04 The Lost Stone

CHAPTER 4 THE LOST STONE "Thorn has spies in the water!" Tag shouted. "Eels!" Blaze and Tag circled above the lake, watching the eels' flashing blue light and glowing orange eyes. BUZZZZ! BUZZZZ! "What's that sound?" Tag asked.

第四章丢失的石头“荆棘在水里有探子！”泰格喊道。 “鳗鱼!”Blaze和Tag在湖面上盘旋，看着鳗鱼闪烁的蓝光和发光的橙色眼睛。 BUZZZZ !BUZZZZ !“那是什么声音？”泰格问。

Blaze soared closer to the water. BUZZZZ! The sound grew louder and the flashes of blue light grew brighter. Blaze dipped her beak in the lake. "Ow!" Blaze cried, zooming up out of the water. "They're electric eels!" Tag said. Tag and Blaze headed back to shore.

火焰飞得离水面越来越近。 BUZZZZ !声音越来越大，蓝光的闪光也越来越亮。 烈焰把她的嘴浸入湖中。 “噢!”烈焰叫道，冲出水面。 “它们是电鳗！”泰格说。 泰格和火焰回到了岸边。

"What happened out there?" Skyla asked as Blaze rubbed her beak. "Our stone is at the bottom of the lake," Blaze said. "And Thorn's spies are guarding it," Tag said. He put his head in his wings. They had already come so far to find the pieces that made up their stone—traveling to Fire Island, the Crystal Caverns, and the Whispering Oak. Those three pieces had joined to make one stone, but now that stone was lost underwater.

“外面发生了什么事？”Blaze抚摸着她的嘴，斯凯拉问道。 “我们的石头在湖底，”布雷兹说。 “索恩的密探正在守卫它。”泰格说。 他把头埋在翅膀里。 他们为了寻找组成石头的碎片，已经跑了很远的路，去了火岛、水晶洞和呓语橡树。 这三块石头曾经连在一起，成了一块石头，但现在那块石头消失在水下了。

"This is all my fault!" Tag cried. "I should have stopped Thorn from taking our stone. Now it looks like he will get our stone and the next piece." Blaze stamped her feet. "No!" she cried. Skyla turned to Tag. "It wasn't your fault Thorn stole our stone," she said. "We can get it back, I know we can." "Peep!" Blaze agreed. Tag smiled. "Okay," he said. "But how? If we touch the water, we'll be zapped!" "Use a branch?" Blaze suggested.

“这都是我的错！”泰格哭了。 “我应该阻止索恩拿走我们的石头。 现在看来，他会得到我们的石头和下一块。” 火焰跺着她的脚。“不！”她叫道。 斯凯拉转向泰格。“这不是你的错，索恩偷了我们的宝石。”她说。 “我们可以把它找回来，我知道我们可以。” “偷看!”大火同意了。泰格笑了。 “好吧，”他说。“可是什么? 如果我们碰到水，我们就会被击中！”“用树枝？”大火。

"That won't work," Tag said. "A branch wouldn't be long enough to reach the bottom of the lake." Skyla looked back at the willow trees. "I have an idea!" she said. Tag and Blaze followed Skyla to camp, where she quickly got to work. She gathered one of their nests and twisted the branches and twigs and leaves together into a new shape. "We can't go in the water," Skyla said, "but we can get closer to the stone by going on the water."

“这行不通，”泰格说。 “一根树枝不够长，够不到湖底。” 斯凯拉回头看了看柳树。 “我有个主意！”她说。 泰格和布雷兹跟着斯凯拉到了营地，她很快就开始工作了。 她收集了一个鸟巢，把树枝、小枝和树叶拧成一个新的形状。 “我们不能下水，”斯凯拉说，“但我们可以走水路靠近石头。”

"A raft!" Tag said as he saw what his friend was making. "We can use it to float out on the lake!" "But we still need something to reach the stone under the water..." Blaze said. Skyla winked, then pulled down a long, sturdy branch from the tree. She twisted together some leaves to make a net and tied it to the end. When she was finished, she showed them her handiwork. "Who wants to go fishing?" she asked.

“大量!”泰格看到他的朋友在做什么，说道。 “我们可以用它漂浮在湖面上！”“但是我们仍然需要一些东西来到达水下的石头……” 大火说。斯凯拉眨了眨眼睛，然后从树上扯下一根又长又结实的树枝。 她把一些树叶拧在一起织成一张网，并把它系在网尾。 当她完成后，她向他们展示了她的手工作品。 “谁想去钓鱼？”她问。