Chapter 4

Chapter 4 WELCOME TO THE ZOO! COME FOR THE PANDAS. STAY FOREVER..... Jodi knew she was taking a big risk. The creepy house on stilts was obviously not the kind of place she wanted to be. But as she splashed through the shallow water, she wasn't thinking about the hut. She was thinking about what she had seen behind the hut. "Jodi!" her brother hissed. He was quickly catching up to her, and the others were close behind him. "What are you doing?" "I'm helping," she said. "I'm helping them." Jodi stepped onto dry land, just a short distance from the swamp hut. There were fences there. Cages. They were built from the same spruce and oak as the hut. And they held just about every animal Jodi had ever seen in Minecraft.

第四章欢迎来到动物园！来找熊猫吧。 保持永远……乔迪知道她在冒很大的风险。 她显然不想住在那种架空的吓人房子里。 但当她在浅水中溅起水花时，她并没有想到小屋。 她在想她在小屋后面看到的东西。 “乔迪！”她哥哥嘶嘶地说。 他很快就追上了她，其他人紧跟在他后面。 “你在干什么？”“我在帮忙，”她说。 “我在帮助他们。”乔迪踏上了离沼泽小屋不远的陆地。 那里有栅栏。笼子里。 它们是用和小屋一样的云杉和橡树建造的。 它们几乎囊括了Jodi在《我的世界》中见过的所有动物。

"Whoa," said Po. "Check out all the animals." He peered between the bars of the nearest cage. "Is that a panda? I forgot Minecraft even had pandas." "THEY ONLY SPAWN IN JUNGLES," Morgan said. He leaned in closer. "It sort of looks like a jungle biome inside the cage, doesn't it? There's bamboo growing in there." He frowned. "That shouldn't happen in a swamp." "And there," said Harper, pointing at another cage. "The turtle's cage is full of sand and water. It looks like a small beach." "Someone is recreating the home biome of each animal," Theo said. "There's even an aquarium over there. IT'S FULL OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISH." "That panda is just a baby," Jodi said. "It looks so sad!" "That's just your imagination," said Theo. "It can't be sad. It isn't a real panda." Before Jodi could disagree, the panda sneezed. A glob of slime landed nearby. "Okay, that was somehow both adorable and disgusting at the same time," said Po. Harper grinned, and she picked up the slimeball. "You never know," she said. "This might come in handy."

“哇，”阿宝说。“看看所有的动物。” 他从最近的笼子的栅栏间窥视。 “那是一只熊猫吗？”我都忘了《我的世界》里还有熊猫。” “它们只在丛林里产卵，”摩根说。 他靠得更近了。“笼子里看起来有点像丛林生物群落，不是吗？” 那里长着竹子。” 他皱起了眉头。“那不应该发生在沼泽里。” “那边，”哈珀指着另一个笼子说。 乌龟的笼子里装满了沙子和水。 它看起来像一个小海滩。” “有人正在重建每种动物的家庭生物群落，”西奥说。 “那里甚至还有一个水族馆。 那里有各种各样的鱼。” “那只熊猫还只是个婴儿，”乔迪说。 “它看起来很悲伤！”“那只是你的想象，”西奥说。 “不可能是悲伤的。这不是一只真正的熊猫。” 乔迪还没来得及反驳，熊猫就打了个喷嚏。 一团黏液落在附近。 阿宝说：“好吧，这真是既可爱又恶心。” 哈珀咧嘴一笑，捡起了那个黏糊糊的球。 “谁知道呢，”她说。 “这可能会派上用场。”

"Harper!" said Po, looking grossed out—as much as an avatar in a wolf-sheep skin could. "I hope you know how to craft a sink, because you need to wash your hands. Like, right away!" "A little slime never hurt anybody," said Harper, and she waved her blocky hands in Po's face. While Po squealed and laughed, Morgan appeared lost in thought. After a long moment, he said, "It's a zoo. But who would make this, and why?" "IT'S NOT A ZOO," said Jodi. "It's a prison! And whoever built it is obviously the same person who was trapping animals in a pit." She hopped in anger. "It isn't right. It isn't fair. And I'm going to set them all free."

“哈珀！”阿宝说，看起来很恶心——就像一个披着狼羊皮的化身一样。 “我希望你知道如何制作水槽，因为你需要洗手。 就像，马上！”“一点黏液不会伤害任何人，”哈珀说，她在阿宝的脸上挥舞着她粗壮的双手。 当阿宝尖叫大笑时，摩根似乎陷入了沉思。 过了好一会儿，他说：“这是一个动物园。 但谁会做这个，为什么？”“这不是动物园，”乔迪说。 “这是监狱！”不管是谁建的，显然就是那个把动物困在坑里的人。” 她气得跳了起来。“这是不对的。 这不公平。我要把他们都放了。”

"Now, hold on a minute," said Morgan. But Jodi didn't listen. She flung open a gate. A goat stepped out, leaving the gravelly, mountainous landscape of its cage. "BE FREE!" said Jodi. "Get out of here. Hurry!" The goat bleated once, then hurried past them into the swamp. Jodi didn't stop there. She ran down the line of cages, throwing open one door after another. "JODI, STOP!" said Morgan. "We need to talk about this." Just then, an eerie giggle rang out. Jodi froze, confused. The sound was coming from the cage that

“现在，等一下，”摩根说。 但乔迪不听。她猛地打开一扇门。 一只山羊走了出来，离开了笼子里布满砾石的山峦。 “自由！”乔迪说。“滚出去。 快点!”山羊咩咩叫了一声，然后匆匆从他们身边跑进了沼泽。 乔迪并没有就此止步。她沿着一排笼子跑过去，推开一扇又一扇笼子的门。 “乔迪，停下！”摩根说。 “我们需要谈谈这个问题。” 就在这时，一阵诡异的咯咯声响起。 乔迪愣住了，很困惑。声音是从笼子里传出来的

she had just opened. Inside it, a colorful bird sat atop a log. "Dude," said Po. "DID THAT PARROT JUST LAUGH AT US?" Jodi saw the worry on her brother's face. "What is it?" she asked. "What's wrong?" "Well…parrots make different sounds depending on what other mobs are nearby," Morgan explained. "They hiss when a creeper is close. They groan when a zombie's around. And that giggle…it sounded like…" "Like what?" asked Jodi. Morgan answered: "LIKE A WITCH." Jodi turned to look at the nearby hut. A menacing figure loomed in its open doorway. It wore a pointed hat and a dark cloak. And it was watching them with bright green eyes.

她刚开门。在里面，一只彩色的鸟栖息在一根原木上。 “老兄，”阿宝说。“那只鹦鹉刚才是不是在嘲笑我们？”乔迪看到了她哥哥脸上的担忧。 “什么事？”她问。“怎么了?”“嗯……鹦鹉会根据附近的其他生物发出不同的声音，”摩根解释说。 当藤蔓靠近时，它们会发出嘶嘶声。 当僵尸在附近时，他们会呻吟。 那咯咯的笑声……听起来像……”“像什么？”乔迪问。 摩根回答说：“像个女巫。” 乔迪转身看了看附近的小屋。 一个凶狠的身影隐约出现在敞开的门口。 它戴着一顶尖帽子，披着一件黑斗篷。 它正用明亮的绿眼睛看着他们。

It was a witch. It laughed—a wicked, haunting cackle that sent a chill through Jodi's avatar. And then it attacked. Po was the first one to be hit. He didn't even have time to draw his sword. A potion struck him square in the back. He flashed red and fell to his knees. Just one hit, and he was out of the fight. "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" cried Harper, and she fired an arrow. It struck the wood hut with a thunk. "Where did the witch go?" said Theo, and he gripped his sword. "It was right there a second ago." "Behind you!" yelled Morgan. But his warning came too late. The witch leapt from the shadows, hurling potions at Theo and Harper. As they fell to

是个女巫。它笑了——一种邪恶的、令人难以忘怀的咯咯声，让乔迪的化身不寒而栗。 然后它开始攻击。阿宝是第一个被击中的。 他甚至来不及拔出剑来。 一剂药水正好击中了他的后背。 他满脸通红，跪倒在地。 只要一击，他就出局了。 “我们遭到攻击了！”哈帕喊道，她射出了一箭。 它砰的一声击中了木头小屋。 “女巫去哪儿了？”西奥说着，抓住了他的剑。 “它刚才还在那儿呢。” “在你后面！”摩根喊道。 但他的警告来得太晚了。 女巫从阴影中跳了出来，向西奥和哈珀投掷魔药。 当他们开始