10 Ch10-The Riddle

CHAPTER 10 THE RIDDLE The tiny fairies closed in around Drake. "Who has entered our forest?" one of the creatures asked. "My name is Drake," Drake replied. "My name is Kiora, and we are the wood sprites," the fairy said. "What are you doing here?"

小仙女们围住了德雷克。 “谁进入了我们的森林?”其中一个问道。 “我叫德雷克，”德雷克回答。 “我叫基奥拉，我们是森林精灵。”仙女说。 “你在这儿干什么?”

"I am on my way to see the Spring Dragon," Drake explained. "I need her help. Her Dragon Master, Breen, brought me here. But Breen just disappeared. Can you help me find her?" The wood sprites grouped together and talked in low voices. Then Kiora flew in front of Drake's face. "We can help you," she said. "But first, you must pass a test." "There sure are a lot of tests in the fairy world," Drake mumbled. Kiora put her hands on her hips. "We can go away, you know. Do you want to find the Dragon Master or not?" "Yes, I do!" Drake said quickly. "What is the test?" "You must find a flower in the forest and bring it to us," Kiora answered.

“我在去看春龙的路上，”德雷克解释道。 “我需要她的帮助。她的龙主布林带我来的。 但是布林就这么消失了。 你能帮我找到她吗?”木精灵们聚在一起低声交谈。 然后基奥拉飞到德雷克面前。 “我们可以帮助你，”她说。 “但首先，你必须通过一个测试。” “精灵世界里肯定有很多测试。”德雷克咕哝道。 基奥拉把手放在屁股上。 “我们可以离开，你知道的。 你到底要不要去找龙主?”“是的，我喜欢!”德雷克赶紧说。 “测试是什么?”“你必须在森林里找到一朵花，把它带给我们。”基奥拉回答。

"Any flower?" he asked. Kiora shook her head. "No. One special flower. Listen." The wood sprites began to chant at once. "Find a flower the color of the sky. With a cherry for an eye. It has more petals than the legs of a horse. But fewer than a spider's legs, of course!"

“有花吗?”他问。基奥拉摇了摇头。 “没有。一朵特别的花。听。” 森林精灵们立刻开始吟唱。 “找一朵和天空一样颜色的花。 用樱桃做眼睛。它的花瓣比马的腿还多。 当然，比蜘蛛的腿还短!”

Drake tried to remember all the clues. Color of the sky. Cherry for an eye. More than four petals. Fewer than eight petals. "I'll find it," Drake promised. Drake jogged through the forest, followed by Kiora. He looked around for flowers, but he couldn't imagine finding any in this dark, spooky place.

德雷克试图记住所有的线索。 天空的颜色。樱桃的眼睛。 超过四个花瓣。少于八个花瓣。 “我会找到的，”德雷克保证道。 德雷克慢跑着穿过森林，后面跟着基奥拉。 他四处寻找鲜花，但他无法想象在这个黑暗、阴森的地方能找到鲜花。

Flowers need sunlight to grow, Drake thought. I need to find a brighter area in this forest... Soon he came to a clearing in the woods where colorful flowers bloomed. Drake ran to a patch of blue flowers and knelt down. "Color of the sky," he said. "And look, they have bright red centers. Just like cherries. These must be the flowers in the riddle! Now I just have to count the petals."

花需要阳光才能生长，德雷克想。 我需要在这片森林里找到一个明亮的地方…… 不久，他来到了树林里的一块空地上，那里开着五颜六色的花。 德雷克跑到一片蓝色的花丛前跪了下来。 “天空的颜色，”他说。 “看，它们的中心是鲜红色的。 就像樱桃一样。这些一定是谜语里的花!现在我只要数一下花瓣就行了。”

One, two, three, four, five, six, he counted to himself. "This is it! Six is more than four and less than eight. That was easy!" "But that is not the right flower," Kiora said. Drake frowned. "But it has a red center like a cherry. Six petals. And it's blue, the color of the sky." "Is it?" Kiora asked. "Of course the sky is—" Drake started to say, but then he looked up to see the pink sky overhead.

一、二、三、四、五、六，他自己数着。 “就是这个!”6比4大，比8小。 这太容易了!”“但这不是合适的花，”基奥拉说。 德雷克皱起了眉头。“但它有一个像樱桃一样的红色中心。 六个花瓣。它是蓝色的，天空的颜色。” “是吗?”Kiora问道。“天空当然是——”德雷克刚想说，但他抬起头来，看到了头顶上粉红色的天空。