14 Ch14-Return

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Return The three knights gazed in wonder at the white stag. "Here, take this!" Annie said to Jack. She handed him the silver cup. Then she slipped off the back of Lancelot's horse and ran to the stag. "Thanks for coming for us!" she cried, throwing her arms around his neck.

第十四章归来三个骑士惊奇地凝视着那头白鹿。 “给，拿着这个!”安妮对杰克说。 她把银杯递给他。 然后她从兰斯洛特的马背上滑下来，跑向牡鹿。 “谢谢你来接我们!”她喊道，伸出双臂搂住他的脖子。

The three knights looked at Jack. "That's the white stag," said Jack. "He brought us here." "Are you wizards?" Sir Percival asked in a hushed voice. "No, just ordinary kids," said Jack. "But I know he's magic. We got here from Camelot in no time at all. I guess he's come to take us back." "Then you must go with him," said Sir Lancelot. "You will have a much faster journey, I can assure you." Sir Lancelot held the silver cup as Jack slipped down from the black horse. Then Jack took the cup and carefully climbed onto the back of the

三个骑士看着杰克。 “那是白鹿。”杰克说。 “他把我们带到了这里。”“你们是巫师吗?”珀西瓦尔爵士压低声音问道。 “不，只是普通的孩子，”杰克说。 “但我知道他有魔力。我们很快就从卡梅洛特赶到了这里。 我想他是来接我们回去的。” “那么你必须和他一起去。”兰斯洛特爵士说。 “我可以向你保证，你的旅程会快得多。” 兰斯洛特爵士端着银杯，杰克从黑马上滑下来。 然后杰克拿起杯子，小心翼翼地爬到车的后面

stag behind Annie. He held the cup with both hands as the stag stood up. "Tell King Arthur we will return to Camelot before the first night of the New Year," said Sir Lancelot. "Farewell, Jack and Annie!" said Sir Galahad. "Godspeed!" said Sir Percival. "Same to you!" said Annie. "Have a safe trip!" said Jack. The knights solemnly bowed. The white stag blew out a puff of frosty air. Then he started down the mountainside. When the stag came to the base of the mountain, he took off again like a white comet.

躲在安妮后面。雄鹿站起来时，他双手捧着杯子。 “告诉亚瑟王，我们会在新年的第一个晚上之前回到卡梅洛特。”兰斯洛特爵士说。 “再见了，杰克和安妮!”加拉哈德爵士说。 “祝你好运!”珀西瓦尔爵士说。 “你也一样!”安妮说。 “一路平安!”杰克说。 骑士们庄严地鞠了一躬。 那只白牡鹿吹出一股寒气。 然后他开始下山。 当雄鹿来到山脚下时，他又像一颗白色的彗星一样飞走了。

The red cloak billowed around Jack and Annie, keeping them warm and safe. The stag dashed across the wintry fields. He ran past quiet stables and thatched huts. He ran past flocks of sheep and herds of goats asleep in meadows. He leaped over frozen streams and stone walls and hedgerows. The stag ran on and on through the starry night, until he brought Jack and Annie back to the dark castle grounds of Camelot. He walked over the frozen grass of the outer courtyard. He came to a halt near the grove below the tree house. He knelt in the grass, and Jack and Annie climbed off his back.

红色的斗篷在杰克和安妮周围翻滚，使他们既温暖又安全。 雄鹿冲过冬日的田野。 他跑过安静的马厩和茅草屋。 他跑过在草地上熟睡的成群的绵羊和山羊。 他跳过结冰的小溪、石墙和树篱。 雄鹿在繁星点点的夜晚不停地跑啊跑，最后把杰克和安妮带回了卡梅洛特黑暗的城堡。 他走在外院结冰的草地上。 他在树屋下面的小树林附近停了下来。 他跪在草地上，杰克和安妮从他背上爬下来。

Miraculously, the silver cup still brimmed with water from the cauldron. Not a drop had spilled out. "We'd better leave the cloak here," said Jack, "so I don't trip on it." Jack carefully set the cup on the ground. Annie helped him unbutton the red velvet cloak from around his neck. Then she draped it over the stag's back. "To keep you warm and safe," she whispered to him. "And thanks for everything." "Yeah, thanks," said Jack. "Good-bye." The white stag stared at them with his mysterious amber eyes. He nodded once. Then he turned and headed into the darkness.

奇迹般地，银杯里仍然盛满了大锅里的水。 一滴也没有洒出来。 “我们最好把斗篷留在这里，”杰克说，“这样我就不会被它绊倒了。” 杰克小心地把杯子放在地上。 安妮帮他解开围在脖子上的红天鹅绒斗篷的扣子。 然后她把它披在牡鹿的背上。 “为了让你温暖和安全，”她低声对他说。 “谢谢你所做的一切。” “好的，谢谢。”杰克说。 “再见。”那只白雄鹿用他神秘的琥珀色眼睛盯着他们。 他点了点头。然后他转身走进黑暗中。

Jack picked up the cup. "Come on!" he said. He started walking quickly through the outer courtyard. "Careful, careful!" said Annie. "I got it, I got it," said Jack. They crossed the drawbridge to the inner courtyard of the castle. Then they pushed open the giant arched doors. The great hall was just as they had left it— dimly lit and freezing cold. King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, the Knights of the Round Table, and Morgan le Fay were all still frozen and silent. "What do we do now?" said Jack. "Let's try putting a drop of water on each of them! Morgan first!" said Annie.

杰克拿起杯子。“来吧!”他说。 他开始快步穿过外面的院子。 “小心，小心!”安妮说。 “我知道了，我知道了。”杰克说。 他们穿过吊桥来到城堡的内院。 然后他们推开了巨大的拱形门。 大厅还是他们离开时的样子——灯光昏暗，冷得要命。 亚瑟王、桂尼维尔王后、圆桌骑士和仙女摩根都一动不动，一言不发。 “我们现在怎么办?”杰克说。 “让我们试着在他们每个人身上滴一滴水!”摩根先来!”安妮说。