5 A Fishy Tale

CHAPTER 5

第五章

A Fishy Tale "Are you okay?" Clara asked again as she propped herself up. Lucas nodded. "I'm sorry, Clara," he said. "I should have listened to you." "That's okay," said his friend, squinting at the sun. "But you had me terrified!" she went on. "It felt like you were underwater forever." Lucas wrung some seawater from his wet shirt. "Really? I wish I could have stayed longer." He sighed. "You're never going to believe what I saw down there," he said.

“你还好吗？”克拉拉扶起身子，又问了一遍。 卢卡斯点点头。“对不起，克拉拉，”他说。 “我应该听你的。” “没关系，”他的朋友说，眯着眼睛看着太阳。 “可是你把我吓坏了！”她接着说。 “感觉你永远在水下。” 卢卡斯从湿衬衫里拧出一些海水。 “真的吗?我真希望我能多待一会儿。” 他叹了口气。“你绝对不会相信我在下面看到了什么，”他说。

Clara's eyes grew wide. "What do you mean?" she asked. She leaned over excitedly. "I saw something amazing and magical," he said. "I saw the Mermaid Kingdom!" Clara's jaw dropped. "But that's impossible!" she declared. "Everyone says that the Mermaid Kingdom is

克拉拉睁大了眼睛。“你是什么意思?”她问。 她兴奋地探过身来。 “我看到了一些神奇的东西，”他说。 “我看到美人鱼王国了！”克拉拉的下巴掉了下来。 “但那是不可能的！” “每个人都说美人鱼王国是

hidden from human sight." "I know!" agreed Lucas. "But I'm telling you, I saw it! And it was the most incredible thing I've ever seen." Then he tried to describe the sparkling coral kingdom and the mermaid girl who had rescued him.

隐藏在人类的视线之外。”“我知道！” “可是我告诉你，我看见了！”这是我见过的最不可思议的事情。” 然后他试着描述那个闪闪发光的珊瑚王国和那个救了他的美人鱼女孩。

"I think she helped us get back to shore too," Lucas added. Clara shook her head in disbelief. "But I sit here in Mermaid's Cove more than anyone else and I've never even seen a mermaid. Not even the tip of a tail!" she said. "Are you sure you're not making this up?" "Why would I do that?" asked Lucas. "Well, I don't know," Clara went on. "Maybe because you wanted so badly to discover something first. It's just hard to believe that you happened to find an entire kingdom the very next day...." "I see your point," said Lucas, "but I promise I'm not making this up."

“我想她也帮助我们回到了岸边，”卢卡斯补充道。 克拉拉难以置信地摇了摇头。 “但我坐在美人鱼湾的时间比任何人都多，我甚至从来没有见过美人鱼。 连尾巴尖都没有！”她说。 “你确定这不是你编的吗？”“我为什么要那么做？”卢卡斯问。 “嗯，我不知道，”克拉拉接着说。 “也许是因为你太想先发现点什么吧。 只是很难相信你第二天就发现了一个完整的王国....” “我明白你的意思，”卢卡斯说，“但我保证这不是我编造的。”

Clara watched the waves crash and foam on the shore. "Well, all I can say is that I'm really glad you're safe," she said.

克拉拉看着海浪拍打着海岸，溅起泡沫。 “好吧，我只能说，我真的很高兴你平安无事，”她说。