19 Chroma

Part Two in which Peanut discovers the city

第二部分 小花生在这里发现了城市

19 Chroma Nervously Peanut stepped through the door and closed it behind her. A wave of freezing cold air hit hard as her eyes struggled to adapt to the brightness. When they eventually began to adjust, she saw that she was standing alone in a vast, snow-covered landscape. It was hard to tell where the ground ended and the sky began. Everything was completely white except for a few jagged trees that punched through the snow like spiky, black fingers clawing at the heavens. They looked like they had been drawn very quickly with a piece of charcoal. Peanut tightened her dressing-gown cord and started to trudge through the ankle-deep snow. After a minute or two, she glanced back over her shoulder

19 克罗玛 小花生紧张地跨进门，反手带上了门 一阵刺骨寒风猛地吹来，她的眼睛一时适应不了周遭的亮光 等眼睛终于慢慢适应后，她发现自己独自一人站在被大雪覆盖的广阔旷野上 根本分不清哪里是地的尽头，哪里是天空的开头 到处全是白茫茫一片，只有几棵歪扭的树戳破积雪，就像尖尖的黑手指抓向天空 它们看起来就像是用木炭飞快画出来的 小花生系紧睡袍的带子，开始在没脚踝的积雪里艰难跋涉 一两分钟后，她回过头向后望去

and was relieved to see that the door hadn't crumbled away to a fine, silvery grey powder, like the apple she'd drawn earlier that day. Maybe the magic worked differently because she was inside the drawing? she wondered. But was she inside it, or had she gone through the picture to another place entirely? Then something else caught her eye just beyond the door. She started to walk back. As she got closer, she saw two signposts, one short and wide, and one tall and thin. They too looked like drawings. She broke into a jog. She got to the shorter one first. CHROMA CITY LIMITS The other sign was much taller, about half the height of her house on Melody Road. It consisted of a thick central pole with lots of flat, arrow-shaped arms coming off of it, all pointing in different directions. Each arm had words painted on it. Peanut read a few. "Ink District "Warholia," "The Strip At the very top was a much larger panel sporting the words "You are in The North Draw'.

看到门并没有像她当天早些画的苹果那样碎成银灰色细粉末，她松了一口气 会不会因为她进到画里，魔法就变得不一样了呢 她暗暗猜想 可她到底是在画里面，还是穿过画来到了另一个完全不同的地方呢 这时，门的另一边有一样东西吸引了她的注意 她朝着那边走了过去 越走越近，她看到两个路牌，一个又矮又宽，一个又高又瘦 它们看起来也像是画出来的 她小跑起来 她先走到了较矮的那个路牌跟前 克罗玛城界 另一个路牌高多了，差不多有她旋律路家一半高 它中间是一根粗杆子，伸出来好多扁平的箭头，全都指向不同方向 每个箭头上都写着字 小花生读了几个 “墨水区”“沃霍利亚”“条纹大道”，最顶端有块更大的牌子，写着“你现在身处北画境”

As she was deciding which arrow to follow, she noticed some small pawprints in the snow by the base. They looked just like the ones that Giles often left in the kitchen after a walk in the Great Woods. Instinctively she started to follow them. They led down through the valley from a ridge in the distance, before passing the signpost and continuing towards a small cluster of charcoal-coloured trees. As she got closer to the trees, she thought she could hear something. Maybe it was just the wind? She reached the first tree and leaned on the trunk. It felt strangely dusty and left a thin layer of black powder on her hand. She wiped it on her dressing gown and held her breath to listen. Yes. There it was. And again. A soft crying sound. A whimper, almost. There was definitely something in among the trees, and that something was definitely alive. Peanut swallowed hard and headed into the copse. Treading as quietly as possible, she moved slowly. The footprints zigged and zagged before disappearing around the back of the largest tree.

就在她考虑该跟着哪个箭头走时，她注意到杆子底部的雪地里有几个小小的爪印 这爪印看起来和贾尔斯从大森林散步回来留在厨房的爪印一模一样 她下意识地跟着爪印走了起来 爪印从远处的山脊一直往下穿过山谷，经过路牌后，继续伸向一小片炭黑色树林 快走到树林时，她好像听到了什么声音 也许那只是风声呢 她走到第一棵树跟前，靠在了树干上 树干摸起来出奇沾灰，她手上沾了薄薄一层黑粉末 她在睡袍上擦了擦手，屏住呼吸仔细听 没错 声音真的存在 又响了一声 是轻轻的哭声 差不多就是呜咽声 树林里肯定藏着什么东西，而且那东西肯定是活的 小花生用力咽了咽口水，走进了小树林 她尽可能放轻脚步，慢慢往前挪 爪印弯弯曲曲，最后消失在最大那棵树的树后