Chapter 11

Chapter 11 A TWIST OF FATE! A TWIST OF ANKLE! THIS CHAPTER'S GOT MORE TWISTS THAN THE LATEST DANCE CRAZE. Morgan felt a little guilty, hearing how his friends had fared without him. They were gathered on the Woodsword playground, and Po was telling the story of his half- built bridge. "I'm telling you, I've got a fear of heights after that experience," he said. "And also a fear of teleporting monsters, and lava, and sad clowns wearing little hats." "Wait, there were clowns there, too?" asked Jodi in surprise. "No," said Po. "I've just always been creeped out by them. The sad ones, especially." He shuddered.

第十一章命运的转折！脚踝扭伤了！这一章比最新的舞蹈热潮更曲折。 听到朋友们没有他的日子过得怎样，摩根感到有点内疚。 他们聚集在林剑的操场上，阿宝正在讲他那只建了一半的桥的故事。 他说：“我跟你说，那次经历让我恐高了。” “我也害怕传送怪物、熔岩和戴着小帽子的悲伤小丑。” “等等，那里也有小丑吗？”乔迪惊讶地问。 “不，”阿宝说。“我总是被他们吓到。 尤其是那些悲伤的人。” 他战栗。

Harper patted Po's arm. "I really thought that plan would work," she said. "The Nether is too dangerous." "That means it's up to you, Jodi," said Theo. "You're our last hope." Jodi chuckled nervously. "Wow! No pressure, though, right?" Theo frowned. "It's quite a lot of pressure, actually." Jodi rolled her eyes and said, "Does Woodsword have any classes on understanding sarcasm? Because you might learn a thing or two." Then she groaned and dropped her head into her hands. Morgan cleared his throat. "I have an idea," he said.

哈珀拍了拍阿宝的胳膊。“我真的认为这个计划会奏效，”她说。 “幽冥太危险了。” “这意味着一切都取决于你，乔迪，”西奥说。 “你是我们最后的希望。”乔迪紧张地笑了。 “哇!不过不要有压力，对吧？”西奥皱起了眉头。 “实际上，压力相当大。” 乔迪翻了个白眼，说：“木剑有没有上过理解讽刺的课？ 因为你可能会学到一两件事。” 然后她呻吟了一声，把头埋在双手里。 摩根清了清喉咙。 “我有个主意，”他说。

Po shook his head. "If your idea is to tell the golem all about Baron Sweetcheeks, you're too late! I chatted the golem's ear off the whole time Theo was running the challenge." "It's true," Harper confirmed. "You know, the golem doesn't close its eyes, but I could almost swear it dozed off once or twice." "I'm pretty sure it was just drinking it all in," Po replied with a huff. Theo frowned. "Or maybe Morgan's idea is to go back in time and help us before we all suffered a series of defeats?" "Not helpful, Theo," Harper said in a singsong voice. "I guess he does understand sarcasm after all," Jodi said. Then, without lifting her face from her hands, she asked her brother, "What's your idea, Morgan?"

阿宝摇了摇头。“如果你想把甜脸蛋男爵的事都告诉傀儡，那就太晚了！”在西奥进行挑战的整个过程中，我一直在和魔像聊天。” “是真的，”哈珀证实道。 “你知道，魔像是不会闭上眼睛的，但我几乎可以发誓它打了一两次盹。” “我很确定它只是把水都喝进去了，”阿宝气呼呼地回答。 西奥皱起了眉头。“或者摩根的想法是回到过去，在我们遭受一系列失败之前帮助我们？”“没用，西奥。”哈珀用轻快的声音说。 “我想他还是懂得讽刺的，”乔迪说。 然后，她没有抬起头来，问她哥哥：“你有什么想法，摩根？”

"Let me try again, said Morgan. "Jodi can give me her spot, and I'll use what I learned last time to succeed." Jodi lifted her head. "That's not fair!" "It might be smart, though," Theo said. "I mean, he has a point." "Were you even excited for your turn, Jodi?" Po asked. "It seemed like you were worried." "That's not the point," Jodi said. "I'm not sure the golem will allow it," Harper said. "It told us we had five chances. But it strongly implied we'd only get one chance each."

“让我再试一次，”摩根说。 “乔迪可以把她的位置给我，我会利用上次学到的东西来取得成功。” 乔迪抬起头。“这不公平！”“不过，这可能很聪明，”西奥说。 “我的意思是，他说得有道理。”“轮到你了，你兴奋吗，乔迪？”阿宝问。 “你好像很担心。” “这不是重点，”乔迪说。 “我不确定魔像会不会允许。”哈珀说。 “它告诉我们，我们有五次机会。 但它强烈暗示我们每个人只有一次机会。”

"The golem's a computer program," said Theo. "If our argument is logical, we can convince it." "First you've got to convince me!" said Jodi. Morgan excused himself, leaving his friends to debate his proposal. Field Day was only a day away. And he had to fit in one last practice.

“这个傀儡是个电脑程序，”西奥说。 “如果我们的论点合乎逻辑，我们就能让它信服。” “首先你得说服我！”乔迪说。 摩根告辞了，留下朋友们讨论他的提议。 离运动会只有一天了。 他必须进行最后一次练习。

Morgan was getting faster. He was sure of it. His underarms were rubbed raw, and his good foot was getting a blister, but that was the price he had to pay for speed. He set a stopwatch. He wanted to time how long it took him to make one circuit around the school track. Everyone else was at lunch. That's why Morgan chose to practice now. He wanted some privacy. But there was one problem with that. It meant that when he fell… nobody was there to catch him.

摩根跑得越来越快。 他对此很有把握。他的腋下磨破了皮，他那只好脚起了水泡，但这是他为速度付出的代价。 他设置了一个秒表。他想计算一下绕学校跑道跑一圈需要多长时间。 其他人都在吃午饭。 所以摩根才选择现在执业。 他想要一些私人空间。但有一个问题。 这意味着当他摔倒时，没有人在那里接住他。