4 Trapped with Friends

CHAPTER Four Trapped... with Friends Eric pushed and pulled as hard as he could to break out of the sack. The more he struggled, the more he got tangled in its sticky web. "Get me out of here!" he cried. And still he was pulled higher into the yellow trees. "Stop making so much noise!" hissed a voice from above. "Do you want the whole Ninn army to hear you?" Eric stopped going up. The sack swung back and forth from a high branch. A branch someone was sitting on. "Keeah?"

第四章被困……和朋友们在一起的时候，埃里克拼命地推呀拉呀，想从麻袋里钻出来。 他越挣扎，就越被它黏糊糊的网缠住。 “把我弄出去！”他喊道。 他仍然被拉到更高的黄色的树。 “别吵了！”上面一个声音嘶嘶地说。 “你想让整个Ninn军队都听到你吗？”埃里克停止了上升。 麻袋在一根高高的树枝上来回摆动。 有人坐在树枝上。 “Keeah ?”

The princess smiled at him. "And Max, too."

公主对他笑了笑。 “还有麦克斯。”

"Of course!" Max chirped from the branch above. "Who do you think spun this little trap?" "Boy, am I glad to see you," Eric said. He told them quickly about the silfs. "I've heard of the silfs, but I've never seen them," said Keeah. "They told me the Red Eye is on this island," said Eric. "We need to find it." Thwomp! Thwomp! The Ninns crossed the beach and marched into the jungle right below them. "Galen is on the island, too," Keeah said. "But, look—" In the middle of the troop of Ninns was the wizard, wrapped from head to foot in thick chains. Galen was their prisoner! "My poor master!" Max whimpered. One of the red-faced warriors below held up his sixfingered claw. "Sparr said wait here." "He wants the old man alive," said another. "For now, at least!" a third said, laughing. The laughter reminded Eric of gargling. A cold wind blew through the trees. Keeah gritted her teeth as she looked up. "Sparr is coming!" she snarled. A groggle landed on the ground. Lord Sparr slid off its back. He pointed his magic staff at Galen. "You know where

“当然!”麦克斯在上面的树枝上唧唧叫着。 “你觉得是谁编的这个小圈套？”“孩子，见到你真高兴，”埃里克说。 他很快地告诉了他们关于谷仓的事。 “我听说过silfs，但我从来没有见过它们。” “他们告诉我‘红眼’就在这个岛上，”埃里克说。 “我们需要找到它。”Thwomp !Thwomp !Ninns穿过海滩，进入他们正下方的丛林。 “盖伦也在岛上。”基娅说。 “可是，你看——”巫师站在那群Ninns中间，从头到脚都被厚厚的铁链捆着。 盖伦是他们的俘虏！“我可怜的主人！”马克斯呜呜咽咽哭了起来。 下面一个红脸战士举起他的六指爪。 “斯帕尔说在这儿等着。”“他要活捉那老人。”另一个说。 “至少现在是这样！”第三个人笑着说。 这笑声使埃里克想起了漱口。 一阵冷风吹过树林。 姬娅抬起头来，咬紧牙关。 “斯帕尔来了！” 一只狼落在地上。 斯帕伯爵从马背上滑了下来。 他用魔法杖指着盖伦。 “你知道吗？

the Eye is. Tell me." Galen stared at Sparr. "Never. You may put me in chains. But the children are brave and clever. They will trick you." "Demither's island has many dangers," Sparr said. "Anything can happen. In the end, the Eye will be mine." Galen struggled against his chains. "The children will find the jewel." A thin smile broke across Sparr's lips. "And they will give it to me, if they want you to live. If I find it, it's mine. If they find it, it's also mine. Either way, I win." Galen shook his head sadly. "You were not always so evil, Sparr!" The sorcerer turned to the Ninns. "Take the wizard to the white cliff. Wait for my orders." "At once, Lord Sparr," the head Ninn said. Then Sparr waved his hand and spoke a strange word. The whole troop of Ninns, along with Galen, vanished. "Oh, no!" Max whispered. "How will we find my master now?" Keeah put her finger to her lips as Sparr began to laugh. "Galen's 'brave' children will never get off this island alive!" Sparr jumped onto his groggle, kicked once, and flew away. As he did, the thick, dark mist all over the island seemed to grow thicker and darker.

眼睛是。告诉我。”盖伦盯着斯帕。 “从来没有。你可以把我锁起来。 但是孩子们既勇敢又聪明。 他们会骗你的。”“Demither的岛有很多危险，”Sparr说。 “任何事情都有可能发生。最终，圣眼将是我的。” 盖伦挣扎着挣脱他的锁链。 “孩子们会找到宝石的。” 斯帕尔的嘴角绽开一丝微笑。 “如果他们想让你活下去，他们会把钱给我的。 如果我找到它，它就是我的。如果他们找到了，那也是我的。 不管怎样，我赢了。”盖伦悲伤地摇了摇头。 “你并不是一直都这么邪恶，斯帕尔！”巫师转向忍者。 “带巫师去白色悬崖。 等我的命令。”“马上，斯帕大人。”尼恩首领说。 然后斯帕尔挥挥手，说了一个奇怪的话。 整个宁斯军团连同盖伦一起消失了。 “哦,不!”马克斯低声说。“现在我们怎样才能找到我的主人呢？”基娅把手指放在嘴唇上，斯帕尔笑了起来。 “盖伦的‘勇敢’孩子们永远也不会活着离开这个岛了！”斯帕跳上他的马格鲁，踢了一脚，就飞走了。 就在他这样做的时候，整个岛上厚厚的黑雾似乎变得越来越浓，越来越黑。

"Never get off this island alive?" Eric snarled. "Ha!" Then he gulped. "We will, won't we?" "Yes, if we find my master," Max said. "And when we do, I will kick Sparr with each of my eight legs!" Then he quickly spun a strong rope of spider silk, and they all slid to the ground. Eric waved at the thick haze. "Now where do we go?" "Yikes!" a voice screamed suddenly. "Help us!" another voice screamed. "I think that just answered my question!" Eric said. "It's Julie and Neal!" Keeah said. "They're in the jungle. Let's go!" They crashed through the thick trees as fast as they could. The long vines whipped against their faces. The bushes scratched them. Suddenly they froze. Julie and Neal were standing on a rock in the middle of a clearing. Surrounding them were six nasty, icky, enormous— "Bugs!" cried Max.

“永远不能活着离开这个岛？”埃里克咆哮。 “哈!”然后他咽了口气。“我们会的，不是吗？”“是的，如果我们找到我的主人，”马克斯说。 “到时候，我会用我的八条腿踢斯帕尔”然后他迅速地用蜘蛛丝织了一根结实的绳子，他们都滑到了地上。 埃里克对着浓雾挥了挥手。 “现在我们去哪儿？”“哎呀！”一个声音突然尖叫起来。 “救救我们！”另一个声音尖叫道。 “我想这正好回答了我的问题！”Eric说。 “是朱莉和尼尔！”Keeah说。 “他们在丛林里。我们走吧!”他们以最快的速度穿过茂密的树林。 长长的藤蔓抽打着他们的脸。 灌木丛把他们刮伤了。 突然，他们僵住了。朱莉和尼尔站在一块空地中央的一块石头上。 围着他们的是六个又恶心又巨大的——“臭虫！”麦克斯叫道。