2 Land of Giants

2 LAND OF GIANTS Yosemite was cool and very dark. "Mmm. Smells good," said Annie. Jack inhaled the woodsy smell of damp earth, green leaves, and tree bark. "It's too dark to see anything, but I can tell my clothes magically changed," said Annie. Jack felt his clothes. "Mine too," he said. "Feels like I'm wearing a heavy jacket, long pants, and"— he reached down to his feet— "leather boots?" "I think I'm wearing the same thing!" said Annie. "And my jacket has huge pockets. They're so big I can put my sketchbook and pencil inside." "Great, me too," said Jack. He dropped his book and pencil into one of his jacket pockets. He put Morgan's message in the other. "Where are we?" said Annie. "Can we see anything?"

巨人之地约塞米蒂又冷又黑。 “嗯。闻起来好香，”安妮说。 杰克吸了吸潮湿的泥土、绿叶和树皮的气味。 “太黑了，什么也看不见，但我能感觉到我的衣服神奇地变了，”安妮说。 杰克摸摸他的衣服。“我的也是，”他说。 “感觉我穿了一件厚夹克，一条长裤，还有”——他把手伸到脚上——“皮靴？”“我想我穿的是一样的！”安妮说。 “我的夹克口袋很大。 它们太大了，我可以把速写本和铅笔放进去。” “太好了，我也是。”杰克说。 他把书和铅笔放进夹克的一个口袋里。 他把摩根的信息放进了另一只。 “我们在哪儿？”安妮说。 “我们能看见什么吗？”

Jack and Annie looked out the window. The branches above the tree house were dense with dark leaves. But between leaves and branches, Jack could see pale gray sky. "Is it dawn?" asked Annie. "Or dusk?" said Jack. "Hard to tell," said Annie. "We'll find out soon. Let's go down." "Okay, but go slow," said Jack. "You too," said Annie. She found the opening in the floor and started down the rope ladder. Jack followed. A mild wind blew through the tree limbs. The leaves made swishing, whispery sounds. "Hold on!" Jack called. "You too!" Annie called back. In the dark, Jack tightly gripped the sides of the ladder. He moved his hands and feet slowly down…and down…step by step…step by step…. The breeze grew stronger, then softer. The swishing sounds rose and fell. "This ladder's incredibly long!" Annie yelled. "Yeah, because this tree's incredibly tall!" said Jack.

杰克和安妮向窗外望去。 树屋上方的树枝上密密麻麻地挂满了深色的叶子。 但在树叶和树枝之间，杰克可以看到浅灰色的天空。 “天亮了吗？”安妮问。 “或者黄昏？”杰克说。“很难说，”安妮说。 “我们很快就会知道。我们下去吧。” “好吧，但是慢慢来，”杰克说。 “你也是，”安妮说。她找到了地板上的开口，开始顺着绳梯往下走。 杰克跟着。一阵和风吹过树枝。 树叶发出沙沙的声音。 “等等!”杰克叫。“你也是!”安妮回话了。 黑暗中，杰克紧紧抓住梯子的两边。 他移动他的手和脚慢慢地向下…向下…一步一步…一步一步.... 风变得更猛烈，然后更柔和。 嗖嗖声忽高忽低。 “这梯子太长了！”安妮喊道。 “是啊，因为这棵树高得令人难以置信！”杰克说。

"Don't be worried!" said Annie. "I'm not worried," said Jack. Actually, he was worried. No tree in the world could be as tall as this, he thought. The sound of windblown leaves was starting to sound spooky. The high, sweet twitter of a bird came from nearby. Then another. And another. It was dawn! "Yay," Jack whispered. "It's getting lighter!" said Annie. "And we're almost there!" Jack looked down. Yes! The ground was only about twenty feet below! Jack and Annie kept climbing down. Finally they reached the bottom of the tree and stepped off the ladder. "Hey, we are dressed alike," said Annie. "Yep," said Jack. In the dim, shadowy light, he could see that their clothes had magically changed into canvas jackets, heavy cloth pants, and leather boots with laces.

“别担心！”安妮说。 “我不担心，”杰克说。 事实上，他很担心。他想，世界上没有一棵树能像这棵树那么高。 被风吹过的树叶发出的声音开始让人毛骨悚然。 附近传来一只鸟的高亢而甜美的叫声。 然后另一个。和另一个。 这是黎明！“耶，”杰克低声说。 “天越来越轻了！”安妮说。 “我们就快到了！”杰克低下头。 是的!地面就在下面20英尺左右！杰克和安妮继续往下爬。 最后他们到了树底，走下了梯子。 “嘿，我们穿得很像，”安妮说。 “是的，”杰克说。在昏暗、朦胧的光线下，他可以看到他们的衣服神奇地变成了帆布夹克、厚布裤子和带鞋带的皮靴。

Jack looked up. He could see a bit of pink sky above the treetop. "Oh, man," he said. "This must be the tallest tree in the world! It's like a twenty-story building! And check out the trunk!" "It's beautiful!" said Annie. She took off running around the massive reddish-brown trunk. "I'll bet thirty kids could stand around this tree!" she said when she got back to Jack. "More like fifty!" said Jack. "And all the trees look as big as this one!" In the cool morning air, every tree seemed as high as a twenty-story building. "Did we come to a land of giants?" Annie asked breathlessly. "Or did we shrink?" Jack laughed. "Just the trees are giants," he said. "The squirrels are normal size, see?" He pointed to a squirrel scampering over the forest floor. "Oh, right," said Annie. She looked around. "Is this the wilderness we're supposed to save?" "I don't think so…," said Jack. The gigantic trees looked super healthy and strong. "Maybe there's another wilderness nearby?" said

杰克抬起头来。他能看到树梢上有一点粉红色的天空。 “哦，天哪，”他说。“这一定是世界上最高的树了！”它就像一座20层的大楼！看看后备箱！”“真漂亮！”安妮说。 她绕着巨大的红褐色树干跑了起来。 “我敢打赌，三十个孩子都能站在这棵树周围！”她回到杰克身边说。 “更像是五十！”杰克说。 “所有的树看起来都和这棵树一样大！”在早晨凉爽的空气中，每棵树似乎都有二十层楼那么高。 “我们来到了一个巨人之地吗？”安妮气喘吁吁地问。 “还是我们退缩了？”杰克笑了。 “这些树都是巨人，”他说。 “松鼠是正常大小，看到了吗？”他指着一只在森林地面上蹦蹦跳跳的松鼠。 “哦，对了，”安妮说。她环顾四周。 “这就是我们要拯救的荒野吗？”“我不这么认为……”杰克说。 巨大的树木看起来非常健康和强壮。 “也许附近还有另一片荒野？

Annie. "That doesn't sound right, either," said Jack. "Well, we can figure it out later," said Annie. "I can't wait to start drawing." She pulled out her pencil and sketchbook. "Seriously, I really can't draw," said Jack. "Just try," said Annie. "I'll sketch that butterfly." She pointed to a delicate white butterfly perched on a leaf. "You can draw the squirrel." The little squirrel was now nibbling a tree cone. "Nah, too ordinary," said Jack. "Do it for practice," said Annie. She crept closer to the white butterfly. Jack opened his book. He set the sharp point of his pencil on a blank page and stared at the squirrel. Suddenly Jack's pencil seemed to take on a life of its own. Before Jack could think, he drew the squirrel's head. He drew its dark eyes and small ears. "Whoa!" said Jack. "Wow!" yelled Annie, drawing the butterfly. "Our pencils are magic!" "Yes!" cried Jack. He swiftly sketched the

安妮。“听起来也不对。”杰克说。 “好吧，我们以后再想办法，”安妮说。 “我等不及要开始画画了。” 她拿出铅笔和速写本。 “说真的，我真的不会画画。”杰克说。 “试试吧，”安妮说。“我要画一只蝴蝶。” 她指着一只栖息在树叶上的精致的白蝴蝶。 “你可以画松鼠。” 小松鼠正在啃树果。 “不，太普通了。”杰克说。 “练习一下，”安妮说。 她蹑手蹑脚地靠近白蝴蝶。 杰克打开他的书。他把铅笔尖放在一张白纸上，盯着松鼠看。 突然间，杰克的铅笔似乎有了自己的生命。 杰克还没来得及想，就把松鼠的头画了出来。 他画了它的黑眼睛和小耳朵。 “哇！”杰克说。“哇！”安妮喊道，画着蝴蝶。 “我们的铅笔有魔力！”“是的！”杰克叫道。 他迅速地画出了草图