Chapter 2

Chapter 2 After traveling for miles, Appa landed so we could rest for a bit. Katara was showing me a new Waterbending move called the Octopus. Things were going great until she put her arms around me to correct my form and I forgot everything I was doing and lost myself in her eyes. I can't help it—they're just so pretty! Anyway, that's when this singing and dancing group came walking out of the nearby woods. They told us they were nomads. We decided to travel with them to Omashu through these secret tunnels and caves that one of them, Chong, told us about. The tunnels cut through the mountain and lead directly to Omashu. As we entered the caves, Chong told us about the legend of the two lovers. He also told us that the caves were cursed. "Only those who trust in love can make it through the caves. Everyone else gets trapped forever." Hmm. All we have to do is trust in love? Something tells me that's harder than it sounds. …As soon as we stepped into the cave, a rockslide sealed off the entrance. We wandered through the tunnels for hours. Then a wolfbat attacked. I sent an

走了几英里后，阿柏降落了，我们可以休息一会儿。 卡塔拉在给我展示一个新的御水招式叫做章鱼。 一切都很顺利，直到她搂着我纠正我的姿势，我忘记了我正在做的一切，在她的眼睛里迷失了自我。 我忍不住——它们太漂亮了！总之，就在那时，这群歌舞演员从附近的树林里走了出来。 他们告诉我们他们是游牧民族。 我们决定和他们一起去奥玛舒，穿过其中一个叫Chong的人告诉我们的秘密隧道和洞穴。 这些隧道穿过山脉，直接通往奥马舒。 当我们进入洞穴时，Chong给我们讲述了这对恋人的传说。 他还告诉我们这些洞穴被诅咒了。 “只有相信爱的人才能穿越洞穴。” 其他人都永远被困住了。” 嗯。我们所要做的就是相信爱？ 直觉告诉我，这比听起来难多了。 我们一走进山洞，一场岩石滑坡就把洞口封住了。 我们在隧道里闲逛了好几个小时。 然后一只狼狼袭击了。我发了一封

Airbending blast at it, which knocked Sokka's flaming torch from his hand and onto Appa, who started kicking wildly. I'd never seen him so upset! Katara put out the fire just as Appa kicked the cave walls and rocks came tumbling down from the ceiling. I managed to get Sokka and the nomads out of the way in time, but then the rest of the ceiling came crashing down, and I had to grab Katara and fly us to the other side of the cave. After the crash, I found myself on the ground next to Katara with my arm around her. What are the odds? I wish I could stay like this forever… but I have to get up and make sure everyone's okay. Looks like Appa's okay, and Katara is too, but what's that huge wall of rocks? Oh, no! The wall has separated us from Sokka and the nomads. I guess they're going to have to find their own way out of the tunnel—I have to focus on finding a safe way out for Appa, Katara, and me. We'd been walking through the dark tunnels for hours when we came across a large stone door. We pushed through the door, but instead of an exit, there was a tomb—two tombs actually. Katara noticed that the pictures on the tomb walls told the lovers' story. They were from warring

御气术朝它轰了一声，把索卡手里燃烧着的火炬打到了阿柏身上，阿柏开始疯狂地乱踢。 我从没见过他这么难过！卡塔拉把火扑灭了，这时阿柏踢开岩壁，岩石从天花板上滚落下来。 我设法及时把索卡和游牧民们救了出来，但随后天花板的其余部分塌了下来，我不得不抓住卡塔拉，带我们飞到洞穴的另一边。 坠机后，我发现自己躺在卡塔拉旁边的地上，胳膊搂着她。 几率有多大？我希望我能永远这样，但我得起床去看看大家都好不好。 看来阿柏没事，卡塔拉也没事，但那堵巨大的岩石墙是什么？ 哦,不!城墙把我们和索卡以及游牧民族隔开了。 我想他们得自己想办法离开隧道了——我得集中精力为阿柏、卡塔拉和我找到一条安全的出路。 我们在黑暗的隧道里走了好几个小时，突然看到一扇大石门。 我们推开门，看到的不是出口，而是一座坟墓——实际上是两座坟墓。 卡塔拉注意到墓墙上的画讲述了这对恋人的故事。 他们来自战争时期

villages on opposite sides of the mountain. Because of the war, the lovers had to meet in secret. They learned Earthbending from the badger moles so they could Earthbend these tunnels and caves to get to one another. Then the man was killed in the war. Instead of destroying both villages with her Earthbending power, the woman forced the two villages to stop the war and together they built a new city. The woman's name was Oma. The man's name was Shu. And so the new city was named Omashu to honor their love. "It says here 'Love is brightest in the dark,'" Katara read. Her torch is starting to fade. Soon we'll be trapped in total darkness. For the first time since we entered the caves, I'm worried. Still, I don't want Katara to know how nervous I am. Just stay calm, and everything will be fine. "I have a crazy idea," Katara said suddenly. "What?" I hope it's a good one, because this place is giving me the creeps! "Never mind," she said, turning away. It's pretty dark in here, but is Katara blushing? It sure looks like it. "It's too crazy." "Katara, what is it?" One of us better come up with something soon.…

村庄在山的两边。 因为战争的缘故，这对恋人不得不秘密地见面。 他们从獾鼹鼠那里学会了御土术，这样他们就能御土术使这些隧道和洞穴相互连通。 然后这个人在战争中被杀了。 这个女人没有用她的御土术摧毁两个村庄，而是迫使两个村庄停止战争，他们一起建造了一个新的城市。 这个女人的名字叫奥玛。这个人的名字叫舒。 因此，这座新城市被命名为奥马舒，以纪念他们的爱情。 “这上面写着‘爱在黑暗中最明亮’，”卡塔拉念道。 她的火炬开始褪色。 很快我们就会被完全的黑暗所困。 自从我们进入洞穴以来，我第一次感到担心。 不过，我不想让卡塔拉知道我有多紧张。 保持冷静，一切都会好起来的。 “我有个疯狂的主意。”卡塔拉突然说。 “什么?”我希望是个好地方，因为这地方让我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩！“没关系，”她说着，转过身去。 这里很黑，但卡塔拉脸红了吗？ 看起来确实是这样。“这太疯狂了。” “卡塔拉，怎么了？”我们中的一个最好快点想出办法....

"Well, the curse says that we'll be trapped in here forever unless we trust in love. And above this picture of them kissing it says 'Love is brightest in the dark.' So, what if we kissed?" Uh… did I just hear her right? Katara and me, kiss? Katara wants to kiss me? Almost since the moment I met her I've dreamed of kissing her. Did she really say that? "Us, kissing?" I need to be sure I actually heard her right. "See, that was a crazy idea," she said quickly. This is going to be the best day of my life! I can't move, breathe, or smile, but I've never been more excited in my life! I think I may pass out.… "Us. Kissing." Okay, stop saying that and just say yes before she changes her— "Us, kissing!" Katara repeated, laughing loudly. "What was I thinking? Can you imagine that!" It's too late. I blew it! Standing here in my daze I let the moment pass and now she's taking the crazy wonderful suggestion back… like she wishes she never said it. Now I have to act that way too. I mean, I can't let her know that I think it's the greatest idea she ever had. Just smile, and try to sound like you agree with her. "I definitely wouldn't want to kiss you!" Oh, no. I

“嗯，诅咒说我们将永远被困在这里，除非我们相信爱。 在他们接吻的照片上方写着：“爱在黑暗中最明亮。”那么，我们接吻怎么样？”我没听错吧？ 卡塔拉和我，接吻？卡塔拉想亲我？ 几乎从我见到她的那一刻起，我就梦想着吻她。 她真的那么说了吗？“我们接吻吗?”我得确定我没听错。 “看，那是个疯狂的主意，”她赶紧说。 这将是我一生中最美好的一天！我不能移动，不能呼吸，也不能微笑，但我这辈子从来没有这么兴奋过！我想我要晕过去了。……”我们。 接吻。”好了，别再说了，在她把“我们，接吻！”卡塔拉大声笑着重复道。 “我在想什么呢？”你能想象吗？”太迟了。 我搞砸了！我站在这里发呆，我让时间白白流逝，现在她把这个疯狂而美妙的建议收回了，就像她希望自己从来没有说过一样。 现在我也得那样做了。 我是说，我不能让她知道我觉得这是她有过的最棒的主意。 只要微笑，试着听起来你同意她的观点。 “我绝对不想吻你！”哦,不。 我

wish I could take that back. What a dumb thing to say! And I don't even mean it! "Oh, well I didn't realize it was such a horrible option," Katara said harshly. "Sorry I suggested it." Great, now she's mad. Why do I say such dumb things! I have to make this right. "No, no, I mean if it's a choice between kissing you and dying, I—" Oh boy, that didn't help. I just can't get it right when it comes to Katara. Okay, let's try again. "I'm saying I would rather kiss you than die. That's a compliment." "Well, I'm not sure which I would rather do!" And now she's storming out of the tomb. Great. Instead of fixing things, I just keep making them worse. Why am I so afraid to let Katara know how I feel about her? Now it doesn't matter. I really blew it. "We're going to run out of light any second now, aren't we?" I asked, catching up to her. "I think so." At least she's still talking to me. "Then what are we going to do?" "What can we do?" She turned toward me. Just then her light went out. Here we are in pitch dark with no hope of ever

真希望我能收回那句话。 这话说得多蠢啊！我不是那个意思！“哦，好吧，我没想到这是一个如此可怕的选择。”卡塔拉严厉地说。 “对不起，我提出了这个建议。”太好了，现在她生气了。 我为什么要说这些蠢话！我必须纠正这个错误。 “不，不，我的意思是，如果要在吻你和死之间做出选择，我——”哦，天哪，这没用。 我就是搞不懂卡塔拉。 好吧，我们再试一次。“我是说我宁愿吻你也不愿死。 这是一种赞美。”“嗯，我不确定我更愿意做哪一个！”现在她正从坟墓里冲出来。 好了。我不但不去解决问题，反而把问题弄得更糟。 为什么我这么害怕让卡塔拉知道我对她的感觉？ 现在都不重要了。我真的搞砸了。 “我们随时都有可能用光，是不是？”我追上她问道。 “我想是的。”至少她还在跟我说话。 “那我们该怎么办呢？”“我们能做什么？”她转向我。 就在这时，她的灯灭了。 我们在一片漆黑中，永远没有希望