8 Night Flight

CHAPTER 8

第八章

Night Flight Clara wiped her brow. The stall had become hot in the late-morning sun. Finally the door creaked open. Lucas had returned. "What did you find out?" Clara asked. Lucas patted the pegasus. "Not much," he said. "The wizards said time is the only thing that would heal a strained pegasus wing." Clara groaned. "That's the one thing we don't have. That hunter is getting closer!" Lucas looked at the poor pegasus thoughtfully. "Well, we'll just have to help the pegasus learn to fly with an injured wing." They waited until after dark, and then they snuck the pegasus out to an open field. The children massaged

夜航克拉拉擦了擦额头。 在上午晚些时候的阳光下，摊位变得很热。 最后，门吱吱地开了。 卢卡斯回来了。“你发现了什么？”克拉拉问道。 卢卡斯拍了拍飞马。“没什么，”他说。 巫师说时间是唯一能治愈飞马翅膀的东西 克拉拉呻吟着。“这是我们没有的东西。 那个猎人越来越近了！”卢卡斯若有所思地看着可怜的飞马。 “好吧，我们只要帮助那只受伤的翅膀飞翔就行了。” 他们一直等到天黑，然后偷偷把飞马带到一块开阔的田野里。 孩子们在按摩

the pegasus's wing under the light of the blue moon. Then, on the count of three, the pegasus ran as fast as he could and took off in flight. The great stallion rose gracefully into the starry night. Then he whinnied in pain and glided back down to the earth. They tried again, but it was no use. The pegasus needed to heal before he could fly all the way home. Ruskin nuzzled the pegasus and stayed close to his side.

蓝月亮下飞马的翅膀。 然后，在我数到三的时候，飞马以最快的速度飞奔起来。 那匹大骏马优雅地站起来，进入星夜。 然后他痛苦地呜咽着，滑回了地面。 他们又试了一次，但没有用。 飞马在飞回家之前需要疗伤。 罗斯金用鼻子蹭了蹭飞马，紧紧地站在它身边。

The children plopped down in the tall grass and listened to the crickets. "Now what?" said Lucas. But before Clara could respond, they heard something rustle in the woods nearby. Ruskin's ears perked up. The children stared into the darkness. A shadow emerged from the forest. It was the hunter! Lucas and Clara scrambled to their feet and blocked the pegasus from the woman who gripped her lasso. "Stay back!" Lucas ordered in a commanding voice.

孩子们扑通一声坐在高高的草地上，听蟋蟀叫。 “现在怎么办？”卢卡斯说。克拉拉还没来得及回答，他们就听到附近树林里有沙沙的声音。 罗斯金竖起了耳朵。孩子们凝视着黑暗。 森林里出现了一个影子。 是猎人！卢卡斯和克拉拉爬起来，挡住了那个抓住她套索的女人的飞马。 “退后!”卢卡斯命令道。

But the stranger continued to walk toward them, into the moonlight. Suddenly the children could see her face. To their surprise, the stranger's eyes seemed to glow with kindness. She looked lovingly at the pegasus as if it were a long lost friend. The pegasus nickered and walked past Lucas and Clara, right up to the stranger. "I thought I'd never see you again!" the woman said gently, stroking his muzzle.

但陌生人继续向他们走去，走进月光里。 突然，孩子们看到了她的脸。 令他们吃惊的是，那个陌生人的眼睛里似乎闪烁着仁慈的光芒。 她深情地看着飞马，仿佛它是一位失散已久的朋友。 那匹飞马咯咯地叫着，从卢卡斯和克拉拉身边走过，径直走到那个陌生人跟前。 “我以为我再也见不到你了！”女人轻轻地说，抚摸着他的嘴。