7 The Glove of Power

CHAPTER Seven The Gkove Of Power "Nooooo!" Eric screamed. The earth seemed to swoop up at him as he plummeted toward the jungle. In seconds he would crash into the treetops. Suddenly something hard and bony wrapped around him. It tightened on his waist. It was a groggle's thick claw grasping him tight. "Let me go!" Eric cried as the lizard lifted him high into the air. "Well… I mean, don't actually let me go, but—" Kaww! Kaww! the huge beast shrieked.

第七章权力之爱“不！”埃里克尖叫。 当他向丛林坠落时，大地似乎向他猛扑过来。 几秒钟后，他就会撞到树梢上。 突然，一个硬邦邦的东西围住了他。 腰带在他腰上收紧了。 那是一只麻瓜的粗爪紧紧地抓着他。 “放开我！”蜥蜴把埃里克举到空中时，他叫了起来。 “嗯……我是说，别真的让我走，但是——”哇！Kaww !那头巨兽尖叫起来。

"—let me go!"

“——放开我！”

The groggle flapped quickly past Eric's friends. They yelled something out to him, but he couldn't hear what it was. "Probably good-bye!" Eric groaned, twisting in the groggle's grip. The beast soared up the mountain, then slowed and hovered over a broad, flat ridge. Looking down, Eric could see a large mound of sticks and other junk in the middle of the ridge. The pile had a dip in the center. "A nest!" he whispered to himself. "Please don't eat me!" Kaww! The groggle swooped over the nest. It loosened its claws and dropped Eric. "Oomph!" he groaned when he hit bottom. The groggle circled once, then flew off. "Probably going to tell his friends that lunch is ready. Yeah? Well, no way!" Eric scrambled to his feet. The thick nest surrounded him like a huge bowl. The walls of it, he figured, were about ten feet high. He could get out fairly easily. "And I sure can't stay here!" Eric dug his right foot in and hoisted himself up with his tired arms. The nest was made of tangled branches and vines. In with them Eric noticed strips of polished wood and red-and

那个小精灵飞快地掠过埃里克的朋友们。 他们对他喊了些什么，但他听不见是什么。 “可能再见!”埃里克呻吟着，被狼人抓得扭动身子。 这只野兽飞上了山，然后减速，在一个宽阔平坦的山脊上盘旋。 艾瑞克往下看，看到山脊中间有一大堆树枝和其他杂物。 这桩的中心有个凹陷。 “一个窝！”他低声自言自语。 “请不要吃我！”Kaww !那只麻瓜从巢上猛扑过去。 它松开爪子，扔下埃里克。 “哇！”他落到底部时呻吟道。 那个麻瓜绕了一圈，然后飞走了。 “可能是去告诉他的朋友们午饭准备好了。 是吗?唉，不可能！”埃里克爬了起来。 厚厚的鸟巢包围着他，像一个大碗。 他估计，它的墙大约有十英尺高。 他可以很容易地脱身。 “我当然不能呆在这里！”埃里克把右脚伸进去，用疲惫的手臂把自己抬起来。 这个巢是由缠绕在一起的树枝和藤蔓组成的。 在他们中间，埃里克注意到几条擦得锃亮的木头和红红的

yellow cloth. He knew what they were. The remains of Keeah's ship. "Robbers!" he snarled. Then he noticed something else. Something shiny and black. He stopped climbing. He peered down. "The armored glove…" he whispered. He leaned into the branches, untangled the glove, and dragged it out. Carefully, he turned it over. The setting for the jewel was broken. The Red Eye of Dawn was not there. Crack! Eric froze. Sounds were coming from outside the nest. He crept up the rest of the way and peered over the top. He laughed. He waved. "Eric!" Neal squeaked, scrambling over the top of the ledge. The others followed close behind. Eric jumped from the nest and ran to meet them. "We're safe," Keeah said, "but not for long. The groggles made such an incredible fuss that now the Ninns are coming." "Oh, man!" Eric said. "Can't we ever get a break?" Clomp! Clomp! A pack of fat Ninn soldiers hustled around the other side of the broad ledge. "Guess not!" Neal yelped. "Yikes!"

黄色的布。他知道它们是什么。 基厄的船的残骸。 “强盗！”他咆哮道。然后，他注意到另一件事。 又黑又亮的东西。 他停止了攀登。他往下看。 “那只装甲手套……”他低声说。 他探进树枝，解开手套，把它拖了出来。 他小心地把它翻过来。 珠宝的底座坏了。 黎明的红眼不在那里。 裂缝!埃里克冻结。声音从巢外传来。 他爬上剩下的路，从山顶往下看。 他笑了。他挥了挥手。“埃里克!”尼尔尖叫着爬上了窗台。 其他人紧随其后。 埃里克从巢里跳了出来，跑去迎接他们。 “我们安全了，”基娅说，“但撑不了多久。 那些狗闹得不可思议，现在妮子来了。” “哦,男人!”Eric说。“我们就不能休息一下吗？”重踏着走!重踏着走!一群胖胖的Ninn士兵在宽阔的岩壁的另一边忙忙地走着。 “猜不是!”Neal叫喊起来。“呀! !”

Max squeaked. "May I suggest we go the opposite way?" "You get my vote!" said Julie. The heavy red warriors wasted no time, either. They quickly loaded their bows. "Aim!" one of them shouted. "Yikes again!" Neal squeaked. "Duck everyone!" "Fire!" the Ninns yelled. Thwang! Thwang! Flaming arrows whizzed by the kids. They skidded along the ground and crashed against the rocks. The Ninns growled and reloaded. "Hey, Ninns, let me give you a hand!" Eric shouted. He threw the armored glove right into the center of the pack of Ninns. The fat warriors paused to look at it. "And we're out of here!" Julie yelled. The kids dashed around the nest to the far side of the ledge. Max shot in front, scampering as quickly as his eight legs could carry him. Neal raced right behind him. They circled around the side of the mountain. "A cave!" Neal said. "I see a cave!" "I saw it first!" Max chirped. They all leaped through the mouth of the cave and ran inside. They dashed into the shadows and held their breath. Max held up one of his legs. "Listen. The Ninns aren't following. We've lost them."

马克斯发出“吱吱”的响声。“我可以建议我们走相反的路吗？”“我投你一票！”朱莉说。 沉重的红色战士也没有浪费时间。 他们迅速把弹药装在弓上。 “瞄准！”其中一个喊道。 “哎呀!”Neal发出“吱吱”的响声。 “鸭!”“着火了！” Thwang !Thwang !燃烧的箭嗖嗖地从孩子们身边飞过。 他们在地上打滑，撞在岩石上。 Ninns咆哮着重新装弹。 “嘿，Ninns，让我帮你一把！”埃里克喊道。 他把那只带盔甲的手套扔到那群Ninns的正中央。 胖战士们停下来看了看。 “我们离开这里！”朱莉喊道。 孩子们绕着鸟巢跑到窗台的另一边。 马克斯冲在前面，用他的八条腿尽可能快地跑着。 尼尔紧跟在他后面。 他们绕着山的一边转。 “一个山洞!”Neal说。“我看见一个山洞！”“我先看到的！”马克斯鸣叫。 他们都从洞口跳了出来，跑了进去。 他们冲进阴影里，屏住呼吸。 麦克斯举起一条腿。 “听着。Ninns没有跟上。 我们失去了他们。”

"I think there's a reason," Julie whispered. Eric turned to look. "Oh, man!" he groaned. "Isn't there at least one place on this island that isn't dangerous?" Coming out of the cave depths were several large fuzzy legs and long twitching feelers. "Here we go again," Neal said with a sigh. Sssss!

“我想这是有原因的，”朱莉低声说。 埃里克转过头去看。“天哪！”他呻吟道。 “这个岛上难道没有一个地方是不危险的吗？”从洞穴深处伸出几条毛茸茸的大腿和抽动的长触角。 “又来了，”尼尔叹了口气说。 Sssss !