Chapter 6

Chapter 6 We needed to get to Ba Sing Se as quickly as possible to deliver our information. We left the desert and arrived at an area filled with lakes and waterfalls. According to the map I took from the library in the desert, there was only one way to get to the city. "It looks like the only passage through all this water is a sliver of land called Serpent's Pass," I said. Then a family of refugees showed up. They were also going to Ba Sing Se. "Great," said Katara. "We can travel together through Serpent's Pass." "Serpent's Pass?" one of the refugees said. "Only the truly desperate take that deadly route!" "Deadly route," said Toph. "Great pick, Sokka." Well, it didn't say "deadly route" on the map! We headed for the ferry instead. At the ferry dock I felt a hand grab my collar. I turned to see a female security officer staring right at me. "Is there a problem?" I asked, slightly annoyed. "Yeah, I've got a problem with you," the guard

第六章我们必须尽快赶到永固城，把情报传达出去。 我们离开了沙漠，来到了一个充满湖泊和瀑布的地方。 根据我从沙漠里的图书馆拿的地图，只有一条路能到那座城市。 “看来穿过这片水域的唯一通道是一块狭长的陆地，叫做蛇关，”我说。 然后一个难民家庭出现了。 他们也要去永固城。 “太好了，”卡塔拉说。“我们可以一起穿过蛇关。” “蛇关？”一个难民说。 “只有真正绝望的人才会走那条致命的路！”“致命的路线，”拓芙说。 “选得好，索卡。”地图上可没写“致命路线”我们转而前往渡口。 在轮渡码头，我感到一只手抓住了我的衣领。 我转过身，看到一个女保安正盯着我。 “有什么问题吗？”我有点恼火地问。 “是啊，我对你有意见。

said. "I've seen your type before. Sarcastic, think you're hilarious. And let me guess. You're traveling with the Avatar." Whoa—who was this person? How did she know this about me? "Do I know you?" I asked suspiciously. Then, of all things, she leaned in and kissed me! That's when I knew. "Suki!" I yelled out. "Hey, Sokka. It's so good to see you." It was incredible to see Suki again. She is a Kyoshi warrior we met during our travels. And I really like her—a lot! It turned that out she had been working at the ferry helping refugees. Just then someone stole the passports and tickets of the family of refugees we were traveling with, which meant they couldn't take the ferry. "Don't worry," Aang said. "I'll lead you through Serpent's Pass." Aw, Aang. Did we really have to do that? We gave up our tickets on the nice safe ferry to go on the deadly route for desperate people. "I'm coming too," Suki said. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" I asked, suddenly afraid that something might happen to her.

说。“我见过你这种人。 讽刺，觉得你很搞笑。 让我猜猜。你是和神通一起旅行的。” 这个人是谁？ 她是怎么知道我的？ “我认识你吗？”我怀疑地问。 然后，她凑过来亲了我一下！那时我才知道。 “苏琪!”我喊道。“嘿,Sokka。 见到你太好了。”再次见到苏琪真是难以置信。 她是我们旅行时遇到的虚子武士。 我真的很喜欢她——非常喜欢！原来她一直在渡船上帮助难民。 就在这时，有人偷走了和我们一起旅行的难民家庭的护照和船票，这意味着他们不能乘坐渡轮。 “别担心，”安昂说。“我带你穿过蛇关。” 啊,Aang。我们真的有必要这么做吗？ 我们放弃了安全渡轮的船票，踏上了为绝望的人们准备的致命路线。 “我也要去，”苏琪说。 “你确定这是个好主意吗？”我问，突然担心她会出什么事。

It could be dangerous. She would probably be safer staying at the ferry dock. "Sokka, I thought you'd want me to come," she said softly. "I do. It's just—" "Just what?" "Nothing. I'm glad you're coming," I said with a smile. This trip just got a whole lot more complicated. We arrived at the pass, which was a thin strip of land between two lakes—and were immediately attacked by Fire Nation ships patrolling the lake! They lobbed a volley of fireballs at us. One of the fireballs hit the cliff above us and started a rockslide that headed right for Suki! Dashing forward I pushed Suki out of the way. She fell clear of the tumbling rocks that somehow missed me, too. "Suki! Are you okay? You have to be more careful!" I scolded. When I think that I could have lost her forever right then and there… That night we set up camp, and I couldn't help worrying about Suki. She was putting her stuff really close to the edge! What was she thinking? "You

这可能很危险。她待在轮渡码头可能更安全。 “索卡，我想你会想让我去的，”她轻声说。 “我做的。只是——”“只是什么？”“没什么。 我很高兴你能来，”我笑着说。 这次旅行变得更加复杂了。 我们到达了隘口，这是两个湖之间的一条狭长地带，立即遭到了在湖上巡逻的烈火国船只的袭击！他们向我们发射了一排火球。 其中一个火球击中了我们上方的悬崖，引发了一场向苏琪袭来的岩石滑坡！我冲上前把苏琪推开了。 她从滚落的岩石上摔了下来，不知怎的，我也没摔着。 “苏琪!你还好吗？你得小心点！”我骂。 当我想到我可能会永远失去她的时候……那天晚上我们搭起帐篷，我忍不住为苏琪担心。 她把东西都堆到边缘了！她在想什么？ “你

shouldn't sleep there," I said. "Who knows how stable this ledge is. It could give way at any moment." "Sokka, I'm fine," she replied. "You're right, you're right," I said. "You're perfectly capable of taking care of yourself." Maybe I was being overprotective. After all, she is a Kyoshi warrior. "Wait!" I called out. Was that a spider crawling on her sleeping bag? Was it poisonous? What if it bit her in the middle of the night? "Oh, never mind. I thought I saw a spider… but you're fine." Suki didn't have anything to say, so I went to set up my own stuff and go to sleep. Except that I couldn't. There was too much to worry about. So I decided to take a walk, instead. Apparently Suki couldn't sleep either—she was walking around, too. "Look, I know you're just trying to help, but I can take care of myself," she told me. "I know you can," I replied. "Then why are you acting so overprotective?" How could I explain this to her? Should I tell her about losing Yue?

我不应该睡在那里，”我说。 “谁知道这个壁架有多稳定。 它随时都可能坍塌。” “索卡，我很好，”她回答。 “你说得对，你说得对，”我说。 “你完全有能力照顾好自己。” 也许是我保护过度了。 毕竟，她是虚女战士。 “等等!”我喊道。是蜘蛛在她的睡袋上爬吗？ 它有毒吗？如果它在半夜咬了她怎么办？ “哦，没关系。我以为我看到了一只蜘蛛……但是你没事。” 苏琪没有什么要说的，所以我去整理我自己的东西，然后去睡觉了。 除了我不能。要担心的事情太多了。 所以我决定去散步。 显然苏琪也睡不着——她也在四处走动。 “听着，我知道你只是想帮忙，但我能照顾好自己，”她告诉我。 “我知道你能，”我回答。 “那你为什么保护得这么过分？”我该怎么向她解释？ 我该告诉她失去岳的事吗？

"It's so hard to lose someone you care about," I said. "Something happened at the North Pole, and I couldn't protect someone. I don't ever want anything like that to happen again." I have never stopped thinking about Princess Yue. I don't want to lose Suki like that. And then Suki said something that threw me off guard. "I lost someone I cared about, too. He didn't die, he just went away. He was smart and brave and funny." Well, how can I compete with a guy like that? "Who is this guy? Is he taller than me? Is he better looking?" "It is YOU, stupid!" Suki said. "Oh…," I said, suddenly feeling really dumb. I guess I missed the point completely. Suki really cares about me! We looked into each other's eyes for a long moment. I feel so much for Suki—and yet I'm not sure how I should feel. Argh! Why do I have to think so much? Then Suki leaned in to kiss me! What more could I want? Suki is great, and she thinks I'm smart and brave and funny. It's… it's… I couldn't. I had to back away. "I'm sorry," Suki said, embarrassed. "No, you shouldn't be," I replied, getting up and

“失去一个你在乎的人是很痛苦的，”我说。 “在北极发生了一些事情，我无法保护某人。 我再也不希望这样的事情发生了。” 我从来没有停止过对岳妃的思念。 我不想就这样失去苏琪。 然后苏琪说了些让我措手不及的话。 “我也失去了一个我在乎的人。 他没死，他只是走了。 他聪明、勇敢、风趣。” 我怎么能和那样的人竞争呢？ “这家伙是谁？”他比我高吗？ 他长得好看吗？”“是你，笨蛋！”苏琪说。 “哦……”我说，突然觉得自己很笨。 我想我完全没抓住重点。 苏琪真的很关心我！我们对视了很长时间。 我很同情苏琪，但我不确定我应该怎么想。 啊!为什么我要想这么多？ 然后苏琪凑过来吻我！我还想要什么？ 苏琪很好，她觉得我聪明，勇敢，风趣。 这…，这…，我不能。 我不得不后退。“对不起，”苏琪尴尬地说。 “不，你不应该，”我回答，站起来