2 Ch2-The Water Knight

CHAPTER TWO The Water Knight A salty breeze blew into the tree house. Seagulls screeched overhead. Jack and Annie looked out the tree house window. They were high in the branches of a gnarled old tree. The tree was on a sea cliff beneath snowcapped mountains. The mountains overlooked a rocky coast. There was no sign of human life anywhere.

第二章水骑士一阵带咸味的微风吹进了树屋。 海鸥在头顶上尖叫。 杰克和安妮从树屋的窗户往外看。 他们高高站在一棵多节的老树的树枝上。 那棵树在白雪皑皑的山脉下的海边悬崖上。 群山俯瞰着多岩石的海岸。 到处都没有人类生命的迹象。

"It looks wild and lonely here," said Annie. "Really lonely," said Jack. "I wonder where Merlin and Teddy are." "I don't know," said Annie. "They were in the trunk of our tree last time. Let's look for them in this one." She climbed down the rope ladder.

“这里看起来又荒凉又寂寞，”安妮说。 “真的很孤独。”杰克说。 “我想知道梅林和泰迪在哪里。” “我不知道，”安妮说。 “上次它们在我们的树干里。 让我们在这本书中寻找它们。” 她从绳梯上爬下来。

Jack crammed the seashell in his pocket and followed her. "Merlin?" Annie called. "Teddy?" Jack and Annie circled the gnarled tree trunk, but there was no sign of an entrance into the magical chamber of Merlin the magician. They circled the tree again. Jack tapped the bark in several places. "I have a feeling no one lives inside this tree," said Annie. "I think you're right," said Jack. "Maybe they're down by the water," said Annie. Annie and Jack walked a few feet to the edge of the sea cliff and looked down at the rugged coast.

杰克把贝壳塞进口袋，跟在她后面。 “梅林?”安妮叫。“泰迪?”杰克和安妮绕着多节的树干转了一圈，但没有迹象表明有进入魔术师梅林魔法室的入口。 他们又绕着树转了一圈。 杰克在树皮上敲了几个地方。 “我有一种感觉，没有人住在这棵树里，”安妮说。 “我想你是对的，”杰克说。 “也许他们在水边，”安妮说。 安妮和杰克走了几英尺，来到海边的悬崖边，俯视着崎岖的海岸。

They saw three coves, separated from each other by rocky cliffs. The cliffs were filled with shadowy crags and the dark mouths of caves. In the first cove, sunlit water flowed from the open sea through a small space between the cliffs, then washed onto a pebbly shore. The second cove was smaller, but looked much like the first. The third cove was different. The farthest away, it was surrounded by a ring of bright green hills. A thin white mist hung over its milky-green waters. "I don't see any sign of Merlin or Teddy," said Jack. "I guess we'll have to get started without them."

他们看到三个海湾，彼此被岩石悬崖隔开。 悬崖上布满了阴暗的峭壁和黑暗的洞口。 在第一个海湾，阳光照射下的海水从开阔的大海流过悬崖之间的一小块空间，然后被冲刷到鹅卵石海岸上。 第二个海湾较小，但看起来和第一个海湾很像。 第三个海湾是不同的。 在最远处，它被一圈翠绿的小山包围着。 一层薄薄的白雾笼罩在乳白色的水面上。 “我没有看到梅林和泰迪的踪迹。”杰克说。 “我想我们只能在没有他们的情况下开始了。”

"Read the beginning of Merlin's rhyme again," said Annie. Jack took the shell from his pocket and read aloud: Before night falls on this long summer day, A shining sword must find its way Into your hands and out of the gloom— Or Camelot's king shall meet his doom. Jack looked up at the sky. The sun was almost directly overhead. "It must be around noon now," he said. "We don't have much time," said Annie. "What do we do first?" Jack looked back at the rhyme and read aloud:

“再读一遍梅林的押韵诗的开头，”安妮说。 杰克从口袋里掏出贝壳，大声念道:在这个漫长的夏日夜幕降临之前，必须有一把闪亮的剑从黑暗中落入你的手中——否则卡梅洛特的国王将难逃厄运。 杰克抬头望着天空。 太阳几乎就在头顶上。 “现在一定是中午左右了，”他说。 “我们没有多少时间了，”安妮说。 “我们先做什么?”杰克回头看了看那首押韵诗，大声念了起来:

To begin your quest for this Sword of Light, Call for the help of the Water Knight. "Oh, easy," said Annie. "It is?" said Jack. "Sure," said Annie. "If he's a Water Knight, he's probably down by the water." She started down the steep, rocky hill that led to the nearest cove. Jack stuffed the shell back in his pocket. "But who is the Water Knight?" he yelled as he followed Annie. "It doesn't matter," she yelled back. "We just have to go down to the water and call for his help."

要开始你对这把光之剑的探索，请寻求水骑士的帮助。 “哦，简单，”安妮说。“是吗?”杰克说。 “当然，”安妮说。“如果他是水骑士，他可能就在水边了。” 她开始沿着通向最近海湾的陡峭的岩石山走下去。 杰克把贝壳塞回口袋里。 “但谁是水骑士?”他跟着安妮喊道。 “没关系，”她喊道。 “我们只需要下到水里去叫他帮忙。”