6 Follow That Bird!

Chapter 6 Follow That Bird! "What are we going to do?" Sofia asked Max. Her whole body felt weary, even though they had spent the night in comfortable beds at Paulo's house. They had told Juliana that their parents wouldn't mind them staying over. Which was true, Max knew—because no

第六章跟着那只鸟！“我们该怎么办？”索菲亚问马克斯。 尽管他们在保罗家舒适的床上度过了一夜，她还是感到全身疲惫。 他们告诉朱莉安娜，他们的父母不会介意他们在这里过夜。 这是真的，麦克斯知道——因为不是吗

time would have passed when they returned to Starry Bay. Max sighed. Not even the bright yellow walls of Juliana's restaurant could cheer him up this morning. He shrugged. "What can we do?" "We can eat," Paulo announced. He gestured toward Antonio, who was bringing out a plate of rolls. "Brazilian cheese bread. Best breakfast ever." Antonio set the bread rolls on their table. He had dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept a wink. "Listen, I just wanted to say again... I'm sorry." Paulo lowered his voice to a whisper. "I know," he said. "You were just trying to help." Antonio gave a weak shrug. "If only there were more macaws around—flocks of them, like there used to be—the restaurant wouldn't be in trouble. The tourists loved the macaws!" Sofia bit into a roll and wiped crumbs from her chin. "Could we find them?" she asked. "Could we figure out where the flocks of macaws went after the fire?"

当他们回到星空湾的时候，时间已经过去了。 马克斯叹了口气。今天早上，即使是朱莉安娜餐厅明黄色的墙壁也不能让他高兴起来。 他耸了耸肩。“我们能做什么？”“我们可以吃了。”保罗宣布。 他指了指安东尼奥，后者正端出一盘面包卷。 “巴西奶酪面包。最好的早餐。” 安东尼奥把面包卷放在桌子上。 他有黑眼圈，好像一夜没合眼似的。 “听着，我只是想再说一遍…… 我很抱歉。”保罗压低声音低语。 “我知道，”他说。“你只是想帮忙。” 安东尼奥无力地耸了耸肩。 “要是周围有更多的金刚鹦鹉——成群的金刚鹦鹉，就像过去那样——餐馆就不会有麻烦了。 游客们喜欢金刚鹦鹉！”索菲亚咬了一口面包卷，擦去下巴上的面包屑。 “我们能找到他们吗？”她问。 “我们能弄清楚火灾后金刚鹦鹉群去了哪里吗？”

"I don't know," said Antonio. "I only know where the one nest is." As Juliana called Antonio back into the kitchen, Max had a sudden thought. "Paulo, you said macaws like clay licks. Maybe we could find one." Paulo looked up. "They're usually found in river bends," he said, "where there's lots of mud and sandy clay." "We could follow the macaws," said Sofia thoughtfully. "If the parents of the chicks fly to a clay lick during the day, they could lead us there!" Max slapped his hand on the table so hard that his fork rattled. "That's it!" Paulo didn't look so sure. "Following birds through

“我不知道，”安东尼奥说。 “我只知道一个鸟巢在哪里。” 当朱莉安娜把安东尼奥叫回厨房时，马克斯突然有了一个想法。 “保罗，你说金刚鹦鹉喜欢舔泥土。 也许我们能找到一个。”保罗抬起头。 “它们通常出现在河道拐弯处，”他说，“那里有很多泥和沙质粘土。” “我们可以跟着金刚鹦鹉。”索非亚若有所思地说。 “如果小鸡的父母在白天飞到一个粘土舔，他们可以把我们带到那里！”麦克斯的手重重地拍了一下桌子，弄得叉子格格作响。 “就是这样!”保罗看起来不那么肯定。 跟着鸟儿

the rain forest won't be easy. But... it might be the best chance we've got." A short while later, Sofia, Max, and Paulo were hurrying through the rain forest toward the macaw nest. They struggled to keep their eyes on the sky without tripping on the undergrowth below. Suddenly, Sofia saw a blur of red. Two scarlet macaws flew overhead. "There they are!" she cried, pointing. "Let's go!" said Max. Together, they led the way over dead branches and around bushes and vines. Max kept his eyes trained on the scarlet birds that flitted from tree to tree, until he tripped and sprawled in a heap of damp leaves. "Are you all right?" Paulo asked, reaching down to help him. Max nodded. "Thanks." But as he took a moment to catch his breath, he saw that Sofia had stopped running, too. "Where'd they go?" she asked, staring at the sky. As she spun in a slow circle, her heart sank. "Did we lose them?" "No," said Paulo. "I can still hear them cawing in the distance."

热带雨林并不容易。 但是…这可能是我们最好的机会了。” 过了一会儿，索菲亚、马克斯和保罗匆匆穿过雨林，朝金刚鹦鹉的巢走去。 他们努力保持眼睛盯着天空，不被下面的矮树丛绊倒。 突然，索菲亚看到一片模糊的红色。 两只猩红色的金刚鹦鹉从头顶飞过。 “他们在那儿！”她指着叫道。 “我们走吧！”麦克斯说。他们一起带路，走过枯枝，绕过灌木丛和藤蔓。 马克斯目不转睛地盯着那些在树间飞来飞去的鲜红的鸟儿，直到他绊了一跤，倒在一堆潮湿的树叶里。 “你没事吧？”保罗问，伸手去帮他。 马克斯点点头。“谢谢。”但当他喘口气的时候，他看到索菲亚也停止了奔跑。 “他们去哪儿了？”她盯着天空问道。 她慢慢地转着圈，心一沉。 “我们把他们弄丢了吗？”“不，”保罗说。 “我还能听到它们在远处叫。”

Max studied the dense canopy of leaves. "Maybe we just need to get up a little higher." He reached for a vine wrapped around a tree trunk, tugging on it to see if it would hold him. "Good idea," said Paulo. "Wait, take these." He handed Max the binoculars. Max hung the binoculars around his neck and began to climb, hanging on to the vine. When he reached the lower branches of the tree, he studied the sea of green around him, hoping to spot a speck of red. He saw nothing. So he climbed higher, until he found a gap in the

马克斯仔细研究着浓密的树冠。 “也许我们只需要爬得更高一点。” 他伸手去抓一根缠绕在树干上的藤蔓，使劲拉着，看它能不能支撑住他。 “好主意，”保罗说。“等等，拿着这些。” 他把望远镜递给马克斯。 马克斯把望远镜挂在脖子上，抓住藤蔓开始往上爬。 当他走到树下的树枝上时，他仔细观察着周围一片绿色，希望能发现一点红色。 他什么也没看见。于是他爬得更高，直到他发现了一个缺口

leaves. Here, sunlight warmed his face. He felt as if he could see for miles. He scanned the treetops, searching for the red wings of the macaws. As his eyes drifted past a patchwork of color, he paused. He pressed the binoculars to his eyes and searched until he saw it again—a flash of reds, yellows, and blues, so bright it could have been a rainbow-colored towel on the beach in Starry Bay. Max rubbed his eyes and adjusted the binoculars. There! This time, he zoomed out until he could see the brilliant patch of color set against a muddy riverbank. His heart thudded in his ears. "I see the clay lick!" he cried, nearly losing his balance. He peered again through the binoculars. "And

叶子。在这里，阳光温暖了他的脸。 他觉得自己仿佛能看到几英里远的地方。 他扫视着树梢，寻找金刚鹦鹉的红色翅膀。 当他的目光掠过一块块颜色时，他停了下来。 他把双筒望远镜凑近眼睛搜索，直到再次看到那道闪光——红、黄、蓝三色的闪光，明亮得就像星空湾海滩上的一条彩虹色毛巾。 马克斯揉了揉眼睛，调整了双筒望远镜。 在那里!这一次，他把镜头拉近了，直到能看到那片明亮的色彩映衬在泥泞的河岸上。 他的心砰砰直跳。 “我看见粘土在舔！”他叫道，几乎失去了平衡。 他又用双筒望远镜看了看。 ”,