04 Surprise!

CHAPTER 4 SURPRISE! Tag jumped up. Behind him, another snow mound moved, then another. "What's happening?" Skyla cried. She pulled out her slingshot as the snow rumbled and crumbled around her. Blaze snapped her beak at the snow. Then a large head popped up out of one of the mounds.

第四章惊喜！泰格跳了起来。 在他身后，又一个雪堆在移动，接着又一个。 “发生了什么?”Skyla哭了。 她拔出弹弓，雪在她周围轰隆作响。 布雷兹用嘴啄着雪。 这时，一个大头从一个土墩里冒了出来。

It was a huge, spotted black-and-grey seal! "Can we help you?" the seal boomed. Blaze covered her ears. The sound echoed around the caverns as hundreds more seals popped up out of the snow.

那是一只巨大的、有斑点的黑灰海豹！“我们能帮你吗？” 火焰遮住了她的耳朵。数百只海豹从雪中跳出来，声音在洞穴中回荡。

The black-and-grey seal shuffled toward them. His long white whiskers shook as he moved. "Wh-wh-who are you?" Skyla squeaked. "I'm Gilbert," the seal said. He waved his flipper. Tag checked Gilbert's eyes. They were black. "Did Thorn send you?" Tag asked. Gilbert blinked. "Who is Thorn?" "You haven't heard of Thorn?" Skyla asked.

那只黑灰相间的海豹拖着脚步朝他们走来。 他移动时，长长的白胡须抖动着。 “你——你——你是谁？”Skyla发出“吱吱”的响声。 “我是吉尔伯特，”海豹说。 他挥舞着他的鳍。泰格看了看吉尔伯特的眼睛。 它们是黑色的。“是索恩派你来的吗？”泰格要求。 吉尔伯特眨了眨眼睛。“索恩是谁？”“你没听说过索恩吗？”Skyla问道。

Gilbert shook his head. "We don't get many visitors. You are the first animals we've seen in a long time." He looked closely at Blaze. "Although... I think I've seen someone like you before." "Peep!" Blaze cried. "You've seen a firehawk?" Skyla asked. Gilbert nodded at Skyla. "Are you a groundhog?" he asked. "I've always wanted to meet a groundhog." "Ha! Ha! Ho!" Skyla fell to the ground, howling with laughter. "Skyla is a squirrel," Tag explained. "I'm Tag and I'm an owl. One day, I will be an Owl of Valor."

吉尔伯特摇了摇头。“我们没有多少访客。 你们是我们很长时间以来见到的第一批动物。” 他仔细地看着Blaze。 “虽然……我想我以前见过像你这样的人。” “偷看!”大火哭了。“你见过火鹰吗？”Skyla问道。 吉尔伯特朝斯凯拉点了点头。“你是土拨鼠吗？”他问。 “我一直想见见土拨鼠。” “哈!哈!Ho !”斯凯拉倒在地上，放声大笑。 “斯凯拉是一只松鼠，”泰格解释说。 “我是泰格，我是一只猫头鹰。总有一天，我会成为一只英勇的猫头鹰。”

"This is Blaze," Tag continued. "The last firehawk." "That sounds important," said Gilbert. Tag showed Gilbert the piece of the Ember Stone. It was still cold. "Have you seen anything like this before?" he asked. Gilbert shook his head. "We think there's one just like it hidden inside here," Skyla said, pointing to the largest cavern. "Oh no!" cried Gilbert. "Don't go in there. If you do, you won't come out." "Peep?" asked Blaze.

“这是Blaze，”Tag继续说道。 “最后一只火鹰。”“听起来很重要，”吉尔伯特说。 泰格给吉尔伯特看了那块烬之石。 天气仍然很冷。“你以前见过这样的东西吗？”他问。 吉尔伯特摇了摇头。“我们认为这里藏着一个和它一模一样的洞穴，”斯凯拉指着最大的洞穴说。 “哦，不！”吉尔伯特叫道。“别进去。 否则，你就出不来了。” “吱吱？”Blaze问。

"It's too dangerous," Gilbert said. "Years ago, a young seal named Coralie went inside." "What happened to her?" asked Tag. "We never saw her again," Gilbert replied. WAAAAAAHHHHHH! A loud wailing noise came from the big cavern. Tag pulled out his dagger. "Maybe we should wait until morning..." Skyla said, moving closer to Tag. "We could eat and rest tonight." "Is it safe here?" Tag asked Gilbert. "We'll keep you safe," Gilbert told him. He called more seals over. They quickly got to work, building a snow circle to hide the three friends.

“太危险了，”吉尔伯特说。 “多年前，一只名叫科拉莉的小海豹走进了里面。” “她怎么了？”泰格问。 “我们再也没见过她，”吉尔伯特回答。 WAAAAAAHHHHHH !一声巨大的哀号声从大洞里传来。 泰格掏出他的匕首。 “也许我们应该等到早上……” 斯凯拉靠近泰格说。 “我们今晚可以吃饭休息。” “这里安全吗？”泰格问吉尔伯特。 “我们会保证你的安全，”吉尔伯特告诉他。 他叫来更多的海豹。 他们很快开始工作，用雪围了一个圈，把三个朋友藏起来。