1 Fly Ball

1 FLY BALL The early Saturday-morning air was damp and chilly. Jack sat on his front porch steps. His chin was cupped in his hands. Annie came out the front door. "Do you want Mom to take us to the rec center now?" she asked. It was the day for baseball tryouts. "I've decided not to go," said Jack. Annie sat down next to him. "What's

星期六清晨的空气潮湿而寒冷。 杰克坐在前廊的台阶上。 他双手托着下巴。 安妮从前门走了出来。 “你想让妈妈现在带我们去娱乐中心吗？”她问。 这是棒球选拔赛的日子。 “我决定不去了，”杰克说。 安妮在他旁边坐下。 “什么是

wrong?" she asked. "I can't stop thinking about last season's tryouts," said Jack. "I fell down when I swung the bat. Everybody laughed." "Yeah, well, everybody laughed at me, too," said Annie. "Remember, I threw the ball to the wrong team." "So maybe neither of us should go," said Jack. "But our whole family loves baseball," said Annie. "We read about it. We watch it. We learn batting averages. We—" Before Annie could finish, something dropped from the sky and rolled across their front yard. "What's that?" said Jack. He and Annie ran down the steps. A small white ball lay in the grass. Annie grabbed it. "It's a baseball!" she said. "Where did it come from?" said Jack.

错了？”她问。“我一直在想上个赛季的选拔赛，”杰克说。 “我挥棒的时候摔倒了。 每个人都笑了。”“是啊，大家也都嘲笑我，”安妮说。 “记住，我把球投错了队。” “所以也许我们俩都不应该去，”杰克说。 “但是我们全家都喜欢棒球，”安妮说。 “我们读到了相关报道。我们看着它。 我们学习击球率。 我们——”安妮还没说完，什么东西从天上掉下来，滚过他们的前院。 “那是什么？”杰克说。他和安妮跑下台阶。 草地上躺着一个白色的小球。 安妮抓住了它。“是棒球！”她说。 “它从哪儿来的？”杰克问。

He and Annie walked to the sidewalk and looked up and down their street. No one was there. "Maybe it's from another world," whispered Annie. She handed the ball to Jack.

他和安妮走到人行道上，上下打量着街道。 没有人在那里。“也许它来自另一个世界，”安妮低声说。 她把球递给杰克。