2 We Salute You!

2 WE SALUTE You! The air in Nepal was cold and dry. "Wow, our clothes look like they came from our time," said Annie. "Right," said Jack. Annie and Jack wore parkas with hoods, gloves, wool pants and hats, and hiking boots. Jack's notebook was in a pocket of his parka. Two large red backpacks were on the floor. "Wow! These are nice packs!" said Annie. "I wonder what's in them." "Yeah, why are they so big?" asked Jack.

我们向你致敬！尼泊尔的空气又冷又干。 “哇，我们的衣服看起来就像我们那个时代的，”安妮说。 “好的，”杰克说。安妮和杰克穿着带兜帽的派克大衣，戴着手套，穿着羊毛裤和帽子，还穿着登山靴。 杰克的笔记本在大衣的口袋里。 地板上有两个红色的大背包。 “哇!这些包真漂亮！”安妮说。 “我想知道里面有什么。” “是啊，为什么它们这么大？”杰克问。

Jack and Annie each unzipped a backpack and looked inside. "A rolled-up sleeping bag!" said Jack. "Cool," said Annie. "We can sleep anywhere we want." "So, where are we?" said Jack. He and Annie looked out the tree house window. They'd landed in a small hemlock grove. Beyond the woods, everything looked dreary: a

杰克和安妮各自拉开背包的拉链，往里面看。 “一个卷起的睡袋！”杰克说。 “酷，”安妮说。“我们可以睡在任何想睡的地方。” “那么，我们在哪儿？”杰克说。 他和安妮从树屋的窗户往外看。 他们降落在一个小铁杉林中。 树林那边，一切看起来都很沉闷

brown, wintry pasture; lonely stone huts; and treeless gray mountains. "It's gloomy here, too," said Jack. "You can say that again," said Annie. "It's gloomy here, too," said Jack. Jack and Annie leaned out the window. Beyond the hemlocks was a stream. Two young girls in red dresses were kneeling on the bank. Both had flowing, dark hair and were talking and laughing while they worked. They were scrubbing a pile of wooden plates and bowls. "We can ask them about the Gray Ghost," said Annie. "Come on! Let's go down." "It's a start," said Jack. Annie slipped Morgan's rhyme into a pocket of her parka. Jack put their guide book into his backpack. Then they climbed down the rope ladder. Jack and Annie walked out from the hemlock grove and headed to the stream bank. When the girls caught sight of them, they cried out with excitement. They put the bowls aside and jumped to their feet. Each girl pressed her hands together and bowed her head. "I salute you!" they called out together. Annie copied the girls. She put her hands together, too, and bowed her head.

棕色，冬天的牧场；孤独的石屋；还有光秃秃的灰色山脉。 “这里也很阴沉。”杰克说。 “你说得对，”安妮说。 “这里也很阴沉。”杰克说。 杰克和安妮探出窗外。 铁杉树后面是一条小溪。 两个穿红衣服的年轻女孩跪在岸边。 两人都有一头飘逸的黑发，干活时有说有笑。 他们正在擦洗一堆木盘和木碗。 “我们可以问他们关于灰鬼的事，”安妮说。 “来吧!我们下去吧。”“这是一个开始，”杰克说。 安妮把摩根的诗塞进大衣的口袋里。 杰克把他们的旅游指南放进背包里。 然后他们爬下绳梯。 杰克和安妮走出铁杉林，朝河岸走去。 姑娘们一看见他们，就兴奋得叫了起来。 他们把碗放在一边，跳了起来。 每个女孩都双手合十，低着头。 “我向你致敬！”他们一起喊道。 安妮模仿那些女孩。她也把双手合在一起，低下了头。

"We salute you!" she said. "I'm Annie. He's my brother, Jack." "I'm Mina!" said the older girl. "She's my sister, Fuli."

“我们向你致敬！”她说。 “我是安妮。他是我哥哥，杰克。” “我是米娜！”年长的女孩说。 “她是我妹妹，富力。”

The younger girl gave them a big grin. She was missing her two front teeth. "Are you travelers?" asked Mina. "Yes!" said Annie. "We're hikers, actually." "Did you come to our village for the festival?" asked Mina. "No… we're just hiking," said Jack. "We came from America," said Annie. "We're looking for something called the Gray Ghost of the Mountains. Have you heard of her?" "No, I haven't," said Mina. "They should ask Tenzin!" Fuli said. "Who's that?" said Annie. "Tenzin is the storyteller in our village," said Mina. "He knows all the stories about the mountains." "He was once a mountain guide!" said Fuli. "Yes, Tenzin used to lead climbers," said Mina. "He carried their gear, made their tea. But he no longer does that." "He doesn't do anything now," said Fuli in a sad voice. "Why?" said Annie. "Because he's too sad. He was left all alone," said Fuli.

小女孩对他们咧嘴笑了笑。 她缺了两颗门牙。 “你们是旅行者吗？”米娜问。 “是的!”安妮说。“实际上，我们是徒步旅行者。” 米娜问：“你来我们村参加节日了吗？” “不……我们只是徒步旅行，”杰克说。 “我们来自美国，”安妮说。 “我们在找一种叫‘山间灰鬼’的东西。 你听说过她吗？”“不，我没有，”米娜说。 “他们应该问丹增！”富力说。 “那是谁？”安妮问。“丹增是我们村里讲故事的人，”米娜说。 “他知道所有关于山的故事。” “他曾经是一个登山向导！”富力说。 “是的，丹增曾经带领登山者，”米娜说。 “他帮他们拿装备，给他们泡茶。 但他不再那样做了。” “他现在什么也不做了，”富力悲伤地说。 “为什么？”安妮说。“因为他太伤心了。 他被单独留下了，”富力说。