Chapter 3

Chapter 3 THREE HINTS ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE WATER: IT'S AN AMPHIBIAN. IT'S A PASSIVE MOB. AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO SPELL! PO wasn't happy to learn that Shelly Silver wanted to be class president, too. He had hoped to be the only person on the ballot. Now he would have to plan a real campaign. He had to convince everybody to vote for him…somehow. He expected to be grumpy about it for the rest of the day. But that afternoon, when he and his friends reconnected to their shared Minecraft server, he forgot his irritation almost immediately. The lush cave biome was just too awe-inspiring for his rotten mood to last.

关于水里有什么的三个提示：这是一只两栖动物。 这是一群被动的暴徒。而且很难拼写！PO得知雪莉·西尔弗也想当班长，很不高兴。 他本来希望自己是唯一参加投票的人。 现在他得计划一场真正的竞选了。 他必须说服大家投票给他……不管怎样。 他估计今天余下的时间里都会为此大发雷霆。 但那天下午，当他和他的朋友们重新连接到他们共享的《我的世界》服务器时，他几乎立刻忘记了自己的愤怒。 郁郁葱葱的洞穴生物群落太令人敬畏了，他的坏心情持续不了多久。

He had spent a lot of time underground. Usually that meant being surrounded by gray diorite, gray andesite, gray deepslate…and occasionally some bright-orange lava. But this cave had plants. Flowers! Faintly glowing berries grew upon long, hanging vines, and tree roots hung from the stony ceiling, like fingers reaching down for him. "Should we take some of the roots with us?" asked Theo. He had removed a pair of iron shears from his inventory. "Sure," said Harper. "Let's take a little of everything! You never know what we might be able to use later. Po, grab that flower!" "On it," said Po, but before he had a chance, he heard Jodi call for him. "Po!" squealed Jodi. "Harper! COME HERE, QUICK! YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS!"

他在地下呆了很长时间。 通常这意味着被灰色闪长岩、灰色安山岩、灰色深板岩包围，偶尔还有亮橙色的熔岩。 但这个洞穴里有植物。花!又长又悬的藤蔓上长着微微发光的浆果，石头天花板上挂着树根，就像伸手伸向他的手指。 “我们要不要带上一些树根？”西奥问。 他从他的存货中取出了一把铁剪刀。 “当然可以。”哈珀说。“我们什么都拿一点吧！”你永远不知道我们以后会用到什么。 阿宝，抓住那朵花！”“这就去。”阿宝说，但他还没来得及开口，就听到乔迪在叫他。 “阿宝！”乔迪尖叫道。“哈!快过来！你一定要看看这个！”

Po and Harper shared a grin. Then they rushed over to see what had made Jodi so excited. "Look!" she said. "IN THE WATER!" Po stepped right up to the edge of the underground lake. He bent over and peered into the water. Nothing could have prepared him for the strange creature that peered back at him. THERE IN THE WATER WAS A LONG, SKINNY ANIMAL WITH BRIGHT PINK COLORING. At first Po thought it must be a fish—maybe an eel—but that wasn't right. Unlike a fish, it had limbs. Its face almost reminded him of a puppy's. Jodi gripped his arm. "It…it…" She took a steadying breath, then bellowed, "It's even cuter than a llama!" Before Po could stop her, Jodi dove into the water. Luckily, the mob appeared to be friendly. It swam right up to Jodi as if curious, and she chased it, laughing.

阿宝和哈珀一起笑了。 然后他们冲过去看看是什么让乔迪如此兴奋。 “看！”她说。“在水里！”阿宝走到地下湖的边缘。 他弯下腰往水里看。 他对那个回眸注视他的怪东西毫无防备。 水里有一只又长又瘦的动物，浑身是亮粉色。 起初，阿宝以为它一定是一条鱼——也许是一条鳗鱼——但这是不对的。 不像鱼，它有四肢。 它的脸几乎让他想起了小狗的脸。 乔迪抓住他的胳膊。“它……它……”她深吸一口气，然后吼道，“它甚至比美洲驼还可爱！”阿宝还没来得及阻止她，乔迪就跳进了水里。 幸运的是，暴徒似乎很友好。 它好奇地向乔迪游过来，乔迪笑着追着它。

"WHAT'S THAT THING?" Po asked. "It's an axolotl," answered Harper. "It's an amphibian—a type of salamander. Some people call it a 'walking fish' because, well, that's sort of what it looks like." "I don't think I've seen an axolotl in Minecraft before," said Theo. He and Morgan had joined them at the edge of the water. "Are they safe to be around?" "Sure," said Morgan. "THEY'LL ATTACK SOME UNDERWATER MOBS, but they're passive toward players. And fun fact: they can heal when they get damaged." "Just like in real life!" said Harper. "Axolotls can regrow lost limbs—or even organs. They're like little miracles. Unfortunately, they're endangered…." As fascinating as all this was to hear Po found himself increasingly jealous of the good time Jodi was having. "Sorry, everybody," he said. "I've got to see it up close for myself!" And he dove into the water. There were two axolotls now, swimming in circles around Jodi. One was pink, and one was gold. Po joined the swimming, petting the axolotls when they got close. They were weirdly adorable, and Po wished he could just stay down there and never come up for air. All his problems

“那是什么东西？”阿宝问。 “是蝾螈。”哈帕回答。 “这是一种两栖动物——蝾螈的一种。 有些人把它叫做‘会走路的鱼’，因为它看起来就是这样的。” “我想我以前没有在《我的世界》里看到过蝾螈，”西奥说。 他和摩根在水边加入了他们。 “他们在这里安全吗？”“当然，”摩根说。 “他们会攻击一些水下生物，但他们对玩家是被动的。 有趣的是，当它们受到伤害时，它们可以自愈。” “就像在现实生活中一样！” 蝾螈可以再生失去的肢体，甚至器官。 它们就像小小的奇迹。 不幸的是，它们濒临灭绝....” 听着这一切，阿宝发现自己越来越嫉妒乔迪的好时光，这一切都很有趣。 “对不起，大家，”他说。 “我得亲自近距离看看！”于是他跳进了水里。 现在有两条蝾螈围着乔迪游来游去。 一个是粉色的，一个是金色的。 阿宝也加入了游泳的行列，当蝾螈靠近时，他抚摸着它们。 它们可爱得出奇，阿宝真希望自己能一直呆在下面，永远不要上来换气。 他所有的问题

were above the water's surface. Down here, it was a party. But then he caught sight of Jodi. She looked worried—panicked. She was flapping her arms madly, trying to tell him something. But they couldn't talk underwater, and their block hands made it difficult to communicate with gestures. What was she trying to warn him about?

我们在水面之上。 在这里，这是一个派对。 但就在这时，他看到了乔迪。 她看上去又担心又惊慌。 她疯狂地挥动着双臂，想对他说点什么。 但它们不能在水下说话，而且它们的手很粗，很难用手势交流。 她想警告他什么？

THEN, SUDDENLY, PO WAS FALLING THROUGH OPEN AIR. Oh, he thought. Waterfall. That was what she'd been trying to tell him. That underground lake had been more of an underground river, and he'd been swept up in the current without even realizing it! Po flipped head over rump, and before he had a chance to worry about where he would land, he splashed down into a true underground lake. He swam to the surface, but it was hard to see anything. He was really deep underground now, and except for the light of the glow berries high above him, it was dark. "Po!" came Morgan's voice from above. "Are you okay?"

然后，突然，阿宝掉进了露天。 哦，他想。瀑布。 这就是她一直想告诉他的。 那个地下湖更像是一条地下河，他甚至没有意识到自己已经被水流卷走了！阿宝的头在屁股上翻了个身，还没等他有机会担心自己会落在哪里，他就掉进了一个真正的地下湖。 他游到水面上，但什么也看不见。 他现在真的深埋在地下了，除了头顶上的浆果发出的光外，周围一片漆黑。 “阿宝！”上面传来摩根的声音。 “你还好吗？”