Chapter 9

9 "The dolphin leader!" Sofia gasped. "It must be," Grace agreed. "How is he trapped like that? And how are we going to rescue him?" Zoe wondered aloud. Grace had been wondering the same thing. She'd never seen so many Fire Sparks in one

9“海豚首领!”索非亚气喘吁吁地说。 “一定是，”格蕾丝表示同意。 “他怎么会被困成这样?” 我们怎样才能救他呢?”佐伊大声问道。 格蕾丝也一直在想同样的事情。 她从来没见过这么多火花

place! The dolphin happily waved a fin at Grace and her friends. Strangely, he did not look worried. He just looked a little… puzzled.

地方!海豚高兴地向格蕾丝和她的朋友们挥动着鳍。 奇怪的是，他看起来并不担心。 他只是看起来有点……困惑。

"Don't worry!" Grace called above the hum of Fire Sparks. "We're going to rescue you!" To her friends, she muttered, "We just need to figure out how. Any ideas?" "Maybe we could pull the Fire Sparks away from the dolphin with our sharp claws?" Sofia suggested. "Or swish them away with our powerful tails?" Zoe added. These were good ideas. Carefully, Grace reached out a talon. The Fire Sparks buzzed angrily, making the air crackle with heat and magic. Grace felt a sharp pain in her talon as if she'd touched an open flame. "Ouch!" she cried, nursing her burned paw. "Hmm. I don't think we can touch them." "Well, we have to do something because they've spotted us!" Zoe cried. Sure enough, one group of sparks kept swirling around the trapped dolphin while a second group

“别担心!”格蕾丝在火苗的嗡嗡声中喊道。 “我们要去救你!”她对朋友们低声说:“我们只需要弄清楚怎么做。” 有什么想法?”“也许我们可以用锋利的爪子把火花从海豚身边拉开?”索非亚。 “或者用我们有力的尾巴把它们赶走?”佐伊补充道。 这些都是好主意。格蕾丝小心翼翼地伸出一只爪子。 火焰火花愤怒地嗡嗡作响，使空气中充满了热和魔法。 格蕾丝感到魔爪里一阵剧痛，仿佛碰到了明火。 “哎哟!”她一边抚摸着烧伤的爪子，一边叫道。 “嗯。我想我们碰不到他们。” “嗯，我们必须做点什么，因为他们发现了我们!”佐伊哭了。 果然，一组火花不停地围绕着被困的海豚旋转，而另一组

broke away. It streaked toward the Sea Dragons like a fiery comet. "Duck!" FinFin cried in alarm. The three friends tucked in their wings and dove under the water. But the Fire Spark comet followed them under the surface! The water bubbled and roiled. Even worse, Grace felt herself getting dizzy and confused again. What were they doing again? Grace tried to clear her thoughts. She was not going to let these pesky sparks confuse her! We're here to rescue the first Sea Keeper, she reminded herself. Then, before her confusion could return, Grace flew up to the surface and surged out of the water and high into the air. Zoe and Sofia followed close behind. In the air, Grace's mind felt clearer. For some reason, the sparks didn't muddle her as much out of the water. But they were still annoying! The horrible things swarmed around Grace's face, stinging her

打破了。它像一颗炽热的彗星，向海龙号飞奔而去。 “鸭!”芬芬惊恐地叫道。 三个朋友收起翅膀，潜入水中。 但是火花彗星在地表下跟着他们!水冒着泡泡，翻滚着。 更糟糕的是，格蕾丝觉得自己又头晕目眩了。 他们在干什么来着? 格蕾丝试图理清思绪。 她不会让这些讨厌的火花迷惑她!我们是来救第一位海洋守护者的，她提醒自己。 然后，在她的困惑还没来得及恢复之前，格蕾丝飞上了水面，冲出水面，高高地飞向空中。 佐伊和索菲亚紧随其后。 在空中，格蕾丝的头脑变得清晰起来。 出于某种原因，火花并没有把她弄糊涂。 但他们还是很烦人!可怕的东西围着格蕾丝的脸，叮她

ears and dazzling her eyes. How could she and her friends beat Fire Sparks that even water could not quench? Grace roared with frustration, and something very surprising happened. Grace could see her roar! It shimmered like a fine, misty, aqua cloud. And as the cloud enveloped the Fire Sparks, they fizzed and disappeared! Excited about her discovery, Grace called out to Zoe and Sofia, who were swatting at sparks with their wings and tails. "I think our roars have special powers! They can smother the Fire Sparks. Try it!" Grace watched as Zoe roared, sending a glorious purple mist into the air. Soon it was joined by Sofia's misty orange roar. Their roars blanketed the Fire Sparks. With a splutter, the sparks vanished. Grace took a deep breath and roared again. But this time, nothing happened. Her roar did not produce a mist, and it had no effect on the

耳朵和眩目的眼睛。 她和她的朋友们怎么能打出连水都不能熄灭的火花呢? 格蕾丝沮丧地吼了起来，令人惊讶的事情发生了。 格蕾丝能看到她的咆哮!它闪烁着，像一朵淡淡的水雾。 当云层包围了火焰火花时，它们嘶嘶作响，消失了!格蕾丝对自己的发现感到兴奋，她大声叫着正在用翅膀和尾巴拍打火花的佐伊和索菲亚。 “我想我们的吼声有特殊的力量!”他们可以窒息火焰火花。 试一试!”格蕾丝看着佐伊咆哮着，空中升起了一层华丽的紫色雾。 不久，索非亚朦胧的橙色咆哮加入了它。 他们的吼声盖过了火焰火花。 啪的一声，火花消失了。 格蕾丝深吸了一口气，又吼了起来。 但这一次，什么也没发生。 她的咆哮并没有产生雾气，也没有对天空产生任何影响

sparks. Grace's mind raced. We are Sea Dragons. Maybe we need to use the seawater! she thought. Grace dove back into the water, then turned and smoothly launched herself up into the air again. This time when she roared, her Fire Spark–squishing mist was back! Zoe and Sofia grinned when they understood what Grace was doing. They, too, dove into the water and came back up with fully charged Sea Dragon roars. "Keep going!" Grace encouraged her friends. "It's working!" Frenzied Fire Sparks zigzagged back and forth, trying to dodge the misty roars. Grace barely noticed. When she was in a race, she always blocked out the sights and sounds around her and stayed focused on her goal. She felt the same way now.

火花。格蕾丝的脑子飞快地转着。 我们是海龙。也许我们需要使用海水!她想。 格蕾丝跳进水里，然后转过身，又平稳地飞上了天空。 这一次，当她咆哮时，她那压扁火苗的雾气又回来了!佐伊和索菲亚明白格蕾丝在做什么后，笑了。 他们也跳入水中，带着充满能量的海龙怒吼回来。 “继续!”格蕾丝鼓励她的朋友们。 “这是工作!”狂乱的火花来回摇摆，试图躲避雾蒙蒙的咆哮。 格蕾丝几乎没有注意到。当她参加比赛时，她总是屏蔽周围的景物和声音，专注于自己的目标。 她现在也有同样的感觉。