1 Another Adventure

WIND RIDERS SEARCH FOR THE SCARLET MACAWS WRITTEN BY JEN MARLIN ILLUSTRATED BY IZZY BURTON

乘风者寻找猩红金刚鹦鹉，作者珍·马林，插画伊兹·伯顿

Chapter 1 Another Adventure "Uh-oh, a waterfall!" cried Max. He held his breath as the toy boat lunged forward, caught in the rushing water of the rocky stream. For a moment, the tiny wooden vessel hung suspended—half in the water, half out. Then it plunged, nose first, over the edge.

“哦哦，瀑布！”麦克斯叫道。 他屏住呼吸，玩具船向前冲去，被岩石流的激流所困。 有那么一会儿，那只小木船悬在水面上——一半在水里，一半在外面。 然后它一头栽下，鼻子朝下，掉下了悬崖。

"Yes!" cried Sofia. "That was our best run yet." She leaned over the stream and collected the model boat from a mass of leaves and twigs. Cold raindrops trickled down the back of her neck, and she squealed. "This rain just won't let up!" She gazed past the marina toward the sandy beach, where the air was thick like a misty gray curtain. She and her parents were visiting Starry Bay for the summer, and this was their first day without sunshine. Max laughed. "Grandpa knew it was coming, because he saw a halo around the sun when we were

“是的！”索菲亚叫道。“这是我们迄今为止最好的一次比赛。” 她俯身在小溪上，从一堆树叶和树枝中捡起模型船。 冰冷的雨点顺着她的后颈滴落下来，她尖叫起来。 “这场雨就是停不下来！”她凝视着码头那边的沙滩，那里的空气像一幅灰色的薄雾幕布。 她和她的父母正在星湾避暑，这是他们第一次没有阳光。 马克斯笑了。“爷爷知道它要来了，因为他看到太阳周围有一个光环

out on his boat this morning." As a retired fisher, Max's grandpa knew everything there was to know about the weather, the sea, and boats. He'd even helped them carve the wooden boat that they were playing with. The model was fun, but Max couldn't stop thinking about a boat he and Sofia had sailed together for real. His gaze drifted to the mangrove forest behind them.

今天早上在他的船上。” 作为一名退休的渔民，马克斯的爷爷对天气、大海和船只了如指掌。 他甚至帮他们雕刻了他们正在玩的木船。 这个模型很有趣，但马克斯一直在想他和索菲亚一起真正驾驶过的船。 他的目光转向他们身后的红树林。

Sofia caught his eye. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" she asked. "Wind Rider?" Max whispered, as if someone might overhear. "Exactly." Just a few days ago, the old sailboat they had found in the mangrove forest had magically transformed into a brand-new boat and taken them on an amazing adventure in Hawaii. "Did we really sail across the ocean?" Max asked. The whole thing felt like a dream. Sofia grinned. "We really did. I just hope we'll get to do it again one day." They had tried boarding the boat yesterday and spinning the creaky wooden helm. But this time, nothing had happened.

索菲亚引起了他的注意。“你和我想的一样吗？”她问。 “风骑士?”麦克斯小声说，好像有人会听到似的。 “没错。”就在几天前，他们在红树林里发现的旧帆船神奇地变成了一艘崭新的船，带他们开始了夏威夷的奇妙冒险。 “我们真的横渡大洋了吗？”马克斯问道。 整件事就像一场梦。 索非亚笑了。“我们真的做到了。 我只希望有一天我们能再做一次。” 他们昨天曾试着登上那艘船，转动那只吱吱作响的木舵。 但这一次，什么也没发生。