Chapter 6

6 "Let me introduce myself. My name is Aria," said the silver spider. Aria moved quickly over the threads of her web. As she touched each thread, there came a tinkling bell sound. It started low and went up a

“让我自我介绍一下。 我叫艾瑞亚。”银蜘蛛说。 艾瑞亚在她的蜘蛛网上飞快地移动。 她每碰一根线，就会发出叮当的铃声。 它开始时很低，然后上升了一个

tone with each step until the notes were very high near the web's center. Quinn felt a shiver of happiness. The notes were so clear and pure. "Wow!" breathed Mei. Aisha clapped her paws. "That was just the warm-up," said Aria. "Now I'll play a real song." Aria began to jump back and forth across her web, landing on one thread and then bouncing off to another. Each time she touched a thread, a beautiful clear note rang out. It's like a harp crossed with the tinkling of a wind chime, thought Quinn, closing her eyes to fully enjoy the music. But there's something else, too. It's the touch of magic! When the song finished, Aria took a deep bow as the Dragon Girls clapped their paws furiously.

每调一步，直到音符在靠近网中心的地方非常高。 奎因感到一阵幸福的颤抖。 这些音符是如此的清晰和纯净。 “哇!”艾莎拍了拍爪子。 “那只是热身，”艾瑞亚说。 “现在我要弹一首真正的歌。” 艾瑞亚开始在她的网上跳来跳去，落在一条线上，然后跳到另一条线上。 每次她触碰一根线，就会发出一个美丽而清晰的音符。 这就像竖琴与风铃的叮当声相结合，奎因想，闭上眼睛充分享受音乐。 但还有别的东西。 这是魔法的触摸!当歌曲结束时，艾瑞亚深深地鞠了一躬，而龙女郎们则疯狂地拍手。

"Incredible!" Aisha said. "I didn't know spiderwebs could sound like that." "Most can't," said Aria. "But I am a Song Weaver." Something was bothering Quinn. "Why haven't the Shadow Sprites stolen your sounds?" she asked. "Oh, they keep trying," said Aria. "But my family and I have been spinning musical webs for

“不可思议!”阿伊莎说。“我不知道蜘蛛网会发出那样的声音。” “大多数人不能。”艾瑞亚说。“可我是织宋的。” 有什么事困扰着奎因。 “为什么暗影精灵没有偷走你的声音?”她问道。 “哦，他们一直在尝试，”艾瑞亚说。 “但我和我的家人一直在编织音乐之网

as long as the Magic Forest has been here. They are no match for us. Also, we just bite them when they get close." "You have family?" Quinn asking, trying to focus on that and not think about being bitten by a spider. Aria put two of her feet to her mouth and gave a short, sharp whistle. From behind the leaves appeared hundreds of shiny silver spiders, some bigger and some smaller, their eyes all glittering like jewels. Quinn heard Aisha gulp. "That's a big family," Aisha whispered. "I hope they aren't venomous." "Of course we're venomous!" Aria replied. "We must protect ourselves." "Exactly!" chorused the other spiders. "Even before the Shadow Sprites gained strength, creatures were always trying to steal our music," Aria explained. "Don't worry, we're not here to do that," said Quinn hastily. "We're in the middle of a quest

自从魔法森林出现以来。 他们不是我们的对手。而且，我们只会在它们靠近的时候咬它们。” “你有家人吗?”奎因问，努力集中精力不去想被蜘蛛咬的事。 艾瑞亚把两只脚放到嘴边，吹了一声短促而尖锐的口哨。 从树叶后面出现了几百只闪亮的银色蜘蛛，有大有小，它们的眼睛都像珠宝一样闪闪发光。 奎因听到艾莎喘了口气。“那是一个大家庭，”艾莎低声说。 “我希望它们不是有毒的。” “我们当然是有毒的!”咏叹调答道。 “我们必须保护自己。” “没错!”其他蜘蛛异口同声地说。 “即使在暗影精灵获得力量之前，生物总是试图窃取我们的音乐，”艾瑞亚解释道。 “别担心，我们不是来干这个的。”奎因急忙说。 “我们正在探索过程中

right now." "We know! We know!" said the spiders, rolling onto their backs and waving their legs in the air. "You have the Heartstring Violin." "Our webs are very sensitive," Aria explained. "They catch hold of any sounds in the Magic Forest. Once they are caught, we can listen to them. We heard you talking with the Beat Badgers. We know you have the violin in your bag."

现在。”“我们知道!我们知道了!”蜘蛛们说着，滚到地上，在空中挥舞着腿。 “你有‘心弦小提琴’。” “我们的网络非常敏感，”艾瑞亚解释说。 “魔法森林里的任何声音它们都能捕捉到。 一旦他们被抓住，我们就能听到他们的声音。 我们听到你和垮掉的獾队谈话了。 我们知道你包里有小提琴。”

Quinn, Mei, and Aisha exchanged surprised looks. These spiders really did know everything. "We're taking it back to the Magic Forest's treasure vault," Quinn said. This seemed to upset the spiders, who began chattering. Their voices sounded like hundreds of little bells chiming at once.

奎因、梅和艾莎交换了惊讶的眼神。 这些蜘蛛真的无所不知。 “我们要把它带回魔法森林的金库。”奎因说。 这似乎惹恼了蜘蛛，它们开始叽叽喳喳地叫起来。 他们的声音听起来就像几百个小铃铛同时敲响。