07 The Lullaby

CHAPTER 7 THE LULLABY Tag awoke and rubbed his eyes. Something strange is definitely going on! he thought. Blaze and Skyla were asleep again. "Blaze! Skyla! Wake up!" Tag yelled. "Huh?!" Skyla jumped up and grabbed her slingshot. "Did you see the stone?" Blaze asked.

第七章催眠曲塔格醒了，揉了揉眼睛。 一定有什么奇怪的事情发生了！他想。 Blaze和Skyla又睡着了。 “大火!Skyla !醒醒!”泰格喊道。 “嗯? !”斯凯拉跳起来，抓起她的弹弓。 “你看见石头了吗？”大火问道。

"No," Tag said. "I saw golden lights in the water again and heard a strange song. Then I fell asleep." Skyla's eyes grew wide. "I heard music, too!" "So did I!" Blaze added. "I'm not sure what's happening. But we have to keep trying to reach our stone," Tag said. "Thorn will be back soon." HAAAA! HAAAA! HAAAA! The friends heard a slow laugh. "Look up!" Blaze said.

“不，”泰格说。“我又看到了水中的金光，听到了一首奇怪的歌。 然后我就睡着了。”斯凯拉睁大了眼睛。 “我也听到了音乐！”“我也是！”大火补充道。 “我不知道发生了什么。 但我们必须不断努力达到我们的目标。” “索恩很快就会回来。” 哈!哈!哈!朋友们听到一阵缓慢的笑声。 “看了!”大火说。

A hairy, gray sloth was hanging from the tree branches above. "You can keep trying," the sloth said slowly. "But you will just end up right back where you started." Skyla aimed her slingshot at the sloth. "Do you work for Thorn?" she asked. Tag peered at the sloth's eyes. They were brown. "He's not one of Thorn's spies," he whispered. Skyla lowered her slingshot. "I'm Skyla. This is Tag and Blaze." "I'm Stanley," the sloth said. "Pleased to meet you."

一只毛茸茸的灰色树懒正挂在上面的树枝上。 “你可以继续尝试，”树懒慢慢地说。 “但你最终会回到你开始的地方。” 斯凯拉把弹弓对准树懒。 “你为索恩工作吗？”她问。 泰格凝视着树懒的眼睛。 它们是棕色的。“他不是索恩的密探。”他低声说。 斯凯拉放下了弹弓。 “我Skyla。这是Tag和Blaze。” “我是斯坦利，”树懒说。 “很高兴见到你。”

"So, Stanley, what makes you think we'll end up back here again?" Skyla asked. "You are being tricked by the nixies," Stanley said. "What are nixies?" Blaze asked. "Water fairies," Stanley replied. "They protect the lake." "We don't want to harm the lake. We are searching for something that fell in there," Skyla explained. "We need to get it back right away." Tag remembered seeing their stone glowing on the lake bottom.

“那么，斯坦利，你凭什么认为我们最后还会回到这里？”Skyla问道。 斯坦利说：“你被那些傻瓜骗了。” “nixies是什么？”大火问道。 “水仙子。”斯坦利回答。 “他们保护着这个湖。”“我们不想破坏湖泊。 我们正在寻找掉在那里的东西，”斯凯拉解释说。 “我们需要马上把它拿回来。” 泰格记得看到他们的石头在湖底闪闪发光。

Their stone glowed when the next piece was nearby. That must mean that the new piece was also underwater! He turned to the sloth and asked, "Was there a magical stone in the lake before we arrived? Is that what the nixies are protecting?" Stanley shook his head slowly. "All I know is that the nixies sing when they sense danger. Your stone will be safe in the lake. Nobody can resist their song—not even Thorn's spies." The lake began to sparkle. A lullaby drifted across the water. Stanley yawned. "Not even me..." he added.

当下一块石头靠近时，他们的石头发出了光芒。 这一定意味着新的碎片也在水下！他转向树懒问：“在我们到达之前，湖里有一块神奇的石头吗？” 这就是那些傻瓜在保护的东西吗？”斯坦利慢慢地摇了摇头。 “我只知道，当水仙感觉到危险时，它们就会唱歌。 你的石头在湖里会很安全的。 没有人能抵抗他们的歌声——甚至索恩的间谍也不行。” 湖面开始闪闪发光。 一首催眠曲飘过水面。 斯坦利打了个哈欠。“连我也没有……” 他补充说。

Tag's feathers drooped. Now we'll never get our stone back. And we'll never find the next peace... The friends gave into the music and their eyes closed.

泰格的羽毛垂了下来。现在我们再也拿不回石头了。 我们永远找不到下一个和平… 朋友们沉浸在音乐中，闭上了眼睛。