Chapter 2

Chapter 2 "I can't believe it," Aang said, hanging his head. "Omashu always seemed untouchable." It's so unfair! The Fire Nation just keeps taking people Aang cares about–first the Air Nomads, now King Bumi. "This is horrible, but we have to move on." "No. I'm going in to find Bumi." I knew it. I knew he wouldn't stay focused. "Aang, let's talk about this. There are other people who can teach you Earthbending." "This isn't about finding a teacher; it's about finding my friend," Aang said sadly. Well, I'm not leaving Aang. If he's determined to go in, we're going in with him. We snuck into the city through a disgusting sewer pipe. Poor Sokka got covered by the mold and filth in the tunnel and ended up with little round marks all over his skin from tiny creatures called purple pentapi. But the pentapus marks helped us fool Fire Nation soldiers into thinking that Sokka had a contagious disease called pentapox! They stayed clear

“我真不敢相信。”安昂低下头说。 “奥玛舒似乎一直是不可撼动的。” 太不公平了！烈火国一直在掳走安昂在乎的人——先是空气游牧民族，现在是布米国王。 “这太可怕了，但我们必须继续前进。” “没有。我要进去找布米。” 我就知道。我知道他不会集中注意力。 “安昂，我们谈谈这件事。 还有其他人可以教你御土术。” “这不是找老师的问题；这是为了找到我的朋友。”安昂悲伤地说。 我不会离开安昂的。 如果他决心要进去，我们就跟他一起进去。 我们通过一条恶心的下水管道溜进了这个城市。 可怜的索卡被隧道里的霉菌和污物覆盖了，最后他的皮肤上到处都是紫色五足虫留下的小圆痕。 但五体标记帮我们骗过了烈火国的士兵让他们以为索卡得了一种叫做五体的传染病！他们保持清醒

of us after hearing that. We were free to roam the city. What's that rumbling? It sounds like another rock slide. AHHH! Huge boulders are rolling down Omashu's mail chutes–and they're heading right for that family! Aang quickly Airbended the boulders away from the family. Close call, though. "The resistance!" shouted the woman. The what? Now the teenage girl is hurling flying daggers at us! What is she doing that for? Aang just saved her life. It doesn't make any sense–AHHH! We're falling through the ground! Where are we? It looks like some kind of underground cavern. And who are all these people in uniform? Oh, the resistance! "Is King Bumi with you guys?" Aang asked. "Of course not!" a resistance member shouted angrily. "On the day of the invasion King Bumi surrendered!" This doesn't make any sense. Why would Bumi surrender? Aang looks devastated.… "It doesn't matter now," said the man who turned

听了那句话之后。我们可以自由地在城里闲逛。 那是什么声音？听起来像是又一次岩石滑坡。 啊!巨大的巨石正从奥玛舒的邮件滑道上滚下来——它们正朝着那个家庭冲来！安昂迅速御气将巨石移开。 不过，好险啊。“抵抗！”女人喊道。 什么?现在这个十几岁的女孩正在向我们扔飞刀！她这么做是为了什么？ 安昂刚刚救了她的命。这没有任何意义——啊！我们要从地上掉下去了！我们在哪里？ 看起来像是某种地下洞穴。 这些穿制服的人是谁？ 哦，反抗军！“布米国王和你们在一起吗？”Aang问道。 “当然不行！”一名抵抗组织成员愤怒地喊道。 “在入侵的那天，布米国王投降了！”这没有任何意义。 布米为什么要投降？安昂看起来很沮丧。“现在无所谓了，”那个转过身来的人说

out to be the resistance leader. "Fighting the Fire Nation is the only path to freedom, and freedom is worth giving anything for." "You could just leave Omashu," Aang suggested. "You're outnumbered, you can't win. Retreat now and live to fight another day," he said before leaving to find Bumi. Sometimes I forget that he's the Avatar. It's funny, most of the time I just feel like I have to protect him from the Fire Nation, but actually he's the one who's protecting us. But we need to find him an Earthbending teacher, and if it isn't going to be Bumi, we might have a long search ahead of us. So, we're not fighting; but how are we going to evacuate the thousands of citizens of Omashu with the Fire Nation's permission? "You're all about to come down with a nasty case of pentapox!" Sokka announced. That's it! It's a perfect plan. I knew we could count on Sokka. He may be goofy sometimes, but he's a master of schemes and solutions for all sorts of sticky situations. By putting purple pentapus marks on all the Earth Kingdom citizens, they looked like they had some terrible disease. The Fire Nation governor ordered all

被认为是抵抗运动的领袖。 “对抗烈火国是通往自由的唯一途径，而自由是值得付出一切的。” “你可以离开奥玛舒。”安昂建议道。 “你寡不敌众，你赢不了。 现在撤退，活下去，改日再战，”他说，然后动身去找布米。 有时候我都忘了他是神通。 很有趣，大多数时候我都觉得我得保护他不受烈火国的伤害，但实际上是他在保护我们。 但我们得给他找个御土术老师，如果不是布米，我们可能要找很长时间了。 所以，我们不是在吵架；但在烈火国的允许下，我们怎么才能疏散奥玛舒的成千上万的居民呢？ “你们都快得五痘了！”Sokka宣布。 这是它!这是个完美的计划。 我就知道索卡靠得住。 他有时可能很笨，但他是解决各种棘手情况的计划和解决方案的大师。 把紫色的五角形标记在所有土强国的公民身上，让他们看起来像是得了什么可怕的疾病。 烈火国总督下令

the "sick" people to leave the city. So, we gathered on a hillside outside the city to plan our next move, but King Bumi is still nowhere to be seen. I guess I just have to trust that Aang will find his way back to us once he has Bumi. Aang IS the Avatar–I'm sure he'll be fine… Oh, look! There he is with Bumi's pet, Flopsie. But no Bumi. Aang looks so upset. "We've got a problem," the resistance leader said suddenly. Well, looks like we picked up an extra person–the Fire Nation governor's baby son! He's so cute! But how did he get mixed up with us? We can't continue on with him–we'll have to face them again. It seems like the governor wants to trade his son for King Bumi! So Aang, Sokka, Appa, Momo, and I are heading back into the city for the trade. Okay, there they are. There are three girls. That one I recognize! She was with that family we saw. They must be Fire Nation, she's the governor's daughter. But I have no idea who the others are. And where's Bumi? What's that? It looks like a metal cage. It's dropping down from above.

“生病”的人离开了这个城市。 所以，我们聚集在城外的山坡上计划下一步行动，但布米国王仍然不见踪影。 我想我只能相信只要安昂抓住布米他就会找到回到我们身边的路。 安昂是神通——我相信他会没事的……哦，看！这是他和布米的宠物弗洛西在一起。 但是没有布米人。安昂看起来很沮丧。 “我们有麻烦了，”抵抗运动领袖突然说。 看来我们又多了一个人——烈火国总督的宝贝儿子！他太可爱了！但他是怎么和我们混在一起的？ 我们不能继续对付他了，我们还得面对他们。 看来总督想用他的儿子交换布米国王！所以安昂，索卡，阿柏，陌陌和我要回城里去做交易。 好了，就是这些。有三个女孩。 那个我认得！她和我们看到的那一家人在一起。 他们一定是火宗人，她是总督的女儿。 但我不知道其他人是谁。 布米在哪里？那是什么? 它看起来像个金属笼子。 它是从上面掉下来的。

Thank goodness he's still alive! Let's just get this over with. I will be sad to give up this little fire baby, though. They're still so cute before they know how to fight. "The deal's off!" yelled the governor's daughter suddenly. What happened? Now Bumi's cage is shooting back up into the sky. "Bumi, no!" Aang cried as he flew into the air, landing on Bumi's cage. "We've got to get the baby out of here!" I shouted, handing the little guy to Sokka. I've got to help distract these girls so Aang can get a clean getaway. Oh, no! One of the Firebenders is following him! Well, time to focus my energies on the girls who remain. Take that! An ice shield should halt her daggers–yup. Now let's just encase her arm in ice– whoa, what's that? Who's that behind me? The third girl–she's poking me with her fingers! What does she think that'll do? I'll just Waterbend this puddle at her and–wait, what's going on? Nothing happens when I try to Waterbend! That girl did something to me! She took away my bending ability! "How are you going to fight without your

谢天谢地，他还活着！让我们赶快结束这一切吧。 不过要放弃这个小火宝贝我会很难过的。 他们在不会打架之前还是那么可爱。 “交易取消了！”州长的女儿突然喊道。 发生了什么事?现在布米的笼子又飞向了天空。 “Bumi,没有!”安昂哭着飞到空中，落在布米的笼子上。 “我们得把孩子弄出去！”我喊道，把小家伙递给索卡。 我得去分散这些女孩的注意力这样安昂才能安然逃脱。 哦,不!一个火宗人在跟踪他！是时候把精力集中在剩下的女孩身上了。 看箭!冰盾应该能挡住她的匕首——是的。 现在让我们用冰把她的胳膊包起来——哇，那是什么？ 我后面那个人是谁？第三个女孩——她在用手指戳我！她觉得那样会怎么样？ 我就对着她用御水术，等等，这是怎么回事？ 我试御水术的时候什么都没发生！那个女孩对我做了什么！她夺走了我的御术能力！“没有你的……你怎么去战斗？