1 The New Dragon Master

CHAPTER 1 THE NEW DRAGON MASTER Drake looked out at the crowd of people waiting by the castle gates. It seemed like everyone in the Kingdom of Bracken was there! It was a special day. The new Dragon Master was coming! Drake stood with the other Dragon Masters— Ana, Rori, and Bo—in front of the castle.

第一章新的龙主德雷克看着城堡门口等候的人群。 似乎布拉肯王国的每个人都在那里！这是一个特别的日子。 新的龙大师来了！德雷克和其他龙主——安娜、罗里和波——站在城堡前面。

Drake turned to the wizard standing near them. "Griffith, did the Dragon Stone tell you what the new Dragon Master will be like?" he asked. Griffith shook his head. "All I know is that her name is Petra. She comes from the southern lands. And she is eight years old, like all of you." Each of the Dragon Masters had been chosen by the magical Dragon Stone. The stone chose children who could connect with dragons. So far, it had chosen four children from all over the world to live in King Roland's castle. There, Griffith taught them how to work with their dragons.

德雷克转向站在他们旁边的巫师。 “格里菲思，龙石有没有告诉你新的龙主会是什么样子？” 格里菲思摇了摇头。“我只知道她叫佩特拉。 她来自南方的土地。 她才八岁，跟你们大家一样。” 每一位龙主都是由魔法龙石选出来的。 石头选择了能与龙沟通的孩子。 到目前为止，它已经从世界各地挑选了四个孩子住在罗兰国王的城堡里。 在那里，格里菲斯教他们如何与龙合作。

Now there was a new dragon at the castle. She was a hydra, a dragon with four heads. An evil wizard named Maldred had attacked the kingdom, riding the hydra. Maldred was sent to the Wizard's Council prison. And the Dragon Stone had chosen a Dragon Master for the hydra. "Petra will be here any minute!" said red- haired Rori. "I wonder what she will be like! What if she's mean?" "Why would she be mean?" asked Bo. "Well, the hydra shoots poison," said Rori. "And poison isn't nice."

现在城堡里出现了一条新的龙。 她是九头蛇，有四个头的龙。 一个名叫玛德雷德的邪恶巫师骑着九头蛇袭击了王国。 玛德雷德被送进巫师议会的监狱。 龙石为九头蛇选择了一位龙主。 “佩特拉随时都会来！”红头发的罗里说。 “我不知道她会是什么样子！”如果她很刻薄怎么办？”“她为什么这么刻薄？”波问。 “嗯，九头蛇会放毒，”罗里说。 “而且毒药也不好。”

In the battle with Maldred, the hydra had shot poison from her four mouths. Her liquid poison could melt rocks! And her poison mist had stung the wing of Rori's dragon, Vulcan. "Just because the hydra shoots poison doesn't make her a mean dragon," Drake said. "That's her power, like how each of our dragons has a different power." "Right," agreed Ana. "The hydra's heart is good, and I think Petra will be good, too." "Look!" Bo cried.

在与玛德雷德的战斗中，九头蛇从她的四张嘴里射出了毒药。 她的毒液可以融化岩石！她的毒雾刺痛了罗里的龙瓦肯的翅膀。 “仅仅因为九头蛇会放毒，并不意味着她就是一条刻薄的龙，”德雷克说。 “这就是她的力量，就像我们的每条龙都有不同的力量一样。” “对，”安娜同意道。“九头蛇的心脏很好，我想佩特拉也会很好。” “看!”薄熙来哭了。

Drake saw horses coming down the road. The crowd started to get excited. Some people waved flags with dragons painted on them. Little kids played with wooden dragon toys along the side of the road.

德雷克看见马沿着路走来。 人群开始变得兴奋起来。 一些人挥舞着绘有龙的旗帜。 小孩子们在路边玩木制的龙玩具。