8. A CODE AND A CHALLENGE

CHAPTER 8 A CODE AND A CHALLENGE The Dragon Masters studied the markings on the maze wall. There were pictures of simple objects and animals, like a tree and an owl. Rune says: See how these pictures repeat? I think they might be some kind of code. "Tree, house blob?" Drake said. Rune says: That shape is what the main island looks like from the sky. I have seen it when riding on Lysa.

第8章密码与挑战龙大师们研究了迷宫墙上的标记。 有一些简单的物体和动物的图片，比如一棵树和一只猫头鹰。 符文说：看到这些画面是如何重复的了吗？ 我觉得可能是某种密码。 “树，还是房子里的斑点？”德雷克说。 符文说：这个形状就是从天空看主岛的样子。 我骑在莱莎身上时见过。

"Tree, house, island, sun," Drake said. "Then there's a new line..." "The way the pictures are grouped together makes them look almost like words," Darma pointed out. Rune says: Perhaps each picture represents a letter of the alphabet. What if the tree is T, and the house is H, and so on? Drake tried Rune's solution. "T-H-I-S spells This," he began, working it out. "This. Is. A. Door. This is a door!" Yes! Yes! Yes! Rune signed. Drake frowned. "But this is a wall, not a door." "Anything can be a door," Darma said, and he pushed on the stone wall. There was a groaning sound as a chunk of the wall moved aside. "We did it!" Drake cheered.

“树、房子、岛、太阳，”德雷克说。 “还有一条新线……” “这些图片组合在一起的方式使它们看起来几乎像文字，”达玛指出。 符文说：也许每幅画代表字母表中的一个字母。 如果树是T，房子是H，等等呢？ 德雷克尝试了符文的解决方案。 “T-H-I-S拼成这个。”他开始琢磨。 “这。是多少。答:门。这是一扇门！”是的!是的!是的!符文签署。 德雷克皱起了眉头。“但这是一堵墙，不是一扇门。” “任何东西都可以成为一扇门。”达玛说着，推了推石墙。 一大块墙移到一边，发出一声呻吟。 “我们成功了！”德雷克欢呼。

They walked through the secret doorway onto a new path with walls on either side. They moved forward until the path came to a sudden stop. A huge crack in the land split the path in half. To keep going, they'd have to get across the gap. Drake looked down. The crack was very, very deep. And the gap was too far to jump across, and even too far for Worm to stretch across. Rune says: The path is too narrow for Lysa to spread her wings and fly us across. Drake nodded and studied the rocky gap.

他们穿过秘密的门，走上一条两边都有墙的新小路。 他们向前走，直到小路突然停了下来。 陆地上的一条巨大裂缝把小路一分为二。 为了继续前进，他们必须穿过这个缺口。 德雷克低下头。裂缝非常非常深。 缺口太远了，跳不过去，甚至连虫子也伸不过去。 这条路太窄了，莱莎无法张开翅膀带我们过去。 德雷克点了点头，仔细研究着岩石缺口。

Rocks he thought, and then he looked at Worm. He'd seen his dragon break rocks into pieces with the power of his mind. Maybe "Can you use your powers to build a bridge out of rocks?" Drake asked. Worm smiled. That sounds like fun. The Earth Dragon began to glow. A green light swept from the top of Worm's head to the end of his tail.

他想是岩石，然后他看了看虫子。 他曾见过他的龙用意念的力量把石头砸成碎片。 或者“你能用你的能力在石头上建一座桥吗？”德雷克问道。 蠕虫笑了。听起来很有趣。 土龙开始发光。 一道绿光从虫子的头顶扫到尾巴末端。

A rumbling sound came from the bottom of the gap. The ground underneath their feet shook. Then seven stone pillars rose from the depths of the gap. They stopped when they reached the top, making a stone pathway across the deep hole in the earth. Rune stared at Worm, wide-eyed.

从缺口的底部传来隆隆的声音。 他们脚下的地面震动起来。 接着，七根石柱从洞的深处升起。 当他们到达山顶时，他们停了下来，在地上的深洞上挖了一条石头路。 符文睁大眼睛盯着虫子。

Drake patted his dragon's neck. "Great job, Worm." "Excellent!" Darma cheered, and he stepped across the pathway. Rune, Lysa, Drake, and Worm followed. They hadn't gone far when the maze branched into three different directions. "Which way should we go?" Drake asked.

德雷克拍了拍他的龙脖子。 “干得好，虫子。”“太好了!”达玛欢呼起来，他跨过了小路。 符文、莱莎、德雷克和沃姆紧随其后。 他们没走多远，迷宫就分成了三个不同的方向。 “我们该走哪条路？”德雷克问道。