But the dancers were only flesh and blood. When the flaming tubes came closer and closer, they broke and fled, the awesome dragon disintegrating into nine parts, as each man ran off with the segment he had been manipulating.

• 后来花炮烧得更近了。 他们终于忍不住痛，逃开了。 这样一来那条威武地飞动着的龙就被支解了，分成了九段，每个人拿着一段四处奔逃，彼此不相呼应。