12 The Shadow Moves Closer

CHAPTER 12 THE SHADOW MOVES CLOSER The sky kept growing darker as the friends stood on top of the hill. They could see the Whispering Oak far away in the distance. Tag sighed. He turned to his friends. "We must head back to the Whispering Oak," he said.

当朋友们站在山顶上时，天空变得越来越暗。 他们可以看到远处的呓语橡树。 泰格叹了口气。他转向他的朋友们。 “我们必须回到呓语橡树。”他说。

"Thorn could be here at any moment," Skyla argued. "Why won't the bears just give us the stone. We did help them fight the tiger bats!" Tag looked around at the dry land. "Thorn destroyed this hillside. There is hardly any food left," he replied. "I think Hank and Herbert really need the honey?" "Well, then we'd better hurry," Skyla said, climbing onto Blaze's back. The three friends glided over the hillside of dead trees. The sky was even darker when they arrived back at the Whispering Oak. The Shadow was moving closer.

“索恩随时都可能在这里。”斯凯拉争辩道。 “熊为什么不把石头给我们呢？” 我们确实帮助他们打败了虎蝠！”泰格环顾四周干燥的陆地。 “荆棘摧毁了这个山坡。 几乎没有食物了，”他回答说。 “我想汉克和赫伯特真的需要蜂蜜吗？”“好吧，那我们最好快点。”斯凯拉说着，爬到了布雷兹的背上。 三个朋友滑过了长满枯树的山坡。 他们回到呓语橡树时，天空更黑了。 影子越来越近了。

"Bees!" Blaze called gently. "Grumblebees!" Tag called, joining in with Blaze. The tree's branches swayed gently as the grumblebees rose from them. The bees buzzed around the three friends. "Did you find the next piece?" the smallest bee asked. Tag nodded. "Yes, but the bears won't give it to us," he said. The bees buzzed loudly.

“蜜蜂!”Blaze轻声叫道。 “Grumblebees !”泰格呼叫，加入火焰。 发牢骚的蜜蜂从树上飞起，树枝轻轻地摇晃着。 蜜蜂在三个朋友周围嗡嗡作响。 “你找到下一块了吗？”最小的蜜蜂问。 标记点了点头。“是的，但是熊不肯给我们，”他说。 蜜蜂嗡嗡叫得很响。

"The bears have again asked for your honeycomb in exchange for the stone," Skyla told them. The bees buzzed even louder. "We only have one piece left and we need it!" the small bee told Tag. "When The Shadow destroyed our home, all the flowers were destroyed, too. We used to collect nectar from the flowers and put it inside our honeycomb. That's where we store our honey. But without those flowers, we cannot make any more honey. This piece of honeycomb holds the only food we have left."

“熊又要用你们的蜂巢来交换石头了。”斯凯拉告诉他们。 蜜蜂嗡嗡叫得更响了。 “我们只剩下一块了，我们需要它！”小蜜蜂告诉泰格。 “当影子摧毁了我们的家，所有的花也被摧毁了。 我们过去常常从花中收集花蜜，并把它放在我们的蜂巢里。 那是我们储存蜂蜜的地方。 但是没有这些花，我们就不能酿出更多的蜂蜜。 这块蜂房是我们仅有的食物。”

The honey in that honeycomb is the only food left for the bees and for the bears, Tag thought. What can we do? "Shadow!" Blaze called, pointing her beak to the sky. It was almost as black as night. "Please!" Tag begged the bees. "Thorn and The Shadow will be here soon. Then all of Perodia will be destroyed. Even the Whispering Oak!" Tag looked to Skyla for help, but she wasn't paying attention. She was digging around inside her armor. Skyla, what are you doing?" Tag said. "I need your help here!"

塔格想，蜂巢里的蜂蜜是蜜蜂和熊唯一的食物。 我们能做什么？“影子!”火焰喊道，用嘴指着天空。 周围几乎像黑夜一样漆黑。 “请!”泰格恳求蜜蜂。 “索恩和黑影马上就要来了。 那么整个珀罗迪亚都会被摧毁。 即使是那棵低语的橡树！”泰格向斯凯拉寻求帮助，但她没有注意到。 她在她的盔甲里翻来翻去。 斯凯拉，你在干什么？”泰格说。 “我需要你的帮助！”

Skyla smiled as she pulled out the sparkly purple flower she had picked in the meadow. The grumblebees hummed excitedly. They had caught the flower's sweet scent right away. "What if I told you that there are still flowers close by?" Skyla asked the bees.

斯凯拉笑着抽出她在草地上摘的那朵闪闪发光的紫色花。 牢骚蜂兴奋地嗡嗡叫着。 他们立刻闻到了花的香味。 “如果我告诉你附近还有花呢？”斯凯拉问蜜蜂们。