Chapter 5

5 A humming sound came from deep inside the box. Then a handle clicked up on one side. The Dragon Girls jumped with surprise. "Turn it!" called the Flame Flies, hovering in an excited cluster. It wasn't easy for Hana to grasp the handle with her big claws. Finally, she managed to pinch it

一个嗡嗡的声音从盒子深处传来。 然后，一边的一个手柄咔哒一声打开了。 龙女们惊讶地跳了起来。 “转!”火焰蝇叫道，它们兴奋地聚集在一起盘旋。 对于哈娜来说，用她的大爪子抓住把手并不容易。 最后，她总算掐到了它

between two talons. She carefully turned the handle and a series of cogs sprang up. Attached to each was a model of a storm cloud. As the cogs turned, the storm clouds whizzed around and around. "That's so cool!" Hana marveled. She'd always loved machines. When she was three, she'd taken her grandma's radio apart and almost managed to put it back together. This year, she'd built a mechanical solar system for her science project. "It is," said half the Flame Flies. "But it also isn't," said the other half. "What do you mean?" Mina asked. "It's a marvelous machine, but it isn't working correctly," said the first group of flies. "A vital part of the Thunder Maker is missing: the Thunder Drum. Without it, the clouds don't move to the right beat. And they never stop spinning! They just keep swirling."

夹在两只爪子之间。她小心翼翼地转动手柄，一连串的齿轮弹了出来。 每一个都附有一个风暴云模型。 随着齿轮的转动，暴风云在周围盘旋。 “太酷了!”Hana希奇。 她一直喜欢机器。 当她三岁的时候，她把奶奶的收音机拆开了，还差点把它装了起来。 今年，她为自己的科学项目建造了一个机械太阳系。 “是的，”一半的火焰苍蝇说。 “但它也不是。”另一半说。 “你是什么意思?”米娜问道。 “这是一个神奇的机器，但它不能正常工作，”第一群苍蝇说。 “造雷器的一个重要部件不见了:雷鼓。 没有它，云就不会朝着正确的节奏移动。 它们从不停止旋转!他们只是不停地打转。”

"This means that there's never a chance for any other parts of the storm to begin," continued the second group. "Oh." Zora frowned. "Thunder alone isn't a real storm. You need lightning and rain or snow, too." The twins agreed. Hana peered at the machine. It was making a clunking, grinding noise that did not sound good at all. The flies formed a single group once more. "We don't know how it happened. We were doing what we always do, lighting the theater with our protective glow and searching for intruders. But then there was a terrible screeching noise and hundreds of nasty little creatures scuttled in. They ran around wildly, creating confusion and mess. By the time we managed to shoo them out, the Thunder Drum was gone. And the nonstop thunder sounds have been happening ever since." Hana, Mina, and Zora exchanged looks. Those nasty little creatures were definitely Chaos

“这意味着风暴的任何其他部分都没有机会开始，”第二组继续说。 “哦。”卓拉皱起了眉头。“只有打雷并不是真正的风暴。 你还需要闪电和雨雪。” 双胞胎同意了。哈娜凝视着机器。 它发出一种沉重的、磨碎的声音，听起来一点也不好。 苍蝇又组成了一个群体。 “我们不知道这是怎么发生的。 我们在做我们一直在做的事情，用我们的保护光照亮剧院，寻找入侵者。 但就在这时，传来一声可怕的尖叫声，数百只讨厌的小动物冲了进来。 他们疯狂地跑来跑去，制造混乱和混乱。 等我们把他们赶出去的时候，雷鼓已经不见了。 从那以后，不停的雷声就一直在响。” 哈娜、米娜和佐拉交换了一下眼色。 那些讨厌的小生物绝对是混沌

Critters! "Can we help find the Thunder Drum?" Mina suggested. "No," said the flies. For once, they all agreed. "Thunder Drums fall apart very quickly when they're not protected by the Thunder Maker. Sadly, it will be nothing but dust by now." "Hmm. Is there any way to get another drum?" Hana asked. She waited for the bugs to divide into two groups. But this time, they all swirled around as if they weren't sure what to say. "We don't know!" they admitted in unison. "Nothing like this has ever happened before." One bug separated itself from the group and flew over to the dragons. It glowed a little brighter than the rest. "There's only one thing to do," it said. "You must go to the Grizzling Bears." "Do you mean grizzly bears?" Hana asked. "Grizzly bears? Never heard of them," said the fly. "It's the Grizzling Bears we need right now.

生物!“我们能帮忙找到雷鼓吗?”米娜。 “不，”苍蝇说。这一次，他们都同意了。 “如果没有造雷者的保护，雷鼓很快就会分崩离析。 可悲的是，现在除了灰尘什么都没有了。” “嗯。有没有办法再弄一个鼓来?”刘荷娜问道。 她等着虫子分成两组。 但这一次，他们都转过身来，好像不知道该说什么。 “我们不知道!”他们齐声承认。 “以前从未发生过这样的事情。” 一只小虫子从群中分离出来，飞向龙。 它比其他的都要亮一些。 “只有一件事要做，”它说。 “你一定要去灰熊队。” “你是说灰熊吗?”刘荷娜问道。 “灰熊?从来没听说过。”苍蝇说。 “我们现在需要的是灰熊队。

Their cave is connected to the Thunder Theater by a tunnel so we often hear them. They're very loud." "So, why do we need to go to see these bears?" Mina asked in a small voice. Hana could tell her twin wasn't all that sure about meeting loud bears. Zora didn't look so sure, either. "Their forebears created the very first Thunder Maker. They are gifted craftbears. Only they have the skills to make a new drum." "The Grizzling Bears are distant cousins of mine," said Beebi, coming up alongside Hana. "They can be moody, but I am sure they'll help you." Somehow, knowing that the bears were Beebi's cousins made Hana feel more certain about what to do. She turned to her own cousin. "I think we should go." Zora nodded. "Definitely." It was only a beat before Mina nodded, too.

他们的洞穴通过隧道与雷霆剧院相连，所以我们经常听到他们的声音。 他们太吵了。”“那么，我们为什么要去看这些熊呢?”米娜低声问。 哈娜看得出来，她的双胞胎妹妹对遇到吵闹的熊并不是很确定。 佐拉看起来也不那么肯定。 “他们的祖先创造了第一架造雷机。 他们是有天赋的手艺人。 只有他们有制作新鼓的技能。” “灰熊是我的远房表亲，”毕比说，走到哈娜身边。 “他们可能会喜怒无常，但我相信他们会帮助你的。” 不知怎么的，知道这些熊是比比的表兄弟，哈娜对该怎么做更有把握了。 她转向自己的表妹。 “我想我们该走了。”卓拉点了点头。 “肯定”。过了一会儿，米娜也点了点头。

Hana gave her twin a quick wing-hug and turned to the Flame Flies. "Which way are the bears?" The flies flew over to one side of the cave. They formed a ring, lighting up a hole in the floor. The Storm Dragons approached carefully, Beebi staying close to Hana. "It looks like a tight fit for a dragon," Zora said doubtfully. "That's because we don't want the bears getting in here," the flies explained. "Once you squeeze through, the tunnel becomes wider." A loud clap of thunder filled the air, making the cave walls tremble. The flies zipped back to the Thunder Maker. The brightest bug jumped on a button. The cogs and swirling model clouds folded down and the box slid shut. The flies then fluttered their wings extra hard, whooshing the machine up through the air. Just in time, Hana caught it between her paws.

哈娜给了她的双胞胎一个快速的翅膀拥抱，然后转向火焰苍蝇。 “熊在哪个方向?”苍蝇飞到洞的一边。 他们围成一个圈，照亮了地板上的一个洞。 暴风龙们小心翼翼地靠近，毕比紧靠着哈娜。 “看起来很适合龙穿。”佐拉怀疑地说。 “那是因为我们不想让熊进来，”苍蝇解释说。 “一旦你挤过去，隧道就会变得更宽。” 一声响亮的雷声响彻天空，震得岩壁颤抖。 苍蝇迅速飞回造雷机。 最亮的虫子跳到一个按钮上。 齿轮和旋转的模型云折叠下来，盒子滑上了。 然后，苍蝇更加用力地拍打翅膀，让机器在空中呼啸而过。 哈娜及时地用爪子抓住了它。