9 The Tower Riddle

CHAPTER 9 THE TOWER RIDDLE Sandor led Drake, Bo, Worm, and Shu to a narrow staircase. He turned to Drake and Bo. "Your dragons are too big to fit on these stairs. Because Phantom can float through walls, he can get into the tower. But Worm and Shu will have to wait here."

桑铎带着德雷克、波、虫子和舒来到一个狭窄的楼梯前。 他转向德雷克和波。 “你的龙太大了，爬不上楼梯。 因为幻影可以穿墙而过，所以他可以进入塔内。 但是虫子和舒必须在这里等着。”

Phantom vanished. Drake and Bo followed their new friend up the staircase. People with cold, sharp eyes stared out at them from wall paintings. Drake shivered as he walked past a portrait of a man with wild, white hair. Then he noticed something. "The eyes in that painting are following me!" Drake exclaimed. "The ghosts make the portraits do that," Sandor said. "Don't let it scare you."

幻影消失了。德雷克和波跟着他们的新朋友上了楼梯。 人们用冰冷、锐利的眼睛从墙上的画中盯着他们。 当德雷克走过一幅男人的画像时，他打了个寒颤。 然后他注意到了一件事。 “那幅画里的眼睛在跟着我！”德雷克喊道。 “是鬼魂让画像这么做的，”桑德尔说。 “别让它吓到你。”

They climbed farther up the twisty stairway. Ahead, they could hear a faint squeaking sound. "Get down!" Sandor yelled. The boys all ducked. The sound of flapping wings filled the air as a group of bats swooped down and flew toward them! "The bats are harmless," Sandor assured them. "They just don't like being disturbed."

他们沿着弯弯曲曲的楼梯往上爬。 他们听到前面有微弱的吱吱声。 “下来!”桑德尔喊道。 男孩们都躲开了。空气中充满了拍打翅膀的声音，一群蝙蝠俯冲下来，朝他们飞来！“蝙蝠是无害的，”桑多向他们保证。 “它们只是不喜欢被打扰。”

The three friends entered a round tower room at the top of the staircase. Phantom floated through the wall to meet them. A clock ticked away the time in this room. There were paintings on these walls, too. But they all showed the same person—a wizard with a patch on one eye and a long black beard. "Why are there so many paintings of Maldred?" Bo wondered out loud. "Zoltan has never met Maldred, but he wants to be just like him," Sandor explained. Drake pointed. "There's the spell book," he said.

三个朋友走进了楼梯顶上的一间圆形的塔楼房间。 幻影飘过墙来迎接他们。 房间里的钟滴答滴答地报时。 这些墙上也有画。 但它们都展示了同一个人——一个一只眼睛戴着眼罩、留着长长的黑胡子的巫师。 “为什么有这么多玛德雷德的画？”波大声问道。 “佐尔坦从未见过玛德雷德，但他想成为像他一样的人，”桑德尔解释道。 德雷克指出。“那是咒语书。”他说。

The book sat on a wooden pillar, covered by a glass dome. Moonlight shone directly on it. "Hurry and grab it," Sandor replied. "At midnight, Zoltan will send Creak and Sneak up here to get it." Drake reached for the dome, but he couldn't lift it. "It won't come off," he said.

书放在一根木柱上，上面盖着一个玻璃圆顶。 月光直射在上面。 “快去拿，”桑德尔回答。 “午夜的时候，佐尔坦会派克里克和偷偷摸摸上来取。” 德雷克伸手去拿穹顶，但他抬不起来。 “它洗不掉，”他说。

Bo pointed to the wooden pillar. "Look, there are words here," he said. He read aloud: "Where you go, I will pursue. I will always copy you. But hugging me is something you can't do." "It's a riddle," Sandor said. "I bet the answer will release the dome!" Bong! The clock chimed once.

波指着那根木柱。 “看，这里有字，”他说。 他大声朗读：“你去哪儿，我就去哪儿。 我会一直模仿你。但拥抱我是你做不到的。” “这是个谜，”桑德尔说。 “我打赌答案会解开穹顶！”Bong !钟敲了一下。