6 Ch6-The Selkie

CHAPTER SIX The Selkie "Wake up, lazybones! You can't sleep all afternoon!" said a friendly voice. Jack's eyes shot open. Oh, no! he thought. What time is it? He sat up and looked around. The seals were gone. Standing over Jack and Annie was a barefoot boy with a happy, freckled face.

第六章赛尔奇“醒醒吧，懒骨头!你不能整个下午都睡觉!”一个友好的声音说。 杰克突然睁大了眼睛。哦,不!他想。 现在几点了?他坐起来，环顾四周。 海豹消失了。站在杰克和安妮旁边的是一个光着脚、满脸雀斑的快乐男孩。

"Teddy!" said Jack. For a moment he forgot all about the time. "Teddy! Teddy!" cried Annie. She leaped up and hugged the young sorcerer. Teddy grinned from ear to ear. He was wearing a brown tunic. His red hair was damp. "You're finally here!" said Jack, laughing. "I have been here for some time," said Teddy. "Merlin sent me early this morning. I was waiting for you on the beach when Kathleen came along and invited me to go for a swim with her." Teddy turned to a girl standing a little farther down the beach. Like Teddy, she looked to be about thirteen. "Kathleen!" he called. "Come meet my friends!"

“泰迪!”杰克说。他一时忘记了时间。 “泰迪!泰迪!”安妮叫道。 她跳起来拥抱了年轻的巫师。 泰迪笑得合不拢嘴。 他穿着一件棕色的束腰外衣。 他的红头发是湿的。“你终于来了!”杰克笑着说。 “我在这里已经有一段时间了，”泰迪说。 “梅林今天一大早就让我来的。 我在沙滩上等你的时候，凯瑟琳走过来邀请我和她一起去游泳。” 特迪转向站在海滩远处的一个女孩。 和特迪一样，她看起来大约十三岁。 “凯瑟琳!”他喊道。“来见见我的朋友们!”

The girl smiled and began walking over the rocks toward Jack, Annie, and Teddy. She wore a green dress that looked as if it had been woven from grass. Her hair fell in black ringlets down to her waist like a dark waterfall. "These are my good friends Jack and Annie," Teddy said to the girl. "They come from a faraway

女孩笑了笑，开始越过岩石朝杰克、安妮和特迪走去。 她穿着一件绿衣服，看起来像是用草织成的。 她的黑色卷发垂到腰间，像一条黑色的瀑布。 “这是我的好朋友杰克和安妮，”泰迪对女孩说。 “他们来自遥远的地方

land." "Hello, Jack and Annie!" the girl said in a bold, friendly voice. "I am very happy to meet you! My name is Kathleen." As she spoke, Kathleen's large eyes sparkled with the blue of the sky and water. Jack couldn't speak. Kathleen was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. "I like your dress," said Annie. Kathleen laughed. "I wove it from sea grass," she said. "I am not a very good weaver, I am sad to say." "Do you live here?" asked Annie. "I do," said Kathleen, "with my nineteen sisters."

土地。”“你们好，杰克和安妮!”女孩用一种大胆而友好的声音说。 “我很高兴见到你!”我叫凯瑟琳。” 她说话的时候，凯瑟琳的大眼睛里闪烁着蓝色的天空和水。 杰克说不出话来。凯瑟琳是他见过的最漂亮的女孩。 “我喜欢你的裙子，”安妮说。 凯瑟琳笑了。“我用海草编织的，”她说。 “很遗憾，我织得不太好。” “你住在这里吗?”安妮问。 “是的，”凯瑟琳说，“和我的十九个姐妹。”

"Nineteen sisters!" said Annie. "Yes," said Kathleen, tossing back her long curls. "I am the youngest of us all. We live in a cave up in the cliffs." "Cool," said Annie. "Is your cave like the Cave of the Spider Queen?" "No, no," said Kathleen. "It is much more cheerful than Morag's cave." "So that's her name," said Annie. "I'm worried that she might be lonely." "Ah, do not worry," said Kathleen. "Morag has many friends—bats, crabs, starfish. But it is kind of you to be concerned about her." She smiled at Annie.

“19个姐妹!”安妮说。 “是的，”凯瑟琳说着，把她的长卷发往后一甩。 “我是我们所有人中最小的。 我们住在悬崖上的一个山洞里。” “酷，”安妮说。“你的洞穴和蜘蛛女王的洞穴一样吗?”“不，不，”凯瑟琳说。 “这里比莫兰格的山洞愉快多了。” “那就是她的名字，”安妮说。 “我担心她可能会感到孤独。” “啊，别担心，”凯瑟琳说。 “摩根有很多朋友——蝙蝠、螃蟹、海星。 但你关心她，真是太好了。” 她对安妮笑了笑。

Kathleen's friendly manner finally gave Jack the courage to speak. He cleared his throat. "The Water Knight was really cool, too," he said. "The Water Knight?" said Kathleen. "Yeah," he said, "the guy who carried us across the first cove." Kathleen looked puzzled. "His horse had a fish's tail!" said Annie. "How strange," said Kathleen. "I often swim in that cove, but I've never seen or heard of such a knight." "Have you lived here a long time?" asked Annie. "Always," said Kathleen.

凯瑟琳友好的态度终于给了杰克说话的勇气。 他清了清嗓子。“《水骑士》也很酷，”他说。 “水骑士?”凯萨琳说。 “是的，”他说，“就是那个带我们穿过第一个海湾的家伙。” 凯瑟琳一脸迷惑。“他的马有一条鱼尾巴!”安妮说。 “真奇怪，”凯瑟琳说。 “我经常在那个小海湾里游泳，但我从来没有见过或听说过这样的骑士。” “你在这儿住很久了吗?”安妮问。 “总是这样，”凯瑟琳说。