Chapter 1

Chapter 1 My name is Aang. I'm the Avatar. I'm also an Airbender. My friend Katara has been teaching me Waterbending. She's become an amazing Waterbender! Katara and her brother, Sokka, are traveling with me, helping me to master all four elements—air, water, earth, and fire—so I can defeat Fire Lord Ozai and the Fire Nation, and bring peace to the four nations. All in a day's work for the Avatar, right? Next on my list is to learn Earthbending. So Katara, Sokka, my lemur Momo, and I are flying on my sky bison, Appa, to the city of Omashu in the Earth Kingdom to find my old pal King Bumi. I can't wait to learn Earthbending from him! Our first stop was General Fong's Earth Kingdom base. He was supposed to give us an escort to make sure we made it to Omashu safely, but it didn't quite work out that way. General Fong had this crazy idea that he could force me into the Avatar state, and then I could go and fight the Fire Nation. He said that while I learn the elements, the war goes on. I started to think that maybe he was right, that maybe I could

第一章我叫安昂。 我是神通。我也是个气宗。 我的朋友卡塔拉一直在教我御水术。 她变成了一个了不起的御水师！卡塔拉和她的弟弟索卡，正在和我一起旅行，帮助我掌握空气、水、土和火四大元素，这样我就可以打败烈火王欧宰和烈火国，给四个国家带来和平。 这些都是神通一天的工作，对吧？ 我的下一个目标是学习御土术。 所以卡塔拉，索卡，我的狐猴莫莫和我骑着我的天空野牛阿柏，飞往土强国的奥马舒城去找我的老朋友布米国王。 我等不及要跟他学御土术了！我们的第一站是方将军的土强国基地。 他本应该护送我们，确保我们安全到达奥马舒，但事情并没有那么顺利。 方将军有个疯狂的想法他可以强迫我进入神通状态，然后我就可以去和烈火国作战了。 他说在我学习元素的同时，战争还在继续。 我开始想也许他是对的，也许我可以

end the war now if I let him help me. Boy, was I wrong! Katara helped me realize how dangerous being in the Avatar state really is, especially when I can't control it. Even she's scared of me when I'm in it—that says a lot. So I told General Fong that I wouldn't force the Avatar state. He flipped out! He told his Earth Kingdom soldiers to attack me so he could force me into it against my will. And when that didn't work, he attacked Katara. He started Earthbending her into the ground, so she was sinking. I was so angry and upset about Katara that the general got his wish: I went into the Avatar state, even though it took me a while to get into it. When I was in it, Avatar Roku, the previous Avatar, came to me. He told me that the Avatar state is a defense mechanism that gives me the skills and knowledge of all the past Avatars. In the Avatar state, all the spirits of past Avatars are within me. That is why I'm so powerful. But they are all exposed to whatever danger I face. If I'm killed while in the Avatar state, then all of the past Avatars will die with me. The reincarnation cycle will be broken and the Avatar will cease to exist. Pretty heavy, huh? When I came out of the Avatar state, Katara was fine. I learned that Fong was just using her to trick me into going into the Avatar state. We finally managed to get away from him, thanks to Sokka,

如果我让他帮我，现在就结束战争。 天啊，我错了！卡塔拉让我意识到神通状态有多危险，尤其是当我无法控制它的时候。 我在里面的时候她也怕我，这说明了很多。 所以我告诉方将军我不会强迫他进入神通状态。 他疯了！他让他的土强国士兵攻击我这样他就可以强迫我违背我的意愿。 当那不起作用时，他袭击了卡塔拉。 他开始用御土术把她压在地上，所以她在下沉。 我对卡塔拉感到非常生气和不安，于是将军实现了他的愿望：我进入了神通状态，尽管我花了一段时间才进入。 当我在里面的时候，神通罗库，之前的神通，来找我。 他告诉我，神通状态是一种防御机制，可以让我获得过去所有神通的技能和知识。 在神通状态下，所有前神通的灵魂都在我体内。 这就是我如此强大的原因。 但他们都面临着我所面临的危险。 如果我在神通状态下被杀，那么所有过去的神通都会和我一起死去。 轮回将被打破，神通将不复存在。 很重吧？我从神通状态出来的时候，卡塔拉还好好的。 我知道方只是在利用她骗我进入神通状态。 多亏了索卡，我们终于摆脱了他，

who snuck up behind him and conked him on the head with a club. Anyway, after that was settled, we climbed onto the back of Appa, my flying bison. We're flying off toward Omashu—without an escort. I'm trying not to think about what Roku told me— you know, about what would happen if I died in the Avatar state. Instead I'm turning my thoughts to Omashu and my old pal Bumi!

他从他身后悄悄走过来，用棍子打了他的头。 总之，这事解决后，我们爬上了阿柏的背上，我的飞天野牛。 我们要飞向奥马舒，没有护送。 我试着不去想罗库跟我说的话，你知道，如果我在神通状态下死去会发生什么。 相反，我在想奥玛舒和我的老朋友布米！