3 Shipwrecked!

CHAPTER Three Shipwrecked! Eric's world went black and bubbly. No! he thought. This can't happen! I can't sink! He clawed at the icy water, trying to reach the surface. Then the waves opened above him. Eric lifted his head out of the water. His fingers felt something soft. Was it… sand? Yes! It was sand. Eric scrambled up onto it. He sucked in a deep, deep breath. He opened his eyes. He was on land, on a beach. He was alive. "Julie! Neal! Keeah!" he called out.

第三章船失事了！埃里克的世界一片漆黑，充满了泡沫。 不!他想。这是不可能的！我不能沉没！他用爪子抓着冰冷的水，试图游到水面。 接着，他的头顶上掀起了巨浪。 埃里克把头从水里抬起。 他的手指摸到了柔软的东西。 是……沙子吗？是的!那是沙子。 埃里克爬了上去。 他深深地吸了一口气。 他睁开眼睛。他在陆地上，在海滩上。 他还活着。“朱莉!尼尔!啊！”他喊道。

No answer. Eric looked to his left. All he saw was the beach stretching away until it curved out of sight. He looked to the right and saw the waves splashing against piles of rocks. Ahead of him was a thick jungle full of odd-shaped bushes and tall trees. A dark haze hung over the treetops. The whole island was covered in fog. "What is this place?" he said to himself. Splursh! Another wave crashed against the nearby rocks. Something tumbled onto the sand. Eric ran to the rocks. The waves had washed up some broken boards and a torn piece of cloth. They were from Keeah's ship. Next to them, half covered by sand, was… "The golden chest!" Eric gasped. With the Eye, he knew, anything was possible. Maybe he could use it to find his friends. Maybe even to fight Sparr. But where was Galen? Where was everybody? Carefully, Eric lifted the chest from the sand. He opened it. But instead of finding the black glove with the red stone, flames jumped up at him. "Ahh!" Eric cried, nearly dropping the chest.

不回答。埃里克看了看左边。 他所看到的只是海滩一直延伸，直到弯弯曲曲地消失在视线之外。 他向右一看，看见海浪拍打着成堆的岩石。 在他前面是一片茂密的丛林，长满了奇形怪状的灌木和高大的树木。 树梢上笼罩着一层黑雾。 整个岛都笼罩在雾中。 “这是什么地方？”他自言自语道。 Splursh !又一波巨浪冲击着附近的岩石。 有什么东西掉在沙滩上。 埃里克跑向岩石。海浪冲上来一些破木板和一块破布。 他们是从基娅的船上来的。 在他们旁边，一半被沙子覆盖着的是……“金箱子！”埃里克气喘吁吁地说。 他知道，有了神眼，一切皆有可能。 也许他可以用它来找到他的朋友。 也许是为了和斯帕尔决斗。 但是盖伦在哪里呢？大家都到哪里去了？ 埃里克小心翼翼地把箱子从沙滩上提起来。 他打开了它。可是，他并没有找到那只镶着红石头的黑手套，火焰却向他扑来。 “啊!”埃里克叫道，几乎把箱子掉在地上。

Suddenly the fire changed. Before his eyes the fire became hundreds of snaky creatures, slithering over one another. They gleamed red, then silver, then red again. Sometimes they looked like flames. Sometimes they looked like rippling ropes of water.

突然火变了。 在他眼前，火焰变成了数以百计的蛇形生物，一个滑过一个。 它们闪着红色的光，然后是银色的，然后又是红色的。 有时它们看起来像火焰。 有时它们看起来像潺潺的水绳。

"Don't eat us-s-s!" the creatures pleaded.

“别吃我们！”动物们恳求道。

Eric set the chest carefully on the sand. "I'm not going to eat you. But… who are you?" Many tiny silver heads twisted toward him. "We are s-s-silfs. We have lived-d-d for centuries in the ss-seas of Droon. Demither-r-r is our queen." The sound the creatures made was more like singing than speaking. Their bubbly voices sounded as though they were talking underwater. "Demither sank our ship," said Eric. "Sparr has put a curse on her-r-r," one silf sang. "She must do things she doesn't want to-o-o. The Eye will give Sparr even more power-r-r." Eric shook his head. "The Eye was lost at sea." "No!" the silfs sang. "It is on this-s-s island. This is one of Demither's-s-s many islands." "The Eye is here?" Eric asked. "Where? I have to find it. I have to help Princess Keeah get it to Jaffa City." Thwomp! Thwomp! A deep thumping sound came from down the beach. "Hide," the silfs cried. "Ninns-s-s are coming!" "Wait," Eric called out. "Help me find my friends. And tell me where the Eye is!" "If we can-n-n help you, we will-l-l…." The creatures turned fiery red, then silver. Then they slid over the sand and away into the waves.

埃里克小心地把箱子放在沙滩上。 “我不会吃你的。 可是……你是谁？”许多银色的小脑袋扭向他。 “我们是s-s-silfs。我们几个世纪以来一直lived-d-d ss-seas Droon。 Demither-r-r是我们的女王。” 这些动物发出的声音与其说是说话，不如说是唱歌。 他们爽朗的声音听起来好像在水下交谈。 “狄米特弄沉了我们的船，”埃里克说。 “斯帕尔给她下了咒————————”其中一人唱道。 “她必须做她不想做的事。 圣眼会给斯帕尔更大的力量——r-r。” 埃里克摇了摇头。“‘眼睛’在海上失踪了。” “不！”“就在这个岛上。 这是狄米特的许多岛屿之一。” “魔眼在这儿？”埃里克问。 “在哪里?我必须找到它。 我得帮姬亚公主把它送到雅法城。” Thwomp !Thwomp !一声低沉的撞击声从海滩那边传来。 “躲起来！”“nins——s——s来了！”“等等，”埃里克喊道。 “帮我找到我的朋友。告诉我圣眼在哪里！”“如果我们能帮你，我们会帮你....” 这些生物变成了火红色，然后变成了银色。 然后他们滑过沙滩，钻进了海浪里。

Thwomp! Dozens of heavy, red-faced warriors came marching slowly up the beach. "Ninns!" Eric gasped. "I am out of here!" Eric ran quickly into the thick jungle. Strange and wild plants slapped him in the face as he raced. Slippery yellow vines coiled down from above and dangled in the paths. The Ninns' thumping got louder. Eric ran faster. Suddenly the ground turned soft beneath him. "Huh?" He stumbled and fell. Fwit! A sticky web surrounded Eric like a sack. It pulled tight around him. He couldn't get out. Then the sack—with Eric inside—flew into the air. It went up high into the yellow trees. "Please, no!" he yelled. "Help, I'm trapped!" He couldn't escape. Thwomp! Thwomp! The Ninns marched closer.

Thwomp !几十个身材魁梧、满脸通红的战士慢慢地向海滩走来。 “Ninns !”埃里克气喘吁吁地说。“我要走了！”埃里克飞快地跑进茂密的丛林。 当他赛跑时，奇怪的野生植物拍打着他的脸。 光滑的黄色藤蔓从上面盘绕下来，在小路上摇摆。 小矮人的砰砰声越来越大。 埃里克跑得更快了。突然，他脚下的地面变软了。 “嗯?”他绊了一下跌倒了。 Fwit !一张黏糊糊的网像麻袋一样围着埃里克。 它紧紧地围着他。 他出不去了。然后，袋子——埃里克在里面——飞向了空中。 它高高挂在黄色的树林里。 “求你了，不要！”“救命，我被困住了！”他逃不掉。 Thwomp !Thwomp !ninn走近了。