Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE I woke in the middle of the night with my teeth chattering. Inkibelle and I had burrowed deeper into the sleeping bag, but it was freezing! I got out of bed and unzipped the flap of my little tent. It was dark outside except for the glowing jellyfish above and the lantern that Auster had left next to the hydrothermal vent, so

第五章我半夜醒来，牙齿直打战。 英基贝利和我在睡袋里挖得更深了，但外面太冷了！我下了床，拉开小帐篷的拉链。 外面一片漆黑除了上面发光的水母和奥斯特放在热液喷口旁边的灯笼，所以

I turned on my torch. Then I swam over to the vent and warmed my hands for a bit. I wished I had accepted Mum's offer of another blanket! Or even better... I wished I had a huge fluffy sleeping bag like Delphina's. It had looked so warm and cosy. Wrapping my arms tightly around myself, I stared towards Mum and Auster's tent, wondering if I would be able to sneak in and borrow the conch shell without waking them. Silently, I swam over to the jewel-encrusted tent flap and began to unzip it slowly, making only a very slight rrr sound. When I peered inside, I could see Mum and

我打开手电筒。然后我游到通风口，温暖了一下我的手。 我真希望我接受了妈妈给我的另一条毯子！或者更好的是…… 我真希望我也有个像戴尔菲娜那样的大睡袋。 它看起来是那么温暖和舒适。 我紧紧地抱着自己的胳膊，盯着妈妈和奥斯特的帐篷，想知道我是否能偷偷溜进去，在不吵醒他们的情况下借到海螺壳。 我默默地游到镶满珠宝的帐篷门帘前，开始慢慢地打开它，只发出非常轻微的“咔”声。 当我往里面看的时候，我看到了妈妈和

Auster sleeping soundly in their giant, fluffy, and extremely squashy sleeping bag. Next to them, on a ridiculously fancy portable bedside table, was the conch shell necklace. I frowned at it for tempting me. Using it would break the rules of a proper camping holiday, but this was an emergency.

奥斯特在他们巨大的、毛茸茸的、极其柔软的睡袋里睡得很香。 在它们旁边的一张别致得可笑的便携式床头柜上，放着一条海螺壳项链。 我皱起眉头，因为它在诱惑我。 使用它会违反一个正常的露营假期的规则，但这是紧急情况。

Giving another shiver, I crept forwards and gently lifted the conch shell off the table. Then I hurriedly swam out of their tent and back outside. I would quickly use the shell to transform my sleeping bag, and then I would put it straight back!

我又打了个寒颤，蹑手蹑脚地走上前，轻轻地拿起桌上的海螺壳。 然后我赶紧游出他们的帐篷，回到外面。 我会迅速用贝壳改造我的睡袋，然后我会把它直接放回去！

The conch shell was very beautiful— all pearly and rainbow-y, and for a moment I just admired it in the torchlight. Then, remembering how Auster did the magic before, I put the shell to my lips and began to blow, imagining the new sleeping bag that I wanted—a giant, squishy, fluffy, soft...

海螺壳非常漂亮——像珍珠一样，像彩虹一样，我在手电筒的灯光下欣赏了一会儿。 然后，回想起奥斯特以前是怎么变魔术的，我把贝壳放到嘴唇上，开始吹，想象着我想要的新睡袋——一个巨大的、黏糊糊的、毛茸茸的、柔软的……

'Emerald?' I spun around in the water at the sound of Delphina's voice, and the flurry of bubbles that had come from the shell spun with me. 'I saw a light,' said Delphina, peeping through her tent flap. 'What are you...?'

“翡翠?”听到德尔菲娜的声音，我在水里打转，从贝壳里冒出来的一阵泡泡也跟着我打转。 “我看到了一道光，”黛尔菲娜说，从她的帐篷门帘往外偷看。 “你在干什么……？”