10 Reverse the Curse!

CHAPTER Ten Reverse the Curse! The white falcon descended from the frosty air. She hovered above their heads. "Keeah, my daughter!" the falcon said. "Zello, my king!" Zello gazed up. "I have missed you!" "Mother!" the princess said. "Sparr is gone, but his curse remains." She held up the empty velvet bag. "Galen is frozen. My people are frozen! The magic is all gone!" "Keeah, my time here is almost done," the falcon said, fluttering up. "Already I have begun to change. I cannot help you now."

第十章解除诅咒！白色的猎鹰从寒冷的空中降落下来。 她在他们头顶上空盘旋。 “啊，我的女儿！”猎鹰说。 “您好，我的国王！”泽洛抬起头来。 “我想你了！”“妈妈！”公主说。 “斯帕尔走了，但他的诅咒还在。” 她举起空的天鹅绒袋子。 “盖伦冻住了。我的人都冻僵了！魔法都消失了！”“啊，我在这里的时间快结束了。”猎鹰说着，扑腾着翅膀。 “我已经开始改变了。 我现在帮不了你。”

Eric, Julie, and Neal crowded around Keeah. "How can I cure Galen?" she asked. The falcon flapped her wings just above the princess. The bird's feathers started to shed. "Remember this always—you are the magic! Look into your heart, my child, and you will know." The bird rose slowly up to the ceiling. Feathers fell away with every flap of her wings. They whirled around like snowflakes in the cold air. "When next you see me, I shall be in another form. Many trials lie ahead before I can undo this curse. Before I can be your mother again." "You are my mother always!" Keeah said. "Soon, I shall see you again!" her mother called out. "Soon, Keeah! Soon, my brave king!" A moment later, the falcon was no more than a sparkling blue light vanishing to nothing. "Wow," Eric whispered. The last white feather fluttered down slowly. Keeah reached up, clutched it, and held it tight. Her father whispered to the air above them, "We will find you, my queen. We will help you." Finally, Keeah looked at the old wizard. "A lightning bolt isn't going to help me now."

埃里克、朱莉和尼尔围着基娅。 “我怎样才能治好盖伦？”她问。 猎鹰在公主的上方拍打着翅膀。 鸟的羽毛开始脱落。 “永远记住这一点——你就是魔法！”看看你的心，我的孩子，你会知道的。” 那只鸟慢慢地升到天花板上。 她每扇一次翅膀，羽毛就脱落下来。 他们像雪花一样在寒冷的空气中旋转。 “下次你见到我的时候，我已经是另一种样子了。 在我解开诅咒之前还有很多考验等着我。 在我能再次成为你的母亲之前。” “你永远是我的妈妈！”Keeah说。 “很快，我会再见到你的！”她的母亲喊道。 “很快,Keeah !很快，我勇敢的国王！”片刻之后，猎鹰变成了一束闪闪发光的蓝光，消失得无影无踪。 “哇，”埃里克低声说。最后一根白羽毛慢慢地飘落下来。 姬娅伸手抓住它，紧紧地握着。 父亲对着天空低语：“女王陛下，我们会找到您的。 我们会帮助你的。”最后，基娅看着老巫师。 “闪电现在帮不了我了。”

Max scuttled over to her. "Queen Relna said if you look into your heart you will know." "I just thought of something else," said Neal. "I tasted the magic sugar after your mom zapped it. It was good, but pretty regular." "Yes?" Keeah said. "Well, I was thinking," Neal said. "What if the magic sugar was just, you know, sugar?" "It worked when I unfroze the wolves," the princess said. "But maybe for you, what you touch is magic," said Eric. "Because you are who you are." Julie nodded. "It's like your mother said: 'You are the magic.'" Keeah blinked. "By myself? With no spells?" "Yes!" the kids said together. King Zello put his arm around his daughter. "I believe you can do it. I've watched you. You are your mother's daughter." "Even Sparr said so," Neal added. "And he was scared of you." Keeah took a deep breath. Then she bent down to the floor. She filled her hand with powdery flakes of snow. She stepped over to Galen and sprinkled the flakes over him. The flakes danced slowly as they came down.

麦克斯飞快地跑到她身边。“蕾尔娜女王说，如果你审视自己的内心，你就会知道。” “我只是想到了别的东西，”尼尔说。 “你妈妈把魔糖敲掉后，我尝了尝。 味道很好，但很规律。” “是吗?”Keeah说。“嗯，我在想，”尼尔说。 “如果神奇的糖只是，你知道，糖呢？”“我解冻狼群的时候起作用了，”公主说。 “但也许对你来说，你触摸的东西就是魔法，”埃里克说。 “因为你就是你。” 朱莉点点头。“就像你妈妈说的：‘你就是魔法。’”基娅眨了眨眼睛。 “我自己?不用咒语吗？”“是的！”孩子们异口同声地说。 泽洛国王搂着他的女儿。 “我相信你能做到。我观察过你。 你真像你母亲的女儿。” “就连斯帕也这么说，”尼尔补充道。 “他很怕你。” 基娅深吸了一口气。然后她弯下腰趴在地板上。 她手里捏满了粉状的雪花。 她走到盖伦面前，把雪花洒在他身上。 雪花慢慢地飞舞着落下。

The ice began to melt from Galen's cheeks. His forehead. His eyes. The old wizard's face softened. He smiled. "Keeah!" he said. "I am alive again!" "Master!" Max said, jumping up and down. "Welcome back to the world of the living!" Keeah's eyes were wide with amazement. "If it works for you, then…" She rushed outside. The city around her lay frozen and white. "My people! My city!" she called out. Taking another handful of snow, she tossed it into the air. All at once, the whirling flakes became the soft white petals of apple blossoms! The clouds swept away. Golden sunlight flooded the square. Crrrack! Fountains suddenly crackled and spurted with fragrant water. Ice melted from the trees. Their bright green leaves swung loose. The air was full of sweet-scented flowers. All the ice and snow across the city vanished under the warm sun.

盖伦脸颊上的冰开始融化。 他的前额。他的眼睛。老巫师的脸色变得柔和了。 他笑了。“啊！”他说。 “我又活过来了！”“主人!”马克斯说着，跳上跳下。 “欢迎回到活人的世界！”姬娅惊讶地睁大了眼睛。 “如果对你有用，那么……”她冲了出去。 她周围的城市冰冷而洁白。 “我的人!我的城市！”她喊道。 她又拿了一把雪，把它抛向空中。 顷刻间，旋转的雪花变成了柔软洁白的苹果花瓣！乌云一扫而光。 金色的阳光洒满了广场。 Crrrack !喷泉突然噼啪作响，喷出芳香的水。 树上的冰融化了。 它们鲜绿色的叶子松散地摆动着。 空气中充满了芬芳的花朵。 整个城市的冰雪都在温暖的阳光下消失了。

"Spring is back in Jaffa City!" King Zello exclaimed. "Keeah, you have done it!" Everyone who had been turned to ice began to move again. Soon there was laughter coming from every corner of the vast city. "Awesome!" Eric said, smiling. "Now, that's what I call true magic!" Neal said. The kids shed their spider-silk coats and stood in the bright sunshine. "This is more like it!" said Julie. "And look!" Max pointed to the sky over the city's golden walls. In the bright pink sky above a nearby hill were the rainbow-colored stairs. The stairs to the Upper World. The stairs back to Eric's house. "I guess it's time," said Neal. "We'd better go," Eric added, "so we can come back again as soon as possible!" "Thank you for everything!" Galen said. "Once again, you have helped our world." "And," boomed the king, "I proclaim that the next time you come to Jaffa City, it will be Eric and Julie and Neal Day!" "It's a deal!" said Neal.

“春天又回到了雅法城！”泽洛国王惊呼道。 “啊，你做到了！”所有被冻成冰的人又开始行动起来。 很快，笑声从这座大城市的每个角落传来。 “棒极了!”埃里克笑着说。 “这就是我所说的真正的魔法！”Neal说。 孩子们脱下蜘蛛丝外套，站在明亮的阳光下。 “这才像话！”朱莉说。 “看!”马克斯指着城市金色城墙上方的天空。 在附近一座小山上明亮的粉红色天空中，有彩虹色的楼梯。 通往上层世界的楼梯。 回到埃里克家的楼梯。 “我想是时候了，”尼尔说。 “我们还是走吧，”埃里克补充道，“这样我们就能尽快回来了！”“谢谢你所做的一切！”加伦说。 “你们再一次帮助了我们的世界。” “还有，”国王大声说道，“我宣布，下次你们再来雅法城，就是埃里克、朱莉和尼尔·戴了！”“一言为定！”尼尔说。