Chapter 1

Chapter 1 My name is Katara. I'm a Waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe. My brother, Sokka, and I are traveling with Aang, the Avatar; his sky bison, Appa; and his lemur, Momo. I'm teaching Aang Waterbending, but now he has to start mastering Earthbending. He's got to learn all four elements to stop the Fire Nation from taking over the world. Aang's old friend King Bumi of the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu will be his Earthbending teacher, so that's where we're heading now. It's time to say good-bye to Pakku, the Waterbending master I met at the North Pole. As we say our good-byes, Master Pakku hands me a crystal amulet. "It contains water from the Spirit Oasis. The water has unique properties. Don't lose it." I promise to keep it safe, and use it for something really important. As we started traveling, we met a group of singing nomads. "We're heading for Omashu," I explained. "That's dangerous," Lily, one of the nomads, said.

第一章我叫卡塔拉。 我是南方水族的御水师。 我哥哥索卡和我和神通安昂一起旅行；他的天牛阿柏；还有他的狐猴莫莫。 我在教安昂御水，但现在他得开始学御土了。 他必须学会这四种元素才能阻止烈火国统治世界。 安昂的老朋友奥玛舒土强国的布米王将成为他的御土术老师，所以我们现在要去那里。 是时候跟Pakku说再见了，我在北极遇到的御水大师。 当我们道别时，Pakku大师递给我一个水晶护身符。 “里面有来自精神绿洲的水。 水有独特的性质。 别弄丢了。”我保证保管好它，用它做重要的事情。 当我们开始旅行时，我们遇到了一群唱歌的游牧民族。 “我们要去奥马舒，”我解释道。 “那很危险，”其中一个游牧民莉莉说。

"The Fire Nation is spread out to the coast. You'll be headed right for them." Hmm. We need to get to Omashu, but I don't want to risk a run-in with the Fire Nation. "There's a story about a secret pass through the mountains," Chong, another nomad, said. Then he sang a song about two lovers whose people were at war. They were separated by a mountain, but they used Earthbending to create tunnels so they could meet secretly. It sounds so romantic! I wouldn't mind checking it out, but Aang said no because Appa hates going underground. I guess I'll have to check out the tunnels some other time. The second we took off, the Fire Nation attacked us! So I'm going to get my wish after all– we're going through the Cave of Two Lovers. "Secret love cave, let's go," muttered Sokka. Of course, he had no problem getting all lovey-dovey with Princess Yue.… I could tease him about that… but nah, I'll let it go for now. "The legend says that only those who trust in love can make it through the caves," Chong said as we entered.

“火烈国已经分散到海岸。 你会直奔他们而去的。” 嗯。我们得去奥玛舒，但我不想冒险和烈火国发生冲突。 “有一个关于穿越山脉的秘密通道的故事，”另一位游牧民Chong说。 然后他唱了一首关于两个恋人的歌，他们的人民在打仗。 他们被一座山隔开了，但他们用御土术挖了隧道，这样他们就可以秘密见面了。 听起来真浪漫！我不介意去看看，但安昂拒绝了因为阿柏讨厌地下活动。 我想我得改天再去隧道看看了。 我们一起飞，烈火国就袭击了我们！所以我终于要实现我的愿望了——我们要穿过双恋人洞穴了。 “秘密爱情洞，我们走吧。”索卡喃喃地说。 当然，他也毫不费力地与岳妃缠绵。我可以拿这件事取笑他，不过算了，我先不提了。 “传说中说，只有那些相信爱情的人才能穿越洞穴，”当我们进入洞穴时，Chong说。

What does that mean? Trust that love will bring you to the right person, or trust the love you already feel for that person? I wonder if Gran Gran trusted in love, if that's what made her leave Master Pakku and go south. Did she let love lead her to my grandfather instead? I wonder where love will lead me.… What's that sound? It's getting louder! Now I hear wings flapping–wolf-bats! Now Appa's going crazy, slamming into everything– BOOM! Oh, no! The cave wall's collapsing. Can't see. Dust everywhere. AHH! The rock slide's coming toward me! In a flash Aang grabbed me and flew me just beyond the edge of the rock slide. Phew! But where are the others? It looks like they're trapped on the other side of a mountain of rocks. "If we try to dig through, we're going to cause the whole thing to cave in." "Sokka will find a way out," Aang says. "Let's hope we can too." Okay, so, Aang, Appa, and I are making our way through the tunnels. Hey, there's a huge round door– maybe it's a way out! "It's a tomb," Aang announces. "It must be the

这是什么意思？相信爱会把你带到对的人身边，还是相信你对那个人的爱？ 我不知道姥姥是否相信爱情，是不是因为爱情，她才离开Pakku大师去南方的。 她是不是让爱把她引向了我的祖父？ 我不知道爱会把我带向何方。那是什么声音？ 声音越来越大了！现在我听到了蝙蝠拍动翅膀的声音！现在阿柏疯了，猛撞一切——轰！哦,不!岩壁正在坍塌。 看不到。灰尘无处不在。 啊!岩石滑过来了！刹那间，安昂抓住了我，把我带到了岩石滑梯的边缘。 唷!但是其他人呢？ 看起来他们被困在岩石山的另一边了。 “如果我们试图挖通，我们会导致整个东西塌陷。” “索卡会找到出路的，”安昂说。 “希望我们也能。”好了，安昂，阿柏和我正在穿过隧道。 嘿，那有一个巨大的圆门——也许是出去的出路！“这是一座坟墓。”安昂宣布。 “一定是……

two lovers from the legend." Of course! They must've been buried here together. "Look, it says 'Love is brightest in the dark.' What do you think that means?" Aang shrugs. "How are we going to find our way out of these tunnels?" I guess that means he's not answering my question. It would be nice if sometimes he would talk about his feelings WITHOUT me having to drag them out of him. Oh, well, I guess we should focus on getting out of here. They say that love is brightest in the dark… I wonder if… no. But what if it works? Or what if it causes… some confusion? We'll never know until we try, right? "I have a crazy idea." "What?" Oh, no. What if this is the worst idea ever? And I'm just caught up in some romantic dream with all this talk about the two lovers and trusting in love! He'll think it's stupid. Maybe he'll even laugh at me. "Never mind. It's too crazy." "Katara, what is it?" "Well." All right, here goes nothing. "The nomads told us that the curse says we'll be trapped in here forever unless we trust in love." "Right."

传说中的一对恋人。” 当然!他们一定是一起被埋在这里的。 “看，上面写着‘爱在黑暗中最明亮’。你觉得这是什么意思？”Aang耸了耸肩。 “我们怎么才能从这些地道里出去呢？”我想这意味着他没有回答我的问题。 如果有时候他能说出自己的感受，而不需要我把它们从他嘴里扯出来，那就太好了。 好吧，我想我们应该集中精力离开这里。 人们说爱情在黑暗中最明亮，我不知道是否…… 但如果成功了呢？或者如果它引起了一些困惑呢？ 不试就不知道，对吧？ “我有一个疯狂的想法。”“什么?”哦,不。 如果这是史上最糟糕的主意呢？ 我只是在做一些浪漫的梦，谈论着两个恋人，相信爱情！他会认为这很愚蠢。 也许他会嘲笑我。 “没关系。这太疯狂了。” “卡塔拉，怎么了？”“好吧。” 好吧，这里什么都没有。 “游牧民告诉我们诅咒说我们会被永远困在这里除非我们相信爱” “对的。”