9 The Festival

9 THE FESTIVAL Bonfires were burning in the brown pasture. Red flames leapt into the air. More travelers had arrived. Hikers wore backpacks and carried walking sticks. Everyone was watching villagers beat drums and dance around the fires. Many dancers wore bright red and purple clothing. "The festival has begun!" said Tenzin. "What is the festival?" said Jack. "The Festival of Colors!" said Tenzin.

褐色的牧场上燃烧着篝火。 红色的火焰直冲云霄。 更多的旅客到达了。 徒步旅行者背着背包，拿着手杖。 每个人都在看村民们击鼓，围着火堆跳舞。 许多舞者穿着鲜红和紫色的衣服。 “节日开始了！”丹增说。 “什么节日？”杰克说。 “七彩节！”丹增说。

As they drew closer, Jack saw that the people at the festival all had brightly colored faces. "Look at them!" Annie cried. Everyone's face was painted with many colors: Rose red! Lime green! Sky blue! Lemon yellow! "Tenzin! Jack! Annie!" Mina, Fuli, and Ama were shouting and running toward them. Their faces were painted like everyone else's. Ama showered blue powder over Jack, Annie, and Tenzin. Mina flung red and purple powders! Fuli tossed yellow and orange! Soon all their faces and clothes were covered with bright colors! Everyone was laughing. They

当他们走近时，杰克看到参加节日的人都有着色彩鲜艳的脸。 “看他们！”安妮哭了。 每个人的脸上都涂上了许多颜色：玫瑰红！石灰绿!蓝色的天空!柠檬黄色的!“丹增!杰克!安妮!”米娜、富力和妈妈一边喊一边朝他们跑去。 他们的脸被涂得和其他人一样。 妈妈把蓝色粉末洒在杰克、安妮和丹增身上。 米娜扔了红色和紫色的粉末！富力抛出黄色和橙色！很快，他们的脸和衣服都被鲜艳的颜色覆盖了！每个人都在笑。 他们

seemed happy, especially Tenzin. "Your faces are rainbows!" he said to Jack and Annie. "Yours too!" Annie said. "We're so glad to see you!" said Mina. "Ama was worried!" "Where were you, Tenzin?" Ama asked him. "We went by your house and you weren't there. We couldn't find Jack and Annie, either!" "I took them on a hike," said Tenzin. "You do not have to worry about me anymore, Ama. I am ready to live my life again." Ama grinned. Her eyes were shining. "That is the best news I have ever heard," she said. "Tenzin, join us!" said Fuli. She grabbed one of his hands. Mina grabbed the other. They pulled him toward the crowd. "Come, Jack and Annie!" Fuli called over her shoulder. As Jack and Annie headed into the pasture, Ama walked with them. "What has happened to Tenzin?" she said. "What did you do to help him?" "We didn't do anything," said Jack. "We just followed him up a high hill," said Annie. "He's a great guide," said Jack. "Sometimes it was hard to keep up."

看起来很开心，尤其是丹增。 “你们的脸像彩虹！”他对杰克和安妮说。 “你也是!”安妮说。“我们很高兴见到你！”米娜说。 “妈妈很担心！”“丹增，你去哪儿了？”妈妈问他。 “我们去你家，你不在。 我们也找不到杰克和安妮！”“我带他们去徒步旅行，”丹增说。 “你不用再为我担心了，妈妈。 我已经准备好重新开始我的生活了。” Ama咧嘴一笑。她的眼睛闪闪发光。 “这是我听到过的最好的消息，”她说。 “丹增，加入我们！”富力说。 她抓住他的一只手。 米娜抓住另一个。他们把他拉向人群。 “来吧，杰克和安妮！”富力扭头叫道。 杰克和安妮向牧场走去，妈妈跟在他们后面。 “丹增怎么了？”她说。 “你做了什么来帮助他？”“我们什么也没做，”杰克说。 “我们只是跟着他上了一座高山，”安妮说。 “他是个很棒的向导，”杰克说。 “有时候很难跟上。”

"That's all you did?" said Ama. Jack and Annie glanced at each other. Jack shook his head. He didn't want to share their story of the Gray Ghost. That story belonged to Tenzin. Annie seemed to understand. "Yes, that was pretty much it," she said to Ama. "We just followed him," said Jack. He shrugged, as if the change in Tenzin was a mystery to him, too. Ama laughed. "Well, whatever you did, he seems very joyful. Now maybe he will return to his old life." "I'm sure he will!" said Jack. In that moment, he felt joyful, too. He was grateful that he and Annie had come to the Nepalese village. "Have your parents arrived for the festival yet?" asked Ama. "Do you see them?" Jack and Annie pretended to look for their mom and dad in the field full of dancers and people with painted faces. Jack wished his parents were at the Festival of Colors. He imagined they'd be laughing and enjoying every minute. His parents loved holidays and celebrations—Christmas, Easter, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving. Annie seemed to feel the same thing. She turned to Ama. "Actually, they said we should

“你就干了这些？” 杰克和安妮互相瞥了一眼。 杰克摇了摇头。他不想分享他们关于灰鬼的故事。 这个故事属于丹增。 安妮似乎明白了。 “是的，差不多就是这样。”她对阿玛说。 “我们只是跟着他。”杰克说。 他耸了耸肩，好像丹增身上的变化对他来说也是个谜。 Ama笑了。“嗯，不管你做了什么，他看起来都很高兴。 现在也许他会回到他以前的生活。” “我相信他会的！”杰克说。 在那一刻，他也感到快乐。 他很感激他和安妮来到了尼泊尔的村庄。 “你父母来过节了吗？”妈妈问。 “你看见他们了吗？”杰克和安妮假装在满是舞者和脸上涂着彩绘的人的田野里寻找他们的爸爸妈妈。 杰克希望他的父母也在色彩节上。 他想象着他们会笑着享受每一分钟。 他的父母喜欢节日和庆祝活动——圣诞节、复活节、7月4日、感恩节。 安妮似乎也有同样的感觉。 她转向阿玛。“事实上，他们说我们应该这么做

meet them at noon by the stream. We were planning to all hike together today. They don't know about the festival." Ama laughed. "When you find them, they will be surprised to see your painted faces. I hope you will bring them here. But if not, have a wonderful hike. The sun should come out soon." "Thanks for taking care of us!" said Jack. "Everyone, say good-bye to Jack and Annie," Ama called to the girls and Tenzin. "They have to go meet their parents!" "Oh, no!" said Fuli. She and Mina ran over to Jack and Annie and hugged them. Tenzin gave them a wide grin. Then he put his hands together and bowed his head. Jack and Annie bowed to him, too. Then they bowed to Ama and her daughters. "Thank you for everything," Jack said.

中午在小溪边和他们会合。 我们本来打算今天一起去远足的。 他们不知道这个节日。” Ama笑了。“当你找到他们时，他们会惊讶地看到你画好的脸。 我希望你能把它们带来。 但如果没有，祝你徒步旅行愉快。 太阳很快就会出来的。” “谢谢你照顾我们！”杰克说。 “大家，跟杰克和安妮说再见。”妈妈对女孩们和丹增喊道。 “他们得去见父母！”“哦，不！”富力说。 她和米娜跑过去拥抱了杰克和安妮。 丹增咧嘴一笑。 然后他双手合十，低下了头。 杰克和安妮也向他鞠躬。 然后他们向亚玛和她的女儿们下拜。 “谢谢你所做的一切。”杰克说。

"We miss you already!" said Annie. She blew kisses to all of them, and Mina and Fuli blew kisses back. Then Annie and Jack took off down the dirt path and left the pasture. They passed by the mountain stream and headed back into the hemlock grove. Jack quickly found the rope ladder and started up. Annie followed, and they climbed into the magic tree house.

“我们已经开始想你了！”安妮说。 她给他们每个人飞吻，米娜和富力也给她飞吻。 然后安妮和杰克沿着土路离开了牧场。 他们经过山间小溪，回到铁杉树林。 杰克很快找到了绳梯，爬了上去。 安妮跟在后面，他们爬进了魔法树屋。