4. Welcome to Panjibarrh!

CHAPTER Four Welcome to Panjibarrh! The submarine rumbled out onto the beach and stopped on the sand. Pop! Everyone piled out of the top hatch. Before them stretched a row of small hills. Behind that was a range of larger hills. Beyond that were even taller hills. As far as the eye could see, everything was dusty, brown, and smooth. "Panjibarrh seems kind of boring," Neal said. "Let us hope it stays boring," Max chirped. "But this is Droon. Anything can happen." Galen turned to the ship, uttered a short command, and the ship rumbled back into the water.

第四章欢迎来到Panjibarrh！潜水艇隆隆地驶上海滩，停在沙滩上。 流行!大家都从顶层舱口挤了出来。 在他们面前伸展着一排小山。 在那后面是一系列更大的山。 再往前是更高的山。 放眼望去，一切都是灰蒙蒙的、棕色的、光滑的。 “Panjibarrh看起来有点无聊，”尼尔说。 “希望它一直很无聊，”马克斯唧唧喳喳地说。 “但这是德鲁恩。任何事情都有可能发生。” 盖伦转向船，发出一个简短的命令，船轰隆隆地回到了水里。

Keeah scanned the hills. Then she took a deep breath and clutched her feather necklace. "Lord Sparr is somewhere in these hills," she said. "I can feel him nearby. Let's find him." For the next hour, the small band climbed through narrow passes that ran between the hillsides. From one range to another, the six travelers slowly wormed their way upward. Entering one steep pass, Galen stopped. He turned his head slowly. He narrowed his eyes. "There…" he murmured. "That shadowy hole in the rocks. There is something in there." Max began to quake. "What is it, master?" Galen gazed deeply into the shadows. "A cave. And—he is there." He turned to Keeah. "Princess," he said, "I sense something evil in there. If what I feel in my heart is true, Sparr's plan is even more terrible than we thought. I must go in. You and the others wait here." "Be careful, master," Max chittered. The wizard smiled at the spider troll. "My time has not yet come, my friend. Don't worry." With that, Galen wrapped his robe around him and entered the cave alone. Strange sounds echoed suddenly from the hills above. Low, rumbling sounds. Then the air went still. Silence fell

姬亚扫视了一下群山。然后她深吸了一口气，紧紧抓住她的羽毛项链。 “斯帕尔大人就在这山里的某个地方。” “我能感觉到他就在附近。我们去找他吧。” 在接下来的一个小时里，这支小队伍爬过了山坡间狭窄的隘口。 这六个旅行者从一个山脉爬到另一个山脉，慢慢地往上爬。 进入一个陡峭的隘口时，盖伦停了下来。 他慢慢地转过头。 他眯起眼睛。“那里……”他喃喃地说。 “岩石上那个阴暗的洞。 里面有东西。” 马克斯开始颤抖。“怎么了，主人？”盖伦深深地凝视着阴影。 ”一个山洞。他就在那儿。” 他转向基娅。“公主，”他说，“我感觉到里面有邪恶的东西。 如果我心里的感觉是真的，斯帕尔的计划比我们想象的还要可怕。 我必须进去。你和其他人在这里等着。” “小心点，主人。”麦克斯叽叽喳喳地说。 巫师对蜘蛛巨魔笑了笑。 “我的时候还没有到，我的朋友。 别担心。”说完，盖伦用长袍裹住自己，独自进入洞穴。 山上突然传来奇怪的声音。 低沉的隆隆声。然后空气就静止了。 沉默下降

over the pass. "That's weird," Julie whispered. "It's like all the sound in the world just stopped." Neal squinted up at the hills. "Do you think it's Lord Sparr—" Whoosh! A burst of wind swept up from the dusty ground. It spun faster and faster. It coiled around in the air, forming a dark, whirling funnel. "Yikes!" said Eric, shielding his eyes. "Let's get out of here!" But the wind struck quickly. As if it were alive, the coil of spinning dust leaped upon the five friends, scattering them. "Take cover, everyone!" Keeah cried out, grabbing Max and pulling him to the shelter of an overhanging rock. Julie tried to join them but stumbled on the rocky ground. She struggled to her feet, but the funnel tore after her, whirling and spitting dust. "Help!" she cried, trying to outrun the wind. Neal bolted from his hiding place. "Julie!" Keeah, too, leaped from shelter to face the furious funnel. She clutched her feather and cried out, but her words were lost in the fury of the storm.

越过山口。“真奇怪，”朱莉低声说。 “就像世界上所有的声音都停止了。” 尼尔眯起眼睛望着山上。 “你认为是斯帕尔勋爵——”呼！一阵狂风从尘土飞扬的地上刮了过来。 它转得越来越快。 它在空中盘旋，形成一个黑暗的、旋转的漏斗。 “哎呀！”埃里克捂着眼睛说。 “我们离开这里吧！”但是风刮得很快。 那一圈旋转的灰尘像活的一样，跳到五个朋友身上，把他们弄得七零八落。 “大家躲起来！”基娅喊道，一把抓住马克斯，把他拉到一块悬垂的岩石上。 朱莉想加入他们，但在岩石地上绊了一下。 她挣扎着站了起来，但漏斗在她身后撕扯着，旋转着，吐着灰尘。 “救命啊！”她叫道，试图躲过风。 尼尔从藏身之处逃了出来。 “朱莉!”基厄也从避风处跳了出来，面对着狂暴的漏斗。 她抓着羽毛大声喊叫，但她的话被狂暴的暴风雨淹没了。

The wind swept around Julie, surrounding her. "It's got me!" she shrieked. The wind pulled her inside itself. Eric stumbled toward the funnel, his arms outstretched. "Julie! Here!" he shouted. The spinning dust stung his face. "I'm coming!" he cried. But the wind wouldn't let him come. The twister spun Julie around and around. It roared up the side of the pass. Up and up it went, spinning Julie away with it, until her cries were lost.

风绕着朱莉，包围着她。 “它抓住我了！”她尖叫道。 风把她卷了进去。 埃里克伸出双臂，跌跌撞撞地朝烟囱走去。 “朱莉!这儿！”他喊道。 旋转的灰尘刺痛了他的脸。 “我来了！”他叫道。但是风不让他来。 龙卷风把朱莉绕来绕去。 它呼啸着越过了山口。 它越飞越高，把朱莉也跟着旋转，直到她的哭声消失。

"JULIE!" Eric shouted for the last time.

“朱莉!”埃里克最后一次喊道。

A moment later, the dark funnel was gone. The wind in the pass died down to nothing. The storm was over. And Julie was gone.

不一会儿，黑暗的烟囱不见了。 山口的风减弱了。 暴风雨过去了。朱莉走了。