05 Skyla's Idea

CHAPTER 5 SKYLA'S IDEA Tag and Skyla held out their weapons. They continued on their way, looking around nervously. But no new dangers appeared. "We should stop to eat," Tag suggested after a while. "We'll need our energy to get the rest of the way through this swamp."

第五章斯盖拉的主意泰格和斯盖拉拿出武器。 他们继续赶路，紧张地环顾四周。 但是没有出现新的危险。 过了一会儿，泰格建议说：“我们应该停下来吃点东西。” “剩下的路我们需要体力才能穿过这片沼泽。”

Skyla nodded. "Good idea. I'm hungry." They sat on a fallen log, then ate some berries and drank some water. "I wish we could move faster," Skyla said. "Blaze needs us, and this swampy water is really slowing us down." "But how can we move faster?" Tag asked. "You can't fly without Blaze." "I've got an idea!" Skyla grinned. She pulled at some vines hanging overhead. "Help me with these vines." Tag helped pull down the vines. Then he watched as Skyla twisted them together. Tag smiled. "You're making a raft!" he said. "Just like at Lullaby Lake."

Skyla点点头。“好主意。我饿了。” 他们坐在一根倒下来的圆木上，然后吃了一些浆果，喝了一些水。 “我希望我们能走得快点。”斯凯拉说。 “火焰需要我们，而这片沼泽真的拖慢了我们的速度。” “但是我们怎样才能走得更快呢？”标签要求。 “没有火焰你飞不起来。” “我有个主意！”Skyla咧嘴一笑。 她拔掉了挂在头顶上的一些藤蔓。 “帮我弄这些藤蔓。” 泰格帮忙把藤蔓拔了下来。 然后他看着斯凯拉把它们扭在一起。 标签笑了。“你在做木筏！”他说。 “就像在摇篮曲湖一样。”

Skyla nodded. "We will move quicker on top of the water. And we won't get wet!" Tag found two large sticks. "We can use these to steer the raft," he said. When the raft was finished, he and Skyla climbed on. "It's a bit wobbly," Skyla said, "but it will do. Which way?" Tag pulled out the map, being careful not to get it wet. The small pictures of him and Skyla were right in the middle of Silver Swamp. "That way," he said. "We should reach the tall trees soon."

Skyla点点头。“我们在水面上移动得更快。 我们不会被淋湿的！”泰格找到了两根大棍子。 “我们可以用这些来操纵木筏，”他说。 木筏完成后，他和斯凯拉爬了上去。 “它有点摇晃，”斯凯拉说，“不过还行。 哪条路?”泰格拿出地图，小心翼翼地不把它弄湿。 他和斯凯拉的小照片就在银沼泽的中央。 “那边，”他说。“我们很快就会到达那些高大的树木。”

Together, they steered the raft across the water. Tag could hear the toads croaking far behind them. His stomach flipped over, wondering what the toads had been so afraid of. Hopefully we are leaving the danger far behind, he thought. "Look!" Skyla said. Up ahead was the shadowy outline of tall trees and an island. As they got closer, Tag saw that the trees had long, twisty black branches. The trees stretched so high that Tag couldn't see their tops.

他们一起把木筏划过水面。 泰格可以听到蟾蜍在他们后面很远的地方呱呱叫。 他的胃翻腾起来，不知道癞蛤蟆这么害怕什么。 希望我们能把危险远远地抛在脑后，他想。 “看!”Skyla说。前方是参天大树和一座小岛的模糊轮廓。 当他们走近时，泰格看到树上长着又长又弯的黑色树枝。 树长得很高，塔格看不见树顶。

"We've almost made it!" Tag cried. "Blaze must be somewhere on that island." "Tag," Skyla whispered, pointing at the water. Small ripples moved across the surface. "There's something down there." Tag froze. He watched the silvery water as the ripples moved closer and closer. Then— BANG! Something hard hit the side of the raft. Tag wobbled, then lost his balance. He fell off the raft and sank into the deep, cold water!

“我们就快成功了！”标签哭了。 “火焰一定在岛上的某个地方。” “泰格，”斯凯拉指着水小声说。 水面上泛起小涟漪。 “下面有东西。” 标签冻结。他看着银色的水面，涟漪越来越近。 然后——砰!有什么硬物打在木筏的侧面。 泰格摇晃了一下，然后失去了平衡。 他从木筏上掉下来，掉进了又深又冷的水里！