Ch4-Take My Sleigh

CHAPTER FOUR Take My Sleigh. Jack sat on the frozen ground. Annie, Teddy, and Kathleen sat nearby. They were all too shocked to speak. The night was quiet. Overhead the full moon shined brightly, and a few cold stars twinkled in the clear sky. Finally Annie broke the silence. "I wonder what he did to Merlin and Morgan," she said.

第四章带上我的雪橇。 杰克坐在结冰的地上。 安妮、特迪和凯瑟琳坐在旁边。 他们都吓得说不出话来。 夜很安静。一轮满月在头顶上闪耀着明亮的光芒，晴朗的天空中闪烁着几颗寒冷的星星。 最后安妮打破了沉默。 “我想知道他对梅林和摩根做了什么，”她说。

"I wonder where you will find his eye," said Teddy. "I wonder how we'll carry it around," said Jack. "And I wonder if the wolves are near," said Kathleen. She stood up and looked around, pulling her cloak tightly around her. "Well, does anyone remember the Ice Wizard's rhyme?" said Teddy. "Yes," said Kathleen. She repeated the rhyme perfectly by heart: Take my sleigh And find your way To the House of the Norns In the curve of the bay.

“我想知道你在哪里能找到他的眼睛，”泰迪说。 “我想知道我们怎么带着它到处走。”杰克说。 “我想知道狼群是不是在附近，”凯瑟琳说。 她站起来环顾四周，把斗篷紧紧地裹在身上。 “那么，还有谁记得冰巫师的押韵诗吗？” “是的，”凯瑟琳说。她把那首歌背得烂熟如心：坐上我的雪橇，在弯弯曲曲的海湾上找到通往诺恩家的路。

Pay them whatever They tell you to pay And bring back my eye By break of day. "What are Norns?" asked Jack. "I have read about the Norns in Morgan's books," said Teddy. "They are known as the Sisters of Fate. They spend their days weaving great tapestries. Their weaving determines the fate of all who live in the Land-Behind-the-Clouds." "So the Norns have his eye?" said Jack. "That's who he meant when he said he 'traded with the Fates'?" "It would seem so," said Teddy.

他们叫你付多少就付多少天亮前把我的眼睛还回来。 “诺恩是什么？”杰克问。 “我在摩根的书里读过关于诺恩一家的事，”特迪说。 她们被称为命运姐妹。 他们每天都在编织精美的挂毯。 他们的编织决定了所有生活在云后大陆上的人的命运。” “这么说诺恩家有他的眼睛？”杰克说。 “他说他‘跟命运之神做交易’是指这个人吗？”“看起来是这样，”泰迪说。

"He said we should take his sleigh to find them," said Annie. "Where's his sleigh?" "Look," said Kathleen, pointing. "'Tis there." "Oh, wow," said Annie. Not far away, a strange-looking silver sleigh glided silently from behind a snowbank. The sleigh looked like a small sailing ship with shiny runners. No one was steering it, and no horses or reindeer were pulling it. From its mast, a white sail drooped in the still air. As the sleigh slid to a stop, an eerie howl shattered the calm of the windless night. "Wolves!" cried Teddy. "Let us make haste!" Kathleen grabbed his arm. "Do not run," she said. "If we run, they will chase us."

“他说我们应该坐他的雪橇去找他们，”安妮说。 “他的雪橇在哪儿？”“看，”凯瑟琳指着说。 “这。”“哦，哇，”安妮说。 不远处，一辆奇怪的银色雪橇从雪堆后面悄无声息地滑行而过。 雪橇看起来像一艘小帆船，上面有闪闪发光的滑轨。 没有人驾驶它，也没有马或驯鹿拉它。 一只白色的帆从桅杆上垂下，在寂静的空气中垂下。 当雪橇停下来时，一声可怕的嚎叫打破了无风之夜的平静。 “狼！”泰迪叫道。“我们快点儿吧！”凯瑟琳抓住他的胳膊。 “别跑，”她说。“如果我们跑，他们就会追我们。”

"Yes, of course," said Teddy. "They must not see that we are afraid." Another howl shattered the air. "Run!" cried Teddy. They all charged across the snow to the sleigh and scrambled into it. Jack and Kathleen stood at the front, and Annie and Teddy stood at the back. "There they are!" cried Teddy, pointing. "The white wolves of the night!" Jack turned and saw two large white wolves dashing across the plain in the moonlight. As the wolves ran toward the sleigh, their big paws scattered snow around them. "Go, go, go!" Jack cried, clutching the front of the sleigh.

“是的，当然，”特迪说。 “千万不能让他们看到我们害怕。” 另一声嚎叫打破了空气。 “快跑！”泰迪叫道。他们都冲过雪地，奔向雪橇，爬上雪橇。 杰克和凯瑟琳站在前面，安妮和特迪站在后面。 “他们在那儿！”特迪指着叫道。 “黑夜里的白狼！”杰克转过身来，看见两只大白狼在月光下穿过平原。 当狼群跑向雪橇时，它们的大爪子把雪撒在周围。 “走，走，走！”杰克叫道，紧紧抓住雪橇的前部。

But the sleigh didn't move. And the wolves kept coming. "How can we make it go?" cried Jack. "Use the wind-string!" said Teddy. Jack pulled the knotted string the wizard had given him out of his pocket. "Use it how?" he shouted. "Untie a knot!" said Teddy. Jack pulled off his gloves. His fingers were trembling as he tried to untie one of the knots. This is crazy! he thought. How can untying a knot in a string help us? But soon he managed to loosen one of the knots. A cold breeze began blowing from behind the sleigh. It ruffled the sail overhead. "Untie another!" shouted Teddy. "Hurry!"

但是雪橇没有动。 狼不断地来。 “我们怎样才能让它跑起来？”杰克叫道。 “用风线！”特迪说。 杰克从口袋里掏出巫师给他的打结的绳子。 “怎么用？”他喊道。“解开一个结！”泰迪说。 杰克脱下手套。 当他试图解开一个结时，他的手指在颤抖。 这太疯狂了！他想。 解开绳子上的一个结对我们有什么帮助？ 但很快他就把其中一个结解开了。 一阵冷风从雪橇后面吹来。 它把头上的帆弄皱了。 “再解开一个！”泰迪喊道。 “快点!”