4 Into Sparr’s Realm

CHAPTER Four Into Sparr's Realm The iron gate towered high above the dunes, casting its dark shadow over the oasis. "Quickly! Quickly!" Khan shouted to the pilkas. The shaggy creatures nudged the black gate. Again and again they pushed against it. Max sat on Leep's head, urging her on. "Hurry, the water is drying! The gate will disappear!" Errr, errr! The giant door began to creak open. "Yes!" Eric gulped. "We've done it." Everyone slipped through. Klang! The gate closed loudly behind them.

第四章进入斯巴达的领地铁门高高耸立在沙丘之上，在绿洲上投下了它的黑影。 “快!快!”可汗对pilkas喊道。 这些毛茸茸的生物轻轻地推着黑色的门。 他们一次又一次地推开它。 麦克斯坐在利普的头上，催促她往前走。 “快，水干了！”大门会消失的！”哦,哦!巨大的门开始吱吱作响地打开。 “是的!”埃里克一饮而尽。“我们做到了。” 每个人都溜了过去。巴生!大门在他们身后响亮地关上了。

Right away, the air was hotter. It was hazy and brown and bad-smelling. Not clear and pinkish-blue like over the rest of Droon. "We've entered Sparr's hidden empire," Max chirped. "This is the nasty land of Kano!" "Stinky," Khan mumbled to his fellow Lumpies. "As I expected." Galen nodded to himself and smiled as he looked around at the smoky brown air. "Yes, this is good. Very good!" Neal coughed. "Excuse me, sir, but what's so good? This place is so smelly I can hardly breathe!" "There are no Ninns at the gate," the wizard replied. "That means that Lord Sparr does not yet know we are here. But we must hurry." They climbed back on the pilkas and rode ahead. Before long the small band found itself standing on a steep ridge. A sudden wind swept across them. The dark air cleared for a second. They stood above a deep, black valley. The ground was dark and burnt for miles. It was easy to see the reason why. In the middle of the valley was a giant black cone. It looked like a tall mountain, except that its top was torn open. And a huge pool of lava splashed and spurted and bubbled in the middle.

马上，空气变得更热了。 那是一种朦胧的、褐色的、难闻的气味。 不像德鲁恩其他地方那样清晰，呈粉蓝色。 “我们进入了斯帕尔的隐秘帝国。”麦克斯得意地说。 “这是卡诺的肮脏之地！”“臭臭的。”可汗咕哝着对他的同伴们说。 “不出所料。”盖伦朝自己点了点头，笑了笑，他环顾四周烟雾缭绕的棕色空气。 “是的，这很好。非常好!”Neal咳嗽。 “对不起，先生，什么东西这么好吃？” 这地方臭得我都喘不过气来了！”“大门口没有小精灵。”巫师回答。 “那就是说斯帕尔大人还不知道我们在这里。 但我们必须抓紧时间。”他们爬上皮卡，骑在前面。 不久，这支小队伍发现自己站在一个陡峭的山脊上。 一阵风从他们身上刮过。 黑暗的空气一下子消失了。 他们站在一个又深又黑的山谷上面。 地面一片漆黑，几英里都在燃烧。 原因很容易看出。 山谷中央有一个巨大的黑色圆锥体。 它看起来像一座高山，只是它的顶部被撕开了。 一个巨大的熔岩池在中间飞溅、喷射、冒泡。

"A volcano!" Julie gasped. "That is the heart of Kano, the black mountain home of Lord Sparr," Galen told them. "Come." The wizard galloped into the lead. Max clung to his pilka's mane, while Leep, with the children on her back, trotted alongside. Khan and his purple Lumpies rode close behind them all. They made their way quietly but quickly to the center of the valley. "Maybe Sparr's not home," Neal whispered. "That would be pretty good." "I hope Sparr is here," Keeah said as they rode closer. "I want to fight him as he fought my mother. Besides, wherever he is, the Eye is, too." Neal, Eric, and Julie knew Keeah blamed Sparr for the disappearance of her mother, Queen Relna. Two years before, the queen had fought Sparr in a fierce battle. She was never seen again. Galen spurred his pilka quickly to the mountain. "Khan and I will scout for the entrance to the volcano palace. In the meantime—beware of fire monsters!" Neal blinked and looked at Julie. "Did he say fire monsters?" Eric clambered up onto a long, crusted rock that lay in front of the mountain. "Maybe the entrance is behind these

“一座火山!”朱莉气喘吁吁地说。 “那是卡诺的中心，斯帕尔勋爵的黑山之家。”盖伦告诉他们。 “来了。”男巫疾驰而入。 麦克斯紧紧抓着他的驴子鬃毛，利普背着孩子们在旁边小跑。 可汗和他的紫色团马紧跟在他们后面。 他们安静而迅速地向山谷中心走去。 “也许斯帕尔不在家，”尼尔低声说。 “那就太好了。” “我希望斯帕尔在这里，”当他们骑得更近时，基娅说。 “我要像他对付我母亲那样对付他。 再说，不管他在哪里，那只眼也在那里。” 尼尔，埃里克和朱莉知道基娅把她母亲蕾尔娜女王的失踪归咎于斯帕尔。 两年前，女王与斯帕尔进行了一场激烈的战斗。 再也没有人见过她。盖伦策马迅速向山上走去。 “可汗和我去寻找火山宫殿的入口。 与此同时——当心火怪！”尼尔眨了眨眼，看着朱莉。 “他说的是火怪吗？”埃里克爬上了山前面的一块长而硬的岩石。 “也许入口在这些东西后面

big stones." "What do you see?" Keeah called out. "Not much," Eric said. "Wait, there is an opening! We can go in—hey! This rock just moved!" "Uh, I don't think it's a rock," Julie said, pointing to a big green eyeball flicking open just under Eric's foot. I think it's… it's… a monster!" Hrooosh! A column of fire spurted from the beast's mouth, burning the black ground blacker. "A fire monster!" Neal shouted. Suddenly, another stony-gray shape shook itself. A large green eye opened on it, too. It thrust its head up into the air. Hrooosh! "Two fire monsters!" Neal shouted. Galen charged over. "Get inside!" he yelled to the children. Then he leaped onto the back of one monster and began wrestling with it. "Lumpies, help the wizard!" Khan called out. Instantly his Lumpies jumped on the second monster. They pinched it and poked it with all their might.

大的石头。”“你看到了什么？”姬娅喊道。 “没什么，”埃里克说。“等等，有个机会！”我们可以进去了-嘿！这块石头刚刚移动了！”“呃，我不认为这是一块石头，”朱莉说，指着埃里克脚下一颗闪开的绿色大眼球。 我想那是……那是……一个怪物！”Hrooosh !一股火柱从巨兽口中喷出，把黑色的地面烧得更黑了。 “一个火怪！”Neal喊道。 突然，另一个石灰色的物体摇晃了一下。 一只绿色的大眼睛也盯着它。 它把头伸到空中。 Hrooosh !“两个火怪！”Neal喊道。 盖伦冲了过来。“进来！”他对孩子们喊道。 然后他跳到一个怪物的背上，开始和它搏斗。 “小疙瘩，帮帮巫师！”可汗喊道。 他的小疙瘩立刻扑向第二个怪物。 他们用尽全力捏它，戳它。

"Max, Khan, lead the children through!" Galen shouted.

“麦克斯，可汗，带孩子们过去！”盖伦喊道。

The stone-skinned monsters thrashed and twisted, but Galen and the Lumpies kept on fighting. "We can't leave you!" Keeah cried. "You must!" the wizard commanded. "Find the Eye! It is the only way to save—" The rest of what the wizard said was lost beneath the howling cries of the fire beasts. "Galen can take care of himself," Max chittered. Khan rushed up to the entrance. "Hurry, everyone! Into the mountain!" The four kids, with Max and Khan leading the way, charged between the raging fire monsters. They ran into the opening. They entered the world of the volcano.

这些石头皮的怪物不停地扭动，但盖伦和怪物们还在继续战斗。 “我们不能离开你！”Keeah哭了。 “你必须！”巫师命令道。 “找到魔眼！”只有这样才能拯救——”巫师的话被火兽的嚎叫淹没了。 “盖伦会照顾好自己的。”麦克斯叽叽喳喳地说。 可汗冲到门口。 “快点,大家好!到山上去！”在马克斯和可汗的带领下，四个孩子在熊熊燃烧的怪兽之间冲锋。 他们跑进了洞口。 他们进入了火山的世界。