09 The Waterfall

CHAPTER 9 THE WATERFALL The friends made their way past the hills and into a dark forest. The ground was less bouncy in the woods. There were a few bushes here and there but they were normal colors—greens and browns. Tag felt like he was in Perodia rather than in a strange land. RRRUMMMBLE! There was a loud thundering in the distance.

朋友们走过小山，进入一片漆黑的森林。 树林里的地面没有那么有弹性。 到处都有一些灌木，但都是正常的颜色——绿色和棕色。 泰格觉得他是在珀罗迪亚，而不是在一个陌生的地方。 RRRUMMMBLE !远处有一声响亮的雷声。

"What's that sound?" Tag asked, holding up his dagger. The farther they walked, the louder the sound got. Blaze held out her wings, ready to use her fire power. They soon reached the place where the sound was loudest. "Let's see what's on the other side of these trees," Skyla said. Tag took a deep breath and peeked through the trees beside his friends. He grinned as he saw what was making the sound. "It's the waterfall!" Skyla laughed.

“那是什么声音？”泰格举起匕首问道。 他们走得越远，声音就越响。 烈焰展开翅膀，准备使用她的火力。 他们很快就到了声音最响的地方。 “让我们看看这些树的另一边是什么。”斯凯拉说。 泰格深吸了一口气，从他朋友身边的树丛里往外偷看。 当他看到是什么在发出声音时，他笑了。 “是瀑布！”Skyla笑了。

The noise of the water was deafening as it crashed over huge rocks. The sound echoed through the trees. "This is not like any waterfall I've ever seen before," Tag said. The water was not clear or blue. It was every color of the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. The friends stood at the very top of the waterfall. It was a long way down, and the rainbow river that flowed below was wide and fast.

水在巨大的岩石上轰鸣，震耳欲聋。 那声音在树林中回荡。 塔格说：“这和我以前见过的瀑布都不一样。” 水既不清也不蓝。 它是彩虹的每一种颜色。 红色，橙色，黄色，绿色，蓝色，紫色。 朋友们站在瀑布的顶端。 这是一条很长的路，下面的彩虹河又宽又快。

"I feel dizzy!" Skyla said as she looked down. She held on to Blaze's feathers. "Where are the firehawks?" asked Blaze. "I thought they'd be here..." Tag pulled the paper from his sack, hoping it would hold the answer. But it was still blank. He handed it to Blaze. As soon as Blaze touched it, swirls of ink appeared on the paper again. It showed the waterfall. Three small figures were standing beside it now. "That's us!" Skyla said, pointing to the three figures. The three figures moved across the paper toward the waterfall. "We have to cross the waterfall," Blaze said.

“我觉得头晕！”斯凯拉低下头说。 她抓住布雷兹的羽毛。 “火鹰在哪里？”Blaze问。 “我以为他们会在这儿……” 泰格从麻袋里抽出那张纸，希望里面能有答案。 但还是一片空白。他把它递给Blaze。 布莱泽一碰它，纸上又出现了墨水的漩涡。 它展示了瀑布。现在有三个小人儿站在它旁边。 “这是我们!”斯凯拉指着那三个人影说。 三个人影穿过纸朝瀑布走去。 “我们必须穿过瀑布，”布雷兹说。