02 Into the Dark

CHAPTER 2 INTO THE DARK The rustling sound continued. "Do you hear that?" he whispered to Skyla. She stopped walking and turned back toward Tag. "Hear what?" Skyla asked. Tag looked around, but he couldn't see anyone in the nearby trees.

第二章进入黑暗沙沙声继续。 “你听到了吗？”他低声对斯凯拉说。 她停下脚步，转身向泰格走去。 “听到什么?”Skyla问道。泰格环顾四周，但他在附近的树林里看不到任何人。

Skyla held up her slingshot. "What's wrong?" she asked. "The black smudge is back on the map," he whispered. "I heard something in the trees. I think we are being followed." Tag thought about the dark figure he thought he had seen when they'd arrived in the Cloud Kingdom. Skyla narrowed her eyes and looked toward the trees. I don't see anyone," she said. "It's probably just the wind." Tag was sure that he had heard something, but Skyla was right. There was no one in the trees.

斯凯拉举起她的弹弓。 “怎么了？”她问。 “黑点又回到地图上了。”他低声说。 “我听到树林里有声音。 我认为有人在跟踪我们。” 泰格想起了他们到达云王国时他看到的那个黑影。 斯凯拉眯起眼睛朝树林望去。 我没看到任何人，”她说。 “可能只是风。” 泰格确信他听到了什么，但斯凯拉是对的。 树林里一个人也没有。

Maybe that strange dark smudge on the map is just making me feel jumpy? Tag thought. "Let's stay on our guard," he told Skyla. "We don't know what new dangers we might discover." As they walked, the path became wider and wider. Tag noticed that the ground was becoming damp and muddy. "Watch out," Skyla called from a little way ahead. "There are some big puddles." The farther they walked, the wetter and muddier the ground became. Their feet squelch, squelch, squelched in the mud. It came up to their ankles. "This must be the swamp," Tag said.

也许地图上那个奇怪的黑点只是让我感到紧张？ 标签的想法。“让我们保持警惕，”他告诉斯凯拉。 “我们不知道我们会发现什么新的危险。” 他们走着走着，小路变得越来越宽。 泰格注意到地面变得潮湿和泥泞。 “小心，”斯凯拉在前面不远的地方喊道。 “有一些大水坑。” 他们走得越远，地面就越潮湿，越泥泞。 他们的脚在泥里咯吱咯吱。 它长到他们的脚踝。 “这一定是沼泽，”泰格说。

"I wish Blaze was here, so she could fly me over this. I really hate getting wet," Skyla grumbled. She held her tail in the air to keep it dry. "Me too," Tag said. "I'm too small to carry you on my back, but we'll walk through it together—" He stopped suddenly.

“我真希望Blaze在这里，这样她就能带我飞过这里了。 我真的很讨厌被淋湿。”斯凯拉抱怨道。 她把尾巴举在空中以保持干燥。 “我也是，”泰格说。“我太小了，背不动你，但我们可以一起走过——”他突然停了下来。

Just a moment before, they had been walking in the sun. But now, it was as if someone had turned out the lights. Skyla noticed too. "Tag! It's so dark!" "What just happened?" Tag asked. "It was daytime just a second ago."

就在片刻之前，他们还在阳光下散步。 但现在，好像有人把灯关掉了。 斯凯拉也注意到了。“标签!太黑了！”“刚才发生了什么事？”标签要求。 “刚才还是白天。”

Skyla pointed to the sky. Tag gazed up. A huge silver moon shone above. It was twice the size of the moon in Perodia. It was like a shiny coin in the sky.

斯凯拉指着天空。泰格抬起头来。 一轮银色的大月亮在头顶闪耀。 它是珀罗迪亚月亮的两倍大。 它就像天上一枚闪闪发光的硬币。