Chapter 1

The Beach Otters ALEX MILWAY

海滩水獭队

1 The Flare Rosa was fiddling with a small broken radio out on the shore of Jewel Lake. The case had cracked long ago, and wires stuck out like unwanted hairs on an old woman's chin. 'Get stuck in!'said Grandma Nan, who was busy attending to Albert the Moose's antlers. He'd got them tangled up in vines, and he was getting very irate. 'I can't wait to hear

火炬罗莎号正在宝石湖岸边摆弄一台坏了的小收音机。 这个箱子很久以前就破了，电线像老太太下巴上多余的毛发一样伸出来。 “陷进去！”南奶奶说，她正忙着照料驼鹿艾伯特的鹿角。 他把它们缠在藤蔓上，他变得非常生气。 我迫不及待地想听

my favourite show again after all these years!' Rosa poked around, but no sound came from the machine. 'I have no idea what I'm doing!' she grumbled, threading a wire into a little hole. A short 'FZZZZT!' burst out of the tiny speaker, then it fell silent again. Ah, no one knows anything when they start out,' said Nan. 'But you'll soon learn!' Rosa puffed out her cheeks and tried again, but her attention was stolen by a glowing red star, that was rising up into the clear sky, miles away in the distance. lfllac. It reminded her of a slow-moving firework, drifting out over the mountain.

这么多年过去了，又是我最喜欢的节目！”罗莎四处摸索，但机器没有发出声音。 “我不知道我在做什么！”她嘟囔着，把一根金属丝穿进一个小洞里。 一个简短的“FZZZZT!”那个小喇叭突然喊道，然后又安静了下来。 “啊，刚出发的时候谁也不知道。”南说。 “但你很快就会学会的！”罗莎鼓起脸颊，又试了一次，但她的注意力被一颗闪亮的红星吸引了，那颗星在几英里外的晴空中冉冉升起。 这使她想起了一个缓慢移动的烟花，飘过了山。

'Nan!' she cried. 'What's that?' Little Pig, the pygmy owl who kept watch over their home, flew out from his hiding place in the cabin's wall and up into the air. 'WARNING! WARNING!' he screeched, before swooping down to land on Rosa's head. Nan wandered over with her hands on her hips, gazing at the sky. She took out her telescope and stretched it out to its full length.

“奶奶!”她叫道。“那是什么?”小猪，看守他们家的侏儒猫头鹰，从他躲在小屋墙上的地方飞到了空中。 “警告!警告!他尖叫道，然后俯冲下来，落在罗莎的头上。 南双手叉腰徘徊着，凝视着天空。 她拿出望远镜，把它伸直。

'Well, blow my trumpet,' said Nan. 'That's a distress flare!' 'Is someone in trouble? 'asked Rosa. Nan scratched her head, already planning a course of action. 'It's been fired from out on the coast,' she said, tucking away her elescope.' Right, then. We'll need at least a week's worth of supplies, and our sleeping bags. Rosa felt a swell of excitement within her. Are we going to the seaside?'she asked. 'Nothing else for it,' said Nan. 'If someone's in trouble, we've got to go and help them!' Then Stick, the young wolf cub,came racing along the beach, full of joy and

“好吧，吹响我的喇叭，”南说。 “那是求救信号！”“有人遇到麻烦了吗？” ”罗莎问。南挠了挠头，已经在计划下一步的行动了。 “这是从海岸上发射的，”她说着，把望远镜收了起来。正确的,那么。 我们需要至少一周的补给，还有睡袋。 罗莎感到一阵兴奋。 我们要去海边吗？”她问。 “没有别的办法了，”南说。 “如果有人遇到了麻烦，我们就得去帮助他们！”然后，小狼崽棍子沿着海滩跑来跑去，满心欢喜