04 The March

CHAPTER 4 THE MARCH The Shadow became darker and darker. It filled the sky. Tag could see flashes of lightning within The Shadow. "We can't fly now," he said. "The Shadow destroys everything it touches." "What are we going to do?" Skyla asked.

第四章行军黑影越来越深了。 它充满了天空。泰格可以在暗影中看到闪电。 “我们现在不能飞，”他说。 “影子会摧毁它接触到的一切。” “我们该怎么办？”Skyla问道。

"We will have to make our way out of The Shadowlands on foot," Tag said. Another noise filled the air. Loud squawks and snapping beaks. "Tiger bats!" Blaze cried. "They are not alone," Tag said. Locusts were flying beneath The Shadow, among the orange-eyed tiger bats. "The locusts must have already told Thorn we are here," Skyla said. "We need to hide. Now!"

“我们必须步行离开暗影之地，”泰格说。 空气中又充满了另一种声音。 大声的叫声和咬嘴。 “老虎蝙蝠!”大火哭了。 “他们并不孤单，”塔格说。 蝗虫在阴影下，在橙色眼睛的虎蝠中间飞来飞去。 “蝗虫一定已经告诉索恩我们在这里了。”斯凯拉说。 “我们需要躲起来。现在!”

The friends ran as fast as they could, staying close to the thorny bushes and beneath the twisting, dead trees. Tag could hear a strange marching sound in the distance. "In here!" Blaze shouted. Tag and Skyla followed Blaze to a huge old tree. Tag took off his sack and the friends squeezed into a hole in the bottom of its hollow trunk. The ground seemed to rumble as the marching sound came closer. "Quick! Climb up into the tree," Tag said. "If Thorn's spies are on the ground, they could spot us hiding in this opening."

朋友们尽可能快地跑着，躲在荆棘丛生的灌木丛旁边，躲在扭曲的枯树下。 泰格听到远处有一种奇怪的行军声。 “在这里!”大火喊道。泰格和斯凯拉跟着布雷兹来到一棵巨大的老树前。 泰格脱下他的麻袋，朋友们挤进了空心树干底部的一个洞里。 随着行军的声音越来越近，地面似乎在隆隆作响。 “快!爬到树上，”泰格说。 “如果索恩的间谍在地面上，他们会发现我们藏在这个洞口的。”

Blaze climbed up inside the tree. Skyla quickly followed, with Tag behind her. They climbed up as far as they could. The marching sound was now very loud. Tag peeked out through a small hole in the tree. "What is that noise?" Skyla whispered. "Can you see anything, Tag?" Tag peered down out of the tree hole. It looked like the ground was moving—like a red-and-black river was flowing across the land. But it wasn't water. It was thousands of tiny prickle ants and crag beetles. They marched together.

火焰爬进了树里。 斯凯拉紧随其后，泰格跟在她后面。 他们尽可能地往上爬。 行军的声音现在很响。 泰格从树上的一个小洞往外偷看。 “那是什么声音？”Skyla低声说。 “你能看见什么吗，泰格？”泰格从树洞往下看。 看起来大地在动——就像一条红黑相间的河流流过大地。 但那不是水。这是成千上万的小刺蚁和岩甲虫。 他们一起行军。

"I see more of Thorn's spies! There's an army of prickle ants and crag beetles outside! And it looks like they are all headed for the same place," he said. Tag looked into the distance. "They're marching toward Valor Wood!"

“我又看到了索恩的密探！”外面有一群刺蚁和岩甲虫！看起来他们都在走向同一个地方，”他说。 泰格望着远处。 “他们正在向英勇森林进军！”