9 Trapped!

CHAPTER 9

第九章

Trapped! The children gently pulled back the curtain of moss and peeked between the branches. There stood a shimmering beast at the mouth of a dark cave. It had the body of an enormous dragon and the wings of a monstrous bat. Purple, blue, and silver scales neatly overlapped one another, like shingles, on the beast's body. The scales looked just like the one the fisherwoman had found. Two curved horns rose up from the crest of the beast's head, while thousands of hairy spikes ran down its back. The tip of its tail curled like a snake.

被困!孩子们轻轻地拉开苔藓的帷幕，在树枝间偷看。 在一个黑暗的山洞口站着一只闪闪发光的野兽。 它有着巨大的龙的身体和巨大的蝙蝠的翅膀。 紫色、蓝色和银色的鳞片整齐地重叠在一起，就像瓦片一样。 这些鳞片看起来就像那个渔妇找到的一样。 两只弯弯曲曲的角从这头野兽的头顶升起，成千上万的毛茸茸的尖刺沿着它的背部延伸。 它的尾巴尖像蛇一样蜷曲。

Lucas blinked. "It's huge," he whispered. Clara swallowed hard. "Do you think it's friendly?" she asked uncertainly. "I don't know about friendly, but it sure looks powerful," Lucas responded. Ruskin barked. "Shh!" Lucas shushed sharply, but it was too late. The creature locked its glowing crystal eyes on all three of them.

卢卡斯眨了眨眼睛。“太大了，”他低声说。 克拉拉使劲咽了口气。“你认为这是友好的吗？”她不确定地问。 卢卡斯回答说：“我不知道它是否友好，但它看起来确实很强大。” Ruskin吠叫。“嘘!”卢卡斯突然安静了下来，但已经太晚了。 那怪物用晶莹的眼睛盯着他们三个人。

Lucas dropped the curtain of moss to escape its stare. "Bad boy, Ruskin!" he scolded. "We didn't even have a plan yet!" Ruskin squawked and raised his wings. Then he flew through the drape of moss straight toward the creature.

卢卡斯放下苔藓的帘子，躲开它的凝视。 “坏孩子，罗斯金！” “我们甚至还没有一个计划！”罗斯金尖声叫着，扬起了翅膀。 然后，他穿过苔藓，径直飞向那个生物。

"What's he doing?" cried Clara. They peered through the moss. Ruskin landed in front of the creature and began to chirp and bark. "He's trying to talk to the beast!" Clara said. "We have to stop him!" cried Lucas. Lucas and Clara flung back the moss and charged toward Ruskin. The beast fastened its gaze on the children and began to thunder toward them.

“他在做什么？”克拉拉叫道。 他们透过青苔向外窥视。 罗斯金降落在这只动物面前，开始唧唧喳喳地叫。 “他想和野兽说话！”克拉拉说。 “我们必须阻止他！”卢卡斯叫道。 卢卡斯和克拉拉掀开苔藓，向罗斯金冲去。 那野兽盯着孩子们，开始向他们咆哮。