10 The Door Home

CHAPTER Ten The Door Home "Whoaaa!" Eric shrieked as the six friends barreled out through the volcano at top speed. Then—splat-at-at-at-at-at! They hit a wall. Luckily, it was a soft wall. It was a wall made of sand. It was a sand dune. "We're outside!" Julie yelled. "Yahoo!" "There they are!" cried a voice. Galen rode up quickly. Behind him, the Lumpies had just finished tying the fire monsters in a giant knot. "Yes!" Max chittered. "My master is safe!" "We have the Eye!" Keeah called out.

第十章回家的门“哇！”埃里克尖叫着，六个朋友以最快的速度冲出火山。 Then-splat-at-at-at-at-at !他们碰壁了。 幸运的是，这是一堵软墙。 那是一堵用沙子砌成的墙。 那是一个沙丘。“我们在外面!”朱莉喊道。 “雅虎!”“他们来了！”一个声音叫道。 盖伦飞快地骑了上来。在他身后，癞蛤蟆们刚刚把火怪打成一个巨大的结。 “是的!”马克斯啾啾而鸣。“我的主人很安全！”“我们找到神眼了！”姬娅喊道。

Galen's eyes lit up. "My friends, you have done well!" Carefully, he took the glove from Eric. He closed his hands around it and put it safely in a golden box in Leep's saddlebag. "We must leave Kano at once," the wizard said. "Keeah, your father's ship is waiting at the coast. The stairs to the Upper World have appeared there, too. Max, come. Hurry, everyone. Hurry!" Max jumped up on Leep's head. "The way out is in the West! The old riddle says, it cannot be seen where it is!" Eric sighed. "Another riddle? Can't anything in Droon be easy?" "This will make it easier," Khan said. Flump! He tossed something heavy on the sand. "A carpet from Pasha." "A flying carpet!" Julie exclaimed. "The perfect escape vehicle!" Neal added. "Better hurry," Khan cried, sniffing the smoky air. "Groggles—lots of them. Coming fast!" Out of the smoke came dozens of Ninns on their ugly flying lizards called groggles. Huge flapping wings darkened the dark air even more. Kaww! Kaww! the groggles cried. "Let's see how fast this baby can go," Julie said. "Everybody on Pasha's rug! Now—fly!"

盖伦的眼睛亮了起来。“我的朋友们，你们做得很好！”他小心翼翼地从埃里克手里接过手套。 他双手环抱着它，把它安全地放在利普鞍袋里的一个金盒子里。 “我们必须马上离开卡诺。”巫师说。 “姬尔，你父亲的船在海岸上等着。 通往上层世界的楼梯也出现在那里。 马克斯,你来。快点,每一个人。 快点!”麦克斯跳到利普的头上。 “出路在西部！”古老的谜语说，它在哪里是看不见的！”Eric叹了口气。 “另一个谜语吗?在德鲁恩就不能做点容易的事吗？”汗说：“这将使事情变得更容易。 砰然声!他把一个很重的东西扔在沙滩上。 “帕夏送的地毯。”“飞毯！”朱莉喊道。 “完美的逃生工具！”尼尔说。 “最好快点。”可汗闻着烟熏的空气叫道。 “groggle——很多。快!”烟雾中冒出了几十个ninn，他们骑着丑陋的飞行蜥蜴，叫做groggle。 巨大的扇动翅膀使黑暗的空气更加黑暗。 Kaww !Kaww !狗狗们哭了。 “让我们看看这孩子能跑多快，”朱莉说。 “大家都到帕夏的地毯上去！”现在试飞!”

Whoosh! The carpet lifted into the wind and soared up over the volcano. As Galen, Max, Khan, and the Lumpies galloped away, Julie tugged at a corner, and the carpet shot out across the dunes. But the flying groggles were fast, too. They chased the kids for mile after mile, getting closer and closer. Eric scanned the desert ahead. In the middle of the dunes was a single rock. It was tall and wide and stuck straight up from the desert floor. "Watch out for that rock," Keeah said. "Yeah," Neal added, "we definitely don't want to crash into that!" "Right…" Eric began. Then he shook his head. "No, head for it! The riddle says that the way out cannot be seen where it is. The way out is through the rock!" "Are you sure?" Julie asked. "Trust me!" Eric said. Kaww! The groggles were right behind them. The rock was right ahead of them. "It sure looks solid!" Neal cried, shutting his eyes and clutching the carpet tight. "I hope this works!" Around the rock was open air, stretching into the distance. Still, the kids dove for the rock. They went… into the rock.

嗖!地毯迎风而起，飞到火山上空。 盖伦、马克斯、可汗和小疙瘩飞奔而去，朱莉拉了拉一个角落，地毯就在沙丘上散开了。 但是飞行的格鲁格也跑得很快。 他们追了一英里又一英里，越来越近了。 埃里克扫视了一下前方的沙漠。 沙丘中间有一块石头。 它又高又宽，笔直地矗立在沙漠的地面上。 “小心那块石头，”基娅说。 “是的，”尼尔补充道，“我们绝对不想撞到那里！”“对……”埃里克开始说。 然后他摇了摇头。“不，去吧！”谜语说出口在哪里是看不见的。 出去的路要穿过岩石！”“你确定吗？”朱莉问。 “相信我!”Eric说。Kaww !那些狗就在他们后面。 岩石就在他们前面。 “它看起来确实很结实！”尼尔哭了，闭上眼睛，紧紧抓住地毯。 “我希望这能奏效！”岩石四周是露天的，一直延伸到远处。 尽管如此，孩子们还是扑向了岩石。 他们钻进了岩石。

Whoosh! At the moment the carpet hit the rock, the rock became an opening. At the same moment, the air around it became solid rock. "Agh!" the Ninns cried. Their groggles lurched away, nearly smashing into the wall of rock. "Hooray!" Eric held on tight as they swept into a world of trees and rivers and meadows. The air was clear and fresh. It smelled sweet. "We're out of Kano!" Keeah said, pointing to the distance. "And heading for the coast." Minutes later, they landed on a sandy shore. A blue ocean rolled gently to the distant horizon. And the stairs back to Eric's house glittered nearby, hovering inches above the beach. A grand wooden ship was floating in a peaceful bay. It had white-and-pink sails and a blue smokestack. The ship's sides swept back from a sharp point in front to twin wings in the rear. "Today, we won," Keeah said. "We learned that Sparr is some kind of—creature." "He turns back into it sometimes," Eric said. "And he needs to drink from the witch's pool." "It's weird," said Neal. "How all our dreams sort of came true…."

嗖!在地毯碰到岩石的那一刻，岩石变成了一个开口。 与此同时，它周围的空气变成了坚硬的岩石。 “啊！”他们摇摇晃晃地走开了，几乎撞上了岩壁。 “万岁!”当他们进入一个有树木、河流和草地的世界时，埃里克紧紧抓住他们。 空气清新。 闻起来很甜。“我们离开卡诺了！”姬娅指着远处说。 “向海岸驶去。” 几分钟后，他们降落在沙滩上。 一片蓝色的海洋缓缓地向远处的地平线翻滚。 通往埃里克家的楼梯在附近闪闪发光，在海滩上方几英寸处徘徊。 一艘巨大的木船漂浮在宁静的海湾上。 它有白色和粉色的帆和一个蓝色的大烟囱。 船的两侧从前面的尖角向后倾斜，变成后面的双翼。 “今天，我们赢了，”基亚说。 “我们知道斯帕尔是某种生物。” “他有时又会变回那个样子，”埃里克说。 “他需要喝女巫池塘里的水。” “这很奇怪，”尼尔说。“我们所有的梦想都实现了....”

Eric shook his head. "I guess there are still lots of secrets about Droon we don't know." "Like the whole story about the witch, Demither," Julie added. "She was strange. Kind of sad, too." Keeah breathed in, smiling. "She said my mother is alive, under a curse somewhere. If she is, I'm going to find her and set her free." "We'll help you," Eric said. "We'll be back as soon as we can." "Definitely," Neal said. "Count me in!" "Count us all in," Julie added. As the kids made their way to the magic stairs, a pilka whinnied behind them. Hrrr! They turned to see Galen, Max, and Khan riding down the beach toward them. They waved. "You're safe now," Eric said to Keeah. "I guess we'd better go before the stairs fade." "The magic of Droon goes with you," Keeah said, waving. "It will tell you when to return!" The three friends raced up the magic stairs. At the top, Eric turned to look back at Droon.

埃里克摇了摇头。“我想，关于德鲁恩，我们还有很多不知道的秘密。” “就像关于女巫的整个故事一样，德米特，”朱莉补充说。 “她很奇怪。也有点悲伤。” 姬亚吸了口气，微笑着。 “她说我母亲还活着，在某个地方被诅咒了。 如果她是，我要找到她，让她自由。” “我们会帮你的，”埃里克说。 “我们会尽快回来的。” “当然，”尼尔说。“算我一个！”“把我们都算进去，”朱莉补充道。 当孩子们走向魔法楼梯时，一辆皮卡在他们身后呜呜作响。 Hrrr !他们转过身来，看见盖伦、马克斯和可汗骑着马沿着海滩朝他们走来。 他们挥手。“你现在安全了，”埃里克对基娅说。 “我想我们最好在楼梯消失之前走。” “德鲁恩的魔法与你同在。”基娅挥着手说。 “它会告诉你什么时候回来！”三个朋友跑上了神奇的楼梯。 到了山顶，埃里克回头看了看德鲁恩。

"I hope the adventure never ends," Julie said.

朱莉说：“我希望这次冒险永远不会结束。”