Chapter 6

6 As the little group approached the gate, a narwhal swam up from the other side. It was pale purple, with a long twirly horn. It stuck its horn through the bars of the gate and stared at the Sea Dragons suspiciously. "What kind of fish are you?" the narwhal asked.

当这一小群人走近大门时，一头独角鲸从另一边游了上来。 它是淡紫色的，有一个长长的旋转的角。 它把犄角插进门闩里，怀疑地盯着海龙。 “你是什么鱼?”独角鲸问。

"We're not fish at all," Sofia explained. "We're Sea Dragons." The narwhal narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure you're not those nasty hot fish that have been swimming around here lately? You don't look the same, but maybe you are in disguise." "We're definitely not Fire Sparks," Grace assured him.

“我们根本不是鱼，”索菲亚解释说。 “我们是海龙。”独角鲸眯起眼睛。 “你确定你不是最近在这里游来游去的那些讨厌的热鱼吗?” 你看起来不一样了，但也许你是伪装的。” “我们绝对不是火花火，”格蕾丝向他保证。

"Good. But even so, we're not letting in any strangers," the narwhal said. "One of our community, Nara, has gone missing, and we're all very, very upset!" The narwhal's voice quivered. "We're actually here to help find her," Zoe explained. "Well, in that case, what are you waiting for? Come right in!" the narwhal said brightly. "Maybe you could open the gate?" Sofia asked politely. "Of course! Silly me," the narwhal said. He tried to swim to the left but had clearly forgotten his long horn was sticking through the bars of the gate and clunked it against a rail. Then he swam to the right and clunked it against a different rail. The Sea Dragons tried not to laugh. Finally, the narwhal swam backward and managed to undo the gate's latch with his horn. "Welcome to the Narwhal Kingdom! I'm Toothy," he said as the gate swung open. "Where can I take you?"

“很好。但即便如此，我们也不让任何陌生人进来，”独角鲸说。 “我们社区的一位成员奈良失踪了，我们都非常非常难过!”独角鲸的声音颤抖着。 “我们其实是来帮忙找她的，”佐伊解释说。 “好吧，既然这样，你还在等什么?” 进来吧!”独角鲸欢快地说。 “也许你能把门打开?”索菲亚礼貌地问道。 “当然!我真傻，”独角鲸说。 它试图向左边游去，但显然忘了它的长角插在大门的栏杆上，撞在栏杆上了。 然后他游向右边，把它撞在另一根栏杆上。 海龙们强忍着不笑。 最后，独角鲸向后游去，设法用它的角打开了大门的门闩。 “欢迎来到独角鲸王国!”我是露西。”门打开时，他说。 “我能带你去哪儿?”

"We're looking for the best friend of the narwhal who disappeared," Sofia said. "Can you take us to his house?" "No problem," Toothy said. "Follow me." Toothy tossed his head, slicing through some nearby seaweed strands with his horn. Then he swam off down a pathway lined with tall columns. The Sea Dragons quickly fell in behind him, swishing their tails to keep up. On either side of the path were elegant buildings. They all seemed to be made from mother-of-pearl, and each had an extremely pointed roof. "This is a very grand kingdom," Zoe commented as they swam. "It's also a very pointy kingdom!" Grace added. Sofia couldn't help noticing that there were lots of scratches and holes in the beautiful buildings. She got the feeling that narwhals often forgot they had superlong horns stuck to their foreheads.

索菲亚说:“我们正在寻找失踪的独角鲸最好的朋友。” “你能带我们去他家吗?”“没问题，”露西说。 “跟我来。”牙西把头一甩，用他的角割断了附近的海藻。 然后，他沿着一条两旁都是高大柱子的小路游去。 海龙迅速落在他身后，甩着尾巴跟上。 路的两边都是优雅的建筑。 它们好像都是用珍珠母贝做的，每个都有尖顶。 “这是一个非常伟大的王国，”佐伊一边游泳一边评论道。 “这也是一个非常尖锐的王国!”恩补充说。 索菲亚不禁注意到美丽的建筑上有许多划痕和洞。 她有一种感觉，独角鲸经常忘记它们的前额上贴着超长的角。

"Where are all the narwhals?" Zoe asked Toothy. "Your kingdom is deserted." "And what's that sound?" Grace asked. There was a wailing, moaning noise coming from some of the buildings. "That is the sound of narwhals crying," Toothy explained, his voice trembling again. "Since Nara was taken, we've been beside ourselves. We narwhals are very close. Many of us haven't left our homes for days." "Don't worry," Sofia said kindly. She hated the idea of a whole kingdom being sad, especially a narwhal one. "We will find her." "I am so relieved to hear that," Toothy said, and Sofia had to jump out of the way of Toothy's horn as he swung around to give her a grateful look. "And here we are. This is where Nara's best friend lives." Sofia looked up and gasped. The building was spectacular! Instead of having one or two pointy towers like many of the other narwhal buildings

“独角鲸都到哪儿去了?”佐伊问露西。 “你的王国被遗弃了。” “那是什么声音?”恩问。 从一些建筑物里传来哀号、呻吟的声音。 “那是独角鲸的叫声，”牙齿解释说，他的声音又颤抖起来。 “自从奈良被攻陷以来，我们都很不安。 我们独角鲸很亲密。 我们中的许多人已经好几天没有离开家了。” “别担心，”索非亚和蔼地说。 她不愿意看到整个王国，尤其是独角鲸王国，都在悲伤。 “我们会找到她的。”“听你这么说，我就放心了。”露西说。露西转过身来，感激地看了她一眼，索非亚只好跳开，躲开露西的号角。 “现在我们到了。这是奈良最好的朋友住的地方。” 索菲亚抬起头来，倒吸了一口气。 这座建筑太壮观了!而不是像其他独角鲸建筑那样有一两个尖塔

they'd passed, this one had countless towers. And each one was topped with gold. A little way off were several burly-looking narwhals, guarding what appeared to be the entrance. "This looks like a palace!" Grace remarked. "That's because it is a palace," Toothy said. Grace just managed to somersault away from Toothy's horn as he turned to her. "Princes always live in palaces, don't they?" "Yes, but hang on," Zoe said. "Are you saying that Nara's best friend is the prince of the Narwhal Kingdom? Why didn't you tell us?" "You didn't ask!" Toothy said. "Come on, let's go inside." Sofia stared at the narwhal in surprise. "We can't just walk into Narwhal Palace," she reminded Toothy. "There are guards out front, for one thing." "Silly Sea Dragons! We can go inside," Toothy said, swimming toward the entrance. "I think I'm allowed inside my own home."

他们已经过去了，这个有无数的塔。 每一个上面都镶着金子。 不远处有几条粗壮的独角鲸，守着一个似乎是入口的地方。 “这看起来像一座宫殿!”格雷斯说。 “那是因为它是一座宫殿，”露西说。 当他转向她的时候，格蕾丝成功地从牙齿的角上翻了个跟头。 “王子总是住在宫殿里，不是吗?”“是的，但是等一下，”佐伊说。 “你是说奈良最好的朋友是独角鲸王国的王子吗?” 你为什么不告诉我们?”“你又没问!”露出牙齿的说。 “来吧，我们进去吧。” 索非亚惊讶地盯着独角鲸。 “我们不能就这么走进独角鲸宫，”她提醒露西。 “首先，前面有警卫。” “愚蠢的海龙!我们可以进去了，”露西说着，向入口游去。 “我想我可以进自己的家。”