Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Today we met this professor of anthropology who was looking for this legendary library. It's supposed to have more books than any other in the world. Sokka thought that it might have a map of the Fire Nation, or just some information that would be helpful. So we decided to go with him to find the library. When we found the library, Sokka, Katara, the professor, Momo, and I went inside while Toph waited outside with Appa. Inside, Sokka made an amazing discovery— Firebenders lose their power during a solar eclipse because the sun is covered up! Then we were able to calculate the date of the next solar eclipse using this incredible calendar. "If we attack the Fire Nation on that date, they'll be helpless," cried Sokka. "We've got to get this info to the Earth King at Ba Sing Se!" Unfortunately the spirit of the library overheard Sokka, and he was so angry that we were using his knowledge for our own purposes that he decided to sink the library into the desert to keep its knowledge from humans. The professor decided to stay, surrounded by all

今天我们遇到了一位正在寻找这座传奇图书馆的人类学教授。 它应该是世界上藏书最多的图书馆。 索卡觉得里面可能有烈火国的地图，或者是一些有用的信息。 所以我们决定和他一起去找图书馆。 我们找到图书馆后，索卡、卡塔拉、教授、莫莫和我进了图书馆，拓芙和阿柏在外面等着。 在里面，索卡有了一个惊人的发现——火宗在日食期间会失去力量，因为太阳被遮住了！然后我们就可以用这个不可思议的日历计算出下一次日食的日期。 “如果我们在那一天攻击烈火国，他们就无能为力了。”索卡叫道。 “我们得把这个消息告诉永固城的土强王！”不幸的是，图书馆的灵魂听到了索卡，他非常生气，因为我们利用他的知识来达到自己的目的，他决定把图书馆沉入沙漠，不让人类知道它的知识。 在众人的簇拥下，教授决定留下来

the world's knowledge, but thankfully Sokka, Katara, and I got out just as the library disappeared into the sand. We're finally outside. Phew! But the strange thing is, I can't see Appa anywhere. There's Toph.… Where could he have gone? And why does Toph look so serious? "Where's Appa?" She's not responding.… That's a bad sign. "Toph, what happened?" Oh, no! I have this horrible sinking feeling rising from the pit of my stomach. "Where's Appa?" I listened in horror as Toph told me that when the library started sinking, she used all her Earthbending abilities to hold it up until we got out. While she was doing that, a group of Sandbenders kidnapped Appa and took him away. I feel like a piece of my own body has just been ripped out. I can't remember a time in my life when Appa wasn't by my side. And now he's gone! Gone! "How could you let them take Appa!" I don't care if she's my Earthbending teacher. I just want Appa back! "Why didn't you stop them?" "I couldn't," she replied weakly. "The library was

但谢天谢地，索卡、卡塔拉和我出来的时候，图书馆就消失在沙滩上了。 我们终于出去了。唷!但奇怪的是，我哪儿都看不到阿柏。 Toph。他能去哪儿呢？ 为什么拓芙看起来这么严肃？ “光电在哪儿?”她没有回应。这是个坏兆头。 “拓芙，发生什么事了？”哦,不!我有一种可怕的感觉从我的胃里升起。 “光电在哪儿?”我惊恐地听着拓芙告诉我，当图书馆开始下沉时，她用尽了所有的御土术来阻止它，直到我们出来。 就在她这么做的时候，一群御沙师绑架了阿柏，把他带走了。 我感觉自己身体的一部分被撕掉了。 在我的记忆中，阿柏没有一次不在我身边。 现在他走了！不见了!“你怎么能让他们带走阿柏！”我不在乎她是不是我的御土术老师。 我只想要阿柏回来！“你为什么不阻止他们？”“我不能，”她虚弱地回答。 图书馆是

sinking, and you guys were still inside. I would have lost all of you if I stopped to save Appa. I can hardly feel any vibrations out here in the sand. The Sandbenders snuck up on me and I didn't have time to—" "You just didn't care! You never liked Appa! You wanted him gone!" Enough excuses! I can't believe this—what if I never get him back? Then Katara stepped between us. "Aang, stop it! You know Toph did all she could. She saved our lives!" Now Katara's turned against me! This is just too much. "That's all any of you guys care about— yourselves! You don't care if Appa is okay!" I've never felt more alone. My lifelong buddy is gone. My friends have all turned on me. It's obvious I'm not going to get any help. I'm going to have to find Appa myself. "I'm going after Appa." I whipped open my glider. Then I turned to Toph. "Which direction did they go?" Toph shrugged and pointed. I looked at the ground and saw a trail left by the sand sailer the Sandbenders must have been riding. "I'll be back when I find him." Then I leaped into

下沉了，你们还在里面。 如果我停下来救阿柏，就会失去你们所有人。 我在沙滩上几乎感觉不到任何震动。 御沙师悄悄逼近我，我没有时间——”“你根本不在乎！你从来就不喜欢阿柏！你想让他消失！”足够的借口!真不敢相信，万一他再也回不来了怎么办？ 然后卡塔拉走到我们中间。 “安昂，住手！”你知道拓芙已经尽力了。 她救了我们的命！”现在卡塔拉背叛我了！这太过分了。 “你们这些家伙只关心这个——你们自己！”你根本不在乎阿柏是否安然无恙！”我从未感到如此孤独。 我一生的好朋友走了。 我的朋友们都背叛了我。 很明显我不会得到任何帮助。 我得自己去找阿柏了。 “我要去追阿柏。”我猛地打开我的滑翔机。 然后我转向拓芙。“他们往哪个方向去了？”拓芙耸耸肩，指了指。 我看了看地面，看到了一条沙船留下的痕迹，肯定是御沙师骑的。 “我找到他就回来。” 然后我跳进了

the sky. I'm so upset, I could cry. I don't know what I'll do if he's really gone. How can your best friend in the whole world be there one second and then just be gone the next? It doesn't make any sense. Come on, Aang. Keep looking. Find him! I followed the tracks for a little while, but soon they were wiped away by the desert winds. I flew over the desert for hours, searching in every direction, but it was no use. I glided to a landing back where the library was, and Katara came over and placed her hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorry, Aang. I know it's hard for you right now, but we need to focus on getting out of here." I don't feel like focusing on anything but Appa. Nothing matters at all. Not my friends, not being the Avatar, not saving the world. Not even getting out of this desert alive. "What's the difference? We won't survive without Appa. We all know it." Katara kept trying to cheer me up, but I was barely listening. People call me the last Airbender, but that's not really true. Appa was—is—an Airbender too. Nobody, not even Katara, understands him the way I do. To everyone else he's just a big furry animal. But I know that he's a special being, as close to me as any

天空。我很难过，我都想哭了。 如果他真的走了，我不知道该怎么办。 你这世上最好的朋友怎么可能前一秒还在你身边，下一秒就不见了？ 这没有任何意义。 来吧，安昂。继续找。 找到他!我沿着脚印走了一会儿，但很快就被沙漠的风吹走了。 我在沙漠上空飞了几个小时，四处寻找，但毫无用处。 我滑到图书馆所在的平台上，卡塔拉走了过来，把手放在我的肩膀上。 “对不起，安昂。我知道你现在很难受，但我们得集中精力离开这里。” 除了阿柏，我什么都不想关注。 什么都不重要。不是我的朋友，不是神通，不是拯救世界。 甚至不能活着离开这片沙漠。 “有什么区别？”没有阿柏我们活不下去。 我们都知道。”卡塔拉一直想让我高兴起来，但我根本没在听。 人们叫我最后一个气宗，但那不是真的。 阿柏过去也是，现在也是气宗。 没有人，包括卡塔拉，能像我一样了解他。 对其他人来说，他只是一只毛茸茸的大动物。 但我知道他是个特别的人，和我一样亲近

of my human friends. Suddenly Katara grabbed my hand and pulled me up to my feet. "Aang, get up. We're getting out of this desert." She seems really adamant about leaving. I really don't care either way. Without Appa, nothing matters. Katara decided that it would be better if we rested during the day and traveled at night, using the stars to navigate our way to Ba Sing Se. As we walked, Toph stubbed her toes on something in the sand. It turned out to be a sand sailer. "It's got a compass on it," Katara said excitedly. "Aang, if you can bend a breeze, we can sail to Ba Sing Se. We're going to make it!" I felt a little better that we weren't all going to die out there. But not much. I used my Airbending to power the sail and we glided across the desert until all of a sudden, we were attacked by buzzard-wasps. Then, out of nowhere, a huge sandstorm rose up, blowing the creatures away. When the storm died down, we saw that a group of Sandbenders had whipped up the storm to save us. But I'm in no mood to say thanks. It was Sandbenders who took Appa.… "What are you doing in our land with what looks

我的人类朋友。突然，卡塔拉抓住我的手，把我拉了起来。 “安昂，起来。我们要离开这片沙漠。” 她似乎很坚决要离开。 我真的不在乎。 没有阿柏，什么都不重要。 卡塔拉决定，我们最好白天休息，晚上出发，利用星星指引我们前往永固城。 我们走着走着，拓芙的脚趾碰到了沙子里的什么东西。 原来是一艘沙帆船。 “它上面有一个指南针，”卡塔拉兴奋地说。 “安昂，如果你能让风吹过来，我们就可以开往永固城。 我们会成功的！”我们不会死在那里，我感觉好一点了。 但并不多。我用御气术给帆提供动力，我们滑行穿过沙漠，直到突然，我们遭到了秃鹰黄蜂的袭击。 然后，不知从哪里刮来了一场巨大的沙尘暴，把这些生物都吹走了。 风暴平息后，我们看到一群御沙师掀起了风暴来救我们。 但我没心情说谢谢。 是御沙宗带走了阿柏。“你在我们的土地上做什么