Chapter 8

Chapter 8 If You Can't Beat Them…build Them a Place to Live and Make Sure They're Comfortable. T hese are the basic tools." Po placed one of each tool on the ground: a pickaxe, an axe, a sword, a shovel, and a hoe. "The sword is actually a weapon, but it's just as important." Eek took the pickaxe and held it in his hand. "HOW INTERESTING!" he said. He dropped it back down on the ground. "No, keep it! I'm going to show you how to use it." "Very well." Eek picked it back up. "I do not know what I would need to use it for. I already

第八章如果你打不过他们，那就给他们建个住的地方，确保他们过得舒服。 这些都是基本的工具。” 阿宝在地上各放了一件工具：镐、斧、剑、铲和锄头。 “剑实际上是一种武器，但它同样重要。” 艾克拿起鹤嘴锄，握在手里。 “真有趣！”他说。 他把它扔回地上。 “不，留着吧！”我来告诉你怎么用。” “很好。”埃克把它捡了起来。 “我不知道我需要用它来做什么。 我已经

know how to pick things up and put them back down. See?" Po laughed. "You can do way more than that!" Po took out his own pickaxe and walked over to a nearby hill of exposed stone. He gave it a few

懂得如何把东西拿起来又放回去。 看到了什么?”阿宝笑了。“你可以做得更多！”阿宝拿出他自己的鹤嘴锄，走到附近一座露出石头的小山上。 他给了它几个

good thwacks with the pickaxe, and a block popped out of the hill and floated into the air. Eek gasped. "Now you can pick that up and put it down." "Why?" "TO MAKE THINGS YOU WANT TO MAKE." "Like what?" "Like Ash's tree house. Anything." "Hmm…" Eek looked unconvinced as he picked up the block of stone. "NOW PUT IT BACK DOWN SOMEWHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO." Eek placed it back into the hill.

鹤嘴锄重重地敲了几下，一块石块从山上弹了出来，飘到了空中。 呀喘着粗气。“现在你可以把它拿起来放下了。” “为什么?”“做你想做的东西。” “像什么?”“就像阿什的树屋。 任何事情。”“嗯……”艾克拿起那块石头时，显得有些不服气。 “现在把它放回你想放的地方。” 埃克把它放回了山上。

"Somewhere else, I mean!" "I LIKE IT BEST RIGHT THERE." Po shrugged. "If you say so. How about you try now?" "Try what?" "Breaking a stone block." "Why would I do that?" "To put it somewhere else." "I LIKE WHERE IT IS!"

“我是说别的地方！”“我最喜欢那里。” 阿宝耸耸肩。“既然你这么说。 你现在试试怎么样？”“试什么?”“打碎一块石头。” “我为什么要那么做？”“把它放在别的地方。” “我喜欢它的位置！”

Po had never needed to explain something so basic before—but Ash and Jodi had put him in charge of teaching Eek while they mined for iron, so he had to try. "Sometimes you need to build something to keep yourself safe, or to keep animals from wandering away, or to trap a mob. Remember when we covered the skeleton up with stones?" "THE SKELETON!" Eek gasped again, suddenly remembering. He ran away immediately! Po chased him to where random blocks were still placed in an uneven cocoon jutting out of the ground. He could still hear the rattle-rattle from behind the rock. "Once we have better weapons, we can destroy it and get your armor back." "NO!" Eek sounded horrified. "PLEASE DO NOT! IT IS MY FRIEND!" "It was trying to kill you with its bow, Eek!"

阿宝以前从不需要解释这么基本的东西——但阿什和乔迪让他负责教伊克，而他们在开采铁，所以他不得不尝试。 “有时候你需要建造一些东西来保护自己的安全，或者防止动物走失，或者困住暴徒。 还记得我们用石头把骨架盖起来的时候吗？”“骷髅!”埃克又喘了口气，突然想起来了。 他立刻跑掉了！阿宝追着他走到一个从地面伸出来的凹凸不平的茧里，里面仍然随机地放着一些积木。 他仍然能听到岩石后面的哒哒声。 “一旦我们有了更好的武器，我们就可以摧毁它，把你的盔甲拿回来。” “不!”埃克听起来吓坏了。 “请不要！”这是我的朋友！”“它想用它的弓杀死你，嗷！”

The boy shook his head. "I understand. But when I was by myself, the skeleton followed me. We were exploring together." He looked at the pile of stone. Rattle-rattle. "It must feel very alone inside there." Po didn't know what to say to that. The skeleton was a hostile mob, and that meant it was bad news. But if Eek wanted to keep it That gave him an idea. "I think we could build a place to keep your skeleton safe but not so alone, if you want."

男孩摇了摇头。“我明白了。 但是当我一个人的时候，骷髅跟着我。 我们一起探索。” 他看着那堆石头。 Rattle-rattle。“在里面一定感觉很孤单。” 阿宝不知道该说什么。 这具骷髅是一群充满敌意的暴徒，这意味着这是个坏消息。 但如果埃克想留着它那他就有了个主意。 “我想我们可以建一个地方来保护你的骨骼，但如果你愿意的话，不会这么孤单。”