Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Now that that whole drill thing is over, we can finally start looking for Appa. So we're taking the train from the outer wall to the inner wall of Ba Sing Se. Everyone's excited to finally be in the city, but not me. Just when I was really enjoying the freedom of traveling, here we are back inside a city, trapped by a bunch of walls and rules. I have the same feeling I used to get back home. I know we have to find Appa and tell the king about the eclipse, but I'll be very happy when we finally get to leave this place. We're finally at the station in the inner wall. I wonder how we're going to get around? "Hello, my name is Joo Dee. I have the honor of showing the Avatar around Ba Sing Se. And you must be Sokka, Katara, and Toph." Strange. This Joo Dee woman seems all nice and friendly, but she's so happy and bubbly and full of energy and good cheer. It's kind of creeping me out. How did she know that Aang was the Avatar? And how did she know the rest of our names, too? Who here knew we were coming? "We have information about the Fire Nation that we need to deliver to the Earth King immediately,"

第六章现在整个演习都结束了，我们终于可以开始寻找阿柏了。 所以我们要坐火车从外墙到永固城的内墙。 大家都很兴奋终于来到了这座城市，但我不是。 正当我真正享受旅行的自由时，我们又回到了一个城市，被一堆墙和规则困住了。 我有和以前回家时一样的感觉。 我知道我们得找到阿柏，告诉国王日食的事，但如果我们能离开这里，我会很高兴的。 我们终于到了内墙的车站。 我想知道我们要怎么四处转转？ “你好，我叫朱迪。 我很荣幸带神通参观永固城。 你们一定是索卡、卡塔拉和拓芙吧。” 奇怪。这个叫朱迪的女人看起来很友好，但她很快乐，活泼，充满活力和快乐。 这让我有点害怕。 她怎么知道安昂就是神通？ 她怎么还知道我们其他人的名字？ 谁知道我们要来？ “我们有关于烈火国的情报，需要马上交给土强王。”

Sokka explained. "Great!" Joo Dee replied in that sickeningly sweet voice. "Let's begin our tour." She just completely blew Sokka off! "Maybe you missed what I said. We need to talk to the king about the war. It's important." "You're in Ba Sing Se now," she said. "Everyone is safe here." How can she say that? We just saved them from a Fire Nation attack that could have brought down the entire city. I wish she knew how close she just came to becoming a prisoner of the Fire Nation. Safe is the last thing she is. There is definitely something weird about this woman! I've seen this kind of behavior before—from my parents and my teachers. It's called "being handled." It's when adults don't listen to what you say. They just tell you what they want you to hear. We're not even in the city one full day and already I'm sick of this place. Boy, oh boy, it's going to be a long visit, I can feel it.… And she's insisting on taking us on a tour of the city. "What's inside that oval wall?" Katara asked. "And who are those mean-looking guys in robes?"

Sokka解释道。“太好了!”朱迪用甜美得令人作呕的声音回答道。 “我们开始参观吧。”她把索卡完全甩了！“也许你没听清我说的话。 我们得跟国王谈谈战争的事。 是很重要的。”“你现在在永固城。”她说。 “这里的每个人都很安全。”她怎么能这么说？ 我们刚把他们从烈火国的袭击中救了出来那可能会毁灭整个城市。 我真希望她知道，她差一点就被烈火国囚禁了。 她最不安全的就是安全了。 这个女人肯定有什么奇怪的地方！我以前也见过这种行为——从我的父母和老师那里。 这叫做“被处理”。 就是大人不听你的话。 他们只是告诉你他们想让你听到的。 我们在城里还不到一天，我就已经厌倦这个地方了。 天哪，天哪，这将是一次漫长的访问，我能感觉到。她坚持要带我们去游览这个城市。 “那堵椭圆形的墙里面是什么？”Katara问道。 “那些穿袍子的人是谁？”

Sokka added. "That is the royal palace," Joo Dee explained. "And those men are agents of the Dai Li. They are the guardians of all our traditions." "Can we see the king now?" Aang blurted out. Good for you, Aang. I'm tired of tiptoeing around this lady. "Oh, no! One doesn't just pop in on the king. But your request to see the king is being processed, and should be put through in about a month! Much more quickly than usual!" Is she for real? No way I'm staying in this place for a whole month! Joo Dee showed us to our house, but none of us were in the mood to relax. So we decided to walk through town searching for Appa. Joo Dee insisted on coming with us. Unfortunately we've had no luck. No one has seen Appa, and no one even wants to talk to us. I don't think I'm going to survive here if everyone acts this way. It's so frustrating. It's like there's a big secret here that everyone's hiding and we're the only ones who don't know it!

Sokka补充道。“那是皇宫，”朱迪解释说。 “那些人是戴笠的特工。 他们是我们所有传统的守护者。” “我们现在可以见国王了吗？”安昂脱口而出。 干得好，安昂。我受够了在这位女士面前踮着脚尖。 “哦,不!一个人不能突然出现在国王面前。 但是你要见国王的请求正在处理中，大约一个月后就会通过！比平时快多了！”她是说真的吗？ 我才不要在这个地方待一个月呢！朱迪带我们去了我们的家，但我们谁也没有心情放松。 所以我们决定穿过镇子去找阿柏。 朱迪坚持要和我们一起去。 不幸的是，我们运气不好。 没人见过阿柏，也没人愿意跟我们说话。 如果大家都这么做，我想我活不下去了。 这太令人沮丧了。就像这里有一个大秘密，每个人都隐藏着，而我们是唯一不知道的人！

It's our second day in Ba Sing Se, and I'm hoping today is going to be better than yesterday. Katara actually came up with a plan for us to see the king, so tonight Katara and I are getting all dressed up in fancy clothes and makeup, so we can sneak into a party the king is throwing. It's a perfect opportunity to tell him about our information! At first the guards at the door wouldn't let us in, but then this guy Long Feng helped us get in. Then he wouldn't leave us alone until we found our "families." We were finally able to lose him. We were supposed to let Aang and Sokka in through the back door, but somehow Aang and Sokka snuck in without our help. Anyway, we're all inside now. Time to set the plan in motion. "What are you doing here? You have to leave, or we'll all be in terrible trouble!" That voice, it's so familiar. It's Joo Dee! We just can't get rid of her. But we can't let her stop us when we've gotten this far. "Keep their attention while I find the Earth King," Sokka said to Aang. Come on, Aang, just keep their attention until someone spots the king—Ahhhh! Who's grabbing me? Where are we going? This is not good. We're obviously not wanted here. I guess we're getting a

这是我们在永固城的第二天，我希望今天会比昨天好。 卡塔拉想出了一个让我们去见国王的计划，所以今晚我和卡塔拉要盛装打扮，化好妆，这样我们就能溜进国王举办的派对了。 这是告诉他我们消息的绝佳机会！刚开始门卫不让我们进去，后来一个叫龙峰的家伙帮我们进去了。 在我们找到“家人”之前，他不会放过我们。 我们终于甩掉了他。 我们应该让安昂和索卡从后门进去，但不知怎么的，安昂和索卡没有我们的帮助就溜进去了。 不管怎样，我们现在都在里面了。 是时候实施计划了。 “你在这儿干什么？”你必须离开，否则我们都有大麻烦了！”那声音，太熟悉了。 是朱迪！我们就是甩不掉她。 但我们已经走到这一步了，不能让她阻止我们。 “在我找到土强王的时候，请注意他们。”索卡对安昂说。 来吧，安昂，把他们的注意力吸引住，直到有人发现国王！谁在抓我？ 我们要去哪里？这可不太好。 我们显然不受欢迎。 我想我们要

little too close to whatever big secret makes this place so mysterious and makes everyone who lives here so frightened. "Why won't you let us talk to the king?" Sokka shouted. "We have information that could defeat the Fire Nation!" At least everyone is here with me. I wonder who these guys are, and what they will do to us. "The Earth King has no time to get involved with political squabbles and the day-to-day minutia of military activities," a man said. It's that Long Feng guy. He's the cultural minister to the king and head of the Dai Li. What a liar! I bet he knew exactly who we were when he met us. And what kind of answer is that? What else could the king possibly be concerned with? "But this could be the most important thing he's ever heard," Aang said. "What's important to the king is maintaining the cultural heritage of Ba Sing Se," Long Feng shot back. "It's my job to oversee the rest of the city's resources, including the military." "So the king is just a figurehead," Katara said. Even though Long Feng's denying it, it's pretty obvious to me what's going on here. Long Feng has the power. He controls the city. And he keeps the

离那个让这个地方如此神秘让住在这里的人如此害怕的大秘密太近了。 “你为什么不让我们和国王谈谈？”Sokka喊道。 “我们有可以打败烈火国的情报！”至少大家都和我在一起。 我想知道这些人是谁，他们会对我们做什么。 “土强王没有时间卷入政治争吵和军事活动的日常细节，”一名男子说。 是那个叫龙峰的家伙。他是国王的文化大臣和戴笠的首领。 真是个骗子！我打赌他见到我们的时候就知道我们是谁了。 这是什么答案？ 国王还能关心什么呢？ “但这可能是他听到过的最重要的事情，”安昂说。 “对国王来说，重要的是维护永固城的文化遗产，”龙峰反驳道。 “我的工作是监督城市的其他资源，包括军队。” 卡塔拉说：“所以国王只是一个傀儡。 尽管龙峰否认，但对我来说，这里发生的事情很明显。 龙凤有能力。他控制着这座城市。 他保持着