Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Appa's gone! We finally have good news to celebrate, and this happens! I've come to count on him to carry us everywhere and save us when we're in trouble. I don't know what we'll do without him in this desert, in this heat. Poor Aang. Appa's not just a pet or a ride; he's Aang's family, his best friend. This is awful. How many loved ones can one person lose? "How could you let Sandbenders take Appa?" Aang screamed at Toph. I guess while we were in the library a group of Sandbenders–Earthbenders who can manipulate sand–captured Appa. "I couldn't stop them," she cried. "The library was sinking and I was trying to keep it up. I can hardly feel any vibrations in the sand, so I can't see. They snuck up on me and–" "You just didn't care!" Aang yelled. "You never liked Appa. You wanted him gone!" Wait, I know Toph has rubbed us all the wrong way at times, but Aang's not being fair. I know he's upset, but yelling at Toph isn't going to bring Appa back. "Aang, stop it! You know Toph did all she could. She saved our lives!"

第六章阿柏走了！我们终于有好消息要庆祝了，这就发生了！我已经开始指望他带我们去任何地方，在我们遇到麻烦时拯救我们。 我不知道在这么热的沙漠里没有他我们该怎么办。 可怜的Aang。阿柏不只是宠物或坐骑；他是安昂的家人，他最好的朋友。 这太可怕了。一个人能失去多少亲人？ “你怎么能让御沙宗带走阿柏？”安昂朝拓芙尖叫。 我猜我们在图书馆的时候有一群御沙师-土宗他们可以操纵被沙捕获的阿柏。 “我阻止不了他们，”她哭着说。 “图书馆在下沉，而我在努力维持它。 我几乎感觉不到沙子的震动，所以我看不见。 他们悄悄走近我，然后——”“你根本不在乎！”Aang喊道。 “你从来就不喜欢阿柏。你想让他消失！”等等，我知道拓芙有时会惹怒我们，但安昂不公平。 我知道他很生气，但对拓芙大吼大叫可救不了阿柏。 “安昂，住手！”你知道拓芙已经尽力了。 她救了我们的命！”

"I'm going after Appa," Aang announced, opening his glider and taking off. "We'll never make it out of here," Sokka moaned. Aang's gone, Toph feels horrible, and Sokka is losing hope. I can't let everyone give up. It's not just about us surviving. It's about the survival of the whole world. "We'd better start walking. We're the only people who know about the solar eclipse. We have to get that information to Ba Sing Se." Sometimes I wish there was someone for me to lean on… but this is just the way it is. I have to keep us together. I have to get this information to the Earth King. I just have to. We're practically out of water. Everyone is hot and exhausted. Still, we have to keep moving. We've got to find a way out of the desert. There's Aang! He's come back… alone. "I'm sorry, Aang. I know it's hard for you, but we need to focus on getting out of here." "What's the difference?" he replied. "We won't survive without Appa. We all know it." I can't let his despair make the others lose all hope. "Come on, Aang, we can do this if we work together. Right, Toph?"

“我要去追阿柏。”安昂宣布，打开他的滑翔机起飞了。 “我们永远也逃不出去了。”索卡呻吟道。 安昂走了，拓芙感觉很糟糕，索卡也失去了希望。 我不能让每个人都放弃。 这不仅仅关乎我们的生存。 这关系到整个世界的生存。 “我们最好开始走路。 我们是唯一知道日食的人。 我们必须把这些信息交给永固城。” 有时候我希望有个人可以依靠，但事情就是这样。 我必须让我们在一起。 我得把这个消息告诉土强王。 我必须这么做。我们几乎没水了。 每个人都又热又累。 不过，我们必须继续前进。 我们必须找到一条走出沙漠的路。 Aang !他回来了…一个人。 “对不起，安昂。我知道这对你来说很难，但我们需要集中精力离开这里。” “有什么区别？”他回答。 “没有阿柏，我们活不下去。 我们都知道。”我不能让他的绝望让其他人失去希望。 “加油，安昂，只要我们齐心协力，我们就能做到。 Toph ?”

"As far as I can feel, we're trapped in a giant bowl of sand pudding. I got nothing." Sokka is stretched out on his back, staring up at some circling birds. It's up to me, then. I'm not letting them give up and just sit here waiting for the end! "We are getting out of this desert and we're going to do it together. Aang, get up. Everybody hold hands!" On we trudged until night began to fall. "I think we should stop for the night." "Appa!" Aang cried as he looked up. "Sorry, Aang. It's just a cloud." I really wish it were more than a cloud–a cloud! That means water! "Aang, fly up and bend the water from that cloud into my pouch." Aang snatched the pouch from my hand impatiently, opened his glider, and flew up toward the cloud. I know he's upset, but really, his behavior isn't fair. No matter, here he is with the pouch. At least now we have water. Huh, it feels awfully light. "Wow. There's hardly any water in here." "I'm sorry, okay!" Aang shouted angrily. "It's a desert cloud. I did all I could. What's anyone else doing? What are YOU doing?"

“据我所知，我们被困在一大碗沙布丁里。 我什么也没得到。”索卡仰面躺着，抬头望着盘旋的鸟儿。 那就看我的了。我不会让他们放弃，坐等结局！“我们要走出这片沙漠，我们要一起去做。 安昂，起来。大家手拉手！”我们继续跋涉，直到夜幕降临。 “我想我们应该在这里过夜。” “光电!”安昂抬起头来叫道。 “对不起,Aang。它只是一片云。” 我真希望它不仅仅是一朵云——一朵云！那意味着水！“安昂，飞上去，把云里的水调到我的袋子里。” 安昂不耐烦地从我手里抢过袋子，打开他的滑翔机，飞向云层。 我知道他很生气，但说真的，他的行为不公平。 没关系，他拿着袋子来了。 至少现在我们有水了。 嗯，感觉太轻了。 “哇。这里几乎没有水了。” “对不起，好吗？”安昂生气地喊道。 “这是一片沙漠云。我已经尽力了。 其他人在干什么？你在干什么？”

He is so angry, so uncontrolled. I know he's sad about Appa, but it's not like I don't know what it feels like to lose a loved one. He's certainly not going to get through it by alienating the people who are still here for him. If I could wish Appa back here, I'd do it in a second. But I can't. "I'm trying to keep everyone together." Just then Toph stubbed her toe on something in the sand. It turned out to be a buried sandsailer, the vehicle Sandbenders use to glide along the desert, using wind power. "Aang, you can bend a breeze into the sails to make it move. We're going to make it!" We dug out the sailer and set off across the desert. But we soon ran into some Sandbenders who accused us of stealing their sailer. "I recognize the voice of one of the Sandbenders," Toph said. "He's the one who stole Appa!" "Where is he?" Aang shouted at the Sandbenders. "Where's my bison?" Aang's going crazy! He's blasting the Sandbender's gliders to pieces. I've never seen him so angry. He may actually hurt someone. "Tell me where he is. Now!" Aang screamed. "It wasn't me!" the Sandbender cried, obviously

他很生气，很不受控制。 我知道他为阿柏的事难过，但我不是不知道失去亲人是什么感觉。 他肯定不会通过疏远那些仍然支持他的人来度过难关。 如果我希望阿柏回来，我马上就能做到。 但是我不能。“我在努力让大家团结在一起。” 就在这时，拓芙的脚趾碰到了沙滩上的什么东西。 原来这是一辆埋在地下的沙帆船，是御沙人利用风力在沙漠中滑行的交通工具。 “安昂，你可以让风吹进船帆，让它动起来。 我们会成功的！”我们挖出帆船，出发穿越沙漠。 但我们很快就遇到了一些御沙师，他们指责我们偷了他们的帆船。 “我听出是其中一个御沙师的声音。”拓芙说。 “就是他偷走了阿柏！”“他在哪儿？”安昂朝御沙宗人大喊。 “我的野牛呢？”安昂要疯了！他要把桑德御师的滑翔机炸成碎片。 我从未见过他这么生气。 他可能真的伤害了什么人。 “告诉我他在哪儿。现在!”Aang尖叫。 “不是我！”显然，沙bender叫道

frightened by Aang's rage. "You're the one who said to put a muzzle on him!" Toph said. "You muzzled Appa?!" Aang yelled. "I'm sorry. I didn't know it belonged to the Avatar!" the Sandbender admitted. "I traded him to some nomads. He's probably in Ba Sing Se by now. They were going to sell him there." Aang's eyes are going blank. His tattoos are glowing. Now the wind is whipping up all around him. He's so furious, he's slipping into the Avatar state. His power is unbelievably strong, but completely out of control. It's like a giant tornado is surrounding him, spreading in all directions. "Run!" Sokka shouted, grabbing Toph and pulling her away from Aang. No. Not me. I'm not running away from Aang. I'm going right through the tornado funnel. I don't care how dangerous it might be. Aang needs me and I'm not letting him down. Just reach up and–got him! Now he's looking down at me. See, he's coming back down. He just needs to know that I'm here for him. After everything he's done, everything he's meant to me, it's the least I can do. I am not letting go. There, the wind is calming down. He's coming out of the Avatar state. It's okay, Aang. I'm here. And

被安昂的愤怒吓坏了。 “是你说要给他戴上嘴套的！”Toph说。 “你把阿柏的嘴套住了？！”Aang喊道。 “我很抱歉。我不知道它是神通的！” “我把他卖给了一些游牧民族。 他现在可能在永固城。 他们打算在那里把他卖了。” 安昂的眼睛一片空白。 他的纹身闪闪发光。现在他周围的风都刮起来了。 他太愤怒了，他要进入神通状态了。 他的力量强大得令人难以置信，但又完全失控。 就像一个巨大的龙卷风包围着他，向四面八方蔓延。 “快跑!”索卡喊道，一把抓住拓芙，把她从安昂身边拉开。 否。不是我。我不会逃离安昂。 我正穿过龙卷风漏斗。 我不在乎有多危险。 安昂需要我，我不会让他失望的。 快伸手抓住他！现在他正低头看着我。 看，他要下来了。 他只需要知道我一直在他身边。 他做了那么多，他对我那么重要，这是我最起码能做的。 我不会放手的。那里的风渐渐平静下来。 他要脱离神通状态了。 没事的，安昂。我在这里。 和