9 Shadow of the Condor

Chapter 9 SHADOW OF THE CONDER "You said condors prey on small animals!" said Annie. "Sometimes maybe. Not always!" said Jack. "What about now? Are they after Cria?" cried Annie. "No, no. Stop. Stop walking," said Jack. He, Annie, and Cria came to a halt. Jack and Annie leaned against the mountainside. They looked up at the giant vultures circling overhead. One curved through the air and glided closer to them. "We have to protect Cria!" cried Annie. She put her arms around the baby llama. "I'll carry her."

“你说秃鹰捕食小动物！”安妮说。 “有时候也许。不总是这样！”杰克说。 “现在呢？”他们在找克里娅吗？”安妮叫道。 “不,不。停止。别走了，”杰克说。 他、安妮和克里娅停了下来。 杰克和安妮靠在山坡上。 他们抬头看着巨大的秃鹫在头顶盘旋。 其中一只在空中盘旋，向他们靠近。 “我们必须保护克里娅！”安妮叫道。 她搂着小美洲驼。 “我来抱她。”

"No, you can't. She's too heavy!" said Jack. "Then let's do it together," said Annie. "No, the trail's not wide enough," said Jack. "Then what?" said Annie. "I'll carry her," said Jack. "I'm bigger than you." Jack put his arms around the baby llama. He slowly and carefully picked her up. "Ahh!" he said, almost falling over. Jack got his balance. He took a deep breath. Then he began moving down the narrow trail with the baby llama in his arms. "Hold her tight!" said Annie. "I'm trying!" said Jack.

“不，你不能。她太重了！”杰克说。 “那我们一起做吧，”安妮说。 “不行，这条路不够宽。”杰克说。 “然后呢？”安妮说。“我来抱她，”杰克说。 “我比你大。”杰克搂着小美洲驼。 他慢慢地小心地把她抱起来。 “啊！”他说，差点摔倒。 杰克保持了平衡。他深吸了一口气。 然后，他抱着小羊驼开始沿着狭窄的小路走去。 “抱紧她！”安妮说。 “我在努力！”杰克说。

A condor floated closer. Its wide wings cast a shadow over them. Jack couldn't believe how huge the bird was! "Go away! Leave us alone!" Annie yelled. "Cria's too heavy! We have to stop again!" said Jack. "We need another plan!" He lowered the llama to the ground. Annie threw her arms around Cria, and Jack pulled out their travel guide. The baby llama let out high-pitched cries, as if she was terrified. "It's okay, it's okay," Annie said, trying to soothe her. "Hold on, be calm," said Jack. He found the page on condors. He read the caption under a photo: The huge condors of the Andes once held a high place of honor. In old

一只秃鹰飞近了。它宽大的翅膀在他们上方投下阴影。 杰克简直不敢相信这只鸟有这么大！“走开!离我们远点！”安妮喊道。 “克里娅太重了！”我们又得停下来了！”杰克说。 “我们需要另一个计划！”他把羊驼放到地上。 安妮张开双臂搂住了克里娅，杰克拿出了他们的旅行指南。 小羊驼发出尖厉的叫声，好像受到了惊吓。 “没事，没事，”安妮说，试图安慰她。 “等等，冷静点。”杰克说。 他找到了关于秃鹰的那一页。 他读了一张照片下面的文字说明：安第斯山脉的巨大秃鹰曾经享有很高的荣誉。 在老

legends, they were portrayed as special creatures that carried messages from earth to the starry heavens. "Oh… okay! I got this," said Jack. He closed the book. He knew what to do. He remembered another thing their guide book said about llamas: The Incas once believed llamas were protected by a star constellation shaped like a mother and a baby llama. "Hey there!" he called to the condor hovering above them. "Hey there, listen to me! Take a message to the starry heavens. Tell the llama constellation to look down on this baby llama and take care of her! GO! NOW! PLEASE!" The condor floated for a moment. Then it dipped its wings and soared upward. The others followed. The flock of huge birds gracefully glided through the sky and disappeared behind the mountaintop.

在传说中，它们被描绘成一种特殊的生物，将信息从地球带到繁星满天的天空。 “哦……好吧!我知道了，”杰克说。 他合上书。他知道该怎么做。 他想起了他们的导游书中关于大羊驼的另一件事：印加人曾经相信大羊驼受到一个形状像母羊驼和小羊驼的星座的保护。 “嘿，你们好！”他对盘旋在他们头顶上的秃鹰喊道。 “嘿，听我说！”给繁星满天捎个信。 告诉羊驼星座的人，好好照顾这只小羊驼！走吧!现在!请!”秃鹰漂浮了一会儿。 然后它垂下翅膀，向上飞翔。 其他人跟在后面。那群大鸟优雅地掠过天空，消失在山顶后面。

"Jack, it worked!" cried Annie. "How did you do that?" "I—I don't know. I did what you did with Cria for a moment. I believed the Incas' legends could be true," said Jack. "And I guess the condors believed that, too!" "Great work!" said Annie. "To the bridge!" Annie, Jack, and Cria started walking again single file down the trail. Jack could see the rope bridge. The river far below roared and tumbled between mountains of rock. When they reached the bridge, the baby llama tried to turn back. "Wait!" said Jack, stopping her. He looked in her eyes. "Remember you crossed before? With the guards and the other llamas? You got this." "You do," Annie said to Cria. "Plus, Jack and I are with you." "I'll go first," said Jack. He stepped onto the

“杰克，成功了！”安妮叫道。 “你是怎么做到的？”“我不知道。 我做了你对克里娅做过的事。 我相信印加人的传说可能是真的，”杰克说。 “我猜秃鹰也相信这一点！”“干得好！”安妮说。 “去桥那儿！”安妮、杰克和克里娅又开始排成纵队沿着小路往前走。 杰克可以看到绳桥。 远处的河流咆哮着，在岩石山脉之间翻滚。 当他们到达桥的时候，小羊驼试图回头。 “等等！”杰克拦住她说。 他看着她的眼睛。“还记得你以前过河吗？” 还有守卫和其他美洲驼？ 你能行的。”“你知道，”安妮对克里亚说。 “而且，杰克和我都和你在一起。” “我先去，”杰克说。 他踏上了路。