9 A Swirl of Fire

CHAPTER 9

第九章

A Swirl of Fire Somehow the ship stayed afloat. But the sea monster roared with fury. It's going to swallow us whole! Lucas thought. He squeezed his eyes shut. "Lucas, open your eyes!" shouted Clara. "I see something caught on the sea monster's head!" "She's right!" Captain Brown shouted. Lucas opened his eyes and looked. He hadn't seen it before, but the sea monster had a net stuck on its head.

那艘船不知怎么地浮在水面上了。 但是海怪怒吼着。 它会把我们整个吞下去！卢卡斯的想法。 他紧紧地闭上眼睛。 “卢卡斯，睁开你的眼睛！”克拉拉喊道。 “我看见有什么东西钩在海怪的头上了！”“她是对的!”布朗船长喊道。 卢卡斯睁开眼睛看了看。 他以前从未见过，但海怪的头上挂着一张网。

"How can we free it?" asked Clara. "We need to get closer!" shouted Lucas. "Too dangerous!" cried Captain Brown. Squawk! cried something from the crow's nest. "What was that?" shouted Lucas. "Up there!" yelled Clara.

“我们怎样才能解放它？”克拉拉问。 “我们得靠近点！”卢卡斯喊道。 “太危险了！”布朗船长叫道。 诉苦!从瞭望台传来什么声音。 “那是什么？”卢卡斯喊道。 “在上面！”克拉拉喊道。

A streak of red flew from the crow's nest. "It's Ruskin!" Lucas yelled. Ruskin squawked again and flew onto the sea monster's head. The sea monster tried to shake him off. But Ruskin clung on to him. "What's he doing?" Captain Brown shouted.

一道红光从瞭望台上飞了出来。 “这是罗斯金!”卢卡斯喊道。 罗斯金又尖叫了一声，飞到海怪的头上。 海怪想把他甩掉。 但罗斯金紧紧抓住他不放。 “他在干什么？”布朗船长喊道。

"I think he's trying to free the sea monster!" said Lucas. Ruskin pulled at the net on the sea monster's head. He tugged and tugged, but the net wouldn't come free. Suddenly, Ruskin roared, and a little swirl of flame burned away some of the netting. Then Ruskin easily removed the rest of the net and flew a short distance away. The sea monster shook its head. Its face became calm, and it sank back into the sea. The water stopped churning, and the boat stopped jerking this way and that. Ruskin flew back to the ship and landed on the deck. He dropped the net at Lucas's feet.

“我想他是想解救海怪！” 拉斯金拉住海怪头上的网。 他拉了又拉，但网就是拉不出来。 突然，罗斯金吼了一声，一股火焰旋涡烧掉了一些网。 然后拉斯金轻松地摘下剩下的网，飞了一小段距离。 海怪摇了摇头。 它的脸变得平静了，然后又沉回海里。 水停止了翻腾，船也停止了左右摇晃。 罗斯金飞回船上，降落在甲板上。 他把网丢在卢卡斯脚下。