5 The Lighthouse

Chapter 5 The Lighthouse Sofia followed Laila's gaze toward the cliffs. She squinted, and then she saw it—the tall white tower with the round red top. "The lighthouse!" she shouted. "Phew!" breathed Max. "With the lighthouse there, there's no problem. When the light reflects on the water, it'll be brighter than the hotel. Bright enough to guide the baby turtles." Laila's face fell. "But there is a problem," she said. "I've never seen the light turned on." Max and Sofia frowned.

索非亚跟着莱拉的目光朝悬崖走去。 她眯起眼睛，然后她看到了——那座白色的高塔，顶上是红色的圆形。 “灯塔！”她喊道。 “呸！”麦克斯喘着气说。“有了灯塔，就没有问题了。 当光线反射到水面上时，它会比酒店还亮。 足够明亮，可以引导小海龟。” 莱拉的脸沉了下来。“但有一个问题，”她说。 “我从没见过灯是开着的。” 马克斯和索菲亚皱起了眉头。

"I've heard that the old lighthouse keeper still lives there," Laila continued, "but I've never met him." "He'll turn the light on for us," Sofia said, with as much confidence as she could drum up. "I mean, for the baby turtles. Won't he?"

“我听说老灯塔看守人还住在那里，”莱拉接着说，“但我从来没见过他。” “他会为我们开灯的。”索非亚说，带着尽可能多的自信。 “我是说，对小海龟来说。 他不会吗?”

Laila bit her lip. "Maybe, but... we would need a

莱拉咬着嘴唇。“也许,但是…… 我们需要一个

boat to reach that part of the cove." Max smiled. "We've got that covered," he said. "C'mon!" A few minutes later, with the help of the Aloha Inn's dinghy, they were climbing up Wind Rider's metal ladder. Max expertly secured the dinghy to Wind Rider with some rope. "Is this your boat?" Laila asked as soon as they were all on deck. "Where are your parents? Who sails it?" Before Max could answer, a chain rattled from the bow of the boat. The anchor came up, and the sail lines tightened. With a snap, the sail caught wind, and the helm of the boat began to spin. Laila gasped. "It's magic!" Sofia and Max shared a smile. "It is," said Sofia, the secret spilling from her lips. "We found it beached near a mangrove forest back home. It brought us here. We don't really know how or why." "Well, I know why," Laila announced. "The boat brought you here to save the turtles!" Max locked eyes with Sofia. She nodded as she realized that Laila could be

到那部分海湾的船。” 马克斯笑了。“我们已经搞定了，”他说。 “来吧!”几分钟后，在阿罗哈旅馆的小艇的帮助下，他们爬上了风骑士的金属梯子。 马克斯熟练地用绳子把小艇固定在风骑士号上。 “这是你的船吗？”他们一上甲板，莱拉就问道。 “你的父母在哪里？”谁驾驶它？”马克斯还没来得及回答，船头的一根链子就叮当作响了。 锚升起来了，帆绳收紧了。 啪的一声，帆被风吹起，船舵开始旋转。 莱拉气喘吁吁地说。“这是魔法!”索菲亚和马克斯相视一笑。 “是的，”索菲娅说，这个秘密从她的嘴里泄露了出来。 “我们在家乡的红树林附近发现了它。 它把我们带到了这里。我们真的不知道是怎么回事，也不知道为什么。” “嗯，我知道为什么。”莱拉宣布。 “船把你带到这里来救海龟！”马克斯和索菲亚对视了一下。 她点点头，因为她意识到莱拉可能是

right. After all, they had arrived just in time to help their new friend guide the first baby turtle to safety. But as long shadows from the cliffs fell across the deck, Sofia shivered. "It'll be dark out in a few hours. If we're going to save the turtles, we'd better act fast." Wind Rider sped through the waves as if it heard her words. As soon as Wind Rider got close to the lighthouse, Laila jumped onto a rickety dock and tied the boat to a thick metal cleat. Max and Sofia followed her, and the three of them hurried toward the rocky path that led to the lighthouse. Max gazed upward. "It's really steep," he said. Laila turned, waiting for Max and Sofia to catch up. "We have some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world here in Hawaii," she said. "They were made by volcanoes millions of years ago." Millions of years? thought Max, squinting up at the tops of the cliffs in awe. He reached out to touch the old rock. "Look out!" Sofia cried, pointing to a tiny creature the size of a golf ball, hiding in the crevice of a rock. Its hard, spiky body was dark purple and covered in pointy spines.

正确的。毕竟，它们及时赶到，帮助它们的新朋友把第一只小海龟带到安全的地方。 但当悬崖上长长的影子落在甲板上时，索非亚打了个寒颤。 “再过几个小时，外面就黑了。 如果我们要拯救海龟，我们最好快点行动。” 风骑士在海浪中疾驰，仿佛听到了她的话。 风骑士号一接近灯塔，莱拉就跳到一个摇摇晃晃的码头上，把船绑在一块厚厚的金属板上。 马克斯和索非亚跟在她后面，三个人匆匆走向通往灯塔的岩石小径。 马克斯向上凝视着。“真的很陡，”他说。 莱拉转过身来，等着马克斯和索菲亚赶上来。 “我们夏威夷有世界上最高的海崖，”她说。 “它们是几百万年前火山喷发造成的。” 几百万年？马克斯想，他眯起眼睛，敬畏地望着悬崖顶上。 他伸出手去摸那块老石头。 “当心!”索菲亚叫道，指着一个高尔夫球大小的小生物，藏在岩石的裂缝里。 它坚硬、多刺的身体是深紫色的，上面长满了尖尖的刺。

"A sea urchin!" Max drew his hand back. "Grandpa says a sea urchin's feet are like suction cups that help it hold on." As his own foot slipped on the wet rocks below, he gave a nervous laugh. "I wish I had suction-cup feet right now, too." "Be careful," Laila said. "They really hurt if you get pricked by one." Max nodded. They continued to scamper over the rocks, slowing down only to avoid stepping on the wildflowers growing in between the moss-covered rocks. At the top of the cliff, the lighthouse towered above them. The waves crashed against the shore below. Laila led the way toward the small house that stood

“海胆！”马克斯把手缩回来。 “爷爷说海胆的脚就像吸盘，可以帮助它抓住东西。” 当他自己的脚踩在下面潮湿的岩石上时，他发出一声紧张的笑声。 “我希望我现在也有吸盘脚。” “小心点，”莱拉说。“如果你被一只刺到，它们真的很疼。” 马克斯点点头。他们继续在岩石上蹦蹦跳跳，放慢速度只是为了避免踩到长满苔藓的岩石之间的野花。 在悬崖顶上，灯塔耸立在他们上方。 海浪拍击着下面的海岸。 莱拉带路向那座矗立着的小房子走去