4 A Party of Evil Dudes

CHAPTER Four A Party of Evil Dudes The small boy's pale skin turned the color of ashes. Then he wiggled and stretched himself up to the size of a tall man. "No… no…" Eric mumbled. "It can't be!" The figure's narrow shoulders broadened. His rags fell away to reveal a long black cloak. But the worst part was the purple fins that sprouted behind his ears. "Sparr is here!" Eric cried. "Help!" He raced as fast as he could to the palace. Galen ran down the steps. A dozen armed guards dashed out with him. "Eric, what is it?"

第四章一伙坏人小男孩苍白的皮肤变成了灰烬的颜色。 然后他扭动身体，把自己伸展到一个高个子男人的大小。 “不……不……” “不可能！”那个人窄窄的肩膀变宽了。 他的破衣落了下来，露出一件长长的黑斗篷。 但最糟糕的是它耳朵后面长出了紫色的鳍。 “斯帕尔来了！”埃里克喊道。 “救命!”他以最快的速度跑向宫殿。 盖伦跑下台阶。十几个武装警卫跟着他冲了出来。 “埃里克，怎么了？”

"I messed up! I messed up big-time!" Eric said, falling to the steps, his heart racing with fear. "Sparr tricked me! I let him in! I helped him!" Neal, Julie, and Keeah rushed to Eric. "Hide, all of you," the wizard said sharply, striding out to the courtyard. "Guards, come!" The four kids crept out as far as they could, then ducked behind a tall snowdrift. Max skittered out of the palace and huddled with them. "How stupid could I be?" Eric groaned softly. Lord Sparr stood by the gate. His deep eyes flickered and blazed red. His transformation was complete. "Seize him!" Galen called out. A dozen of the king's soldiers quickly surrounded Sparr. The sorcerer bared his teeth in an evil grin. "How rude to treat an invited guest with such… coldness!" His fingers sparked suddenly. "Galen, watch out!" Keeah cried. She raised her own hand. A beam of pale light shot from it. It fizzled and vanished in an instant. Blam! Sparr's bolt struck the wizard. Galen was thrown backward in the snow. Then he stopped moving. His blue robe went stiff. His long white hair and beard turned to ice. Frost crept over his cheeks, his forehead, his

“我搞砸了！”我搞砸了！”埃里克说着，倒在台阶上，他的心因恐惧而狂跳。 “斯帕尔骗了我！”我让他进来的！我帮了他！”Neal， Julie和Keeah冲向Eric。 “你们都躲起来。”巫师厉声说，大步向院子走去。 “卫兵,来了!”四个孩子尽可能地往外爬，然后躲到一个高高的雪堆后面。 马克斯飞快地跑出宫殿，和他们挤在一起。 “我有多蠢？”埃里克轻声呻吟着。 斯帕伯爵站在门口。 他那双深邃的眼睛闪烁着红光。 他的转变是彻底的。 “抓住他!”盖伦喊道。 十几个国王的士兵迅速包围了斯帕尔。 巫师露出牙齿，邪恶地咧嘴一笑。 “对受邀的客人如此……冷淡，真是太粗鲁了！”他的手指突然发亮。 “盖伦，小心！”Keeah哭了。 她举起了手。一束苍白的光从里面射出来。 它嘶嘶作响，瞬间消失了。 简直是噩梦!斯帕的箭击中了巫师。 盖伦向后摔在雪地里。 然后他停了下来。他的蓝袍子变硬了。 他又长又白的头发和胡子都变成了冰。 霜爬上他的脸颊，额头，他的

nose. "Oh, Galen!" Max whimpered. "No… no…" The wizard's eyes went glassy. "So cold!" he said. Then he said no more. Before the guards could move—kkkk! Another bolt of light shot from Sparr. The guards turned to ice as quickly as Galen had.

鼻子。“哦,盖伦!”马克斯呜呜咽咽哭了起来。 “不……不……”巫师的眼睛变得呆滞了。 “好冷！”他说。然后他不再说什么了。 警卫还没来得及移动——kkk！斯帕尔又射出一道闪电。 卫兵们和盖伦一样迅速地变成了冰块。

The wolves howled deep in their cave. Sparr smiled. "Yes, even you shall fall to my curse." Kkkk! Blam! The wolves howled no more. "We've got to stop this guy!" Eric whispered. Boom-boom-boom! There came a loud knocking on the gates. Sparr turned. With a flick of his wrist, the gates opened. "Come, my Ninns!" "Oh, great!" Neal groaned. "Now he's inviting his Ninns in, too! A regular party of evil dudes!" Twenty of Sparr's heavy-footed, red-faced Ninn warriors clomped into the courtyard. Some of them carried huge hammers over their shoulders. Others had bows and arrows. They grunted and bowed before their master. "You four, bring me the amulet of Zor," the sorcerer commanded. "Yes, Lord Sparr," growled the chief Ninn. "You three, take the old wizard to the throne room," Sparr said. "The rest of you, find the children. The boy helped me get in. But his usefulness is done. Now, destroy them all!" Sparr swirled his cloak and swept up the steps into the palace. The children quaked with fear.

狼群在洞穴深处嚎叫。 Sparr笑了。“是的，甚至你也会陷入我的诅咒之中。” 单色模式!简直是噩梦!狼群不再嚎叫了。 “我们必须阻止这个家伙！”Eric低声说。 Boom-boom-boom !有人大声敲门。 Sparr转过身。他的手腕一挥，大门就开了。 “来吧，我的孩子们！”“哦,太棒了!”Neal呻吟着。 “现在他也邀请他的小精灵进来了！”一群邪恶的家伙！”二十名斯帕的大脚红脸宁人战士冲进院子。 他们中的一些人肩上扛着巨大的锤子。 其他人有弓和箭。 他们在主人面前哼哼着鞠躬。 “你们四个，给我拿来佐尔的护身符，”巫师命令道。 “是的，斯帕大人。”尼恩酋长咆哮道。 “你们三个，把老巫师带到正殿去。” “剩下的人，去找孩子们。 那个男孩扶我进去。但他的用处已经没有了。 现在，把他们全毁灭吧！”斯帕卷起斗篷，快步走上台阶，走进宫殿。 孩子们吓得发抖。

"Keeah," whispered Julie. "You must know a spell against this. Don't you have some magic that will unfreeze the wizard?" Keeah hung her head. "My magic failed when I needed it most." Her tears fell to the ground and turned to ice. "Don't despair, princess," Max whispered. "Galen will be fine. At least… I hope he will!" "Well, there's got to be something we can do," said Eric. Neal turned to Eric. "A…" "A what?" Eric asked. "You have an idea?" "A… a…" Neal said, shivering. "Tell us!" Julie whispered. "A… a… choo!" Neal sneezed loudly. "Huh?" grunted one of the Ninns in the courtyard. He pointed to the drift where the kids were hiding. "Snow… sneeze?" "Not snow! Little ones!" shouted another. The Ninns loaded their bows and arrows. "That's our cue to get out of here!" Julie said. "Let's hide in the market," Keeah said. "We can lose the Ninns there!" "Better than losing our lives here!" Neal said. The five friends bolted up in a swirl of snow and took off across the courtyard. The angry Ninns clomped right after them!

“呃，”朱莉小声说。“你一定知道一个咒语。 你没有什么魔法可以解冻巫师吗？”姬娅低下了头。 “我的魔法在我最需要的时候失效了。” 她的眼泪落在地上，变成了冰。 “别绝望，公主。”麦克斯低声说。 “盖伦会没事的。至少……我希望他会！”“好吧，我们一定能做点什么，”埃里克说。 尼尔转向埃里克。“A……”“A什么？”埃里克问。 “你有主意吗？”“啊……啊……”尼尔颤抖着说。 “告诉我们!”朱莉低声说。 “呜……呜……呜！”尼尔大声地打了个喷嚏。 “嗯？”院子里的一个小鬼哼了一声。 他指了指孩子们躲藏的地方。 “雪……打喷嚏?”“不是雪!小家伙们！”另一个喊道。 精灵们把弓箭装上子弹。 “这是在暗示我们离开这里！”朱莉说。 “我们躲到市场里去吧，”基娅说。 “我们可以在那里打败小矮人！”“总比在这里失去生命好！”Neal说。 五个朋友在雪的旋涡中锁上门，穿过院子逃走了。 愤怒的Ninns们紧跟在他们后面！