8 Chapter 8

8 Delphina swam along beside Willa as they headed up. She looked at Willa anxiously. "Are you okay?"

黛尔菲娜在威拉身边游来游去。 她焦急地看着威拉。 “你还好吗?”

Willa shook her head. She was almost out of breath, and the surface looked like it was a long, long way away. "Wait here," instructed the dolphin. "I'll get help." Willa hated to see her little companion swimming off, but she had no choice. She needed air. Delphina had only been gone for a few moments when Willa saw her heading back down toward her. Willa's heart skipped a beat. Following close behind Delphina were two shapes. Could it be … ? Yes! It was Azmina and Naomi! Her friends were swimming toward her, huge grins on their faces. They were wearing what looked like diving helmets. Azmina had an extra helmet tucked under each arm. "That was so fast, Delphina!" Willa whispered, almost out of breath entirely. "They were already on their way down," chattered the dolphin happily.

威拉摇了摇头。她几乎上气不接下气，水面似乎离她很远很远。 “在这里等着。”海豚指示道。 “我去找人帮忙。”威拉不愿看到她的小伙伴游走，但她别无选择。 她需要空气。德尔菲娜刚走了一会儿，威拉就看见她又朝她走来。 威拉的心跳了一下。 跟在德尔菲娜后面的是两个人影。 会是……吗?是的!是阿兹米娜和娜奥米!她的朋友们向她游来，脸上挂着灿烂的笑容。 他们戴着看起来像潜水头盔的东西。 阿兹米娜每只胳膊下都夹着一个额外的头盔。 “真是太快了，德尔菲娜!”威拉低声说，几乎喘不过气来。 “他们已经在下山的路上了，”海豚高兴地叽叽喳喳地说。

"Here, put this on," instructed Azmina, holding out one of the strange helmet things. "It's full of air." Willa took the object cautiously. It looked like a large fishbowl. But this was no fishbowl—it was soft and strangely squishy to the touch! "How do I put it on?" she asked. "You just pull it over your head," explained Naomi.

“给，戴上这个。”阿兹米娜指示道，一边拿出一个奇怪的头盔。 “里面充满了空气。”威拉小心翼翼地拿起那个东西。 它看起来像一个大鱼缸。 但这不是鱼缸——它是柔软的，摸起来奇怪地黏糊糊的!“我怎么把它戴上?”她问。 “你只要把它套在头上，”娜奥米解释说。

Willa did so, and gratefully gulped in the fresh air. "What are these things we're wearing?" she asked. "And where did you find them?" "Don't you recognize them?" Azmina grinned. "They're bubbles from your magic roar!" "We were on our way down to find you," explained Naomi, "when we heard you roar. We figured something bad must have happened. We were so worried!" "But then," said Azmina, "these huge, silvery bubbles starting floating by. We knew right away that they came from you. They were still echoing your roar." "One got stuck on my head," Azmina laughed. "Before I could pull it off, I realized I could breathe with it on. My ears stopped hurting, too." "My roar made these?" Willa marveled. "Amazing!" "Have you found the last ingredient?" asked Naomi.

威拉照做了，感激地大口吸着新鲜空气。 “我们穿的是什么?”她问。 “你在哪儿找到的?”“你不认识他们吗?”Azmina咧嘴一笑。 “那是你的魔法吼出来的泡泡!”“我们正在下山找你的路上，”拿俄米解释说，“突然听到你的吼叫。 我们想一定发生了什么坏事。 我们好担心啊!”“但是，”阿兹米娜说，“这些巨大的银色气泡开始漂过来。 我们马上就知道是你写的。 他们还在重复你的咆哮。” “有一个卡在我头上了，”阿兹米娜笑着说。 “在我把它脱下来之前，我意识到我可以戴着它呼吸。 我的耳朵也不疼了。” “这些是我的吼声造成的?”威拉希奇。 “神奇!”“你找到最后一种配料了吗?”娜奥米问。

Willa made a face. "No. Maybe we should look somewhere else." But where? The river was long and deep. Just then, Willa noticed that Azmina was looking at her strangely. She thinks I've let them down, she thought. Willa felt awful. But Azmina was pointing over Willa's shoulder, her eyes very wide. "Um, guys? What is that?" Willa and Naomi turned to look. Willa gave a yelp of surprise. Floating, right there, was an enormous squid! Its tentacles were as thick as pythons. Its eyes were the size of car wheels, and they were fixed on the Glitter Dragons. "It's a giant squid!" Willa stage-whispered. "Giant is the word," Naomi whispered back. The huge squid began to move slowly toward them, its tentacles outstretched. "There's no way we can outswim that thing. Can we roar it away?" whispered Azmina. "Let's try. One, two, three!" called Willa.

威拉做了个鬼脸。“没有。也许我们应该去别的地方看看。” 但是在哪里?这条河又长又深。 就在这时，威拉注意到阿兹米娜奇怪地看着她。 她认为我让他们失望了，她想。 威拉感觉很糟糕。但阿兹米娜正越过威拉的肩膀指指点点，眼睛睁得很大。 “嗯,伙计们?那是什么?”威拉和娜奥米转过头去看。 威拉惊讶地叫了一声。 就在那儿，漂着一条巨大的乌贼!它的触手像蟒蛇一样粗。 它的眼睛有汽车轮子那么大，目不转睛地盯着闪闪发光的龙。 “这是一只巨大的鱿鱼!”威拉stage-whispered。 “巨人就是这个词，”内奥米小声回答。 那只大乌贼开始慢慢地向他们游来，伸出它的触须。 “我们不可能游过那东西。 我们能把它吼走吗?”阿兹米娜小声说。 “让我们试一试。一，二，三!”威拉喊道。

Together, the Dragon Girls roared. But they'd forgotten they had bubble helmets on! Their helmets filled with swirling glitter. Willa felt like she was trapped inside a snow globe. The giant squid gave a yelp and released a squirt of silvery ink into the water. "Argh! It's attacking us!" Azmina cried. The Dragon Girls grabbed paws and moved back.

龙女们齐声怒吼。 但他们忘了自己戴着泡泡头盔!他们的头盔充满了旋转的闪光。 威拉觉得自己被困在一个雪花玻璃球里。 巨大的乌贼发出一声尖叫，向水中喷出一股银色的墨水。 “啊!它在攻击我们!”Azmina哭了。 龙女们抓着爪子往后退。