"Hello," said a sinister¹ voice.

 

The ground beneath Moana's feet shook, and she turned to see a fifty-foot crab² monster staring at her! The sparkling gold and jewels were all piled up and calcified³, hardened onto the back of his enormous shell. He snatched Moana in one of his pincers and held her up to his creepy face. She screamed in terror, but Tamatoa covered her mouth and rudely said, "Mute that!" He looked her up and down and said, "Little human, whoa-ho-ho ... in the realm of monsters." His protruding⁴ eyes circled her, checking her out from every angle as Moana followed them fearfully. "Well— pick an eye, babe. I can't concentrate on what I'm saying when you're going back and forth⁵ like— Just pick one," he said as she looked at one of his eyestalks and then at the other one. "Pick one," he demanded. As Moana tried to focus on only one of his eyes, he asked, "What are you doing down here, human?"

 

He flipped⁶ her in the air to get a better hold on her, and Moana could see Maui attempting to sneak⁷ around behind Tamatoa. Maui silently motioned to Moana, wanting to remind her of the plan to get Tamatoa to talk about himself, but it was clear that Moana did not want to go that route. When Tamatoa turned one eyeball to see what Moana was looking at, Maui was gone.

 

"I, uh ... I love your shell," said Moana awkwardly, trying to follow Maui's idea.

 

"Everyone loves my shell, mon poisson. It's spectacular," Tamatoa said nonchalantly. "But you didn't answer my query⁸." He used a jagged claw to poke⁹ threateningly at Moana. Behind him, Moana could see Maui sneaking¹⁰ forward, closer to them.

 

"Why are you here?" Tamatoa asked sharply as he fiddled¹¹ with Moana's necklace.

 

"Don't! That's my gramma's," Moana said, swatting at him with her hands.

 

"'That's my gramma's,'" Tamatoa said, rudely mimicking¹² her. "I ate my grandparents. Why are you here?" he asked, louder. He pulled her in even closer, and she shrank back in fear.

 

She peered behind Tamatoa and could see Maui moving toward them.

 

Tamatoa raised his voice, demanding an answer from her as he leaned in. "Why are you—"

 

"To rob you!" Moana blurted¹³. "I came to—to steal one of your treasures. But now, in the presence ... of your ... splendor¹⁴ ... ," Moana said hesitantly, searching for the right words. "I just—I honestly just want to know how you became so beautiful."

 

Tamatoa stared at Moana for a beat, looking at her skeptically. "Are you trying to get me to talk about myself?" he asked. Moana looked at him, unsure of how to react. But to her surprise, he flashed a big eerie¹⁵ smile and said, "Why didn't you say so?"

 

The monstrous¹⁶ crab struck a pose and bragged¹⁷ about all the shiny stuff on his back. Maui was right; Tamatoa was more than happy to chat about himself and told her he liked feeling beautiful. He explained that his obsession¹⁸ with decorating his shell with treasures was practical, too: he never had to look for fish to eat because they were lured¹⁹ in by all his glittering gold. He demonstrated by eating a whole bunch of fish. They had been hypnotized by his shell and had swum down to the bottom of the ocean. Then they had fallen into the realm of monsters, and Tamatoa's mouth.

 

Tamatoa flipped Moana up into the air. From there, she could see Maui struggling to climb toward his fishhook.

 

Tamatoa caught her in mid-air and then dangled²⁰ her over his mouth as he eyed her hungrily. He was already prepared for his next meal. Moana panicked as she searched for Maui ... but he had disappeared! Tamatoa brought her closer to his teeth, and just as the giant crab monster was about to chomp²¹ down on her, Maui leapt in and grabbed his hook, yanking it from the shell.

 

He hurried to Moana and scooped²² her up, then posed like a superhero, feeling like he was on top of the world. "It's okay, you're safe now," Maui said.

 

Moana smiled gratefully ... until she realized Maui was talking to his hook.

 

"Whaddaya say, little buddy²³?" Maui asked, looking to Mini Maui for a suggestion. Mini Maui transformed into a hawk²⁴. "Giant hawk? Comin' up! Chee-hoo!" shouted Maui as he triumphantly²⁵ held the hook above his head. It glowed and flashed brightly, and he transformed into a ... fish. Maui tried again, but he transformed into a bug²⁶, then a pig ... then he was back to being a demigod.

 

Tamatoa stared at Maui, wondering what was wrong. Maui shook his hook a little, attempting to fix it. He tried a third time, but his shape-shifting powers were just not working. The demigod was getting more and more frustrated²⁷.

 

Tamatoa sneered²⁸, thoroughly²⁹ enjoying Maui's predicament. He moved toward Maui and knocked him across the cave with one of his giant legs. When Maui pulled himself up, Tamatoa hit him again.

 

"Stop it!" yelled Moana, shocked by his violent force.

 

His attention returned to Moana, and Tamatoa tossed her into a makeshift cage made out of whale and fish bones. Then he continued to torture and mock Maui, not noticing when Moana managed to slip through the slats of the bone cage. She looked around for a way out and spotted³⁰ a crack in the cave's wall leading outside. Moana glanced back to see Maui getting beaten up and knew she couldn't leave him.

 

As he poked³¹ and prodded³² Maui, Tamatoa talked more about himself and his love of collecting shiny things. He grabbed Maui's hook and jammed it back into his shell. Then he pushed Maui to the ground. Using the sharp, jagged edge of his torn claw, he cut into a tattoo³³ of a woman and baby on Maui's back. Maui tried with all his might to push Tamatoa off, but he seemed paralyzed by the crab monster's force.

 

Tamatoa laughed wickedly and tossed Maui against the wall of the cave, pinning him there with one of his pincers. As he prepared to end Maui's life with a final blow, Moana called to him. "I've got something shiny for ya!" She held up the glowing heart to get Tamatoa's attention.

 

"The heart of Te Fiti," Tamatoa said eagerly.

 

Holding the heart, Moana ran off. Desperate for the elusive³⁴ treasure, Tamatoa instantly dropped Maui to chase her. Maui watched, stunned³⁵, as Tamatoa gained on her. Moana lost her footing, tripped, and dropped the heart. It rolled and fell down into a crevice³⁶!

 

As Tamatoa rushed toward the crevice, Moana ran up his shell and grabbed Maui's hook! She jumped down and dragged the heavy fishhook to Maui as Tamatoa tried to get to the heart.

 

Moana noticed the cut in the tattoo on Maui's back and wondered if he was okay, but she knew there was no time to ask. "We gotta go," she said, eyeing Tamatoa as he continued to dig into the crevice.

 

"But the heart ... ," said Maui.

 

"He can have it," whispered Moana. She revealed the heart inside her shell necklace and smiled. "I've got a better one."

 

It was then that Tamatoa finally pulled out what he thought was the heart ... but it was only a nasty old barnacle covered with glowing green seaweed. He instantly knew he had been tricked, and he was furious.

 

"Come on! Run!" shouted Moana, taking off.

 

Full of rage, Tamatoa charged at them, his claws rapidly tapping against the ground as he ran faster and faster. Moana quickly ducked, and Tamatoa smashed into the wall, knocking a hole into it. As Moana pulled Maui through and out of the cave, he transformed into a fish. Moana picked him up and carried him as she continued to run from Tamatoa. But without warning, Maui transformed back to his normal form, and she dropped him! Right behind them, Tamatoa reared up, ready to attack. Moana yanked Maui onto a geyser hole—and it hissed³⁷ and erupted just in the nick of time, lifting them out of Tamatoa's reach!

 

The force knocked Tamatoa back on his shell, and he was stuck, like a turtle. His glittering treasures cracked off and spilled all around as he flailed³⁸ helplessly.

 

"Chee-hoo!" shouted Moana. The mighty³⁹ geyser blew them straight up through the ceiling of the underworld and back into the arms of the ocean!

 

“谁？”突然，一个恐怖的声音传来。

 

莫阿娜脚下的土地晃动起来，她一转身就看到一只长有50只脚的巨蟹怪正盯着自己！他背上堆着的金光闪闪的黄金和珠宝已经和后背巨大的外壳合为一体。他用一只螯一把抓起莫阿娜，将她举到眼前，一脸诡异。莫阿娜吓得尖叫起来，但螃蟹怪捂住她的嘴粗暴地说：“给我闭嘴！”接着，他上下打量了莫阿娜一番，说道：“渺小的人类啊，哇……哈哈哈……竟敢擅闯怪兽王国。”他凸出的眼睛环视着莫阿娜，从各个角度审视她，莫阿娜也胆怯地盯着它们看。“不错——宝贝，盯着一只眼睛看。你晃来晃去，我都不知道自己要说些什么了——只看一只。”可莫阿娜还是瞅瞅这只，又看看另一只，他便命令她：“让你只看一只。”莫阿娜尽力盯着他的一只眼睛看时，他发问道：“你一个人类闯这儿来干什么？”

 

螃蟹怪将她往上抛了抛，好抓得更稳些，这时，莫阿娜看到毛伊正偷偷地绕到螃蟹怪身后。他悄悄示意莫阿娜，提醒她引导螃蟹怪吹嘘自己。可显然莫阿娜不想那样做。螃蟹怪转了转眼珠，想看看莫阿娜在看什么时，毛伊已经溜走了。

 

“我，呃……我喜欢你的外壳。”莫阿娜笨口拙舌地说，试着依计行事。

 

“大家都喜欢我的外壳。鱼儿们也喜欢。它太壮观了。”螃蟹怪漫不经心地说着，“但你还没回答我的问题。”他用那只锯齿状的螯爪威胁着要戳她。这时，莫阿娜看到毛伊在螃蟹怪身后偷偷往前挪，离他们更近了。

 

“你来这里干什么？”螃蟹怪边拨弄着她的项链边厉声问道。

 

“别碰它！那是我祖母的项链。”莫阿娜叫着，双手使劲拍打他。

 

“那是我祖母的项链。”螃蟹怪无礼地模仿她，“我把我的祖父母都吃掉了。你到底来这儿干什么？”他更大声地问道，把莫阿娜拉得更近了，吓得她直往后缩。

 

她伺机朝螃蟹怪身后瞄了一眼，看到毛伊正朝他们这边移动。

 

螃蟹怪提高嗓门，倾身向前，一定要问出个究竟：“你到底是——”

 

“来偷你东西！”莫阿娜脱口而出。“我原本是来——来偷你的宝物的。但现在，有幸目睹……您的……风采……，”莫阿娜欲言又止，想着该怎么说合适，“我只是——我真想知道您是怎么变得这么漂亮的。”

 

螃蟹怪盯了莫阿娜一会儿，半信半疑地看着她，问道：“你想让我谈自己？”莫阿娜看着他，不知该如何回应。可令她吃惊的是，螃蟹怪露出一丝诡异的笑容，说道：“你为什么不直说？”

 

螃蟹怪装腔作势一番后，开始炫耀起他背上闪亮的宝物。毛伊没说错，螃蟹怪非常乐意聊自己，他还告诉莫阿娜，他喜欢感受美丽。他还解释到，他喜欢用宝物来装扮自己也是挺实用的：他从来都不需要主动觅食，因为他背上闪亮的宝物就能引诱许多鱼儿自投罗网。他当场吞了一大堆鱼儿以示证明。鱼儿们被他亮闪闪的外壳引诱，纷纷游入海底，然后陷入怪兽王国，成了螃蟹怪的盘中餐。

 

螃蟹怪将莫阿娜又一次抛到空中，这时她看到毛伊正努力朝他的鱼钩爬去。

 

螃蟹怪在半空中接住了莫阿娜，将她吊在自己的嘴上方，饥肠辘辘地看着她。他准备享用下一顿美餐了。莫阿娜吓得连忙向毛伊求救……可毛伊却不见了！螃蟹怪慢慢将她往嘴里送，正打算一口吃掉她时，毛伊一跃，抓住鱼钩，猛地把它从螃蟹怪的背上拽了下来。

 

他赶紧跑过来救下莫阿娜，然后摆出一副超级英雄的架势，感觉自己好像站在世界之巅一样。“好了，你现在安全了。”毛伊说道。

 

莫阿娜感激地笑了……直到她发现毛伊其实是在跟鱼钩说话。

 

“怎么样啊，小伙伴？”毛伊问道，并看向小毛伊，想让他给点反应。小毛伊立马变成了一只鹰。“哇哦，巨鹰？来吧！哟呼！”毛伊大叫道，得意扬扬地将鱼钩举过头顶。绚丽夺目的鱼钩亮光一闪，毛伊就变成了一条……鱼。他又试了一次，但变成了一只臭虫，接着从臭虫变成猪……最后，变回了半神。

 

螃蟹怪盯着毛伊，想知道他葫芦里卖的什么药。毛伊轻轻挥了挥鱼钩，试图恢复它的灵力。他又试了一次，可是变身术却失灵了。见此，毛伊变得愈发沮丧了。

 

螃蟹怪一阵冷笑，饶有兴致地欣赏着毛伊的窘态。他冲向毛伊，伸出一只大螯将他踢飞到了洞穴的另一边。毛伊挣扎着站起来时，螃蟹怪又给了他重重一击。

 

“住手！”莫阿娜大叫道，被他的粗暴动作给惊到了。

 

螃蟹怪将注意力又转回莫阿娜身上，把她扔进一个用鲸骨和鱼骨编成的凑合的笼子里，然后接着折磨和嘲弄毛伊，并没有注意到莫阿娜已经设法悄悄溜出了骨笼。莫阿娜环顾四周，试图寻找出口，发现洞穴墙上有一个通向外面的裂缝。当她回头看到毛伊正被螃蟹怪修理得很惨时，便知道自己不能弃他而去。

 

螃蟹怪戳打毛伊时，还不断炫耀自己，大谈他收集宝物的嗜好。他抓过毛伊的鱼钩放回自己的背上，然后将毛伊推倒在地。他用带有锋利锯齿的螯爪，钳住毛伊背上一块刻有女人和孩子的文身。毛伊竭尽全力想推开螃蟹怪，可他完全无力抵抗这只螃蟹怪。

 

螃蟹怪邪恶地奸笑起来，将毛伊扔到洞穴的墙上，用螯将他摁在上面。他准备给毛伊致命一击时，莫阿娜叫住了他：“我为您准备了一个闪亮的宝物！”说完，她举起绚丽夺目的特菲提之心来吸引螃蟹怪的注意力。

 

“特菲提之心。”螃蟹怪两眼放光地说道。

 

这时，莫阿娜握着特菲提之心撒腿就跑。螃蟹怪太想得到这难觅的宝物了，便立刻甩下毛伊去追她。毛伊目瞪口呆地看着，眼看螃蟹怪就要追上她了，莫阿娜却不小心脚底一滑，摔倒在地。特菲提之心也随之掉落，滚落到一个缝隙里！

 

正当螃蟹怪冲向缝隙之际，莫阿娜跑到他的背上，抓住了毛伊的鱼钩！然后她跳了下来，拖着沉重的鱼钩朝毛伊跑去，而此时螃蟹怪一门心思只想要拿到特菲提之心。

 

莫阿娜注意到了毛伊背部文身上的伤口，想知道他怎么样了，但她清楚没工夫过问了。“我们得赶紧走了。”她边说边瞄向还在继续挖缝寻宝的螃蟹怪。

 

“可那颗心呢……？”毛伊问。

 

“他要就给他呗。”莫阿娜轻声说道。她露出藏在贝壳项链里的特菲提之心，笑着说：“我这颗好多啦。”

 

这时，螃蟹怪终于挖出了“特菲提之心”……但发现它只是一个又脏又破的藤壶，上面还覆盖着发光的绿色海藻。他立即意识到自己被愚弄了，一时怒不可遏。

 

“快点，赶快跑！”莫阿娜边跑边叫道。

 

盛怒之下，螃蟹怪快速朝他们追去，他的螯爪飞速地敲打着地面，速度越来越快。莫阿娜一个低身，螃蟹怪就猛地撞到墙上，还扎出了一个洞。莫阿娜拉着毛伊逃出洞时，他变成了一条鱼。莫阿娜拎着他，继续逃命。可毛伊又毫无征兆地变回了人形，她只好将他放了下来！在他们身后，螃蟹怪正穷追不舍，暴跳如雷，准备出击。这时，莫阿娜将毛伊猛拉到一个喷泉洞口——喷泉发出嘶嘶声，泉水适时喷涌而出，将他们举到了螃蟹怪够不着的地方！

 

这股冲力让螃蟹怪背朝地摔在了地上，他被困住了，活像只乌龟。他无助地胡乱摆动着，背上闪光的宝物也被撞了下来，洒落一地。

 

“哟嚯！”莫阿娜喊道。水柱将他们顶出了地下世界，让他们重回了大海的怀抱！

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