6 Meet the Pikos!

Chapter 6 Meet the Pikos! The cousins clung to Bruno's fur, letting him pull them along. After five minutes, loud splashing began to echo up ahead. Bruno began to whine, as if someone he cared about was soon to arrive. The cousins held their breath. The water started bubbling! Hands burst from the surface and slapped spray into their faces! A bunch of raccoon-like creatures began climbing out of the water, one atop the other. They made a weird, teetering tower of slick fur and lots of webbed hands. They even had a webbed hand on their tails!

第六章 遇见皮克一家！ 表兄妹们紧紧抓着布鲁诺的毛，任由他拖着他们往前走。 五分钟后，响亮的泼水声开始在前方回响。 布鲁诺呜呜地叫了起来，就好像他很在乎的什么人马上就要到了似的。 表兄妹们都屏住了呼吸。 水面开始咕嘟咕嘟冒泡啦！ 好多手猛地从水面伸出来，啪地溅起水花，喷了他们一脸！ 一群长得像浣熊的小家伙开始从水里往外爬，一个叠着一个。 他们堆成了一座摇摇晃晃的奇怪高塔，身上的毛滑溜溜的，还长着好多带蹼的手。 就连他们的尾巴上都长着一只带蹼的手呢！

"HELLO, GUARDIAN!" shouted the creature at the very top. It was small, the size of Malia's cat. It had stripes and a white belly. "Ready for more partying?" Bruno barked. "Visitors?" cried the creature. "Yay! Pikos, you see. Who are you three?" "Um, I'm Malia. This is Ivan and Dante. We're cousins." The piko jumped into the air, spinning in a flip and straightening into a dive just before it hit the water.

“你好呀，守护者！”站在最顶上的那个小家伙大声喊。 它小小的，差不多跟玛利亚的猫一样大。 它身上长着条纹，肚子是白色的。 “准备好接着玩了吗？” 布鲁诺汪汪叫了两声。 “有客人来啦？”那个小家伙叫了起来。 “耶！你们看呀，是皮克的客人。 你们三个是谁呀？” “嗯，我叫玛利亚。 这是伊凡和但丁。 我们是表兄妹。” 那只皮克蹦到了空中，翻了个跟头，就在快要碰到水面的时候，一下子调整姿势扎进了水里。

It popped up in front of Malia. "Hello, Cousins! Peki's my name! Want to play a tumbling game?" "Actually, we just escaped some sharks, so," Malia began. But she couldn't finish, because all the pikos started snarling and moaning. "Ew," said Peki. "Sharks hate pikos. Pikos hate sharks. Long story. Don't know where to start."

它在玛利亚面前冒了出来。 “你们好呀，表兄妹们！ 我叫佩奇！ 想玩翻跟头的游戏吗？” “其实，我们刚从一群鲨鱼手里逃出来，所以，”玛利亚刚开口。 但她没法把话说完了，因为所有的皮克都开始又是低吼又是嘟囔的。 “噫，”佩奇说。 “鲨鱼最讨厌皮克了。 皮克也最讨厌鲨鱼了。 说来话长啦。 都不知道该从哪里说起。”

"Okay to play?" shouted all the pikos. "Yes, yes. Go make a mess!" Peki said. The tower tumbled apart. Dante laughed as the pikos began to wrestle in the water, leaping on top of each other. Some climbed onto Bruno's back and started dancing. Peki jumped onto Malia's head. "Better view," Peki said, laughing, "on top of you!" Ivan pointed at the dog. "You called him Guardian." "I did, indeed!" Peki said. "Since spirit dog has been around, shark attacks have gone way down."

“可以玩了吗？”所有的皮克都大声喊。 “可以啦，可以啦。 去痛痛快快闹吧！” 佩奇说。 那座高塔哗啦一下就散架了。 但丁笑了起来，只见皮克们开始在水里扭来扭去地打闹，还蹦起来往彼此身上跳。 有些爬到了布鲁诺的背上，开始跳舞。 佩奇蹦到了玛利亚的头顶上。 “视野更好啦，”佩奇笑着说，“在你头顶上真棒！” 伊凡指着那只狗。 “你刚才叫他守护者。” “没错，我是这么叫的！” 佩奇说。 “自从这只灵犬来了之后，鲨鱼袭击的事件就少多啦。”

"Well, your Guardian is named Bruno," Malia said. "He belongs to Mickey, the Quiet Prince." Peki shuddered. "This is bad," it said. "He'll be mad!" iExcelente! We found Bruno-and you read three more chapters.

“哦，你们的守护者叫布鲁诺，”玛利亚说。 “他是属于安静王子米奇的。” 佩奇打了个哆嗦。 “这下糟了，”它说。 “他会生气的！”太棒啦！ 我们找到了布鲁诺——而且你又读了三章哦。