱莉亚的脸。“你说过赫拉克勒斯会成为伟大的英雄。还有什么好说的？” “是的，那部分是真的，”茱莉亚说。她漫步回到空地，在小溪边坐下。 ”他会解放普罗米修斯的，就像我之前说过的。他帮助阿尔戈斯人寻找金羊毛。”

” He defeats lots of bad guys, helps lots of ordinary people, kills some nasty monsters, and does many other things. “ ” And of course there are the Labors of Heracles—12 very difficult tasks that he completes. But I definitely didn’t want to tell him the reason he must perform these Labors. ” “ What’s the reason?” Brody asked. Julia shook her head. “ Brody, didn’t you pay attention at all last year?” He smiled sheepishly. “ I had social studies class at the end of the day. I missed it a lot for football games. ”

”他打败了很多坏人，帮助了很多普通人，杀死了一些讨厌的怪物，还做了很多其他事情。“ “当然，是存在有赫拉克勒斯的功绩-完成了12项非常艰巨的任务。但我绝对不想告诉他他必须执行这些劳动的原因。” ”原因是什么？”布罗迪问。 茱莉亚摇了摇头。“布罗迪，去年你根本没注意吗？” 他不好意思地笑了笑。“我在一天结束时上了社会研究课。我非常想念足球比赛。”

“ Right—football. ” Julia’s tone was sarcastic. “ Well, Heracles has to complete the 12 Labors as punishment for killing his own children. ” Brody gasped. “ Really? He kills his own children?” Markos looked shocked too. “ No wonder you didn’t want to tell him that. ” Julia nodded. “ Yes. But he only kills his kids because Hera uses her powers to drive him insane, ” she added. “ That’s no surprise, ” Brody said. “ She already seems to hate him. ”

”对了-足球。”朱莉娅的语气很讽刺。“嗯，赫拉克勒斯必须完成12任务，作为杀害自己孩子的惩罚。” 布罗迪气喘吁吁。“真的吗？他杀死了自己的孩子？” 马科斯看起来也很震惊。“难怪你不想告诉他。” 茱莉亚点了点头。她补充道：“是的。但他只是因为赫拉用她的力量把他逼疯了才杀了他的孩子。”。 ”这并不奇怪，”布罗迪说。“她似乎已经恨他了。”

“ Probably because she has guessed that Zeus is Heracles’ father, ” Markos said. “ She is very jealous. ” Brody kicked a stone into the stream. “ Then why doesn’t Hera tell everyone that Heracles is half god?” he asked. “ Wouldn’t he get kicked out of the Games then? Having a half god compete against the rest of us would be like having a professional football player compete in a high school game! ” ” That’s actually a good analogy, ” Julia told him with a smile. ” Thanks. ” Brody wasn’t sure what an analogy was, but he didn’t want to admit that.

”可能是因为她猜测宙斯是赫拉克勒斯的父亲。”马库斯说。“她很嫉妒。” 布罗迪把一块石头踢进了河里。“那么赫拉为什么不告诉大家赫拉克勒斯是半神呢？” 他问。“那他不会被踢出奥运会吗？让一个半神与我们其他人比赛就像让一个职业足球运动员参加高中比赛一样！” “这真是一个很好的类比，”茱莉亚笑着告诉他。 “谢谢。”布罗迪不确定这是什么类比，但他不想承认这一点。