Chapter 1

NEW PETS ON THE BLOCK MINECRAFT STONESHORD SHOR

新宠物在块我的世界石剑短枪

PROLOGUE The swamp was dark and full of menace. But that wouldn't stop Jodi. It would take more than murky water, dark vines, and mucky clay to turn her away from her mission. It was a rescue mission. How could she turn her back on those who needed her? Her blocky hands reached for the first cage. The gate swung open, and the prisoner stepped out into the open air. "Get out of here," Jodi said. "Hurry!"

沼泽黑暗，充满了威胁。 但这并不能阻止乔迪。 浑浊的水、黑暗的藤蔓和泥泞的泥土不足以让她放弃自己的使命。 这是一次救援任务。她怎么能背弃那些需要她的人呢？ 她那双粗壮的手伸向第一个笼子。 大门打开了，囚犯走到外面。 “滚出去，”乔迪说。 “快点!”

Jodi had to hurry, too. There were dozens of cages here. Each one held a different prisoner. Jodi had to free them before their captor realized what she was doing. Unless Morgan stopped her first. "JODI, STOP!" he cried. "We need to talk about this." But as far as Jodi was concerned, there was nothing to talk about. She opened another cage, and another. That was as far as she got…before they were attacked. Their unseen enemy struck from the shadows, quick and merciless. Po was the first to fall. Theo and Harper were next. When Morgan was defeated, Jodi was all alone against their attacker. She knew she had to be brave. She knew everyone was counting on her. She wouldn't back down! But in the end, it didn't matter. This was a fight she couldn't win. And as Jodi fell to her knees, cursed by some foul magic…their enemy laughed. Jodi wondered if it would be the last sound she ever heard.

乔迪也得抓紧时间。这里有几十个笼子。 每个监狱关押着不同的囚犯。 乔迪必须在绑匪意识到她的所作所为之前解救他们。 除非摩根先阻止她 “乔迪，停下！”他喊道。“我们需要谈谈这个问题。” 但在乔迪看来，没什么好谈的。 她打开了一个又一个笼子。 在他们被袭击之前，她就到这里了。 他们看不见的敌人从暗处迅速而无情地袭击了他们。 阿宝是第一个倒下的。西奥和哈珀是下一个。 当摩根被击败时，乔迪独自面对袭击者。 她知道她必须勇敢。 她知道大家都指望着她。 她不会让步的！但最后，这都不重要了。 这是一场她赢不了的战斗。 当被邪恶魔法诅咒的乔迪跪倒在地时，他们的敌人笑了。 乔迪不知道这是不是她听到的最后一个声音。

Chapter 1 PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION! (BUT YOU CAN OOH AND AHH AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE.) Jodi Mercado knew how important it was to dress for battle. When fighting a boss mob, diamond armor was hard to beat. When dodging fireballs, a shield was quite useful.

请在演讲结束后再提问！（但你可以随心所欲地大喊大叫。）乔迪·梅尔卡多知道战斗时的着装有多重要。 当与boss战斗时，钻石盔甲很难被击败。 在躲避火球时，护盾非常有用。

When confronting an Enderman, a pumpkin helmet was a smart accessory. But when it came to a war of words in the real world…Jodi chose to wear her very best dress. "As you can see, animals are adorable," she said. She aimed a red laser pointer at the screen behind her, drawing everyone's attention to the image of a cute, floppy-eared puppy. She clicked a button on the pointer—click!—and the image changed from the puppy to a kitten with a tiny pink nose. "I would like to hug every animal," she said. "Except for spiders." Click! Click! Click! The image changed from kitten to hedgehog to gerbil to gecko.

当面对末侠时，南瓜头盔是一个聪明的配件。 但在现实世界中，当涉及到一场口水战时，乔迪选择了穿她最好的裙子。 “正如你所看到的，动物是可爱的，”她说。 她用红色激光笔指着身后的屏幕，把所有人的注意力吸引到一只可爱的耷拉着耳朵的小狗身上。 她点击了指针上的一个按钮——点击！照片从小狗变成了一只长着粉红色小鼻子的小猫。 “我想拥抱每一只动物，”她说。 “除了蜘蛛。”点击!点击!点击!形象从小猫变成刺猬，再变成沙鼠，再变成壁虎。