Chapter 6

6 Hana jumped up, clutching the Thunder Maker and peering at the bears. In the dim light, they looked brown. Her heart skipped a beat. Brown bears could be very dangerous—at least, back home they were. Maybe it was different in the Magic Forest?

6哈娜跳了起来，抓着造雷机，盯着熊。 在昏暗的灯光下，它们看起来是棕色的。 她的心跳了一下。棕熊可能非常危险——至少在家乡是这样。 也许在魔法森林里是不一样的?

Then one of the bears moved and Hana saw it wasn't brown at all. It was midnight blue! It had little dots of silvery white in its fur that looked like twinkling stars. Were twinkling blue bears dangerous? Hana had no idea! But they are Beebi's cousins, she reminded herself. And Beebi is lovely. She turned toward the bears, who were staring intently at the surprise arrivals. They were easily as big as the Dragon Girls, and their claws looked just as sharp. "What do you want?" the biggest bear asked. His whiny voice didn't fit with his bulky frame. "You gave us a scare, rolling in here like that." "Sorry about that," Zora said. "We've come to ask for your help."

然后其中一只熊动了，哈娜发现它根本不是棕色的。 那是午夜的蓝色!它的皮毛上有银白色的小点，看起来像闪烁的星星。 闪烁的蓝熊危险吗? 哈娜完全不知道!但他们是碧碧的表兄弟，她提醒自己。 毕比很可爱。她转向那些熊，它们正目不转睛地盯着这些突然到来的人。 她们和龙女一样大，爪子也一样锋利。 “你想要什么?”最大的熊问。 他发牢骚的声音与他魁梧的身躯不相称。 “你那样闯进来，把我们吓坏了。” “对不起，”佐拉说。 “我们来请求你的帮助。”

All three bears began to grizzle again. "We don't feeeeeeeeel like helping anyone today." "Helping is booooooooring." "We're too tiiiiiiiiiiiiired to help. The thunder stops us from sleeping." Hana frowned. She always found it annoying when humans complained. Complaining bears were annoying, too.

三只熊又开始发灰了。 “我们今天不想帮助任何人。” “帮助就是嘘嘘声。” “我们太累了，无法提供帮助。 雷声使我们无法入睡。” Hana皱起了眉头。当人们抱怨时，她总是觉得很烦。 抱怨的熊也很烦人。

"We're actually here because of the thunder," Zora explained. If Zora was annoyed by the bears, she didn't show it. Hana took a deep breath. She needed to keep her voice calm and even like her cousin's. "If you help us, then we'll be able to help you," she said. Hana swallowed as the three bears moved closer. It was hard not to feel nervous surrounded by such powerful beasts. But I am also a powerful beast, Hana told herself. "What do you mean, Dragon Girl?" the middle bear asked. "We're not really in the mood for visitors right now. We all woke up on the wrong side of the cave today." Hana held out the Thunder Maker. She turned the little handle and the machine sprang to life, its cogs whirring. Thunder cracked and echoed against the stony walls.

“我们来这里其实是为了打雷，”佐拉解释道。 如果卓拉被熊惹恼了，她并没有表现出来。 哈娜深吸了一口气。她需要让自己的声音保持平静，甚至像她表姐那样。 “如果你帮助我们，我们也能帮助你，”她说。 当三只熊靠近时，哈娜咽了一口唾沫。 被如此强大的野兽包围，很难不感到紧张。 但我也是一只强大的野兽，哈娜告诉自己。 “你是什么意思，龙女?”中间的那只熊问。 “我们现在真的没有心情接待游客。 我们今天一觉醒来都走错了路。” 哈娜拿出了造雷器。 她转动小把手，机器启动了，齿轮嗡嗡作响。 雷声劈啪作响，在石壁上回响。

The bears gasped. "The Thunder Maker! We've heard so much about it, but we've never actually seen it. Many moons ago, our forebears made the Thunder Drum that powers it." "We know," said Hana, pleased the bears had finally stopped grizzling. "But where IS the drum?" asked the smallest bear, sniffing suspiciously at the machine. "It's meant to sit right here. That's what our mother told us. And that's what her mother told her!" "That's exactly why we're here," Hana said. "Unfortunately, the drum has been destroyed." "Well, it wasn't us," grumbled one of the bears, beginning to grizzle again. "Why do we always get blamed?" Hana took another deep, calming breath. She was starting to think ferocious bears might be easier to deal with than these whiny ones. "No one is blaming you. The Chaos Critters took it. But we do need your help. We've heard

熊倒吸了一口气。“造雷人!”我们听说过很多关于它的事，但我们从来没有真正看到过它。 许多个月以前，我们的祖先制造了为它提供动力的雷鼓。” “我们知道，”哈娜说，她很高兴熊终于不再吃灰熊了。 “但是鼓在哪里呢?”最小的熊问，怀疑地嗅了嗅机器。 “它应该坐在这里。 这是妈妈告诉我们的。 她妈妈就是这么告诉她的!”“这正是我们来这里的原因，”哈娜说。 “不幸的是，鼓被毁了。” “好吧，那不是我们，”其中一只熊嘟囔着，又开始变灰了。 “为什么我们总是受到指责?”哈娜又深吸了一口气，平静下来。 她开始觉得凶猛的熊可能比这些哭哭啼啼的熊更容易对付。 “没有人责怪你。混沌生物拿走了它。 但我们确实需要你的帮助。我们听到

that only you know how to make a Thunder Drum," she said. "We are hoping you'll build us a new one," added Mina. The bears looked uncertain. "It's the only way to stop the constant sound of thunder," Zora pointed out in her soothing way. A loud noise rumbled around the cave. At first Hana thought it was particularly loud thunder. But then she realized it was the bears, all grizzling at once! "It's not fair! Why do we always have to make new drums?" Hana was surprised. "When was the last time you were asked to make one?" "Well… never," admitted the smallest bear (who was also the loudest grizzler). "But our great-great-grandbears had to. And then we had to learn how to make them, just in case. It's very fussy and takes FOREVER."

只有你知道怎么做雷鼓，”她说。 “我们希望你能给我们建一个新的，”米娜补充道。 熊看起来很不确定。 “这是唯一能阻止持续不断的雷声的方法，”佐拉以安慰的方式指出。 一声巨响在山洞里轰隆作响。 起初，哈娜以为是特别大的雷声。 但后来她意识到那是熊，所有的灰熊一起!“这不公平!”为什么我们总是要做新鼓?”哈娜很惊讶。 “你上次被要求做一个是什么时候?”“嗯……从来没有，”最小的那只熊承认道(它也是声音最大的灰熊)。 “但我们的曾曾祖父不得不这么做。 然后我们必须学习如何制作它们，以防万一。 这很繁琐，而且要花很长时间。”