8 SPREE SPREE!

Chapter 8. Spree, Spree. Croak -a -croak -nee! Teddy croaked. Teddy was speaking raven now, but Jack understood imperfectly. Teddy had said, Sorry, Jack and Annie. Annie stepped forward. She fluttered to the window ledge and perched with Teddy. Croak -croak! she croaked. That's okay. This is fun. Quark? Jack squeaked. Fun. Croak -a -croak -nee! Call Spree! Come on, Jack. Let's fly!

第八章 狂欢，狂欢 呱-呱-呀！ 泰迪呱呱叫道。 泰迪现在说的是乌鸦语，杰克听得不太明白。 泰迪刚才说的是：对不起呀，杰克、安妮。 安妮走上前。 她扑着翅膀飞到窗台上，挨着泰迪停下。 呱呱！她呱呱叫着说。 没关系呀。 这可太有意思啦。 呱？ 杰克小声吱呀着问。 有意思？ 呱-呱-呀！ 喊狂欢！ 快点呀，杰克。 我们飞啦！

Annie and Teddy lifted off the ledge and disappeared into the moonlit mist. This can't be real, thought Jack, it can't be real. He looked at his feathers and claws. He stretched out his right wing then his left. He flapped them both. Before he knew what was happening, he lifted clumsily off the floor and landed on the window ledge. Jack saw Annie and Teddy flying around in the moonlight. They were zipping about like acrobats, diving and tumbling through the air. Ockney caw! Jack croaked. Annie, come back. Spree, spree! she called. Fly, fly. Ockney! Annie rose from a dive. In one easy swoop she glided up and sat beside Jack on the window ledge. This is so much fun, Jack, she croaked. Don't just sit here.

安妮和泰迪飞离窗台，消失在月光下的薄雾里。 这不可能是真的，杰克心想，绝对不是真的。 他低头看了看自己的羽毛和爪子。 他先伸了伸右翅膀，又伸了伸左翅膀。 他两只翅膀一起扇了扇。 他还没弄明白怎么回事，就笨乎乎地从地板上升起来，落到了窗户 台上。 杰克看见安妮和泰迪在月光下飞来飞去。 他们像杂技演员一样窜来窜去，在空中俯冲、翻跟头。 嗷叽嘎！杰克呱呱叫道。 安妮，快回来。 狂欢呀，狂欢！她大声喊。 飞呀，快飞呀。 嗷叽！ 安妮从俯冲中抬升起来。 她轻轻松松一个滑翔，就落到了窗台上杰克的身边。 这太好玩啦，杰克。她呱呱说道。 别傻坐在这儿呀。

Teddy flew by them. I'm off to the mountaintop, he croaked. Fly with me. Come on, Jack, croaked Annie. She took off after Teddy swooping through the cool night air. Oh, man! Fear clutched Jack's small raven heart. I have definitely entered the tunnel of fear now, he thought. Merlin's words echoed in his mind. Proceed onward with courage and you will come out into the light. Jack looked out at the night. He closed his eyes. He jumped off the ledge. Jack was falling. He opened his eyes and flapped. His wings lifted him up. He steadied himself. He hovered in the cold night air, his eyes darting from right to left. He looked down. He nearly fainted. The castle courtyard was far below. Jack flapped wildly. He glided. He flapped again. He glided. Flapping and gliding, he climbed higher and higher into the sky.

泰迪从他们身边飞过。 我要去山顶啦，他呱呱叫道。 跟我一起飞呀。 快点呀，杰克。安妮呱呱叫道。 她跟在泰迪身后飞起来，嗖地穿过凉丝丝的夜空。 哎呀妈呀！ 杰克小小的乌鸦心脏被恐惧攥得紧紧的。 我现在绝对是进了恐惧隧道了，他心想。 梅林的话在他脑海里回响。 勇敢前行，你终会走进光明里。 杰克望向外面的夜色。 他闭上了眼睛。 他从窗台上跳了下去。 杰克直直往下掉。 他睁开眼睛，拼命扇翅膀。 他的翅膀把他托了起来。 他稳住了身体。 他在寒冷的夜空中悬停着，眼睛滴溜溜左右看。 他往下看了一眼。 他差点晕过去。 城堡的院子在远远的脚下。 杰克疯狂扇着翅膀。 他向前滑翔。 他又扇了扇翅膀。 他又向前滑翔。 扇一阵，滑一阵，他越飞越高，飞向了天空。

Finally, Jack caught up with Annie and Teddy. They were circling in the air waiting for him. Look! Jack croaked. Onward! The three of them flew together through the moonlit night, heading for the nest of the Raven King. Except for the swooshing of their wings, they made no noise. They soared up the side of the mountain, past hemlocks and tall pines. They flew through clouds. As they glided toward the mountain's peak, Teddy let out a low croak. Raven troops! Jack peered through the night. He couldn't believe his eyes. In the white moonlight he saw thousands of ravens roosting on rocky ledges. Jack, Annie and Teddy kept flying. They soared above the troops higher and higher toward the craggy peak of the mountain. When they reached the top, Teddy let out a squawk. There it is, he croaked, the nest of the Raven King.

终于，杰克追上了安妮和泰迪。他们正在空中盘旋，等着 他。 看！杰克呱呱叫道。前进！ 三个小家伙一起飞过月光下的夜空，朝着 乌鸦之王的巢穴飞去。除了翅膀的呼呼声，他们一点声响都没有。 他们沿着山边往上飞，飞过铁杉和高大的松树。他们穿过 云层。就在他们朝着山顶滑翔的时候，泰迪发出一声低低的呱呱叫。 乌鸦军团！ 杰克透过夜色往外看。他简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。在皎洁的月光下，他 看见成千上万只乌鸦正栖息在岩石架上。 杰克、安妮和泰迪继续飞。他们飞过乌鸦军团上方，越飞越高，朝着 崎岖的山顶飞去。他们飞到山顶的时候，泰迪发出一声尖鸣。 就是那儿，他呱呱说道，乌鸦之王的巢穴。