8 Noonday Surprise

8 NOONDAY SURPRISE "Jack! Annie!" a voice called from the campsite. "Jack, wake up," said Annie. "Charlie's calling us." "Oh! What?" said Jack, opening his eyes. "We're up here! We're coming!" Annie shouted back to Charlie. Jack was still holding his pencil. "What happened?" "We fell asleep drawing stars," said Annie. Overhead, all the stars had vanished from sight. In the pale dawn, Jack could see the valley below. He saw the huge rock formations and the high white waterfall. He held up his sketchbook. He looked at his last sketch. "Oh, man, I don't believe this," he said. "Look!" said Annie, holding up her book.

8中午的惊喜“杰克！安妮！”一个声音从营地传来。 “杰克，醒醒，”安妮说。 “查理在叫我们。”“哦!什么？”杰克说着睁开了眼睛。 “我们在上面！”我们来了!”安妮对查理喊道。 杰克仍然拿着他的铅笔。 “发生什么事了?”“我们画星星睡着了，”安妮说。 头顶上，所有的星星都消失了。 在苍白的黎明，杰克可以看到下面的山谷。 他看到了巨大的岩层和高耸的白色瀑布。 他举起速写本。 他看了看最后一幅素描。 “哦，天哪，我真不敢相信，”他说。 “看！”安妮举起她的书说。

Both their drawings showed countless tiny silver dots on a black background. Their magic pencils had miraculously captured the full starry night sky over Yosemite. "It looks just like what we saw," said Annie. "Totally!" said Jack. Birds started singing. "It's a new morning," said Annie. She smiled. "Maybe it will be a fun day." Jack was relieved. Annie seemed like her regular self. "Jack! Annie!" Charlie shouted again. "Coming!" Jack and Annie put their pencils and sketchbooks back in their pockets. They scrambled down from the ledge. Sunlight was shining on the campsite. John and Teddy were eating breakfast. Archie was packing up all the gear. Charlie held a skillet over a low fire. "Come get your pancakes!" he called to Jack and Annie. "Oh, boy!" said Jack. Sleeping in the open air had given him a big appetite. "Good morning, friends!" said Teddy. "Up early sketching the view?"

他们的两幅画都在黑色的背景上画了无数的银点。 他们的神奇铅笔奇迹般地捕捉到了约塞米蒂国家公园满天星斗的夜空。 “看起来和我们看到的一模一样，”安妮说。 “当然！”杰克说。鸟儿开始歌唱。 “这是一个新的早晨，”安妮说。 她笑了。“也许这将是有趣的一天。” 杰克松了一口气。安妮看起来还是她平常的样子。 “杰克!安妮!”查理又喊了一声。 “来了!”杰克和安妮把铅笔和速写本放回口袋里。 他们从窗台上爬下来。 阳光照在营地上。 约翰和特迪在吃早饭。 阿奇正在收拾所有的东西。 查理在小火上拿着煎锅。 “来拿你们的煎饼！”他对杰克和安妮喊道。 “哦，天哪！”杰克说。在露天睡觉使他胃口大开。 “早上好，朋友们！”泰迪说。 “早起写生？”

"Up late," said Annie. "We sketched a billion stars." Teddy laughed. "I hope you got 'em all," he said. "Actually, we did," said Annie. "May we see your sketches?" said John. "Yes!" said Annie. She and Jack pulled out their sketchbooks and handed them to John and Teddy. Jack and Annie ate their pancakes while the two men looked carefully at their nature drawings—the squirrel, red bird, mushroom, tree trunk, butterfly, deer, boulders, cedar, pines, waterfall, rock formations, and starry night sky. "Goodness, your work is remarkable," said John. "Your drawings capture both the majesty of Yosemite and the beauty of its small, everyday wonders." "Thanks," said Jack and Annie. At first, Teddy didn't speak. As he studied the sketchbooks, he kept shaking his head. Finally he looked up. "Words cannot express the full truth of nature's magic," he said. "But your drawings have done just that." "Thank you, sir. We only wish we could save it," Annie said.

“睡到很晚，”安妮说。“我们画了10亿颗星星。” 泰迪笑了。“我希望你都拿到了，”他说。 “事实上，我们做到了，”安妮说。 “我们可以看看你的素描吗？”约翰说。 “是的!”安妮说。她和杰克拿出他们的速写本，递给约翰和特迪。 杰克和安妮一边吃着煎饼，一边仔细地看着他们的自然画——松鼠、红鸟、蘑菇、树干、蝴蝶、鹿、巨石、雪松、松树、瀑布、岩层和繁星点点的夜空。 “天哪，你的工作太了不起了，”约翰说。 “你的画既捕捉到了优胜美地的威严，也捕捉到了它日常生活中微小奇迹的美丽。” “谢谢，”杰克和安妮说。 起初，泰迪没有说话。 他一边研究速写本，一边不停地摇头。 最后他抬起头来。“语言无法表达大自然魔力的全部真相，”他说。 “但是你的画已经做到了。” “谢谢你，先生。我们只希望能挽救它，”安妮说。

"Save what?" said Teddy. "The wilderness," said Annie. "We wish no one would ever slaughter birds or catch animals in steel traps or cut down the giant trees." "Really?" said Teddy. "Even as a child, you think about these things?" "I cry about these things," said Annie. "She does," said Jack. Teddy stared thoughtfully at them. "Ready to go, sir?" Charlie asked. "We need to be there by noon." The two forest rangers had packed up everything and saddled the horses and mules. Teddy took a deep breath and let it out. "Yes, I believe I am," he said, standing. "Let us go now, my friends, and face civilization." The four men mounted their horses. Jack and Annie climbed onto their mules. With Teddy in the lead, they all rode away from the campsite. Soon Jack noticed something strange. Women and children were peeking out from behind trees along the trail. "Who are they?" he asked Annie. "I don't know," Annie said. "Look, there's

“救什么？”泰迪说。“荒野，”安妮说。 “我们希望没有人屠宰鸟类，用钢制陷阱捕捉动物，或者砍伐大树。” “真的吗？”泰迪说。“甚至在你还是个孩子的时候，你就会想这些事情吗？”“我为这些事哭泣，”安妮说。 “是的，”杰克说。特迪若有所思地盯着他们。 “准备走了吗，先生？”查理问道。 “我们得在中午之前赶到那里。” 两个护林员收拾好了所有的东西，给马和骡子备好了鞍。 泰迪深吸了一口气，呼了出来。 “是的，我相信我是，”他站起来说。 “让我们走吧，我的朋友们，面对文明。” 那四个人骑上马。 杰克和安妮爬上骡子。 在泰迪的带领下，他们都骑着马离开了营地。 不久，杰克注意到一些奇怪的事情。 妇女和儿童从小径两旁的树后向外窥视。 “他们是谁？”他问安妮。 “我不知道，”安妮说。 “看,有

more." She pointed to a group farther along the trail. As the riders drew closer to the crowd, everyone smiled and waved. Children jumped up and down with excitement. Charlie rode to the front, shouting, "Step back! Please, step back!" He cleared the way, making a path for Teddy and the other riders. The horses and mules quickened their pace and trotted past the onlookers. "What's going on?" said Jack, looking over his shoulder. People were still waving at them. "I don't know. But look—there's lots more," said Annie. Up ahead, the trail widened. Jack could see hundreds of people standing outside a white, wooden hotel. Horse-drawn carriages were parked under trees. As the riders drew closer, photographers rushed forward and snapped photos of Teddy and John. The people in the crowd began cheering. Jack heard someone shout, "Mr. President! Mr. President!" Mr. President? thought Jack. Who's that? Teddy and John climbed off their horses. They

更多。”她指着小路上更远的一群人。 当骑手们靠近人群时，每个人都微笑着挥手。 孩子们兴奋得上蹿下跳。 查理骑到前面，喊道：“退后！请退后！”他为特迪和其他骑手扫清了道路。 马和骡子加快了步伐，小跑着从围观的人身边走过。 “怎么回事？”杰克扭头问。 人们还在向他们招手。 “我不知道。但是看——还有很多，”安妮说。 在前面，小路变宽了。 杰克看见几百人站在一家白色木制旅馆外面。 马车停在树下。 随着骑手们越来越近，摄影师们冲上前去，给泰迪和约翰拍了照片。 人群中的人们开始欢呼起来。 杰克听到有人喊道：“先生。 总统!总统先生!”总统先生? 杰克想。那是谁?特迪和约翰从马上爬了下来。 他们

shook hands with men in suits. A tall man led Teddy to the front steps of the hotel. The crowd pressed forward to hear him speak. Jack and Annie sat on their mules and stared in shock. "Is Teddy president of something?" asked Annie. "Seems like it," said Jack. "President of what?" said Annie. "Ladies and gentlemen!" a tall man shouted. "Please welcome the president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt!" "Wha-at?" Jack nearly fell off his mule. "Wow! Oh, wow!" cried Annie. As the crowd cheered wildly, she cheered, too. "Yay! Yay!" Jack was too stunned to clap or cheer. He couldn't believe it. Teddy wasn't just a friendly, fearless cowboy. Teddy was the president of the United States!

与西装革履的男士握手。 一个高个子男人领着特迪来到旅馆前面的台阶上。 人群向前挤去听他讲话。 杰克和安妮坐在骡子上，目瞪口呆。 “泰迪是什么公司的总裁吗？”安妮问。 “好像是这样。”杰克说。 “什么公司的总裁？”安妮说。 “女士们，先生们！”一个高个子男人喊道。 “请欢迎美国总统西奥多·罗斯福！”“Wha-at ?”杰克差点从骡子上摔下来。 “哇!哦，哇！”安妮叫道。 当人群疯狂地欢呼时，她也欢呼起来。 “耶!耶!”杰克惊呆了，既不能鼓掌也不能欢呼。 他简直不敢相信。泰迪不只是一个友善无畏的牛仔。 泰迪是美国总统！