6 Mother bear

Chapter Six MOTHER BEAR Kiki stared at the polar bear. Her feet felt as if they were stuck to the spot. It was pretty amazing, staring into the eyes of such an incredible predator. Connor grabbed her arm. "Come on!" he said. "We have to get inside!" Dr. Mikkelsen was already running across the wide space in front of the building. She

第六章熊妈妈琪琪盯着北极熊看。 她的双脚仿佛被粘在了原地。 看着如此不可思议的捕食者的眼睛，真是太神奇了。 康纳抓住她的胳膊。“来吧！”他说。 “我们必须进去！”博士。 米克尔森已经跑过大楼前面宽阔的空地。 她

turned and shouted for them to follow. The polar bear was still watching Kiki and Connor. "Quickly!" Connor shouted. Kiki ran. The nearest door seemed so far away, but Dr. Mikkelsen made it inside and held it open for them. At any moment, Kiki imagined the weight of the bear crashing into them, and knocking them down into the snow. Gasping, she ran as fast as she could. She and Connor burst through the set of double doors.

转身大声叫他们跟过来。 北极熊还在看着琪琪和康纳。 “快!”康纳喊道。 Kiki跑。最近的门似乎也很遥远。 米克尔森冲进去，为他们撑开了门。 在任何时候，Kiki都想象着熊的重量撞向他们，把他们撞倒在雪地里。 她喘着气拼命地跑。 她和康纳冲进了两扇门。

The heat inside the building hit Kiki with a rush. Dr. Mikkelsen slammed the doors shut behind them. A man with a gray beard and heavy glasses hurried up to them. "My name is Dr. Bridgers," he said. "Are you okay?" Kiki, Connor, and Dr. Mikkelsen looked at one another, and then nodded. "That was crazy," gasped Kiki, holding

大楼里的热气一下子把琪琪扑倒了。 米克尔森博士砰地关上了他们身后的门。 一个留着灰胡子、戴着厚眼镜的男人匆匆向他们走来。 “我是布里杰斯博士，”他说。 “你还好吗？”Kiki， Connor和Dr。 米克尔森互相看了看，然后点了点头。 “那太疯狂了，”琪琪喘着气说，抱着

her sides and breathing heavily. Connor looked a little green. "I really thought the bear was going to catch us!" he said. Kiki realized they were in a large room with windows all along one side. Several other people were there, gathered around the windows and watching the polar bear outside.

她的侧身和沉重的呼吸。 康纳脸色有些发青。 “我真的以为熊会抓住我们！”他说。 琪琪意识到他们是在一个大房间里，窗户都在一边。 其他几个人也在那里，聚集在窗户周围，看着外面的北极熊。

The bear was padding past the main building. Kiki and Connor hurried to the window to watch. Kiki felt a thrill run down her spine as she watched the bear's enormous paws moving soundlessly through the snow, swaying and sniffing the air. Kiki could hardly believe how close she was to such a beautiful, dangerous animal. Connor suddenly gasped and clutched Kiki's arm. "She's not by herself," he said. "Look, she's got cubs!" "Oh my GOSH," Kiki whispered. At first, the two little shapes following the polar bear were difficult to see. Their fur was whiter than their mother's. They blended perfectly with the snow as they rolled and played together, biting each other's fluffy snowball-like ears.

熊从主楼旁边走过。 琪琪和康纳急忙走到窗前观看。 当琪琪看到熊巨大的爪子在雪地里无声地移动，摇晃着，嗅着空气时，她感到一阵兴奋。 琪琪简直不敢相信她离这样一只美丽而危险的动物如此之近。 康纳突然喘了口气，抓住琪琪的胳膊。 “她不是一个人，”他说。 “看，她有孩子了！”“哦，我的天哪，”Kiki低声说。 起初，跟在北极熊后面的两个小身影很难看到。 它们的毛比妈妈的还要白。 他们在一起打滚玩耍，互相咬着对方毛茸茸的雪球一样的耳朵，与雪完美地融合在一起。

"They fight like my little brothers," Kiki said with a giggle. They watched, holding their breath, as the mother bear strode on past the windows. She was leading the cubs toward a stretch of ice not far from the research center. Kiki could see a glimmer of stone-gray water shining through a hole in the ice. The mother bear stopped, and glanced at her cubs. "Come along," she seemed to be saying. "I have something important to show you."

“他们像我的小弟弟一样打架，”琪琪咯咯笑着说。 他们屏住呼吸，看着熊妈妈大步走过窗户。 她正带领小熊们走向离研究中心不远的一片冰面。 琪琪可以看到石头灰色的水从冰洞里闪闪发光。 母熊停下来，看了看她的孩子们。 “走吧，”她似乎在说。 “我有重要的东西要给你看。”