5 A Sign

CHAPTER 5

第五章

A Sign Grom pulled his spell book from his satchel. "Maybe I can find an explanation for the musical trance in here." Lucas nodded. "We must send for help from the king," he said. They hurried back to the harbor, where another boat had docked. An old fisherwoman walked toward them and shook her head. "I just saw the strangest sight," she said to the children, Falsk, and Grom, who still had his nose in his spell book. "What did you see?" asked Clara. "Hundreds of fairies flying after a strange dark, mystical cloud!" she exclaimed.

格罗姆从书包里拿出咒语书。 “也许我能在这里找到音乐催眠的解释。” 卢卡斯点点头。“我们必须向国王求助，”他说。 他们匆匆回到港口，另一艘船停在那里。 一个老渔妇向他们走来，摇了摇头。 “我刚刚看到了最奇怪的景象，”她对孩子们、法尔斯克和格罗姆说，格罗姆的鼻子还在他的咒语书里。 “你看到了什么？”克拉拉问。 “几百个仙女在一片奇怪的、黑暗的、神秘的云后面飞行！”她惊叫道。

Lucas and Clara gasped. "Which way were they headed?" asked Clara. The fisherwoman pointed. "East," she said. They thanked the fisherwoman and started down the dock toward their ship. "Let's go!" Lucas shouted. "Wait!" the fisherwoman called after them. "Before you set sail, I have something that may be of interest to you."

卢卡斯和克拉拉倒吸了一口冷气。“他们往哪个方向去了？”克拉拉问。 渔妇指了指。“东，”她说。 他们谢过渔妇，就沿着码头朝他们的船走去。 “我们走吧!”卢卡斯喊道。 “等等！”渔妇在他们身后喊道。 “在你启航之前，我有一些你可能感兴趣的东西。”

Lucas, Clara, Grom, and Falsk gave the fisherwoman their full attention. The fisherwoman reached into her pocket and pulled out an object shaped like a teardrop. It was flat, and it shimmered in the sunlight. She handed it to Lucas. "It looks like a dragon scale," he said, turning it over. Ruskin sniffed the scale and whined. Then Lucas showed it to Grom.

卢卡斯、克拉拉、格罗姆和法尔斯克全神贯注地注视着这位渔民。 渔妇把手伸进口袋，掏出一个泪珠形状的东西。 它是平的，在阳光下闪闪发光。 她把它递给卢卡斯。“它看起来像一个龙鳞，”他说着，把它翻过来。 罗斯金嗅了嗅磅秤，呜咽起来。 然后卢卡斯把它拿给格罗姆看。

"I've never seen a scale this color," Grom said. It was silver, blue, and purple. Clara inspected the scale too. "Is it a scale from a dragon or some other kind of creature?" The fisherwoman looked up at the sky. "All I know is that the scale fell from the cloud the fairies were following."

“我从未见过这种颜色的鳞片，”格罗姆说。 它是银色、蓝色和紫色的。 克拉拉也检查了磅秤。 “这是龙的鳞片还是别的什么生物的？”渔妇抬头看了看天空。 “我只知道天平是从仙女们跟着的云上掉下来的。”