1 Ch1-Hope For Bracken

CHAPTER 1 HOPE FOR BRACKEN Drake couldn't stop thinking about what had happened to the Kingdom of Bracken. Images flashed through his mind: Tall trees snapped in half. Fields, once green with crops, now cracked and crumbled. Wood from broken houses scattered across the dirt. A few hours before, an earthquake had struck. An evil wizard named Maldred had controlled a powerful dragon called the Naga. He'd ordered the Naga to attack Bracken.

第一章布莱肯的希望德雷克一直在想布莱肯王国发生的事情。 画面在他脑海中闪过:高大的树木被劈成了两半。 曾经长满庄稼的田野，现在已经破碎不堪。 破碎房屋的木料散落在泥土上。 几个小时前，发生了地震。 一个名叫玛德雷德的邪恶巫师控制了一条名叫娜迦的巨龙。 他命令那迦攻打布莱肯。

Drake and a team of Dragon Masters had stopped Maldred, but not in time to save Bracken. The earthquake had destroyed the crops. That meant the whole kingdom could go hungry. We need to fix our land, Drake thought. I will do whatever it takes. "Drake, are you listening?" asked Griffith, the king's wizard. "Sorry, Griffith," Drake said, coming out of his thoughts. Drake and two other Dragon Masters— Petra and Rori— were with Griffith in his workshop in the bottom of King Roland's castle. Petra was reading aloud from a book.

德雷克和一群龙师阻止了玛德雷德，但没能及时救回布莱肯。 地震毁坏了庄稼。 这意味着整个王国都要挨饿了。 我们需要修复我们的土地，德雷克想。 我会不惜一切代价。 “德雷克，你在听吗?”国王的巫师格里菲斯问。 “对不起，格里菲思。”德雷克从沉思中回过神来，说道。 德雷克和另外两位巨龙大师——佩特拉和罗里——和格里菲斯一起在罗兰国王城堡底部的工作室里。 佩特拉正在大声朗读一本书。

"Continue, Petra," Griffith said. "Everyone, listen closely. We may have found a way to rebuild Bracken." Petra nodded, her blond curls bouncing. "Every year, when winter ends, the Spring Dragon brings spring back to the land of Inis Banba," she read from the book. "This dragon is connected to nature. She makes plants grow." "That's perfect!" Rori said. "Maybe this Spring Dragon can make the crops in our kingdom grow back." "We will have to go to Inis Banba and ask the Spring Dragon for her help," Drake said. "Finding this dragon might not be easy," Petra said. "The book says she lives in a world hidden inside Inis Banba. The only one who can enter this world and find the dragon is her Dragon Master."

“继续，佩特拉。”格里菲思说。 “大家听好了。 我们可能找到了重建布拉肯的方法。” 佩特拉点了点头，她的金色卷发跳了起来。 “每年，当冬天结束时，春龙会把春天带回伊尼斯班巴的土地，”她从书上读到。 “这条龙与自然相连。 她让植物生长。”“完美!”Rori说。 “也许这条春龙能让我们王国的庄稼重新长出来。” 德雷克说:“我们必须去找Inis Banba，向春龙求助。” “找到这条龙可能不容易，”佩特拉说。 书中说她生活在一个隐藏在Inis Banba体内的世界里。 只有她的龙主才能进入这个世界，找到那条龙。”

"Then we shall find the Dragon Master!" Griffith said. The wizard opened a box carved with pictures of dragons. The large green Dragon Stone glittered inside. Griffith waved his hand over the stone. "Show me the Dragon Master of the Spring Dragon," he said. The Dragon Stone began to glow. Green light shot out of it.

“那我们就能找到龙主了!”格里菲斯说。 巫师打开了一个刻有龙图案的盒子。 巨大的绿色龙石在里面闪闪发光。 格里菲思在石头上挥了挥手。 “让我看看春龙的龙主，”他说。 龙石开始发光。 绿灯从里面射出。

I wonder what this new Dragon Master will be like? Drake thought. A picture appeared inside the light. A girl with curly red hair and freckles stood in a field of wildflowers, next to a stone well. Her green eyes looked through wire spectacles. And like the other Dragon Masters, she wore a piece of the Dragon Stone around her neck. "We found her!" Drake cried.

我想知道这位新的龙大师会是什么样子? 德雷克的想法。光线中出现了一幅画。 一个长着红卷发和雀斑的女孩站在一片野花地里，旁边是一口石井。 她那双绿色的眼睛透过钢丝眼镜往外看。 和其他的龙师一样，她脖子上也戴着一块龙石。 “我们找到她了!”德雷克哭了。