8 The Fish Boy

8 The Fish Boy Violet ran to Leon as fast as she could. Sprite whizzed past her. The blue-green light got brighter. Two beams of light zoomed toward Leon... Sprite reached into his bag and pulled out some glittering dust.

维奥莱特以最快的速度跑向莱昂。 雪碧从她身边呼啸而过。蓝绿色的光变得更亮了。 两束光向里昂飞来…… 雪碧把手伸进包里，掏出一些闪闪发光的灰尘。

"To the parking lot. "Sprite yelled. He threw the dust over himself, Leon and Violet.

“去停车场。”雪碧喊道。 他把尘土撒在自己、利昂和维奥莱特身上。

Achoo! Pixie dust always made Violet sneeze. Her body tingled. Bright white lights shone around them all. She closed her eyes. When she opened them, she was standing in the parking lot behind the pet store. Sprite flew in front of Violet. "Good job, Sprite," Violet said. "Just in time. You saved—Leon?" Violet tried not to scream. Leon stood next to her. But he wasn't the same old Leon. Leon's eyes were big and bulging, like fish eyes. He had shiny scales on his face. His ears looked like fins.

啊嚏!仙尘总是让维奥莱特打喷嚏。 她的身体一阵刺痛。明亮的白光在他们周围闪耀。 她闭上了眼睛。当她打开它们时，她正站在宠物店后面的停车场里。 雪碧飞到维奥莉特前面。 “干得好，雪碧。”维奥莱特说。 “真是及时。你saved-Leon吗?”维奥莱特尽量不叫出声来。 利昂站在她旁边。但他已经不是以前的那个里昂了。 利昂的眼睛又大又鼓，像鱼的眼睛。 他脸上有发亮的鳞片。 他的耳朵看起来像鳍。

Aquamarina must have started to cast her spell, Violet guessed. But then Sprite stopped the spell in the middle. So now Leon is part fish. A fish boy! "Oh dear," Sprite said. "Oh dear, oh dear." "Oh dear, what?" Leon asked. "Uh, nothing," Violet said quickly. Then she whispered to Sprite, "Don't say anything. I don't want Leon to freak out." "Right," Sprite whispered back. "Besides, as soon as we trick Aquamarina, Leon will change back."

水族公主一定是开始施咒了，维奥莱特猜想。 但雪碧中途停止了咒语。 所以现在里昂有一半是鱼。鱼男孩！“哦，天哪，”雪碧说。 “天哪，天哪。”“哦，天哪，怎么了？”利昂问道。 “呃，没什么。”维奥莱特很快地说。 然后她小声对雪碧说：“什么也别说。 我不想让里昂抓狂。” “对。”雪碧小声回答。 “再说，只要我们骗过水世界，里昂就会变回来的。”

"I'm so thirsty," Leon said. "Is there any water around here?" "Later," Violet told him. "Now we have to make a plan. We have to figure out how to get Aquamarina onto dry land." "I'm hungry," Leon said. "Does anyone have any worms? Or maybe some fish food? Mmmm, fish food." He licked his lips. Leon did not seem to care about their pixie-tricking mission anymore. Violet sank down on the curb.

“我好渴，”利昂说。 “这附近有水吗？”“以后再说。”维奥莱特告诉他。 “现在我们必须制定一个计划。 我们必须想办法把水上乐园搬到陆地上。” “我饿了，”利昂说。“有人有虫子吗？” 或者一些鱼食？嗯，鱼食。” 他舔了舔嘴唇。李昂似乎不再关心他们的魔法任务了。 维奥莱特一屁股坐在路边。

"How can we get Aquamarina out of the tank?" she asked Sprite. "If we go near her, she'll turn us into fish. And then we won't be able to help anyone." "That's true," Sprite said. Violet brightened. "Can we say her name backward three times? That's worked before." Sprite frowned. "That only works on small magic spells, he said. "Turning people into fish is a big magic spell."

她问雪碧：“我们怎样才能把水公主从水箱里弄出来？” “如果我们靠近她，她会把我们变成鱼的。 这样我们就不能帮助任何人了。” “没错，”雪碧说。 紫罗兰色明亮了。“我们能把她的名字倒着念三遍吗？” 这种方法以前奏效过。”雪碧皱起了眉头。 “那只对小咒语有效，”他说。 “把人变成鱼是一个很大的魔咒。”