3 Puffin Patrol

Chapter 3 Puffin Patrol Sofia stared at the waves below, wondering how deep the water might be. Then she heard voices. She glanced up and saw a boy and a girl crossing the black sand beach. "Let's catch up to them," said Max. "We're wearing waders for a reason!" He grabbed his backpack and climbed carefully down the ladder attached to Wind Rider's hull. He stepped into the water, lowering his foot slowly until he felt the sandy seabed below. The sea was

第三章海雀巡逻索菲亚凝视着下面的海浪，不知道水有多深。 然后她听到了说话声。她抬头一看，看见一个男孩和一个女孩正穿过黑色的沙滩。 “我们去追他们吧。”麦克斯说。 “我们穿水靴是有原因的！”他抓起背包，小心翼翼地爬下绑在风骑士船体上的梯子。 他走进水里，慢慢地放下脚，直到摸到下面的沙质海床。 大海是

only knee-high, but it was freezing! Max shivered, but his waders kept him dry. Sofia followed him down. "We'll have to hurry if we're going to catch them!" she said. But wading through the icy waves felt like running in slow motion. When she finally reached the slick black sand, she glanced at the tower of rocks rising through the mist. Birds called to one another as they circled high above. Then someone called to her—the boy on the beach. But she couldn't understand a word he was saying. "H., purfie

只有膝盖那么高，但是很冷！马克斯打了个寒颤，但他的水靴使他保持干燥。 索菲亚跟着他走了下去。“要想赶上他们，我们得快点了！”她说。 但在冰冷的海浪中跋涉，感觉就像在慢动作中跑步。 当她终于到达光滑的黑沙滩时，她瞥了一眼从雾中升起的岩石塔。 鸟儿在高空盘旋时互相呼唤。 这时有人叫她——海滩上的男孩。 但他说的话她一个字也听不懂。 ”purfie H。

tie hjálp?" I need my necklace! Sofia realized. She pulled the beads from her backpack and slipped them on. As Max stepped out of the waves, she motioned to him to do the same. "Hi," the boy onshore said. "Do you need help?" He waved with one hand and straightened his knit cap with the other. "Hello!" said Sofia. "We're fine, thanks." The red-haired boy stepped closer. "I'm Gunnar Magnusson." He gestured toward the blond girl at his side. "This is my twin sister, Agnes Magnusdóttir." Agnes smiled shyly from beneath the fur-lined hood of her purple parka. "Wait," said Max. "If you're twins, why do you have different last names?" Gunnar laughed. "You're new to Iceland, aren't you? I couldn't tell at first, because you speak Icelandic quite well. Here, your last name tells who your father is. Our father is Magnus, so I am the son of Magnus and Agnes is the 'dóttir' of Magnus."

领带hjalp ?”我需要我的项链！索非亚实现。 她从背包里抽出珠子，把它们戴上。 当马克斯走出海浪时，她示意他也这样做。 “嗨，”上岸的男孩说。 “你需要帮助吗？”他一只手挥了挥手，另一只手捋了捋他的针织帽。 “你好！”索菲亚说。“我们很好，谢谢。” 红头发的男孩走近了。 “我是加纳·马格努森。”他指了指身边的金发女孩。 “这是我的双胞胎妹妹，艾格尼丝Magnusdóttir。” 艾格尼丝羞怯地微笑着，从她那件紫色派克大衣的毛皮衬里帽下面露出。 “等等，”马克斯说。“如果你们是双胞胎，为什么你们有不同的姓氏？”贡纳笑了。 “你刚来冰岛，是吗？” 一开始我不知道，因为你冰岛语说得很好。 在这里，你的姓氏告诉你父亲是谁。 我们的父亲是马格努斯，所以我是马格努斯的儿子，阿格尼斯是马格努斯的dóttir。”

Sofia cocked her head. "I get it! So I would be Sofia Tomásdóttir, the daughter of my dad, Tomás." Agnes nodded. "Welcome, Sofia," she said warmly. She didn't seem as chatty as her brother, but her eyes twinkled. "What brings you to Iceland?" asked Gunnar. "We're here to, um, see the wildlife," Max said quickly. It's true, he reminded himself. We just don't know which animals we're here to help yet! "We already saw a pod of whales!" said Sofia. "White ones." "Ah, beluga whales," said Gunnar. "We also have humpbacks." Max grinned. "We have humpback whales back home!" Suddenly, Iceland didn't feel quite so far away from Starry Bay.

索菲亚歪着头。“我明白了！”所以我就是索菲亚Tomásdóttir，我爸爸的女儿Tomás。” 艾格尼丝点点头。“欢迎你，索菲亚。”她热情地说。 她似乎不像她哥哥那么健谈，但她的眼睛闪闪发光。 “什么风把你吹到冰岛来了？”加纳问。 “我们是来，嗯，看野生动物的。”马克斯很快地说。 这是真的，他提醒自己。 我们只是还不知道我们要帮助哪些动物！“我们已经看到一群鲸鱼了！”索非亚说。 “白人”。“啊，白鲸，”加纳说。 “我们也有座头鲸。”马克斯咧嘴一笑。 “我们家有座头鲸！”突然间，冰岛感觉离星空湾没那么远了。

"If you like wildlife, it's good we met," said Gunnar. "We're part of the local Puffin Patrol. We're on our way to a puffin colony right now." He pointed toward the rocky cliffs, where seabirds swooped in and out of the rocks. "Would you like to come?" Sofia's heart leaped. She had seen puffins only once before, during another adventure on Wind Rider to Scotland. "We'd love to," she said. "Definitely!" said Max. Is this why we're here? he wondered. Did Wind Rider bring us here to help the puffins? He quickly took off his waders and changed back into his shoes. As Sofia fell into step beside Agnes, the sun peeked through the clouds, casting a sheen across the black sand. Sofia dodged a clump of seaweed just as Agnes nudged her shoulder. "Speaking of puffins...," she said. "Where?" Sofia followed Agnes's gaze toward the cliffs. Then she saw it—a squat puffin perched beside a bush. It had wide orange feet, black feathers, and a bright white belly, as though it was wearing a tuxedo. Its beak was striped and brightly colored. Seconds later, it waddled off the rocks and took flight.

“如果你喜欢野生动物，我们认识很好，”加纳说。 “我们是当地海雀巡逻队的一员。 我们正在去海雀聚居地的路上。” 他指着岩石峭壁，那里的海鸟在岩石间飞来飞去。 “你愿意来吗？”索菲亚的心怦怦直跳。 她以前只见过海雀一次，那是在另一次乘坐风骑士去苏格兰的冒险中。 “我们很乐意，”她说。“当然！”麦克斯说。 这就是我们来这里的原因吗？他想知道。 风骑士带我们来是为了帮助海雀吗？ 他迅速脱下涉水鞋，换上鞋子。 索菲亚站在阿格尼斯旁边，阳光透过云层，在黑色的沙滩上洒下一抹光芒。 索菲亚躲开了一丛海草，这时阿格尼斯轻轻碰了碰她的肩膀。 “说到海雀……她说。 “在哪里?”索菲亚跟着阿格尼斯的目光朝悬崖走去。 然后她看见了——一只蹲在灌木丛旁边的海雀。 它有橙色的宽脚，黑色的羽毛，明亮的白色肚子，好像穿着燕尾服。 它的喙上有条纹，颜色鲜艳。 几秒钟后，它摇摇摆摆地离开岩石，飞了起来。