018 旅行计划

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" Are we there yet?" Gliss complained." We've been walking forever!"

"我们到了吗？" 格利斯抱怨道。"我们好像走了很久了！"

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It was the following morning, but Darb still hadn't told his friends what his idea was

第二天早上，但达布还是没有告诉朋友们他的主意是什么。

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He'd said it would be easier to show them

他说过，直接展示给他们看会更简单。

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After a quick breakfast of glowberries and rainwater, he'd led them on a long walk through the swamp and the thick forest east of town

匆匆吃过发光莓和雨水当早餐后，他领着他们穿过沼泽和城镇东边的密林，走了很长一段路。

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Eventually the trees had thinned out into an area of small farms and open land

最后，树木变得稀疏，他们来到一片有小农场和开阔地的地方。

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" We're almost there," Darb said." You'll see it as soon as we get to the top of the next hill."

"我们快到了，" 达布说。"我们一到前面那座小山顶上，就能看见它了。"

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He led the way up the hill. When Zann caught up to Darb, he saw a farm spread out beneath them

他领头走上山。当赞恩赶上达布时，他看见下方有一片农场。

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It had several paddocks full of large, grazing dragons!

那里有几个围场，满是正在吃草的大龙！

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" There," Darb said with a smile, pointing to the dragons

"看那边，" 达布笑着说，指向那些龙。

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" That's how we can get to First City."

"那就是我们能前往第一城的方法。"

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" But I don't know how to ride a dragon," Gliss exclaimed

“可是我不知道怎么骑龙啊，”格丽丝喊道。

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" I don't either," Perda said." I begged for lessons, but my parents wanted me to focus on my spells."

“我也不会，”佩达说。“我求过他们让我学，可爸妈让我专心练咒语。”

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" I started learning last year after I left school," Darb said

“我退学以后，去年开始学的，”达布说。

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" I come here a lot and help the farmer with his work in exchange for lessons."

“我常来这儿帮农场主干活，换骑龙课。”

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Zann was surprised. He'd never thought much about what his friend did while everyone else was in school

赞恩很惊讶。他从来没多想，当大家都在上学时，他的朋友在做什么。

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Who could have guessed that Darb was learning to ride dragons?

谁能想到达布在学骑龙呢？

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Darb hurried off to talk to the farmer

达布赶紧去找农场主商量。

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Moments later he was back with permission to borrow two dragons

不一会儿他就回来了，获准借两头龙。

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" We can ride double," he said as they entered the closest paddock

“我们可以两人合骑一头，”他们走进最近的围栏时他说。

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He smiled at Gliss." If you want to ride with me, I can show you the best ways to hold on."

他对格丽丝笑了笑。“如果你想和我一起骑，我可以教你最稳的抓法。”

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" Oh!" Gliss shot Zann an uncertain look." Um, okay. Thanks."

“哦！”格丽丝不确定地看了扎恩一眼。“呃，好吧。谢谢。”

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" Guess that means I'm stuck with you," Perda told Zann with a shrug

“看来我得跟你凑一对了。”佩达耸耸肩对扎恩说。

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Zann didn't answer. For one thing, the thought of riding double with Perda made him feel weirdly nervous

扎恩没回答。一来，想到和佩达共乘让他感觉莫名紧张。

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For another, they'd just reached the dragons

二来，他们已经到了龙群跟前。

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One of the huge creatures looked up

其中一头巨兽抬起头来。

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It had large, gentle eyes and iridescent purple scales

它有一双温柔的大眼睛，鳞片闪着紫色的虹光。

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Zing scurried over to sniff its nose

小星跑过去嗅了嗅它的鼻子。

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When Zing let out a tiny burst of flame, the bigger dragon jumped back in surprise

小星突然喷出一小团火焰，那条大龙吓得往后一跳。

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" Behave, Zing," Zann warned." Otherwise Darb will tell these guys to eat you."

“规矩点，小星。”扎恩警告道，“不然达布会让它们吃了你。”

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" They don't eat anything but plants — they're cloud gliders."

“它们只吃植物——它们是云翔龙。”

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Darb patted one of the large dragons

达布拍了拍其中一条大龙。

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" Their owner thinks they'll be easier to handle than the wind racers even though they're not quite as fast."

“龙主人觉得，它们虽然不如风速龙快，但更容易驾驭。”

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He gestured at several larger, fiercer-looking dragons in the next paddock

他指向旁边围场里几条体型更大、看起来更凶悍的龙。

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" I'll take his word for it." Zann stared up at the nearest cloud glider

“我相信他的话。”扎恩抬头凝视着离他最近的云翔龙。

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Was he really about to climb onto this huge creature and soar into the air?

他真的就要爬上这庞然大物，飞上天空了吗？

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Once again he found himself thinking that having adventures was a lot scarier than he'd ever expected

他再次意识到，冒险这件事，比他预想的要可怕得多。

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Still, he wasn't about to let the girls see that he was nervous

尽管如此，他决不能让女孩们看出他心里害怕。

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" What are we waiting for?" he exclaimed." Let's go!"

“我们还在等什么呢？”他喊道，“来吧！”

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Grabbing the cloud glider's wing, he vaulted onto its back

他抓住云翔龙的翅膀，翻身跃上了龙背。

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The dragon gave a snort of surprise and leaped straight into the air. Zann tumbled to the ground

那龙惊讶地哼了一声，直接腾空而起。扎恩摔到了地上。

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" Zann!" Gliss exclaimed." Are you okay?"

“扎恩！”格利斯惊叫道。“你没事吧？”

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" I'm fine." Zann winced as he stood up

“我没事。”扎恩站起来时疼得直咧嘴。

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Pretty sure that a bruise was already forming on his backside, he turned to Darb with a sheepish smile

他敢肯定屁股上已经青了一块，便不好意思地笑着转向达布。

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" Maybe you'd better give us a quick lesson."

“你最好给我们简单上一课。”

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Darb explained how to handle and steer the dragons

达布讲解了如何驾驭和控制飞龙。

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Then he helped Zann mount the correct way

然后他帮扎恩用正确的方式骑了上去。

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" Zann, you hold on to the dragon's neck," he said." Perda, you hold on to Zann."

“扎恩，你抓住龙脖子，”他说。“佩达，你抓住扎恩。”

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" This is scary," Perda said as she settled into place behind Zann

“这太吓人了，”佩达说着，在扎恩身后坐好。

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He could feel her breath on his neck and smell her hair

他能感觉到她的呼吸拂过脖颈，闻到她头发的香味。

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He tried not to react as she slipped her arms around his waist

当她伸出双臂搂住他的腰时，他努力让自己不动声色。

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" You'd better hold on tight," he said

“你最好抓紧了。”他说。

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" I'm not jumping down to catch you if you fall off."

“你要是摔下去，我可不会跳下去接你。”

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She laughed." I'm not the one who already fell off, remember?"

她笑了。“摔下去过的又不是我，记得吗？”

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By then Darb and Gliss had climbed onto the other dragon

这时，达布和格利斯已经爬上了另一条龙。

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" Ready?" Darb called." Hang on and follow us!"

“准备好了吗？”达布喊道。“抓紧了，跟上来！”

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Darb's dragon leaped into the air. Zann could feel his own dragon gathering its muscles

达布的龙腾空而起。扎恩能感觉到自己骑的龙正蓄力。

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He held on tightly as the beast sprang upward

巨兽向上跃起时，他紧紧抓住了。

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The wind from its wings rushed past Zann's head

龙翼扇起的风从扎恩头顶呼啸而过。

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" We're flying!" Perda said with a laugh

“我们飞起来了！”佩达笑着说。

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Zann grinned." Yeah!"

扎恩咧嘴一笑。“耶！”

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Morb smiled as another red light on the map blinked off

地图上又一个红光闪烁熄灭，莫布笑了。

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" Good," he thought. The trolls were working fast

“很好，”他想。巨魔们动作很快。

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A moment later he heard a cell door slam shut in the dungeon

过了一会儿，他听到地牢里牢门砰地关上了。

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The new prisoners yelled angry protests at the trolls who had captured them

新囚犯们对着抓住他们的巨魔愤怒地抱怨叫嚷。

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" If they're upset now, wait until they find out what I have planned next," he muttered with a cackle

“现在就这么生气，等他们知道我的下一步计划，那才叫好看呢。”他咯咯笑着咕哝。

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His gaze fell on the discarded blink images of Zann and his friends

他的目光落在被丢弃的扎恩和朋友们的一沓闪影照片上。

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Seeing them made his good mood waver

一看到这些，他的好心情就打了折扣。

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How had a handful of puny children managed to evade him? It was infuriating!

区区几个小毛孩是怎么躲过他的？气死人了！

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But he tried not to think about that. Soon it wouldn't matter

但他尽量不去想这些。很快这一切就都无所谓了。

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Turning away from the Secret Eye, Morb stepped over to a rough wooden desk and picked up a frayed blink image

从窥秘眼前转身离开，莫布走到一张粗糙的木桌前，拿起一张边角磨损的闪影照片。

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It was a portrait of a large family

那是一张大家庭的合照。

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There were two handsome, smiling parents, both Reds

照片上有一对英俊漂亮、面带微笑的父母，两人都是红色皮肤。

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Around them were a dozen children, more than half of them Reds as well

他们身边围着十几个孩子，过半也是红色皮肤。

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But Morb's gaze barely flickered over most of the cheerful figures

但莫布的目光几乎没在那群快乐的身影上停留。

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His focus rested on an unsmiling, skinny, amber-eyed little boy. The family's only Void

他盯着一个没有笑容、瘦骨嶙峋、生着琥珀色眼睛的小男孩。他是家中唯一的虚空族。

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Morb stared at the boy for a long moment, and then tossed the picture aside

莫布久久地凝视着那个男孩，然后把照片扔到一边。

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He wasn't that pathetic little Void anymore

他再也不是那个可怜的小虚空族了。

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And soon everyone in Magica would know it

很快，整个马吉卡都会知道。