9 The Midnight Sun

Chapter 9 THE MIDNIGHT SUN "Jack," Annie whispered. "Wake up!" Jack rubbed his eyes. "Where is everyone?" he asked. "I just checked. They're asleep at the other end of the house," said Annie. "We have to go." "Now?" said Jack. "Maybe we should wait till daylight…." "No, they might get up before then," said Annie. "You're right," said Jack. He threw off the warm fur and sat up. "Let's go," said Annie. She picked up the burning oil lamp. Jack grabbed his bag. As they crept to the door, snoring came

第九章午夜的太阳“杰克，”安妮低声说。 “醒来!”杰克揉了揉眼睛。 “人都到哪儿去了？”他问。 “我刚检查过。他们在房子的另一头睡着了，”安妮说。 “我们得走了。”“现在？”杰克说。 “也许我们应该等到天亮....” “不，他们可能在那之前就起床了，”安妮说。 “你说得对，”杰克说。 他脱掉暖和的毛皮，坐了起来。 “我们走吧，”安妮说。她拿起燃烧着的油灯。 杰克抓起他的包。当他们蹑手蹑脚地走到门口时，传来了鼾声

from the other end of the long house. They stopped at the bench by the door. In the dim light of the lamp, they put on their coats and hats and mittens. "We should write a note to Leif," whispered Jack. "Good idea," said Annie. Jack pulled out his notebook and pencil from his bag. "How's this?" He whispered as he wrote: Dear Leif, we had to leave suddenly. We are borrowing your rowboat to go back to the bay. We will leave it where we met you. Many thanks to you and your family. "Perfect," said Annie. "And let's leave him our map since he liked it so much." "Good idea," breathed Jack. He tore the note from the notebook and placed it on the bench with their map. Jack and Annie pulled on their gloves.

从长房子的另一端。 他们在门边的长凳前停了下来。 在昏暗的灯光下，他们穿上外套，戴上帽子和连指手套。 “我们应该给雷夫写个便条。”杰克小声说。 “好主意，”安妮说。杰克从包里拿出笔记本和铅笔。 “这个怎么样?”他边写边低声说：亲爱的雷夫，我们不得不突然离开。 我们借你的划艇回海湾去。 我们会把它放在我们遇见你的地方。 非常感谢您和您的家人。 “太好了，”安妮说。“我们把地图留给他吧，因为他很喜欢。” “好主意。”杰克轻声说。 他把纸条从笔记本上撕下来，和他们的地图一起放在长凳上。 杰克和安妮戴上了手套。

Then Annie opened the door, and they slipped out of the house. It was freezing outside. But to Jack's surprise, it was sunny! "What time is it?" he said. "I thought it was night.' "Me too," said Annie. "But no one's around—not even the dogs. Hurry!" Jack and Annie took off down the hill. In the cold, windy sunlight, they hurried to the shore.

然后安妮打开门，他们溜出了房子。 外面很冷。但令杰克吃惊的是，天气晴朗！“几点了？”他说。 “我以为是晚上。“‘我也是，’安妮说。 “但是周围没有人——甚至连狗也没有。 快点!”杰克和安妮向山下跑去。 在寒冷多风的阳光下，他们匆匆赶到岸边。

Small waves were splashing against the moored Viking ships. Leif's rowboat was tied to the pier near them, Jack and Annie stepped onto the pier, and Jack untied the rope. Just as he and Annie were about to climb aboard, someone yelled, "Stop!" "Oh, no!" said Annie. Leif was limping down the hill toward them. He held their note and map in his hand. "I heard you leave!" he called. "Then I read your message. I must take you to your ship. It is not easy to row in windy waters." "But your knee still hurts. I can tell," said Annie. Leif shrugged. "That is not important," he said. "We should go quickly so I can return before morning." "Morning? I thought it was morning now," said Jack.

小浪拍打着停泊的维京船只。 雷夫的划艇被拴在他们附近的码头上，杰克和安妮走上码头，杰克解开了绳子。 就在他和安妮要登船的时候，有人喊道：“停下！”“哦，不！”安妮说。 雷夫一瘸一拐地下山朝他们走来。 他手里拿着他们的笔记和地图。 “我听见你走了！”他喊道。 “然后我读了你的留言。 我必须带你去你的船上。 在有风的水域划船不容易。” “但是你的膝盖还是疼。 我能看出来，”安妮说。列夫耸耸肩。 “这并不重要，”他说。 “我们应该快点走，这样我才能在天亮之前回来。” “早晨好吗?我还以为现在是早晨呢。”杰克说。

"It is close to midnight," Leif said. "You have come in the time of the midnight sun." "I get it," Annie said to Jack. "On a day that seems endless, with no dark of night." "Right," said Jack. Now he remembered the Midnight Sun! In the far north, the summer sun can still be seen at midnight. "Here, you forgot this," said Leif. He thrust the map and note into Jack's hands. "You will need your map to sail your ship home." "No, we won't," said Jack. "We know the way. You need it more." He handed the map back to Leif. "Oh!" Leif stared at the map as if it were made of gold. "I cannot believe you would give this to me," he said in a hushed voice. "Thank you very much." "No problem," said Annie. Leif smiled. "Let us go!" he said. Jack put the note into his coat pocket. Then he and Annie climbed aboard.

“已经接近午夜了，”雷夫说。 “你是在午夜太阳升起的时候来的。” “我明白了，”安妮对杰克说。 “这一天似乎没有尽头，没有黑夜。” “好的，”杰克说。现在他想起了午夜太阳！在遥远的北方，午夜仍能看到夏日的太阳。 “给，你忘了这个。”雷夫说。 他把地图和纸条塞到杰克手里。 “你需要地图才能把船开回家。” “不，我们不会的，”杰克说。 “我们认识路。你更需要它。” 他把地图递给雷夫。 “噢!”雷夫盯着地图，好像它是金子做的。 “我真不敢相信你会把这个给我，”他低声说。 “非常感谢。”“没问题，”安妮说。 列夫笑了。“我们走吧！”他说。 杰克把纸条放进大衣口袋里。 然后他和安妮爬上了船。