6. A New Enemy

CHAPTER Six A New Enemy? Batamogi led the children down from the big round platform. His people joined him. "What is the big wheel, anyway?" Eric asked. The Oobja king smoothed his whiskers. "Ah, yes, well, let me explain—" "There's a big stick here," Neal said, peering around the wheel. "Like a control stick. What happens if you push it—" Errrch! The stick squeaked as Neal touched it. At once the wheel began to spin. Then a loud whooshing sound came from nowhere. A whirling storm of dust

第六章新的敌人？Batamogi领着孩子们从大的圆形平台上下来。 他的人民也加入了他的行列。“大轮子到底是什么？”埃里克问。 欧比迦王捋了捋胡须。 “啊，是的，好吧，让我解释一下——”“这里有一根大棍子，”尼尔说，朝方向盘四周张望。 “就像控制杆一样。如果你按它会发生什么？尼尔一碰棍子，棍子就吱吱作响。 轮子立刻开始转动起来。 然后不知从哪里传来一声响亮的呼呼声。 一场旋转的沙尘暴

exploded up from the ground. It encircled Neal and swept him up in the air. "Whoa!" he yelled. "Help me!" Batamogi quickly pushed the stick back down. The dust storm disappeared and—plop!—Neal landed in a heap on the ground. Julie laughed. "That's how I got here!" Batamogi helped Neal up and brushed him off. "We call this our Wind Wheel. We use it to make dust storms to keep others from finding our village. Too bad it didn't keep Sparr from stealing my brothers." Then the king led the children to the edge of the village. He turned and waved to his people. They waved back from the big wheel. "Where are your brothers?" Keeah asked. The king tapped his forehead again. "I don't know. But something tells me they are alive." Sunlight slanted across the dust hills as Batamogi led the troop into a narrow pass. The hills on either side rose hundreds of feet in the air. The fox-eared king pointed up ahead. "Sparr brought his Ninns through this pass. They came to dig up the giant. We are not far now." Eric shared a glance with his friends. They were heading straight for Lord Sparr.

从地上炸了起来。 它包围了尼尔，把他卷到了空中。 “哇！”他喊道。“帮帮我!”Batamogi很快把棍子推了回去。 沙尘暴消失了，扑通一声！尼尔摔在地上堆成一堆。 朱莉笑了。“我就是这样到这儿来的！”Batamogi扶起Neal，把他拍了下来。 “我们称之为‘风轮’。 我们用它制造沙尘暴让其他人找不到我们的村庄。 可惜这没能阻止斯帕尔偷走我的兄弟。” 然后国王带着孩子们来到村庄的边缘。 他转身向他的人挥手。 他们从大轮子上挥了挥手。 “你的哥哥们呢？”Keeah问道。 国王又拍了拍额头。 “我不知道。但直觉告诉我，他们还活着。” 巴塔木带领队伍进入一个狭窄的隘口时，阳光斜照在尘土飞扬的山丘上。 两边的山都有几百英尺高。 狐狸耳朵的国王指着前方。 “斯帕带着他的nins穿过这个隘口。 他们是来挖巨人的。 我们现在离这儿不远了。”埃里克和他的朋友们一起看了一眼。 他们直奔斯帕尔大人而去。

"I know I say 'careful' a lot," Neal said. "But maybe now is a good time. You never know when something might—" Fwap! Fwap! The sound of wings filled the air. "Hrooooo!" came a loud cry. "Groggles?" Neal yelped. "No! Worse!" Batamogi replied. "Hide!" The air grew hot, and a burst of blue flame shot across the hills above them. Then a giant blue wing flapped overhead. It was scaly and rough. A spiky arm clawed at the sky. "A dragon!" Keeah whispered, touching her feather necklace. "It's all blue!" Dust and rocks crumbled from the hillsides and into the pass in front of the kids. The shadow of the dragon's wing glided over them. "Hrooooo!" The dragon's call coiled down once more. Then the shadow vanished. Sunlight flooded the high walls again. The dragon was gone.

“我知道我经常说‘小心’，”尼尔说。 “但也许现在是一个好时机。 你永远不知道什么时候会发生什么——“砰！”Fwap !翅膀的声音充满了空气。 “呼——”一声大叫。 “Groggles ?”Neal叫喊起来。“不!更糟!”Batamogi答道。 “隐藏!”空气变得越来越热，一团蓝色的火焰从他们上方的山丘上射出。 这时，一只巨大的蓝色翅膀在头顶上扇动。 这是鳞片和粗糙。一只长着尖刺的手臂伸向天空。 “龙!”姬娅轻轻地说，抚摸着她的羽毛项链。 “全是蓝色的！”尘土和岩石从山坡上散落下来，落在孩子们面前的山口上。 龙翅膀的影子掠过他们的头顶。 “Hrooooo !”龙的叫声再次盘旋而下。 然后影子消失了。阳光又照进了高墙。 龙不见了。

Batamogi waddled to the middle of the pass and looked up. "This dragon has been here since Sparr arrived, frightening my people. The hills used to be quiet. I hope they will be quiet again." Clank! Clong! From nearby came the sounds of metal and stone banging together. "Digging?" Eric whispered. The king nodded. "Come, we're nearly there." Quietly, they tiptoed to the end of the passage. Beyond the last range of hills lay a small valley. "Holy cow!" Julie said. The valley lay torn open. Piles of sand-colored rocks were strewn about. Flying lizards called groggles whined loudly as they helped to pull large stones out of the ground. Lord Sparr stood by while hundreds of his red warrior Ninns dug away at the earth. "They're digging up the whole tomb," Keeah said. "They've dug up the resting place of Zor." "He won't be resting long," Max said. "Look!" Two Ninns dragged a heavy box across the dirt. Eric and his friends recognized that box. It contained Zor's amulet. Sparr had stolen it when he turned Jaffa City to ice. With the amulet, Sparr could bring the dead giant back to life. The Ninns opened the box. Sparr took out the large black amulet. The jewel in its center glistened in the sunlight. The

巴塔木摇摇摆摆地走到山口中央，抬起头来。 “自从斯帕尔来到这里，这条龙就一直在这里，恐吓着我的人民。 山丘过去很安静。 我希望他们能再次安静下来。” 叮当作响!Clong !附近传来金属和石头碰撞的声音。 “挖?”Eric低声说。 国王点点头。“来吧，我们快到了。” 他们悄悄地蹑手蹑脚地走到走廊尽头。 在最后的山脉后面有一个小山谷。 “圣牛!”朱莉说。山谷裂开了。 到处都是沙色的岩石。 会飞的蜥蜴在帮忙把大石头从地里拖出来的时候，大声地呜呜叫着。 斯帕大人站在一旁，看着他手下的数百名红袍战士挖土。 “他们正在挖出整个坟墓，”Keeah说。 “他们挖出了琐尔的安息之地。” “他不会休息太久的，”马克斯说。 “看!”两个印第安人拖着一个沉重的箱子穿过泥土。 埃里克和他的朋友认出了那个盒子。 里面有佐尔的护身符。 斯帕尔把雅法城变成冰的时候偷走了它。 有了护身符，斯帕尔就能让死去的巨人起死回生。 小矮人打开了盒子。斯帕拿出那个黑色的大护身符。 中间的宝石在阳光下闪闪发光。 的

sorcerer began to laugh. "He's going to do it!" Neal whispered. Sparr stepped down into the open tomb. Slowly, he strode across the giant's dark chest. He set the amulet into a spot near Zor's neck. Click! It fit perfectly into place. The air grew hushed in the valley. "Now what?" Eric whispered. They heard a grunting noise behind them. "Uh-oh," Neal mumbled. The group turned around to find a fat, red-faced Ninn warrior standing over them. "I've been expecting you!" he growled.

男巫开始大笑。“他会这么做的！”Neal低声说。 斯帕尔走下楼梯，走进敞开的坟墓。 他慢慢地跨过巨人黑暗的胸膛。 他把护身符放在佐尔脖子附近的一个地方。 点击!它非常合适。 山谷里的空气变得安静了。 “现在什么?”Eric低声说。 他们听到身后传来一声咕噜声。 “哦哦，”尼尔咕哝道。大家转过身来，发现一个胖胖的、红脸的宁战士站在他们面前。 “我一直在等你！”他咆哮道。