6 Rough Riders

6 ROUGH RIDERS The two rangers opened the saddlebags. They handed out pieces of cold chicken, chunks of dry bread, and canteens. After a quick bite of bread and a drink of water, Jack pulled out his sketchbook. Annie did the same. With their magic pencils, they started sketching. Annie sketched a cedar tree, and Jack drew a pile of boulders shining in the noon sun. He quickly sketched lines and curves, adding shadow and light. While Jack and Annie sketched, John studied a stone with a magnifying glass. Teddy imitated bird calls. Teddy made a quick zipping sound: fitz-bew! fitz- bew! "Willow flycatcher!" said John, without looking up from the stone he was studying.

两个骑警打开了鞍袋。 他们分发冷鸡肉块、干面包块和食堂。 杰克匆匆吃了一口面包，喝了一口水，然后拿出他的速写本。 安妮也这样做了。他们开始用神奇的铅笔画草图。 安妮画了一棵雪松树，杰克画了一堆在正午阳光下闪闪发光的巨石。 他很快画出线条和曲线，加上阴影和光线。 当杰克和安妮画速写时，约翰用放大镜研究一块石头。 泰迪模仿鸟鸣。 泰迪发出一声快速的拉闸声：“fitz-bew!”菲茨- bew !“柳条捕蝇器！”约翰头也不抬地说。

Teddy made high, short whistle sounds. "Lark sparrow!" said John, still peering through his magnifying glass. Jack could tell that Teddy and John had played this game before. Teddy twittered: kew-kew-kew. "Dark-eyed Junco," Annie said. John looked up. He and Teddy laughed. "Wonderful, Annie!" said John. Jack laughed, too. He was proud of Annie. But he wished he also knew bird calls. Annie had learned them from Uncle Josh. Teddy clapped his hands together. "It's time to be on our way!" he said. "Let's get further lost in the wild!" Jack and Annie put away their sketchbooks. They walked back to their mules and climbed on. Riding along the trail, Jack looked around. Again, he wanted to draw everything he saw: tree stumps, weeds, wildflowers, birds. As the horses and mules climbed higher, clouds covered the sun. The air turned colder. To Jack's surprise, snowflakes began falling. The wind began to blow. Soon the whole sky was dark gray.

泰迪发出又高又短的哨声。 “百灵鸟！”约翰说，仍然透过放大镜往外看。 杰克知道特迪和约翰以前玩过这个游戏。 泰迪在推特上说：嘟嘟嘟。 “黑眼睛的荣科，”安妮说。 约翰抬起头来。他和特迪笑了。 “太好了，安妮！”约翰说。 杰克也笑了。他为安妮感到骄傲。 但他希望他也知道鸟叫。 安妮是从乔希叔叔那里学来的。 特迪拍了拍手。 “我们该上路了！”他说。 “让我们在荒野中迷失得更远吧！”杰克和安妮收起了他们的速写本。 他们走回骡子身边，爬了上去。 杰克骑着马沿着小路四处张望。 再一次，他想画他所看到的一切：树桩，杂草，野花，鸟。 随着马和骡子爬得越来越高，云层遮住了太阳。 空气变得更冷了。令杰克吃惊的是，雪花开始飘落。 风开始起了。很快，整个天空都变成了深灰色。

"Oh, man," whispered Jack. His teeth chattered. The wind from the sudden snowstorm blew harder, until Jack could hardly see. He shivered and wished they could find shelter. The riders kept going. Their mules and horses plodded up a snow-covered trail. Jack's face was freezing in the blinding white mist. "I love wild weather!" Teddy shouted. "I agree! There's nothing more fun!" shouted John of the Mountains.

“哦，天哪，”杰克低声说。 他的牙齿在打战。突如其来的暴风雪刮得风更大了，杰克几乎看不见了。 他打了个寒颤，希望他们能找到藏身之处。 骑手们继续前进。他们的骡子和马在一条白雪覆盖的小路上步履沉重。 杰克的脸在眩目的白雾中冻僵了。 “我喜欢狂野的天气！”泰迪喊道。 “我同意!没有什么比这更有趣的了！”山里的约翰喊道。

Are they joking? thought Jack. He couldn't feel his hands anymore. His fingers were as stiff and frozen as icicles. "You kids okay back there?" Teddy called to Jack and Annie. "Yes, sir! I love snow!" shouted Annie. "Life's a grand adventure, isn't it?" called Teddy. "Yes, sir!" Jack shouted. But to himself, he whispered, "This is the worst! We're freezing to death! We're lost! We're tired!" Just before Jack lost all hope, the weather changed again. The snow stopped falling. The wind stopped blowing. The sun broke through the clouds. The sky turned from gray to blue. Jack heard laughter from John of the Mountains. "I promised you wild weather, sir!" he called to Teddy. "Did I not deliver?" "Indeed you did, my friend! Thank you!" shouted Teddy. "Glacier Point soon! And camp time!" After a short ride, the horses and mules came to

他们是在开玩笑吗？杰克想。 他的手失去了知觉。 他的手指冻得像冰柱一样僵硬。 “你们后面的孩子还好吗？”特迪叫杰克和安妮。 “是的,先生!我爱雪！”安妮喊道。 “生活就是一场大冒险，不是吗？”泰迪叫道。 “是的,先生!”杰克喊道。但他悄悄对自己说：“这是最糟糕的！我们要冻死了！我们迷路了!我们累了!”就在杰克失去希望之前，天气又变了。 雪停了。风停了。 太阳破云而出。 天空由灰色变为蓝色。 杰克听到山里的约翰的笑声。 “我答应过你天气会很恶劣的，先生！”他对特迪喊道。 “我没有接生吗？”“你说得对，我的朋友！谢谢你！”泰迪喊道。 “冰川点快到了！”还有野营时间！”骑了一会儿，马和骡子都苏醒过来了

a halt on a flat part of the trail. The ground ahead was bordered by pine trees. Teddy and John jumped down from their horses. The two men climbed some boulders and disappeared over the top of a ledge. Jack and Annie hopped off their mules. Annie pulled out her sketchbook. "Let's draw!" she said to Jack. "You go ahead. I need to rest a minute," he said. Annie sat on a rock and began sketching the pine trees. Charlie gathered branches to make a fire. Archie tended to the animals. Jack sat alone. He was sore from the mule ride. His hands and face still hurt from the freezing snow. Annie is always so strong and happy and confident, he thought. Why wasn't he more like her? Why wasn't he more like Teddy and John and Charlie and Archie? What was wrong with him? "Jack! Annie!" John called from above. "Come see the view from the overlook!" Annie stopped sketching the pines and leaped to her feet. "Let's go!" Annie said. "No, you go ahead. Look at the view without me," said Jack. "Really? Oh, please come," Annie said. "I want

在小路平坦的一段停下来。 前面的地面两旁是松树。 特迪和约翰从马上跳了下来。 这两个人爬上了一些巨石，消失在一个岩架的顶端。 杰克和安妮跳下骡子。 安妮拿出速写本。 “我们来画画吧！”她对杰克说。 “你去吧。我需要休息一会儿，”他说。 安妮坐在一块岩石上，开始画松树。 查理收集树枝生火。 阿奇照料那些动物。 杰克独自坐着。他因骑骡子而酸痛。 他的手和脸还在冻着。 安妮总是那么坚强、快乐、自信，他想。 为什么他不像她呢？ 为什么他不像泰迪、约翰、查理和阿奇呢？ 他怎么了？“杰克!安妮!”约翰从上面喊道。 “过来从高处看风景吧！”安妮停止画松树，跳了起来。 “我们走吧!”安妮说。“不，你去吧。 你自己看风景吧。”杰克说。 “真的吗?哦，来吧，”安妮说。 “我想要