Chapter 5

5 The giant gull laughed. "Good luck with that, Sea Dragons. That wave is very unusual. It's not going to be easy to surf." "We'll be fine," Zoe said quickly. She didn't want the gull to scare her friends. "Thanks so much for your help." "No problem!" the gull squawked. He flapped his huge wings and flew away. "Do you really think we'll be fine?" Sofia asked. "Grace and I have never surfed normal

5巨鸥笑了。“祝你好运，海龙们。 那波很不寻常。 冲浪并不容易。” “我们会没事的，”佐伊很快地说。 她不想让海鸥吓到她的朋友们。 “非常感谢你的帮助。” “没问题!”海鸥尖声叫道。 他拍打着巨大的翅膀飞走了。 “你真的认为我们会没事吗?”索菲亚问道。 “格蕾丝和我从来没有正常冲浪过

waves before—let alone magical ones going the wrong way!" "And what about the baby turtles?" Grace added. "We can't just leave them here." Zoe scanned the ocean again. It was mostly calm. But she could see something odd. Close to the shore, the water was beginning to rise. Big waves usually formed far out at sea, not near the shoreline. Even stranger, this wave had a fiery glow to it. It has to be the Wrong Way Wave! Zoe thought. She knew she had to act fast. Waves waited for no one! Quickly, Zoe flew back to the baby turtles. "If you thought rolling down a sand dune was fun, wait until you try flying!" she said. "Climb onto my back." Squealing with excitement, the hatchlings began scrabbling up onto Zoe's back. It was not easy for the little creatures with their stumpy legs. Luckily, Grace and Sofia were there to help nudge them up.

先有波浪——更不用说魔法浪走错方向了!”“那小海龟怎么办?”恩补充说。 “我们不能把他们留在这里。” 佐伊又看了看大海。 大部分时间都很平静。但她能看到一些奇怪的东西。 在靠近海岸的地方，水开始上涨。 大浪通常是在很远的海上形成的，而不是在海岸线附近。 更奇怪的是，这波有一种火红的光芒。 一定是走错方向了，挥手!佐伊的想法。 她知道她必须迅速行动。 海浪不等人!很快，佐伊飞回小海龟身边。 她说:“如果你认为从沙丘上滚下来很有趣，那等你试着飞起来再说吧!” “爬到我背上来。”小海龟们兴奋地尖叫着，开始爬到佐伊的背上。 对于这些腿短的小动物来说，这并不容易。 幸运的是，格蕾丝和索菲亚在那里帮助他们。

Once they were all safely on board, Zoe flew high into the air once more. "Hold on tight!" she warned the turtles, who yelled joyfully. "You look like a ride at a fairground!" Grace laughed, flying alongside Zoe. "You really do!" Sofia agreed, coming up on the other side. "I feel like one!" Zoe said. "And you have no idea how ticklish it is to have a bunch of baby turtles on your back." Luckily, it was only a short flight from the sand dune to the edge of the sea. As Zoe approached the shore, she flew low, just skimming the water. Zoe flew to a safe part of the shore. It was far from the strange wave that was starting to form. "Jump off now!" she instructed the turtles. At first the turtles did not want to jump into the sea. But then one baby slid into the water. "It's great in here!" it called to the others. "Even better than the sand!" With that, all the hatchlings leapt from Zoe's back and into the water. Soon they were all splashing about happily.

一旦他们都安全上了飞机，佐伊又一次高高飞上了天空。 “抓紧!”她警告乌龟们，乌龟们高兴地叫道。 “你看起来就像游乐场里的游乐设施!”格蕾丝笑着飞到佐伊身边。 “真的!”索菲亚同意了，从另一边走过来。 “我觉得自己就是一个!”佐伊说。 “你不知道一群小海龟在你背上有多痒。” 幸运的是，从沙丘到海边的飞行距离很短。 当佐伊接近海岸时，她飞得很低，只是掠过水面。 佐伊飞到岸边安全的地方。 它离正在形成的奇怪的波浪很远。 “现在跳下去!”她指示乌龟们。 起初，海龟们不想跳进海里。 但接着一个婴儿滑入水中。 “这里太棒了!”它对其他人喊道。 “比沙子还好!”说完，所有的幼崽都从佐伊的背上跳到了水里。 很快他们都玩得很开心。

"Come and swim with us, Sea Dragons!" they called. "Another time!" Zoe promised. Swimming with baby turtles would be fun. But Zoe also knew there was no time for fun right now. The swelling she'd spotted was rapidly turning into a wave. It was not curving toward the shore like a normal wave. Instead, it was facing the deep water and the horizon—the wrong way! And, just as the gull had said, the wave was crested with fire. It was a very strange sight. A beautiful blue wave tipped with bright red flames instead of white foam!

“来和我们一起游泳吧，海龙!”它们喊道。 “还有一次!”佐伊承诺。 和小海龟一起游泳一定很有趣。 但佐伊也知道，现在没有时间玩了。 她发现的肿胀迅速变成了波浪。 它不像普通的波浪那样向海岸弯曲。 相反，它正对着深水和地平线——方向错了!而且，正如海鸥所说的那样，波浪的顶点是火。 这是一个非常奇怪的景象。 一个美丽的蓝色波浪，顶端是明亮的红色火焰，而不是白色的泡沫!

Zoe took a deep breath. It was not going to be easy to ride this thing. But that made it more exciting. "Follow me," Zoe called to her friends. "We can do this, I know it. The main thing is to stay just ahead of where the wave is breaking." Zoe led the way over to the remarkable wave. Fiery drops cascaded down from its edge, sizzling as they hit the water. Expertly, Zoe bodysurfed

佐伊深吸了一口气。骑这东西可不容易。 但这让它更令人兴奋。 “跟我来，”佐伊对她的朋友们喊道。 “我们能做到的，我知道。 最重要的是要走在波浪破碎的地方。” 佐伊领着他们走向那非凡的海浪。 火红的水珠从悬崖边缘倾泻而下，打在水面上发出咝咝的响声。 佐伊熟练地进行了身体冲浪

within the curl, so that she was just resting on the water. Grace and Sofia did the same, right behind her. "You guys are natural bodysurfers!" Zoe called. "Now, stay calm, and use your wings for balance!" Zoe had surfed some big waves in her time. But she had never surfed a wave like this. Most waves moved at a steady pace. But this one was fast one minute, then slow the next. Even stranger, the wave seemed to be twitching. It twisted back and forth, stopping and starting. "I'm not sure how much longer I—" Sofia was cut short. The wave had suddenly shot high into the air! Then the massive wall of water began to shake and twist back and forth. It was like a wild horse trying to buck off the Sea Dragons! Fiery sparks rained down around them, hissing as the water evaporated. Then the wave crashed, dunking Zoe and her friends into the sea. Zoe had wiped out many times. It was a normal part of surfing. But this was

在卷发的范围内，这样她就可以在水面上休息了。 格蕾丝和索菲亚也跟着，就在她后面。 “你们是天生的冲浪高手!”佐伊。 “现在，保持冷静，用你的翅膀保持平衡!”佐伊在她的时代曾经历过一些大浪。 但她从来没有在这样的海浪上冲浪过。 大多数波浪以稳定的速度移动。 但这一分钟还快，下一分钟就慢了。 更奇怪的是，波浪似乎在抽搐。 它前后扭动，忽停忽起。 “我不知道我还能——”索非亚被打断了。 波浪突然飞向空中!然后，巨大的水墙开始来回摇晃和扭曲。 就像一匹野马试图从海龙身上跳下来!火红的火星像雨点般落在他们周围，随着水的蒸发发出嘶嘶声。 接着，大浪袭来，把佐伊和她的朋友们都冲进了海里。 佐伊被消灭了很多次。 这是冲浪的正常组成部分。 但这是