Chapter 8

8 Zoe crested the wave and let go of her board. Then, giving her wings a tremendous flap, she rose into the air. The heat barrier sizzled menacingly. As she approached the top of the wave, a sudden cloud of Fire Sparks appeared. They buzzed around Zoe's head, making her dizzy and jumbling her thoughts. How am I supposed to get past the magical barrier again? she wondered. Was she supposed to fly under it somehow? Or push right through it? She couldn't remember!

8佐伊冲上浪尖，放开了她的冲浪板。 接着，她使劲地拍打着翅膀，飞上了天空。 隔热层发出吓人的咝咝声。 当她接近浪尖时，突然出现了一团火花。 它们在佐伊的头上嗡嗡作响，让她头晕目眩，扰乱了她的思绪。 我怎么才能再次通过魔法屏障呢? 她想知道。她应该从它下面飞过吗? 还是直接推过去?她不记得了!

Zoe shook her head, trying to clear her mind and get rid of the annoying sparks. Water droplets flung up into the air around her. Some hit the barrier and instantly turned to steam. But some of them did not! Instead, they arced up and over the top of the barrier. Then they began falling down through an invisible gap toward the island below. "Follow the water!" Zoe roared with excitement, remembering what the seals had said. Zoe flapped her wings again and surged even higher. Following the path that the droplets had just taken, Zoe flew neatly over the top of the heat barrier.

佐伊摇了摇头，试图理清思绪，摆脱恼人的火花。 水滴在她周围的空气中飞溅。 有些撞上了屏障，立即变成了蒸汽。 但有些人却没有!相反，它们呈弧形向上，越过了屏障的顶部。 然后，他们开始从一个看不见的缺口向下面的岛屿下落。 “顺着水走!”佐伊想起海豹们说过的话，兴奋地吼了起来。 佐伊再次拍打着翅膀，飞得更高了。 佐伊沿着水滴刚刚走过的路径，整齐地飞过了隔热层的顶部。

"Good work!" whooped Splashi, flying alongside Zoe. "Now we need to get onto the sand. That's how the Fire Queen's spell will be broken." "Let's go, then!" Zoe said. Zoe angled her body toward the island down below. She zoomed lower, feeling the air whoosh past. As the ground rushed up to meet them, Zoe stretched out her front paws, ready to steady herself. She slowed down, and a moment later her talons sank into the soft, warm sand.

“干得好!”斯普拉西喊道，飞到佐伊身边。 “现在我们需要到沙滩上去。 这样烈火女王的咒语就会被打破。” “那我们走吧!”佐伊说。 佐伊把身体向下面的小岛倾斜。 她飞得更低了，感觉空气呼啸而过。 当地面冲上来迎接他们时，佐伊伸出前爪，准备稳住自己。 她放慢了脚步，不一会儿，她的爪子就陷进了柔软温暖的沙子里。

Splashi did three midair somersaults. "You broke the spell!" Had she? Zoe wanted to be sure. She launched herself back into the air and looked around from the higher vantage point. A wave was heading into shore. And this time, instead of turning to steam, it rolled in and broke on the sand… like a normal wave! But Zoe had no time to enjoy her success. A swarm of Fire Sparks was back, and it was even bigger than before! The sparks were angrier, too. The hot little embers darted at Zoe and Splashi, stinging any part of them they could reach. Zoe lashed at them with her tail and roared as loudly as she could. But the effort of all that surfing and flying had tired her out. She just couldn't roar loudly enough to keep the sparks away. Worse, her head was beginning to swirl again. What am I doing on this island? If only she could just rest for a moment… Suddenly, there came a massive roar. Surfing onto shore were Grace and Sofia. Her friends had

斯普拉西在半空中翻了三个筋斗。 “你打破了魔咒!”她吗? 佐伊想确认一下。她跳回空中，从更高的有利位置向四周看了看。 一个浪头正向海岸冲来。 这一次，它没有变成蒸汽，而是像普通的波浪一样翻滚在沙滩上!但是佐伊没有时间享受她的成功。 一群火苗回来了，而且比以前更大!火花也更加愤怒了。 滚烫的小余烬冲向佐伊和斯普拉西，刺痛了他们能触及的任何部位。 佐伊用尾巴抽打他们，尽可能大声地咆哮。 但是冲浪和飞行的努力使她筋疲力尽。 她只是吼得不够大声，无法把火花挡开。 更糟的是，她的头又开始打转了。 我在这个岛上做什么? 要是她能休息一会儿就好了……突然，传来一声巨大的吼声。 上岸的是格蕾丝和索菲亚。 她的朋友们

arrived! It was the most wonderful sight. Instantly, all Zoe's tiredness vanished. "You came!" she cried. "Of course we came!" Grace replied. "We couldn't leave you to deal with the Fire Sparks on your own," Sofia added. Grace and Sofia dove off their boards and into the water. Zoe grinned. She knew what her friends were doing. Like the last time they were in the Magic Forest, they were charging up their roars with seawater power! The sight of the other Sea Dragons seemed to drive the Fire Sparks into a frenzy. They whirled around Zoe fiercely. But now that Zoe knew help was on the way, everything felt different. Her friends would help her deal with the sparks. Sure enough, when Grace and Sofia surged back out of the water, they roared out powerful misty clouds. Their sea roars wrapped around the buzzing Fire Sparks, putting them out instantly. "Great work!" Zoe whooped, giving her friends midair wing-hugs.

到达!这是最美妙的景象。 瞬间，佐伊所有的疲惫都消失了。 “你来了!”“我们当然来了!”格雷斯答道。 “我们不能让你一个人去对付火花火焰。”索菲亚补充道。 格蕾丝和索菲亚从冲浪板上跳入水中。 佐伊咧嘴一笑。她知道她的朋友在做什么。 就像上次他们在魔法森林一样，他们用海水的能量来给他们的咆哮充电!看到其他的海龙，火苗似乎陷入了疯狂。 他们凶狠地围着佐伊转。 但现在佐伊知道救援就要来了，一切都感觉不一样了。 她的朋友们会帮她处理这些火花。 果然，当格蕾丝和索非亚从水里冲出来时，她们呼啸着冲出了强大的云雾。 它们的咆哮声包围了嗡嗡作响的“火焰火花”，立刻把它们扑灭了。 “伟大的工作!”佐伊欢呼着，给她的朋友们一个空中的翅膀拥抱。

"We started surfing over the moment we saw you get over the heat barrier," said Sofia. "You made it disappear!" Grace said, her voice full of admiration. "How did you do that?" "It was a magic spell," Zoe explained. "And the moment I touched the sand, the spell was broken." Zoe felt so much better with her friends by her side. "Come on, let's go find that missing turtle." "Where should we look?" Sofia wondered as the three Sea Dragons soared higher into the air. "Good question," Grace said. "This island isn't very big, but it's covered with palm trees. It could take a long time to find a turtle hidden in them." For a moment Zoe felt worried. Grace had a point. But then Zoe felt a tugging on her wrist. Once again, the shell was glowing with aqua light. "I think my bracelet is going to lead us," she said to her friends. "Come on, this way." The bracelet guided Zoe over to the thick grove of trees in the island's center. Zoe flew lower, zigzagging through the palms. Her friends followed close behind. It was a beautiful island,

索菲亚说:“当我们看到你越过热障的那一刻，我们就开始冲浪了。” “你让它消失了!”格蕾丝说，她的声音里充满了钦佩。 “你是怎么做到的?”“这是一个魔咒，”佐伊解释说。 “当我碰到沙子的那一刻，咒语就被打破了。” 有朋友在佐伊身边，她感觉好多了。 “来吧，我们去找那只失踪的乌龟。” “我们应该去哪里找?”当三只海龙在空中飞得更高的时候，索非亚在想。 “问得好，”格蕾丝说。 “这个岛不大，但到处都是棕榈树。 可能要花很长时间才能找到一只藏在里面的乌龟。” 有那么一会儿，佐伊感到很担心。 格蕾丝说得有道理。但随后佐伊感到有人在拽她的手腕。 贝壳又一次发出水光。 她对朋友们说:“我想我的手镯会指引我们。” “过来，这边走。”手环把佐伊带到了岛中央茂密的树林里。 佐伊飞得更低，曲折地穿过手掌。 她的朋友紧跟在后面。 那是一个美丽的岛屿，