4 Ch4-The Fairy Mound

CHAPTER 4 THE FAIRY MOUND Drake followed Breen to a small, grassy hill. "This is a fairy mound," Breen explained. "I have heard of that," Drake said. "My mother used to tell me stories about a secret fairy world. She said the fairy mound was the way to get in. But I never believed her stories were true."

德雷克跟着布林来到一座长满草的小山。 “这是一个精灵丘，”布林解释说。 “我听说过，”德雷克说。 “我妈妈曾经给我讲过一个秘密的童话世界的故事。 她说仙丘是进去的路。 但我从来不相信她的故事是真的。”

Breen smiled. "I bet you didn't believe in dragons, either, until you saw one." Drake smiled back. "No, I guess I didn't." "There are many different kinds of fairies in this secret world," Breen told him. She touched her Dragon Stone, and it glowed. Then a hole opened up in the hill.

布林笑了。“我敢打赌，在你看到龙之前，你也不相信有龙。” 德雷克也笑了。“不，我想我没有。” “在这个神秘的世界里有许多不同种类的仙女，”布林告诉他。 她摸了摸她的龙石，它发出了光芒。 然后山上出现了一个洞。

Breen stepped inside, and Drake followed her. They passed through a dark tunnel that opened up into a field of flowers. This place looked almost like where they had just come from. But Drake could see that it was different. The sky was a strange shade of pink, instead of bright blue. The colors on the flowers looked brighter.

布林走了进去，德雷克跟着她。 他们穿过一条黑暗的隧道，通向一片花丛。 这个地方看起来几乎和他们刚来的地方一样。 但德雷克看得出来情况有所不同。 天空是一种奇怪的粉红色，而不是明亮的蓝色。 花儿的颜色看起来更鲜艳了。

"Welcome to the fairy world! It is similar to our world, but quite a bit different," Breen said. "You'll see. Come this way." Drake followed Breen down a path through the meadow. Breen stopped at the start of a forest. The path split in two different directions.

“欢迎来到童话世界!”它与我们的世界相似，但又有很大的不同，”布林说。 “你会看到的。这边走。” 德雷克跟着布林穿过草地。 布林在森林的尽头停了下来。 这条小路分向两个不同的方向。

"Which way do we go?" Drake asked. Breen stepped to the side. "That is up to you, Drake." Drake looked down the two paths. They both led into the woods. How do I know which path will lead us to Fallyn? he wondered. "Make up your mind, Drake," Breen said in a teasing voice. "Hurry now. Which will it be?" Drake took a deep breath. Suddenly, he heard voices behind them. He turned to see a group of tiny men— none of them higher than Drake's knees— marching toward them. Each one had a white beard and wore a green shirt, green pants, and a pointy red cap.

“我们该走哪条路?”德雷克问道。 布林走到一旁。 “这取决于你，德雷克。” 德雷克看了看这两条路。 他们俩都走进了树林。 我怎么知道哪条路能找到Fallyn? 他想知道。“拿定主意，德雷克。”布林揶揄地说。 “快点了。会是哪一个呢?”德雷克深吸了一口气。 突然，他听到身后有人说话。 他转过身来，看到一群身材矮小的人——没有一个比德雷克的膝盖高——朝他们走来。 每个人都留着白胡子，穿着绿色的衬衫，绿色的裤子，戴着一顶红色的尖顶帽子。

"Here we go marching on and on, here and there and over and yon," they sang. Drake's eyes got wide. "Who are they?" he asked Breen. "Those fairies are called redcaps," she explained. "They like marching around a lot." The redcaps marched toward Drake and Breen without glancing at them. When they reached the fork in the road, they marched down the path on the right. Then they stopped. All at once, they turned to face Drake. "Follow us!" they cried.

他们唱道:“我们继续前进，继续前进，这里，那里，到处都是。” 德雷克睁大了眼睛。“他们是谁?”他问布林。 “那些仙女叫红帽子，”她解释说。 “他们喜欢到处走动。” 红帽军朝德雷克和布林走去，连看都不看他们一眼。 当他们走到岔路口时，他们沿着右边的小路前进。 然后他们停了下来。突然，他们转过身来面对德雷克。 “跟我们来!”