03 The Crystal Caverns

CHAPTER 3 THE CRYSTAL CAVERNS Tag soared down the mountain. Blaze followed—with Skyla clinging to her back. They soon landed on the cool, glassy ice below. Five huge ice caverns loomed ahead of them in a semi-circle. Small, dirty mounds of snow surrounded the caverns.

第三章水晶洞塔格飞下山去了。 布雷兹跟在后面，斯凯拉紧紧抓住她的背。 他们很快就降落在下面冰凉、透明的冰面上。 五个巨大的冰洞以半圆形出现在他们面前。 小而肮脏的雪堆围绕着洞穴。

Glittering snowflakes fell from the sky. Skyla stuck out her tongue to catch one. "These snowflakes are as soft as feathers!" she giggled. Blaze squawked, snapping at snowflakes with her beak. Tag looked at the caverns, hoping that the next piece of the Ember Stone would be easy to find. Suddenly, Skyla cried out, "Eek!" "Skyla?" Tag called. Skyla had disappeared. Blaze peeped at a hole in the snow where Skyla had been standing a moment before.

闪闪发光的雪花从天而降。 斯凯拉伸出舌头抓住了一只。 “这些雪花像羽毛一样柔软！”她咯咯地笑着。 火焰尖声叫着，用嘴啄着雪花。 泰格看着洞穴，希望下一块灰烬之石能很容易找到。 突然，斯凯拉大叫一声：“嗷！”“Skyla ?”泰格。 斯凯拉不见了。布雷兹朝斯凯拉刚才站着的雪洞瞥了一眼。

Tag flew to Blaze's side and peered down inside. "I'm stuck!" Skyla yelled from the deep hole. She tried to climb out, but the snow crumbled in her paws. Tag reached down. "Grab my wing." He took Skyla's paw and groaned as he pulled as hard as he could. Blaze held onto Tag's tail feathers and helped him pull. Skyla finally broke free and the friends landed in a jumble of feathers and fur.

泰格飞到Blaze身边，往里面看了看。 “我困!”斯凯拉从深洞里喊道。 她想爬出去，但雪在她的爪子里碎了。 泰格伸出手。“抓住我的翅膀。” 他抓住斯凯拉的爪子，一边呻吟，一边用尽全力地拉。 火焰抓住泰格的尾羽，帮他拉。 斯凯拉终于挣脱了，朋友们落在一堆乱七八糟的羽毛和皮毛中。

"Thanks, guys!" Skyla said. She brushed snow from her tail, then hugged Tag and Blaze. Tag felt a prickle down his neck, as though someone was watching. "I think we are being followed," he whispered. "Let's keep moving." Skyla searched the sky for Thorn's spies. "I'll keep an eye out for tiger bats," she said. "Don't forget prickle ants," Tag added, looking at the ground. "Peep!" Blaze agreed, stamping her feet. Thorn's spies, Tag thought with a shiver. Tiger bats, prickle ants. What other dark creatures could be out here?

“谢谢,伙计们!”Skyla说。 她拂去尾巴上的雪，然后拥抱泰格和布雷兹。 泰格感到脖子上一阵刺痛，好像有人在看着他。 “我想有人在跟踪我们。”他低声说。 “我们继续走吧。”斯凯拉在天空中搜寻索恩的间谍。 “我会留意虎蝠的，”她说。 “别忘了刺蚁，”泰格看着地面补充道。 “偷看!”布雷兹同意了，跺着脚。 索恩的密探，泰格打了个寒颤。 虎蝠，刺蚁。这里还会有什么黑暗生物？

Skyla pointed to the five caverns. "So which cavern holds the Ember Stone?" she asked. "I don't know, but the magical map should show us the way," Tag said. He unrolled the map and took out the piece of stone. Tag frowned. "That's strange... the stone feels cold." "Why isn't its magic working?" Skyla asked. Tag sat on one of the small, dirty mounds of snow to think.

斯凯拉指了指那五个洞穴。 “那么烬之石藏在哪个洞穴呢？”她问。 “我不知道，但这张神奇的地图应该会给我们指明方向，”泰格说。 他展开地图，拿出那块石头。 泰格皱起了眉头。“这是奇怪的…… 石头摸起来是冷的。”“为什么它的魔法不起作用？”Skyla问道。 泰格坐在一个又小又脏的雪堆上思考。

"I'm not sure," Tag replied. "But Blaze should be able to lead us to the next piece of the stone. Blaze, can you help?" Blaze nodded. Tag watched as Blaze hopped over to the caverns. She peered inside each one in turn. Then she stood in front of the largest cavern in the middle. "Peep!" she cried. "I think Blaze wants to try that one," Skyla said. Tag looked at the biggest cavern. Before he could say anything, the mound beneath him suddenly moved!

“我不确定，”泰格回答。 “但火焰应该能带我们找到下一块石头。 火焰，你能帮忙吗？”火焰点了点头。 泰格看着火焰跳向洞穴。 她挨个往里看。 然后她站在中间最大的洞穴前。 “嘘！”她叫道。斯凯拉说：“我觉得Blaze想试试这个。” 塔格看了看最大的洞穴。 他还没来得及说话，脚下的土堆突然动了起来！