9 Chapter 9

9 "Azmina, pass me a bubble!" urged Willa. Then she turned to the squid mom. "Do you mind if we use your special ink to make our potion?"

“阿兹米娜，递给我一个泡泡!”威拉催促道。 然后她转向乌贼妈妈。 “你介意我们用你的特殊墨水做魔药吗?”

"Anything to stop those Shadow Sprites!" said the squid mom. The squid kid puffed out his chest in pride. Azmina handed her the last bubble that she had tucked away under her wing. Willa passed it carefully through a swirl of invisible ink and the silvery liquid seeped into the center of the bubble, leaving the river water behind. She had clearly roared out a very special bubble! Willa felt triumphant for a moment. Then she saw that most of the water around them was almost completely gray. "Come on! Let's get to the surface," she said to the others. "Do you have time for a cup of sea-squirt tea?" asked the mom, lifting a tentacle like a pinkie finger. "Stay for tea!" the kid squid yelled, clapping his tentacles in excitement. "And I can show you what a good tickler I am."

“只要能阻止那些影子精灵就行!”乌贼妈妈说。 小乌贼骄傲地挺起胸膛。 阿兹米娜把她藏在翅膀下的最后一个泡泡递给了她。 威拉小心翼翼地把它穿过一圈看不见的墨水，银色的液体渗进了气泡的中心，留下了河水。 很明显，她咆哮出了一个非常特别的泡泡!威拉一时感到得意洋洋。 然后她看到他们周围的大部分水几乎完全是灰色的。 “来吧!我们到水面上去吧。”她对其他人说。 “你有时间喝杯海鞘茶吗?”妈妈问道，举起了一只像小指一样的触手。 “留下来喝茶!”小乌贼喊道，兴奋地拍着触手。 “我可以让你看看我是一个多么好的挠痒痒者。”

"Thanks, but we must make this potion as soon as possible," said Willa politely. It was nice to get the invitation, but she did NOT fancy being tickled by a giant squid. She could tell from the faces of the other two Dragon Girls that neither did they! "Well, drop by any time," said the mom squid. She and her son waved all their arms and tentacles goodbye. Willa and her friends swam toward the surface. It was a bit awkward for Willa, carrying the bubble of invisible ink under one wing. Luckily, swimming up was easier than swimming down, and before long, the Dragon Girls broke through the water's surface. Immediately, their bubble helmets popped and they could breathe in the crisp Magic Forest air again. "Willa! Be careful the bubble with the ink doesn't pop, too!" warned Naomi.

“谢谢，但我们必须尽快配制这种魔药。”威拉礼貌地说。 得到邀请是件好事，但她可不喜欢被一只大乌贼挠痒痒。 她可以从另外两个龙女的脸上看出，她们也没有!“好吧，随时来坐坐，”乌贼妈妈说。 她和她的儿子挥舞着他们所有的手臂和触手告别。 威拉和她的朋友们向水面游去。 这对威拉来说有点尴尬，因为她的一只翅膀下夹着一个隐形墨水泡。 幸运的是，向上游泳比向下游泳容易，不久，龙女们就突破了水面。 他们的泡泡头盔立刻爆了，他们又可以呼吸魔法森林清新的空气了。 “威拉!当心别把墨水泡爆了!”娜奥米警告道。

With a guilty jump, Willa looked down at the bubble. Phew! It was still in one piece. In fact, the bubble's surface had hardened in the air. It now felt like delicate glass. Carefully, Willa flew out of the water, sending a shower of silvery drops into the air.

威拉内疚地跳了起来，低头看着泡泡。 唷!它还完好无损。 事实上，气泡的表面在空气中变硬了。 现在感觉就像精致的玻璃。 威拉小心翼翼地飞出水面，向空中喷射出一阵银白色的雨点。

She landed on the riverbank. Azmina and Naomi landed beside her. "Here goes," said Willa, pulling the apple out of the bag, which had magically repaired itself after the scissor fish incident. She opened the apple and

她降落在河岸上。 阿兹米娜和娜奥米落在她身边。 “好了，”威拉说着，把苹果从袋子里拿了出来，这个苹果在剪刀鱼事件后神奇地修复了。 她打开苹果，然后

held the bubble over the apple. It was too big to drop inside. "Should I break it?" she wondered, but as she spoke, the bubble shattered into a thousand pieces. She groaned. "What's happened to the ink?" She couldn't see it anywhere. "Maybe it's become invisible again now that we're out of the shadow water?" suggested Naomi. "Maybe. But where is it?" wondered Willa. Azmina pointed at the potion. "Hopefully in there!" The three dragons peered into the apple. Within it bubbled a beautiful liquid, the color of a moonlit ocean. "Do you think it's right?" asked Willa, a little anxiously. "It's perfect," declared Naomi. "You can tell just by looking at it." "I think so, too." Azmina nodded. "But what do we do with it?"

把泡泡放在苹果上。 它太大了，不能掉进去。 “我应该打破它吗?”她想，但就在她说话的时候，泡泡碎成了一千个碎片。 她呻吟着。“墨水怎么了?”她哪儿也看不见。 “也许现在我们离开了暗影水，它又隐形了?”娜奥米建议道。 “也许。可它在哪儿呢?”威拉纳闷。 阿兹米娜指着药水。 “希望在里面!”三条龙往苹果里偷看。 里面冒着一种美丽的液体，颜色就像月光下的海洋。 “你觉得这样对吗?”威拉有点焦急地问。 “太完美了，”内奥米说。 “你一看就知道了。” “我也这么认为。”Azmina点点头。 “但是我们该怎么做呢?”