Chapter 2

Chapter 2 DON'T BLAME THE SCARECRON FOR BEING CREEPY. IT'S SORT OF HIS WHOLE JOB. Jodi tugged at the cobwebs surrounding her. She wasn't completely stuck, but the webs were slowing her down. And the oncoming spiders clearly didn't have the same problem. They skittered over the sea of webbing at full speed. "Somebody do something!" buzzed Po. "I must look delicious right now!" "THERE'S NO TIME TO ESCAPE," Ash said. "We have to fight." Morgan held up his sword. "They're coming right to us, so just be ready to hit them

第二章不要怪稻草人令人毛骨悚然。 这是他的全部工作。 乔迪拽着她周围的蜘蛛网。 她并没有完全被困住，但蜘蛛网拖慢了她的速度。 而迎面而来的蜘蛛显然没有同样的问题。 他们全速掠过蛛网的海洋。 “谁来做点什么！”阿宝嘟囔着。 “我现在必须看起来很美味！”“没有时间逃跑了，”阿什说。 “我们必须战斗。”摩根举起他的剑。 “他们正朝我们走来，所以准备好打击他们

when they get close!" he said. "If you time your swing right, you'll be okay." "Don't miss, don't miss," Jodi muttered under her breath. She held her sword like a baseball bat. She waited as a spider came closer…closer… SHE SWUNG! The sword knocked the spider backward. It recovered quickly, and it pounced once more, but Jodi was ready. A second hit was enough to destroy it. The spider flopped onto its back and disappeared in a puff of pixels. "I should play more baseball," Jodi said.

当他们靠近的时候！”他说。 “如果你挥杆的时机正确，你就会没事的。” “别失手，别失手，”乔迪低声嘟囔着。 她像拿棒球棒一样握着剑。 她等着，一只蜘蛛飞近了……飞近了……剑把蜘蛛击倒在地。 它很快恢复过来，再次扑过来，但乔迪已经准备好了。 第二次袭击就足以摧毁它。 蜘蛛扑通一声仰面朝天，消失在一团像素中。 “我应该多打棒球，”乔迪说。

"Don't let your guard down," Harper said. "There are more spiders where that came from." "WE WANTED SPIDERS," said Jodi, readying her sword again. "WE GOT SPIDERS." "Be careful what you wish for," said Po as the next one moved in for the attack. When the last spider fell, Jodi and the others turned their attention to the cobwebs. Using their swords, they hacked a path through the sticky strands until they were all free. Ash picked up the strings left behind, and Harper went around to collect the loot that had been dropped by the spiders.

“不要放松警惕，”哈珀说。 “那里有更多的蜘蛛。” “我们想要蜘蛛。”乔迪说着，又准备好了她的剑。 “我们有蜘蛛。”“小心你许的愿吧，”阿宝说，这时下一个人过来准备攻击。 当最后一只蜘蛛掉下来时，乔迪和其他人把注意力转向了蜘蛛网。 他们用剑在黏糊糊的丝线上砍出一条路，直到他们都自由了。 阿什捡起了留下的绳子，哈珀去捡蜘蛛掉下来的东西。

"Beautiful!" said Harper. "I was hoping for a spider eye or two. But there are at least ten here." "SO DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR POTIONS?" Jodi asked. "More than I need," said Harper. "Between these eyes and the blaze powder that the Librarian left for us, we're in good shape. Let's head back." "I remember the way," Ash said. Jodi was always impressed with Ash's sense of direction. It was just one of many talents Ash had honed as a Wildling Scout. Ash led them out of the woods, over a hill, and toward a small blocky structure in the distance.

“真漂亮！”“我本来希望有一两个蜘蛛眼。 但这里至少有十个。” “你的魔药都准备好了吗？”乔迪•问道。 “比我需要的多。”哈帕说。 “有了这些眼睛和图书管理员留给我们的火焰粉，我们的情况很好。 我们回去吧。”“我记得路。”阿什说。 乔迪总是对阿什的方向感印象深刻。 这只是艾什作为野人侦察兵磨练出来的众多天赋之一。 阿什领着他们走出树林，翻过一座小山，朝着远处的一座小木屋走去。

"HOME, SWEET HOME," said Morgan. "It's not much of a home," said Jodi, and she made a face. The bunker was just so basic: a plain gray cube with a single door and no windows. She had wanted to make it a pyramid, or an obelisk—or a llama-shaped tower! But the group had asked her not to spend time or materials on a temporary shelter. It was simply a place to store their beds and crafting materials while they got ready for their next big mission. "SPAWN POINT, SWEET SPAWN POINT," she said with a sigh. There was one artistic addition that Jodi had insisted on, though. She saw it now as they got closer. A blocky human-shaped figure stood watch over their shelter. He had a body of hay, wooden-fence limbs, and a carved pumpkin for a head. Jodi had named their new friend Scarecrow Joe.

“家，甜蜜的家，”摩根说。 “这不是一个家，”乔迪说，她做了个鬼脸。 这个地堡非常简单：一个普通的灰色立方体，只有一扇门，没有窗户。 她想把它做成一个金字塔，或者一个方尖碑——或者一个骆驼形状的塔！但该组织要求她不要在临时避难所花费时间或物资。 这只是一个存放床和制作材料的地方，他们可以为下一个大任务做准备。 “产卵点，甜蜜的产卵点，”她叹了口气说。 不过，乔迪坚持要增加一个艺术元素。 当他们走近时，她看到了。 一个矮胖的人形人影站在那里看守着他们的庇护所。 他的身体是用干草做的，四肢是用木头围起来的，头是一个雕刻好的南瓜。 乔迪给他们的新朋友起名叫稻草人乔。

"Hi, Joe!" said Po, and he waved at the scarecrow. "What's new?" The scarecrow, of course, said nothing. "I don't think he likes me very much," Po stage- whispered to Jodi. She giggled. Harper got right to work. She walked up to the cauldron that they'd left just outside the shelter. "The spider eyes were the last ingredient I needed. NOW I CAN FINALLY MAKE THESE POTIONS."

“嗨，乔！”阿宝说，他向稻草人挥了挥手。 “有什么新鲜事吗?”稻草人当然什么也没说。 “我觉得他不太喜欢我，”阿宝小声对乔迪说。 她咯咯笑了。哈珀马上开始工作。 她走到他们放在避难所外面的坩埚跟前。 “蜘蛛眼是我最不需要的东西。 现在我终于可以制作这些魔药了。”