7 Ch7-A Good Trick

CHAPTER SEVEN A Good Trick As the wind blew away more fog, Jack and Annie saw a bridge. It was made of thick wooden planks held together with iron bands. It stretched all the way from the edge of the cliff where they were standing to the iron gate. "Come on, let's go!" said Annie. "Wait!" said Jack. "What about the guards?"

第七章一个好把戏风吹散了更多的雾，杰克和安妮看到一座桥。 它是由厚木板用铁条绑在一起制成的。 它从他们站立的悬崖边缘一直延伸到铁门。 “来吧，我们走吧!”安妮说。 “等等!”杰克说。“警卫怎么办?”

The two guards in gold armor stood perfectly still. Their huge spears gleamed in the torchlight. "I don't know," said Annie. "Read the second rhyme." Jack looked in his notebook and read aloud. "Four gifts you will need— The first from me. Then a cup, a compass, And, finally, a key."

两个穿金甲的卫兵一动不动地站着。 他们巨大的长矛在火炬的照耀下闪闪发光。 “我不知道，”安妮说。 “读第二首押韵诗。”杰克看了看笔记本，大声读了起来。 “你需要四件礼物——第一件是我送的。 然后是杯子，指南针，最后是钥匙。”

"The first gift is the Christmas Knight's cloak," said Annie. "Yeah, I guess it's supposed to help us somehow," said Jack. He unbuttoned the cloak from around his neck. Then he held it out to get a good look at it. "Maybe it can make us invisible," said Annie. "That's nuts," said Jack. "Seriously," she said, "cloaks sometimes do that in stories." "Well, it didn't make me invisible, did it?" said Jack. "Maybe you were wearing it wrong," said Annie. "Give it to me."

“第一件礼物是圣诞骑士的斗篷，”安妮说。 “是啊，我想它应该在某种程度上帮助我们。”杰克说。 他解开脖子上披风的扣子。 然后他把它举了出来，好好看一看。 “也许它能让我们隐形，”安妮说。 “这太疯狂了，”杰克说。“说真的，”她说，“斗篷有时会在故事里这样做。” “嗯，它并没有让我隐形，对吧?”杰克说。 “也许你戴错了，”安妮说。 “把它给我。”

"Oh, brother," said Jack. But he handed the cloak to Annie. It flapped in the wind as she pulled it around her shoulders. "Can you see me?" she said. "Yes, Annie," said Jack, rolling his eyes. "I can see you." Jack looked back at the gate. Even if we get past the guards, what then? he wondered. The Otherworld swallowed up Camelot's best knights. King Arthur said it was filled with magic and monsters. "Jack! Look at me now." Jack turned to Annie. She wasn't there. "Where are you?" he said, staring at the darkness.

“哦，兄弟，”杰克说。但他把斗篷递给了安妮。 她把披肩披在肩上，披肩在风中飘动。 “你能看见我吗?”她说。 “是的，安妮，”杰克翻着白眼说。 “我能看见你。”杰克回头看了看大门。 就算我们躲过了守卫，然后呢? 他想知道。冥界吞噬了卡梅洛特最优秀的骑士。 亚瑟王说那里充满了魔法和怪物。 “杰克!现在看看我吧。”杰克转向安妮。 她不在那儿。“你在哪里?”他盯着黑暗说。

"Cool, it works!" "Where are you?" Jack said again, turning around. "Here." Jack felt a hand touch his face. "Ahh!" he said, jumping back. "It's me! I'm invisible! I pulled the hood over my head. That's the trick." Jack felt a chill run down his spine. "Oh, man," he whispered. "Watch. I'm going to take the hood off." In a flash, Annie was back. "It feels creepy to be invisible," she said. Jack was speechless.

“太酷了，管用了!”“你在哪儿?”杰克又说了一遍，转过身来。 “在这里。”杰克感到一只手摸了摸他的脸。 “啊!”他跳了回来。 “这是我!我看不见!我把兜帽拉到头上。 这就是诀窍。”杰克感到一阵寒意顺着他的脊背流下来。 “哦，天哪，”他低声说。”看。 我要把兜帽摘下来。” 一瞬间，安妮回来了。 “隐形的感觉令人毛骨悚然，”她说。 杰克无言以对。

"The magic only happens when you wear the hood," said Annie. "Good trick, huh?" "Uh—yeah," said Jack. He shook his head. "This is just too weird." "Don't worry about it being weird. It's a great way to get past the guards," said Annie. "Plus it's a way to hide in the Otherworld. We don't know what we'll find there, right?" "Yeah, right," said Jack. "Okay." "Good," said Annie. "Now, stand beside me and don't move." Jack put away his notebook. Annie threw the velvet cloak over his shoulders and backpack. "Great. It's big enough for both of us," she said. She carefully arranged the folds around them.

“只有当你戴上兜帽的时候，魔法才会发生，”安妮说。 “不错的把戏，是吧?”“嗯，是的，”杰克说。 他摇了摇头。“这太奇怪了。” “不要担心这很奇怪。 这是躲过警卫的好方法，”安妮说。 “另外，这是一个隐藏在另一个世界的方法。 我们不知道会在那里发现什么，对吧?”“是啊，没错，”杰克说。 “好吧。”“很好，”安妮说。 “现在，站在我旁边，不要动。” 杰克收起了他的笔记本。 安妮把天鹅绒斗篷披在他的肩膀和背包上。 “好了。它对我们两个人来说足够大了。” 她仔细地把它们周围的褶皱整理好。