10 Hurricane Heroes

10 HURRICANE HEROES Jack stared at the bare, broken tree. He couldn't believe it. "It's gone?" he said in a whisper. "Wait," said Annie. "Is that it?" She pointed to a pile of muddy boards jammed against the iron fence. "Maybe…," said Jack. "What's left of it." He and Annie stepped over to the ruins of the tree house. The floor was covered with brown mud. The roof was missing. Three of the four walls had caved in. Jack started to lift one of the fallen walls. "Hold on!" said Annie. She reached under the wall and pulled out their wet Pennsylvania book.

杰克盯着那棵光秃秃的、折断的树。 他简直不敢相信。“它不见了？”他低声说。 “等等，”安妮说。“是这样吗？”她指着一堆挤在铁栅栏上的泥木板。 “也许……”杰克说。“剩下的东西。” 他和安妮走到树屋的废墟前。 地板上全是褐色的泥。 屋顶不见了。四面墙中有三面墙坍塌了。 杰克开始抬起倒下的一堵墙。 “坚持住！”安妮说。她把手伸到墙下，拿出他们那本湿漉漉的宾夕法尼亚书。

"Oh, no, it's ruined, too," said Jack. "Wait," said Annie. She carefully peeled apart some pages. "Here's the photo of the Frog Creek woods!" She showed Jack the smeared page. "That's all we need! Get in the tree house." "Are you crazy?" said Jack. "Just get in," said Annie. "There's no 'in' to get into, Annie," said Jack. "Fine, then we'll just sit on the floor," said Annie. Holding the book, Annie sat down on the muddy floor. Jack sat beside her. He'd gotten so used to being wet and grimy that he

“哦，不，它也毁了，”杰克说。 “等等，”安妮说。她小心地撕开几页纸。 “这是青蛙溪森林的照片！”她给杰克看那张污迹斑斑的纸。 “这就是我们所需要的！”到树屋里去。” “你疯了吗？”杰克说。 “进去吧，”安妮说。 “安妮，没有什么可以进去的，”杰克说。 “好吧，那我们就坐在地板上，”安妮说。 安妮拿着书，坐在泥泞的地板上。 杰克坐在她旁边。他已经习惯了身上又湿又脏，所以他

didn't even think about the mud. Annie pointed at the smeared photo of Frog Creek. "I wish we could go there," she said. Nothing happened. Jack put his head in his hands. "I wish we could go there!" Annie shouted. Jack felt the floor of the tree house start to move. "Whoa!" he said. He couldn't believe it! The wind started to blow. The tree house started to spin. It spun faster and faster. Then everything was still. Absolutely still. Tap, tap, tap. A breeze blew through the window of the tree house. Rain splashed softly against the

根本没想过泥浆。 安妮指着那张污迹斑斑的青蛙溪的照片。 “我希望我们能去那里，”她说。 什么也没有发生。杰克双手抱头。 “我希望我们能去那儿！”安妮喊道。 杰克感到树屋的地板开始移动了。 “哇！”他说。他简直不敢相信！风开始起了。 树屋开始旋转。 它转得越来越快。 然后一切都静止了。 绝对静止。拍，拍，拍。 微风从树屋的窗户吹进来。 雨轻轻地溅在地上

oak leaves. "We're home," Annie said. Jack looked around. As always, no time at all had passed in Frog Creek. Jack and Annie were wearing their own dry, comfortable clothes and shoes again. The canvas knapsack had changed into Jack's backpack. The Pennsylvania book lay on the clean wooden floor. It was in perfect shape. Best of all, the tree house had a window again! And four walls and a roof! "I didn't know if the magic in the tree house could fix the tree house itself," whispered Jack. "I was pretty sure it could," said Annie. "Of course you were," said Jack, smiling. "Come on, let's hurry home." "Wait, I want to look in the Texas book one more time," said Annie. "It was ruined by water damage,

橡树的叶子。“我们到家了，”安妮说。 杰克环顾四周。和往常一样，青蛙溪一点时间也没有过去。 杰克和安妮又穿上了他们自己干、舒适的衣服和鞋子。 帆布背包变成了杰克的背包。 宾夕法尼亚的那本书躺在干净的木地板上。 它的形状很好。最棒的是，树屋又有了一扇窗户！还有四面墙和一个屋顶！“我不知道树屋里的魔法能不能修好树屋，”杰克低声说。 “我很肯定它会的，”安妮说。 “当然了，”杰克笑着说。 “来吧，我们快点回家。” “等等，我想再看一遍德州的书，”安妮说。 “它被水毁了，

remember?" said Jack. "Yup," said Annie. "But I'll bet it's fine now." Jack pulled their Texas book out of his backpack. The book was as good as new. "Yay," Annie said. "You were right," said Jack. He handed her the book. Annie looked in the index. "Here!" she said. She turned to the right page. "Oh, wow. Listen to this." She read aloud: Mother Mary Joseph was an outstanding hero of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. When the storm hit the island, she and her community of nuns saved the lives of more than a thousand storm refugees. Many people of Galveston called her— Annie gasped and looked at Jack. "You won't believe this," she said.

记得吗？”杰克说。“是的，”安妮说。 “但我敢打赌，现在一切都好了。” 杰克从背包里拿出他们的德州课本。 这本书和新的一样好。 “耶，”安妮说。“你是对的，”杰克说。 他把书递给她。安妮查看了索引。 “这儿！”她说。她翻到了正确的一页。 “哦,哇。听听这个。” 她大声朗读：玛丽·约瑟夫嬷嬷是1900年加尔维斯顿大飓风的杰出英雄。 当风暴袭击该岛时，她和她的修女社区拯救了一千多名风暴难民的生命。 加尔维斯顿的许多人都叫她——安妮倒吸了一口冷气，看着杰克。 “你不会相信的，”她说。

"What?" he said. "Listen." Annie read: Many people of Galveston called her "a shining light." "Oh, man," said Jack, smiling. Annie turned the page and read more: After the storm, 6,000 to 12,000 people were dead or missing, and 4,000 buildings were destroyed. But the survivors of the Great Galveston Hurricane did not give up. In spite of their suffering, they immediately began rebuilding their homes and their lives. "Rose would say that's what Texans do," said Jack. "She was so proud to live in Texas," said Annie. She kept reading: Workers also built a high sea wall

“什么？”他说。“听着。” 安妮读到：加尔维斯顿的许多人称她为“闪亮的光”。 “哦，天哪，”杰克笑着说。 安妮翻了一页，读了更多：风暴过后，6000到12000人死亡或失踪，4000座建筑被毁。 但是加尔维斯顿大飓风的幸存者并没有放弃。 尽管他们很痛苦，但他们立即开始重建家园和生活。 “露丝会说德克萨斯人就是这么做的，”杰克说。 “她很自豪能住在德克萨斯州，”安妮说。 她继续读着：工人们还修建了一道高高的海堤