Chapter 1

Chapter 1 My name is Sokka. I'm a warrior from the Southern Water Tribe. My sister, Katara, and I have been traveling with Aang, the Avatar, for some time now. We're kind of his unofficial bodyguards. Katara is a Waterbender and she's been teaching Aang Waterbending. As a master of planning strategy, I'm here for my brains—and for my skill in battle with a boomerang. We've just stopped a Fire Nation attack on the Water Tribes of the North Pole. Okay, so Aang really did most of the actual stopping, but Katara and I were right there to give our support. While we were at the North Pole I met the most amazing girl in the world, Princess Yue. She was beautiful. And I say "was" because she became the moon to help save the Water Tribe. It was so sad. I was SO sad…. But she did the right thing. Well, enough mushy stuff! I've got a job to do. Aang has to travel to the Earth Kingdom next to begin learning Earthbending from his old pal King Bumi in the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu. You see, Aang has to master all four elements so he can stop the Fire Nation and end the war that's messed

第一章我叫索卡。 我是南方水族的战士。 我妹妹，卡塔拉，和我已经跟随神通安昂旅行了一段时间了。 我们是他的非正式保镖。 卡塔拉是御水师，她一直在教安昂御水。 作为一个规划策略的大师，我在这里是为了我的大脑和我与回旋镖战斗的技巧。 我们刚刚阻止了火宗对北极水族的进攻。 好吧，实际上安昂做了大部分的停车工作，但卡塔拉和我就在那里提供支持。 当我们在北极的时候，我遇到了世界上最神奇的女孩，岳公主。 她很漂亮。我说“曾经”是因为她变成了月亮来帮助拯救水族。 太悲伤了。我很伤心.... 但她做了正确的事。 好了，糊状的东西够多了！我有工作要做。 接下来，安昂不得不前往土强国，开始在土强国城市奥玛舒向他的老朋友布米国王学习御土术。 安昂必须掌握这四种元素才能阻止烈火国结束这场混乱的战争

up the lives of so many people—including mine. My dad left home with other warriors from the Southern Water Tribe to fight the Fire Nation. Katara and I haven't seen him in a very long time, and I really, really miss him. Aang, Katara, Momo (Aang's winged lemur), and I all climbed onto Appa (Aang's flying bison) and flew off toward Omashu. Our first stop was an Earth Kingdom base run by General Fong. This Fong guy was supposed to provide us with an escort to Omashu. "Welcome, Avatar Aang!" Fong said when we landed. "And welcome to all of you, great heroes. Appa, Momo, mighty Katara, and brave Sokka." Now THIS guy had things figured out. He called me "brave Sokka!" Awesome. But Fong had a strange idea: He wanted to force Aang into the Avatar state—where he gets amazingly powerful, but a little out of control—so he could defeat the Fire Lord quickly. Aang agreed with the general, but Katara didn't. "Aang, there's a right way to do this," she said. "Practice, study, discipline." That sounded pretty dull to me. "Or just glow it up and stomp that Fire Lord!" I countered. "Katara, I don't have time to do this the right

影响了很多人的生活，包括我。 我父亲和其他南水部落的战士离开家去对抗烈火国了。 卡塔拉和我很久没见过他了，我真的很想念他。 安昂、卡塔拉、莫莫（安昂的有翼狐猴）和我都爬上了阿柏（安昂的会飞的野牛），向奥玛舒飞去。 我们的第一站是方将军经营的土强国基地。 这个方应该护送我们去奥马舒的。 “欢迎你，安昂神通！”我们落地时，方说。 “欢迎大家，伟大的英雄们。 阿柏，莫莫，强大的卡塔拉，还有勇敢的索卡。” 这家伙把事情都弄明白了。 他叫我“勇敢的索卡！”太棒了。 但方有一个奇怪的想法：他想强迫安昂进入神通状态，在这种状态下，他会变得非常强大，但有点失控，这样他就能迅速击败烈火王。 安昂同意将军的意见，但卡塔拉不同意。 “安昂，有一个正确的方法，”她说。 “练习，学习，自律。” 我听起来很无聊。 “或者干脆把它点燃，把那个烈火王踩死！”我反驳道。 “卡塔拉，我没有时间做正确的事

way!" Aang said. Glow it up, here we come! But no matter how hard Fong tried, Aang just couldn't force himself into the Avatar state. And Fong went all nutso about it! He slammed Aang with an Earthbending blast, knocking him through a window! I couldn't believe this guy had just attacked Aang. Before I could do anything, Fong's soldiers grabbed me, which made me even madder. I struggled to break free of the soldiers' grasp, then rushed to help Aang. At that moment, Fong made the ground in the courtyard open up and swallow Katara. "Katara! No!" I called out. That's when Aang's fury made him slip into the Avatar state. Come on, buddy, you've got to rescue Katara! He whipped up a huge funnel of wind that knocked aside Fong and his soldiers. Boy, Aang is really scary looking when he's like that. "Katara is really in no danger," Fong admitted. "Burying her in the ground was just a trick to get Aang mad." Well it sure worked! And just like that, Katara was freed. But Fong wasn't satisfied. That guy was really out of his mind.

方式!”Aang说。点亮它，我们来了！但无论方多么努力，安昂就是无法强迫自己进入神通状态。 方简直要疯了！他用一记御土术的爆炸击中了安昂，把他打穿了一扇窗户！我不敢相信这家伙刚刚袭击了安昂。 我还没来得及做什么，方的士兵就抓住了我，这让我更生气了。 我挣扎着挣脱士兵的束缚，然后冲过去帮助安昂。 这时，方把院子里的地面打开，吞下了卡塔拉。 “Katara !不!”我喊道。 就在这时，安昂的怒火让他进入了神通状态。 快点，伙计，你得去救卡塔拉！他掀起一股巨大的旋风，把方和他的士兵们吹到一边。 天啊，安昂那样的样子可真吓人。 “卡塔拉真的没有危险，”方承认。 “把她埋在地下只是为了激怒安昂。” 它确实起作用了！就这样，卡塔拉被释放了。 但方并不满足。 那家伙真是疯了。

"That was almost perfect!" he shouted as Katara comforted Aang. "We just have to find a way to control you when you're like that. I guess we'll figure it out on the way to the Fire Nation." Uh-uh. There was no way the general was coming with us to the Fire Nation. As far as I was concerned, the only place he was going to was dreamland. I sneaked up behind Fong and bopped him on the helmet with my boomerang. WAP! Down he went for a nice little nap. "Anybody got a problem with that?" I asked, looking around at Fong's troops. Not surprisingly, no one protested. Next stop, Omashu! We stopped by a river for a short rest. From out of nowhere I heard music. Looking up I saw a group of weird-looking people coming from the woods. They played musical instruments and sang. Hmm… they seemed friendly, but these days you never know. The Fire Nation is tricky and they've got lots of spies everywhere. I wouldn't put it past them to be working in disguise to throw us off. I confronted these so-called musicians. "Who are you?"

“简直太完美了！”卡塔拉安慰安昂时，他喊道。 “当你像那样的时候，我们必须找到一种方法来控制你。 我想我们在去烈火国的路上就知道了。” 嗯。将军不可能跟我们一起去烈火国。 在我看来，他唯一要去的地方就是梦境。 我偷偷溜到方的身后，用我的回旋镖打他的头盔。 WAP !他睡了个小觉。 “有人对此有意见吗？”我看着方的部队，问道。 毫不奇怪，没有人反对。 下一站，奥玛舒！我们在河边停下来稍作休息。 不知从哪里传来音乐。 我抬头一看，看见一群长相古怪的人从树林里走来。 他们演奏乐器，唱歌。 他们看起来很友好，但现在谁知道呢。 烈火国很狡猾，到处都有他们的间谍。 我不认为他们会乔装打扮来甩掉我们。 我质问这些所谓的音乐家。 “你是谁？”