04 The Swamp

CHAPTER 4 THE SWAMP "Run, Skyla!" Tag yelled. SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! Tag and Skyla ran through the silvery water as quickly as they could. But the bright-eyed creatures crawled closer and closer.

第四章沼泽“快跑，斯盖拉！”标签喊道。 飞溅!飞溅!飞溅!泰格和斯凯拉以最快的速度穿过银色的水面。 但这些眼睛明亮的动物却越爬越近。

Tag and Skyla stood back-to-back in the water as the creatures surrounded them. Tag's wing shook as he held his dagger. The moonlight reflected off of the tree trunks onto the water below.

泰格和斯凯拉背靠背站在水里，这些生物包围了他们。 泰格握着匕首，翅膀抖动起来。 月光从树干反射到下面的水面上。

Hundreds of toads stared up at Tag and Skyla. "There are so many of them!" Tag said. He wished that Blaze was here. Her powers were so strong. She would be able to scare them away with her cry, or blast them with a fireball. He and Skyla only had their weapons. The toads croaked and splashed around in front of them, but they didn't seem to be coming any closer.

数百只蟾蜍抬头盯着泰格和斯凯拉。 “他们人太多了！”标签说。 他希望火焰在这里。 她的力量是如此强大。 她可以用她的哭声把他们吓跑，或者用火球把他们炸飞。 他和斯凯拉只有武器。 蟾蜍在他们面前呱呱叫着，溅起水花，但他们似乎并没有靠近。

"What are they doing?" Skyla asked. Tag scratched his head. "I'm not sure. They're not looking at us anymore." He stepped toward a large, balloon-shaped toad sitting on a log floating nearby. "Hello," Tag said. The toad stared at Tag. "Hello!" it croaked. Then it stuck out its long tongue, and PLOP! It jumped into the water to join its friends.

“他们在干什么？”Skyla问道。 泰格挠了挠头。“我不确定。 他们不再关注我们了。” 他朝一只气球形状的大蟾蜍走去，它坐在附近一根漂浮的圆木上。 “你好，”泰格说。蟾蜍盯着塔格。 “你好！”它嘶哑地说。然后它伸出长长的舌头，噗的一声！它跳进水里加入它的朋友们。

Tag sighed and put his dagger away. "They are just normal toads," he said. "I don't think they'll hurt us." "I think they are playing," Skyla added. She put her paw on a log and some of the sticky glitter on her fur came off onto it. "Excuse me," she said to a nearby toad, "we're looking for our friend. Can you help us find— CROAK! The toad jumped away from Skyla. "Huh," Skyla said. "I guess he didn't want to talk."

泰格叹了口气，收起了匕首。 “它们只是普通的蟾蜍，”他说。 “我不认为他们会伤害我们。” “我想他们是在玩，”斯凯拉补充道。 她把爪子放在一根木头上，皮毛上的一些黏糊糊的闪光物掉到了木头上。 “对不起，”她对旁边的一只蟾蜍说，“我们在找我们的朋友。 你能帮我们找到——呱呱！癞蛤蟆从斯凯拉身边跳开了。 “嗯，”斯凯拉说。“我猜他是不想说话。”

She turned to another group of toads. "Can any of you help us find our friend?" she asked. "Get away!" the toads croaked. They quickly swam off. "Wait!" Skyla called. "We won't hurt you." "What was that all about? Those toads left in a hurry," Tag said. Skyla shrugged. "Maybe we scared them."

她转向另一群蟾蜍。 “你们谁能帮我们找到我们的朋友吗？”她问。 “走开！”癞蛤蟆呱呱叫道。 他们很快就游开了。“等等!”Skyla调用。 “我们不会伤害你的。”“这是怎么回事？” 那些蟾蜍走得很匆忙，”泰格说。 Skyla耸耸肩。“也许我们吓到他们了。”