9 Into Thin Air!

CHAPTER Nine Into Thin Air! Wham! Wham! The Ninns battered the door, but Eric and Neal held it as tight as they could. "Dungeons don't have exits," Max said, crawling to the window. "This is a storage room." "Too bad it's not a magic storage room," Julie said. "The invisible cloak isn't big enough for all of us. And there's nothing here but these dumb old rugs." "Rugs?" said Keeah. "They might be old, but… maybe they're not so dumb. Check the label." Clonk! The Ninns banged harder on the door.

第九章进入稀薄的空气！哇!哇!Ninns猛击门，但埃里克和尼尔尽可能地抓住它。 “地下城没有出口。”麦克斯一边说，一边爬到窗前。 “这是一个储藏室。”“可惜这不是一个神奇的储藏室，”朱莉说。 “隐形斗篷对我们所有人来说不够大。 这儿除了这些又丑又旧的地毯什么也没有。” “地毯？”基娅说。“他们可能老了，但……也许他们没那么笨。” 检查一下标签。”叮当声!小矮人更用力地敲着门。

Julie read the label. "It says, 'Rugs by Pasha. Do not remove this tag.' "Keeah's face lit up. She nearly laughed. "Find a green one with purple spirals in the corners." "This is no time to pick out a rug!" Eric said. "Not just any rug," Keeah said. "A Pasha original." She helped Julie tug out one big carpet. They spread it on the floor. Kkkrrkk! The door started to splinter. Eric felt his strength slipping away. "We can't hold this door much longer!" "Everyone on!" Keeah said, sitting on the rug. Julie jumped on. "Now what? We fly?" Suddenly, the carpet lifted from the floor. "Yikes!" Julie gasped. "I guess we do!" Keeah laughed. "The carpet must like your voice. Pasha's rugs don't fly for just anybody." Julie shrugged. "All I said was… fly." Swoosh! The carpet circled the room! Blam! The door shook. One of its hinges blasted off. Max strained with his thin arms and pried the window open. Cold air swirled in from outside. "Max! Eric! Neal!" Julie cried. "Get on the rug!" "No," said Max. "I must go save Leep. Besides, I don't ride rugs. I get airsick, you know!"

朱莉看了看标签。“上面写着‘帕夏地毯’。 请勿移除此标签。’”Keeah的脸亮了起来。 她差点儿笑了。“找一个绿色的，角落里有紫色的螺旋。” “现在可不是挑地毯的时候！”Eric说。 “不是一般的地毯，”基娅说。 “一个帕夏人。”她帮朱莉拖出一块大地毯。 他们把它铺在地板上。 Kkkrrkk !门开始裂开。 埃里克感到自己的力量在逐渐消失。 “我们守不住这扇门了！”“每个人都在!”基娅坐在地毯上说。 朱莉跳了上去。“现在什么? 我们飞?”突然，地毯从地板上掀了起来。 “呀! !”朱莉气喘吁吁地说。“我想是的！”Keeah笑了。 “地毯一定喜欢你的声音。 帕夏的地毯并不是人人都喜欢的。” 朱莉耸耸肩。“我只是说……飞。” 嗖的一声!地毯环绕着房间！简直是噩梦!门摇晃着。 它的一个铰链炸掉了。 麦克斯用他瘦弱的胳膊使劲把窗户撬开。 冷空气从外面旋涡地吹进来。 “马克斯!埃里克!尼尔!”朱莉哭了。 “到地毯上来！”“不，”马克斯说。 “我必须去救利普。再说，我不骑地毯。 你知道，我会晕机的！”

Waving with three of his arms, Max scrambled out the window and down to the ground below. Neal jumped onto the rug, holding the soccer ball between his legs. "Whoa! It's wobbly up here!" He clung to the long fringe and held out a hand to Eric. "Grab on, pal!" Kkkrunch! The door burst open, and a dozen Ninns rushed in, with Lord Sparr in the lead. Eric leaped to the carpet.

马克斯挥动着三只胳膊，爬出窗外，来到下面的地面上。 尼尔跳上地毯，两腿夹着足球。 “哇!上面都摇晃了！”他抓住长长的刘海，向埃里克伸出一只手。 “抓住，伙计！”Kkkrunch !门突然开了，十几个Ninns冲了进来，斯帕尔大人走在最前面。 埃里克跳到地毯上。

"I will stop you!" Sparr cried. He thrust his fist at them. "Red Eye of Dawn, give me the power!" Kla-bbblam! Bolts of jagged fire exploded in the room just as the carpet slid out the window. The rug pulled away into the air. But Sparr aimed his fist again. "He's going to blast us!" Neal yelled. Suddenly, the white falcon was there, tearing out of the clouds! It swooped with incredible speed, right at Sparr. "It's attacking him!" Keeah cried. Ka-whoom! The flame from the red jewel seemed to engulf Sparr's hand. He stumbled back, his face twisted in pain, as the fiery bolts flew harmlessly into the air. "Missed by a mile!" yelled Julie. She steered the rug higher and higher into the sky. "I will hunt you down!" Sparr shouted. But the falcon swooped again, driving him back from the window. Swoosh! The carpet lifted up from the fortress. "Yahoo!" Eric yelled as they soared into the sky. He was still yelling when they disappeared behind the clouds.

“我要阻止你！”Sparr哭了。 他向他们猛挥拳头。 “黎明的红眼，给我力量！”Kla-bbblam !就在地毯滑出窗外时，房间里爆发出参差不齐的火焰。 地毯被扯到了空中。 但斯帕尔又把拳头瞄准了。 “他要炸了我们！”Neal喊道。 突然，那只白色的猎鹰出现了，从云层中冲出！它以惊人的速度冲向斯帕尔。 “它在攻击他！”Keeah哭了。 轰的一声!红色宝石的火焰似乎吞没了斯帕尔的手。 他踉跄着退了回来，痛苦地扭着脸，火红的闪电飞向空中，没有造成伤害。 “差一英里！”朱莉喊道。 她驾着地毯向空中越飞越高。 “我会抓到你的！”Sparr喊道。 但猎鹰又扑了过来，把他从窗口赶了回来。 嗖的一声!地毯从堡垒上升起。 “雅虎!”当他们飞向天空时，埃里克喊道。 他们消失在云层后面时，他还在大喊大叫。