1 Dreams

JOURNEY TO THE VOLCANO PALACE

火山宫殿之旅

CHAPTER One Dreams Eric Hinkle couldn't breathe. The air around him was dark and smoky and hot. The evil sorcerer Lord Sparr was after him, chasing him down a long, dark tunnel. "Now that you know my secret," Sparr shouted, "you will never be able to leave!" "I don't know any secret!" Eric pleaded. "Let me go! Let me out of Droon!" "NEVER!" was Sparr's only word. The sorcerer's eyes were filled with anger. The weird fins behind his ears were purple and shiny. He was getting closer.

第一章梦埃里克·辛克尔无法呼吸。 他周围的空气又黑又热，烟雾缭绕。 邪恶的巫师斯帕尔勋爵在后面追着他，一直追到一条又长又黑的隧道里。 “既然你知道了我的秘密，”斯帕尔喊道，“你就永远不能离开了！”“我不知道什么秘密！”埃里克辩护。 “放开我！”让我离开德鲁恩！”“决不！”这是斯帕尔唯一的一句话。 巫师的眼中充满了愤怒。 它耳朵后面奇怪的鳍是紫色的，闪闪发光。 他越来越近了。

Closer! The tunnel ahead of Eric split in two. Go right! said a voice in his head. "Oh, man!" Eric swallowed hard. He had always had a problem with right and left. He looked at his hands. Which was right? It took him a second to decide. "This way!" he said. He charged ahead into one of the tunnels. No! said the voice in his head. The right one! "Ha! Now I have you!" Sparr shrieked as Eric ran up against a solid wall. "My secret is safe!" "Help!" Eric cried. "I'm trapped!" Sparr lunged. Eric leaped out of the way. Thud! "Ouch!" Eric groaned. He opened his eyes. He was in his room. He was half on the floor, half still in bed, wound up tight in his bedsheet. He looked like a mummy. "Whoa!" he said. "What a nightmare." The door opened. His mother stood in the doorway. "Eric, what was that noise?" "Uh, I guess I fell out of bed," Eric said, unwinding himself from his sheet. "But I'm okay."

近!埃里克前面的隧道一分为二。 去吧!他脑子里有个声音说。 “哦,男人!”埃里克使劲咽了口气。 他总是分不清左右。 他看了看自己的手。哪个是对的？ 他花了一秒钟的时间才做出决定。 “这边走！”他说。他冲进了其中一条隧道。 不!他脑子里的声音说。 正确的那个！“哈!现在我有你了！”当埃里克撞到一堵坚固的墙上时，斯帕尔尖叫起来。 “我的秘密是安全的！”“救命!”埃里克喊道。 “我被困!”Sparr突进。 埃里克跳开了路。 砰的一声!“哎哟!”埃里克呻吟着。 他睁开眼睛。他在自己的房间里。 他一半躺在地上，一半还躺在床上，紧紧裹在床单里。 他看起来像个木乃伊。“哇！”他说。 “真是一场噩梦。”门开了。 他的母亲站在门口。 “埃里克，那是什么声音？”“呃，我想我是从床上摔下来的。”埃里克说着，把自己从床单上解开。 “但我没事。”

Mrs. Hinkle helped him up. "By the way, Eric. Where is Droon?" Eric nearly fell to the floor again. "Huh?" "You were talking in your sleep," his mother said. "Something about a place called Droon." Eric gulped. He blinked. His mouth opened to answer, but nothing came out. Droon was a secret. No one was supposed to know about the incredible world he and his friends had found under his basement stairs. Galen the wizard had made them promise not to tell anyone. The problem was, ever since his first time in Droon, Eric couldn't think of anything else. Now he was even dreaming about it. And Princess Keeah had told them that when you dreamed about Droon, it meant you would go back. "Uh, Droon is a place we, uh… made up," Eric said. "Neal and Julie and I." He hated to lie. But until he and his friends found out more about Droon—and about the evil Sparr—it wasn't safe for people to know. "Sounds secret," his mother said. "By the way, your friends called. They're coming over."

欣克尔太太扶他起来。 “顺便说一下，埃里克。德鲁恩在哪儿？”埃里克又一次差点摔倒在地。 “嗯?”“你在说梦话，”他妈妈说。 “关于一个叫德鲁恩的地方。” 埃里克一饮而尽。他眨了眨眼睛。他张开嘴想回答，但什么也说不出来。 德鲁恩是个秘密。没有人应该知道他和他的朋友们在地下室楼梯下发现的这个不可思议的世界。 男巫盖伦让他们保证不告诉任何人。 问题是，自从第一次来到德鲁恩，埃里克就想不出别的事情。 现在他甚至在做梦。 姬娅公主告诉他们，当你梦见德鲁恩时，就意味着你会回去。 “呃，德鲁恩是我们，呃……虚构的一个地方。”埃里克说。 “尼尔、朱莉和我。”他讨厌撒谎。 但在他和他的朋友们发现更多关于德鲁恩和邪恶的斯巴达的事情之前，让人们知道是不安全的。 “听起来很秘密，”他妈妈说。 “对了，你的朋友打电话来了。 他们过来了。”

Eric dressed quickly. He had to tell Neal and Julie about his dream right away. He got to the backyard in time to see a small, scruffy dog chasing Neal across the lawn. Grrr! The dog kept biting Neal's feet. "Stop it, Snorky!" Neal tossed a biscuit across the yard. The dog bounced after it. "Hey, Eric." "I'm glad you're here," Eric said. "It happened. I had a weird dream about Droon—" "Not me." Neal shook his head. "I was so tired teaching Snorky to fetch, I fell asleep before I hit the pillow. Actually, I fell asleep on my floor." "I woke up on the floor!" Eric said. "It was weird. It felt like someone from Droon was sending the dream to me." At that moment, Julie came into the yard. Eric ran over to her. "Julie, something strange is going on—" "First, let me tell you about my dream," Julie said. "I was in Droon—" "Me, too!" Eric gasped. "Sparr was chasing me because I knew his big secret. But I forget what the secret was." "Hmm." Julie bit her lip. She always did that when she was trying to figure something out. "I was at a pool of water. I was really thirsty and I wanted to take a drink, but

埃里克很快穿好衣服。他必须马上告诉尼尔和朱莉他的梦。 他及时赶到后院，看到一只脏兮兮的小狗在草坪上追着尼尔。 叽阿!那只狗不停地咬尼尔的脚。 “别闹了，史诺奇！”尼尔把一块饼干扔过院子。 狗在后面跳来跳去。“嗨,埃里克。” “我很高兴你来了，”埃里克说。 “它的发生而笑。我做了个奇怪的梦，梦见了德鲁恩——”“不是我。” 尼尔摇了摇头。“我教斯诺基捡东西太累了，还没睡就睡着了。 事实上，我在地板上睡着了。” “我在地板上醒来！”Eric说。 “这很奇怪。感觉好像是德鲁恩的人把这个梦送给了我。” 就在这时，朱莉走进了院子。 埃里克跑向她。“首先，让我告诉你我的梦，”朱莉说。 “我在德鲁恩——”“我也是！”埃里克气喘吁吁地说。 “斯帕尔追我是因为我知道他的大秘密。 但我忘了秘密是什么了。” “嗯。”朱莉咬着嘴唇。她每次想弄明白的时候都会这么做。 “我在一个水池边。 我真的很渴，我想喝点东西，但是

something creeped me out. I forget what it was, but it was very yucky." Grrr! Snorky ran back across the lawn. He fastened his teeth on the toe of Neal's right sneaker. "Let go of my shoe!" Neal cried. "Wait a second…. I remember now. I had a scary dream, too! I forget most of it, except…" "Except for what?" Julie asked. Neal shrugged. "I remember it was about my feet. I was in Droon, and my feet hurt." Snorky leaped suddenly for Neal's left shoe.

有件事吓到我了。我忘了那是什么，但确实很难吃。” 叽阿!Snorky跑回草坪。 他咬住尼尔右边运动鞋的鞋尖。 “放开我的鞋！”Neal哭了。 “等一下....我现在想起来了。 我也做了一个可怕的梦！我几乎忘了，除了……”“除了什么？”朱莉问。 Neal耸耸肩。“我记得是关于我的脚。 我当时在德鲁恩，脚也疼。” 史诺基突然跳起来，去拿尼尔的左脚鞋。