Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR When we finally arrived at the kelp forest where we were going to camp, I swam out of the carriage and stared up at the towers of wavy, translucent leaves reaching up towards the surface of the ocean. The sunlight pierced through, sending rays of beautiful light dancing through the water.

当我们终于到达我们要去露营的海带森林时，我从马车里游了出来，抬头望着那些波浪状的、半透明的叶子伸向海面的高塔。 阳光穿了进来，在水面上舞动着美丽的光芒。

'I wonder if there's a café around here somewhere?' said Auster, joining me. Mum laughed. 'No cafés,' she said. 'But we'll find a hydrothermal vent and make some tea ourselves after we've unpacked.'

“不知道这附近有没有咖啡馆？”奥斯特也跟着我说。 妈妈笑了。“没有咖啡，”她说。 “但我们会找到一个热液喷口，打开行李后自己沏点茶。”

'Yeah!' I cried. 'Come on! Let's explore the kelp forest and find somewhere to pitch our tents!' I wiggled my tail and shot off into the forest, enjoying the feeling of the leaves slipping past my skin. They were so tickly! I led us all to a little clearing in the middle of the forest. There was even a natural hydrothermal vent gushing out hot water in the middle of it.

“是的!”我哭了。“来吧!我们去海带森林探险，找个地方搭帐篷吧！”我摇了摇尾巴，飞快地跑进了森林，享受着树叶从我皮肤上滑过的感觉。 它们好痒！我带领大家来到森林中间的一块小空地。 甚至有一个天然的热液喷口在它的中间喷出热水。

'Perfect!' I cried. I took off my backpack and began to put my little tent up, while Auster went back to the carriage to fetch his suitcases, and the dolphins played hide-and-seek among the kelp towers.

“完美!”我哭了。我卸下背包，开始搭起我的小帐篷，奥斯特回到马车上取他的手提箱，海豚在海藻塔中玩捉迷藏。

'There!' I said, once I had set up my tent and arranged my sleeping bag and sea-sponge mattress exactly how I liked it. I looked at Delphina, who appeared to be having a bit of difficulty with putting up her own little tent. Her tail was all tangled in the guy ropes, and she seemed to have lost one of her tent poles. 'I've never put up a tent before,' she said. 'I'll help you!' I said, happily. Together, Delphina and I put up her tent and then squiggled inside. 'It's cosy!' said Delphina, hugging her squishy pufferfish toy. I beamed at her. Now we really were properly camping!

“有!”我说，我把帐篷搭好，把睡袋和海绵床垫按我喜欢的方式摆放好。 我看了看德尔菲娜，她似乎在搭起自己的小帐篷时遇到了一点困难。 她的尾巴被绳子缠住了，她好像还弄丢了一根帐篷柱子。 “我以前从来没有搭过帐篷，”她说。 “我来帮你！”我高兴地说。 德尔菲娜和我一起搭起了帐篷，然后歪歪扭扭地走了进去。 这是舒适的!黛尔菲娜抱着她那软绵绵的河豚玩具说。 我对她微笑。现在我们真的是在露营了！